2026
Edited Book - Research
Marcar, K., Harrison, J. R., & Barclay, J. M. G. (Eds.). (2026). Early Christian communities in the urban contexts of Asia Minor and the Greek East: Essays in honour of Paul Trebilco. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 552p. doi: 10.1163/9789004762886
Chapter in Book - Research
Marcar, K. (2026). Justin Martyr, the Jeremiah Logion, and Early Christian Testimonia: An investigation of the early development of the Descensus Christi in Asia Minor. In K. Marcar, J. R. Harrison & J. M. G. Barclay (Eds.), Early Christian communities in the urban contexts of Asia Minor and the Greek East: Essays in honour of Paul Trebilco. (pp. 259-283). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004762886-015
Barclay, J. M. G., & Marcar, K. (2026). Introduction. In K. Marcar, J. R. Harrison & J. M. G. Barclay (Eds.), Early Christian communities in the urban contexts of Asia Minor and the Greek East: Essays in honour of Paul Trebilco. (pp. 1-6). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004762886-002
2025
Journal - Research Article
Marcar, K. (2025). Passover, liberation, and the defeat of death and the devil in Hebrews: A proposal for the descensus Christi and the harrowing of Hades in Hebrews 2:14-15. New Testament Studies, 71, 264-283. doi: 10.1017/S0028688524000407
Journal - Research Other
Gordon, J., & Marcar, K. (2025). Worlds above and below: Interdisciplinary essays on supernatural worlds in Classics, Second Temple Judaism, and early Christianity [Editor's introduction]. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 35(1), 3-7. doi: 10.1177/09518207251356990
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Marcar, K. (2025). The manifold earthly and spiritual complexities surrounding generative AI. Otago Daily Times, (17 October). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/manifold-earthly-and-spiritual-complexities-surrounding-generative-ai
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Marcar, K. (2025, December). Descents to the underworld in Anatolian Hierapolis: Katabaseis in the cult of Manga Mater, Judaism, and early Christianity. Verbal presentation at the Aotearoa New Zealand Association for Biblical Studies (ANZABS) Annual Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand.
2024
Chapter in Book - Research
Marcar, K. (2024). Apocalyptic traditions in the Catholic Epistles. In P. Gray (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles. (pp. 305-318). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190904333.013.27
Journal - Research Article
Marcar, K. (2024). On earth as it is in heaven? [Book review essay]. Stimulus, 31(1).
Journal - Research Other
Marcar, K. (2024). [Review of the book 1 Peter: A critical and exegetical commentary (Vol. 2: Chapters 3-5)]. Biblica, 105(1), 142-145. doi: 10.2143/BIB.105.1.3293261
Marcar, K. (2024). [Review of the book 1-2 Peter and Jude]. Theological Studies, 85(2), 331-332. doi: 10.1177/00405639241248951a
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Marcar, K. (2024). Theological reflections on thought-provoking film. Otago Daily Times, (23 February). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/theological-reflections-thought-provoking-film
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Marcar, K. (2024, December). Not with the blood of goats: Yom Kippur and cultic ritual sprinkling in Heb 9:11-14. Verbal presentation at the Joint Conference of the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Biblical Studies (ANZABS) & the Systematic Theology Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (STAANZ), Auckland, New Zealand.
Marcar, K. (2024, July). The personification and defeat of the Devil and d/Death in Hebrews 2:14-15. Verbal presentation at the Worlds Above and Below Interdisciplinary Conference, [Hybrid].
Marcar, K. (2024, July). Passover, Exodus, and the victorious death of Jesus in Hebrews. Verbal presentation at the 78th General Meeting of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS), Melbourne, Australia.
Other Research Output
Marcar, K. (2024, April). Passover, liberation, and the defeat of the Devil in Hebrews: A proposal for the harrowing of Hades as a new Exodus in Hebrews. Theology Programme Research Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Marcar, K. (2024, May). Passover, liberation, and the defeat of the Devil in Hebrews: A proposal for the harrowing of Hades as a new Exodus in Hebrews. Classics Programme Research Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2023
Journal - Research Other
Marcar, K. (2023). [Review of the book Constructing ethnic identity in 1 Peter: Who you are no longer]. SBL Central. Retrieved from https://www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDetails/1001896
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Marcar, K., & Te Kaawa, W. (2023, September). Reading 1 Peter in a three tikanga Church. Verbal presentation at the Tui, Tui, Tuia: Identity and Belonging: A Three Tikanga Church Colloquium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Marcar, K. (2023, June). Does Christ descend? An examination of 1 Peter 3:18-22 in light of 1 Enoch. ACU/IRCI Biblical and Early Christian Studies Global Seminar Series, Institute for Religion & Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia. [Research Presentation].
