Garrick Allen

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E: Garrick.Allen@dcu.ie

Biography

I am the Lecturer in New Testament at DCU, teaching a number of courses in Biblical Studies. I am currently accepting PhD students on topics related to the Book of Revelation, Ancient Biblical Interpretation, the interrelationship between Second Temple Judaism and New Testament, textual criticism of the New Testament, and related topics. Funding is available on a competitive basis. Please contact me directly with enquiries.
More information on recent publications can be found here.

Research Interests

Inner-biblical exegesis; Book of Revelation; apocalyptic literature; ancient biblical interpretation; biblical manuscripts; Second Temple Judaism; Dead Sea scrolls; textual criticism; reception history

Research Projects

Title	Funder	From - To	Role	Award
Titles of the New Testament: A New Approach to Manuscripts and the History of Interpretation	European Research Council	01-SEP-20 - 31-AUG-25	PI	1,498,451.00
Paratextual Understanding: A Cognitivist Approach to the Aesthetic Features of Manuscripts	Templeton Religion Trust	01-OCT-19 - 30-APR-21	DCU PI	204,232.00
EI ERC Support	Enterprise Ireland	17-APR-19 - 24-JUN-19	DCU PI	4,728.10
ERC Application Support Grant	Enterprise Ireland	12-MAY-19 - 25-JUL-19	PI	3,637.00
Charlemont Grant	Royal Irish Academy	01-APR-19 - 30-NOV-19	PI	1,600.00
ERC Starting Grant Application Support	Enterprise Ireland	05-MAR-18 - 04-DEC-18	DCU PI	3,553.00
Herman Charles Hoskier and the future of the Bible	Irish Research Council	01-JAN-17 - 30-SEP-17	DCU PI	15,000.00

Current Postgraduate Students

	Student	Degree Type	Supervision Type
	Royle , Anthony	PhD-track	Supervisor

Books

	Year	Publication
	2020	Manuscripts of the Book of Revelation: New Philology, Paratexts, Reception. Garrick V. Allen (2020) Manuscripts of the Book of Revelation: New Philology, Paratexts, Reception. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
	2017	The Book of Revelation and Early Jewish Textual Culture. Garrick V. Allen (2017) The Book of Revelation and Early Jewish Textual Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	2020	'Libraries, Special Libraries, and the New Testament' Garrick V. Allen (2020) 'Libraries, Special Libraries, and the New Testament' In: Bookish Circles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
	2019	'4 Ezra and Revelation 11:1-19' Garrick V. Allen (2019) '4 Ezra and Revelation 11:1-19' In: B.C. Blackwell, J.K. Goodrich, and J. Maston (eds). Reading Revelation in Context: John's Apocalypse and Second Temple Judaism. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. [Details]
	2019	'Qumranica Aramaica Apocalyptica and the Book of Revelation' Garrick V. Allen (2019) 'Qumranica Aramaica Apocalyptica and the Book of Revelation' In: Rethinking Apocalyptic Literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Atlanta: SBL. [Details]
	2019	'The Patient Collator and the Philology of the Beyond: H. C. Hoskier and the New Testament' Garrick Allen (2019) 'The Patient Collator and the Philology of the Beyond: H. C. Hoskier and the New Testament' In: G. V. Allen (eds). The Future of New Testament Textual Scholarship. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. [Details]
	2019	'Monks, Manuscripts, Muhammad, and the Future of Critical Editions' Garrick V. Allen (2019) 'Monks, Manuscripts, Muhammad, and the Future of Critical Editions' In: From Scrolls to Scrolling: Sacred Texts, Materiality, and Dynamic Media Cultures. Berlin: De Gruyter. [Details]
	2019	'Introducing Son of God: Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity' Paul Sloan, Kai Akagi, and Garrick V. Allen (2019) 'Introducing Son of God: Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity' In: Garrick V. Allen et al (eds). Son of God: Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press. [Details]
	2018	'Malchus Visual Arts' Garrick V. Allen (2018) 'Malchus Visual Arts' In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Receptions. Berlin: De Gruyter. [Details]
	2018	'Metatron Visual Arts' Garrick V. Allen (2018) 'Metatron Visual Arts' In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Berlin: De Gruyter. [Details]
	2018	'Introduction' Garrick V. Allen (co-written) (2018) 'Introduction' In: The Moving Text: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on David Brown and the Bible. London: SCM. [Details]
	2015	'Introducing Currents in British Research on the Apocalypse' Garrick V. Allen (2015) 'Introducing Currents in British Research on the Apocalypse' In: The Book of Revelation: Currents in British Research on the Apocalypse. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. [Details]
	2019	'Son of God in Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Literature' Garrick V. Allen (2019) 'Son of God in Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Literature' In: Son of God: Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press. [Details]
	2018	'A Phenomenology of Reading the Hebrew Bible in Antiquity' Garrick V. Allen and John Anthony Dunne (2018) 'A Phenomenology of Reading the Hebrew Bible in Antiquity' In: G. Allen and J. A. Dunne (eds). Ancient Readers and Their Scriptures: The Texts, Versions, and Reading Strategies of the Hebrew Bible in Second Temple and Early Judaism. Leiden: Brill. [Details]
	2018	'Text and Tradition: David Brown and New Testament Textual Criticism' Garrick V. Allen (2018) 'Text and Tradition: David Brown and New Testament Textual Criticism' In: G. Allen, C. Brewer, and D. Kinlaw (eds). The Moving Text: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on David Brown and the Bible. London: SCM. [Details]
	2018	'Eschatology, Migration, and Social Identity in the late Second Temple Period' Garrick V. Allen (2018) 'Eschatology, Migration, and Social Identity in the late Second Temple Period' In: R. von Bendemann and M. Tiwald (eds). Migrationsprozesse im ältesten Christentum. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer. [Details]
	2017	'Material Culture and Channels of Tradition: Artistic Representations in GA 2