Marcar, K. (2023, May). Katabasis in Peter 1? An argument for the Descensus Christi in 1 Peter 3:18-22. Classics Programme Research Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2022
Authored Book - Research
Marcar, K. (2022). Divine regeneration and ethnic identity in 1 Peter: Mapping metaphors of family, race, and nation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 322p. doi: 10.1017/9781108888844
Chapter in Book - Research
Marcar, K. (2022). Exodus in the general letters. In S. M. Ehorn (Ed.), Exodus in the New Testament. (pp. 164-181). London, UK: T&T Clark.
Journal - Research Article
Marcar, K. (2022). Following in the footsteps: Exemplarity, ethnicity and ethics in 1 Peter. New Testament Studies, 68, 253-273. doi: 10.1017/S0028688521000424
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Marcar, K. (2022, December). Exploring the influence of 1 Enoch on 1 Peter. Verbal presentation at the Aotearoa New Zealand Association for Biblical Studies (ANZABS) Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Marcar, K. (2022, September). Katie Marcar: Divine regeneration and ethnic mapping in 1 Peter. OnScript Podcast. Retrieved from https://onscript.study/podcast/katie-marcar-divine-regeneration-and-ethnic-mapping-in-1-peter/
2021
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Marcar, K. (2021). Food nourishes our lives in many ways. Otago Daily Times, (17 September). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/food-nourishes-our-lives-many-ways
Other Research Output
Marcar, K. (2021, May). Engaging academic debates: Examining race and ethnicity in recent New Testament scholarship [Workshop]. Theology Seminar Programme, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2020
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Marcar, K. (2020). Deceptively simple metaphors still subtle and rich. Otago Daily Times, (20 November). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/deceptively-simple-metaphors-still-subtle-and-rich
Other Research Output
Marcar, K. (2020, March). Following the example of Christ: Exemplarity in 1 Peter. Theology Programme Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Marcar, K. (2020, March). Following in the footsteps: Exemplarity discourse and 1 Peter. Classics Programme Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2019
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Marcar, K. (2019). Bible study can still surprise in 2019. Otago Daily Times, (19 July). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/bible-study-can-still-surprise-2019
Marcar, K. (2019). Biblical views: As in the days of Noah: The apocalyptic world of 1 Peter. Biblical Archaeology Review, 45(2).
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Marcar, K. (2019, October). Begotten into the people of God: Mapping systematic metaphors in 1 Peter. Verbal presentation at the Body Politic Metaphor in Discourse, Past and Present Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Marcar, K. (2019, June). Are daughters of Sarah called to silent submission (and/or abuse)? Investigating the exhortation to women in 1 Peter 3:1-6. Verbal presentation at the Trajectories in the Interpretation of Scripture Models, Issues and Prospects Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2018
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Marcar, K. (2018). One nation's issue affects us all. Otago Daily Times, (20 July). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/one-nations-issue-affects-us-all
2017
Chapter in Book - Research
Marcar, K. (2017). Building a holy house: Identity formation in the Community Rule, 4QFlorilegium and 1 Peter 2.4-10. In K. M. Hockey, M. N. Pierce & F. Watson (Eds.), Muted voices of the New Testament: Readings in the Catholic Epistles and Hebrews. (pp. 41-54). London, UK: Bloomsbury.
Journal - Research Article
Marcar, K. (2017). In the days of Noah: Urzeit/Endzeit correspondence and the flood tradition in 1 Peter 3-4. New Testament Studies, 63(4), 550-566. doi: 10.1017/S0028688517000133
Journal - Research Other
Marcar, K. (2017). [Review of the book Ecclesiology and the scriptural narrative of 1 Peter]. Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies. Retrieved from https://rbecs.org/2017/02/09/esn1p/
2016
Journal - Research Article
Marcar, K. (2016). The quotations of Isaiah in 1 Peter: A text-critical analysis. TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism, 21. Retrieved from http://rosetta.reltech.org/TC/v21/index.html
Journal - Research Other
Marcar, K. (2016). [Review of the book Written to serve: The use of scripture in 1 Peter]. Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies. Retrieved from https://rbecs.org/2016/04/08/wts/
Other Research Output
Marcar, K. (2016, September). Enoch, Noah, and the end of the world: Apocalyptic traditions in Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity. Abbey College, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Girsch, K. A. (2016). Begotten anew: Divine regeneration and identity construction in 1 Peter (PhD). Durham University, Durham, UK. Retrieved from http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11349/
2015
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Girsch, K. (2015, April). What are the spiritual sacrifices in 1 Peter 2.5? Verbal presentation at the Muted Voices Conference: Neglected Texts and Early Christian Identities, Durham, UK.
2014
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Girsch, K. (2014, November). "Begotten with imperishable seed": Ethnicity and procreative imagery in 1 Peter 1. Verbal presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) & American Academy of Religion (AAR), San Diego, USA.
2013
Other Research Output
Girsch, K. (2013, August). Why are there four gospels? Invited talk at Durham Cathedral, Durham, UK. [Public Seminar].
Senior Teaching Fellow in Biblical Languages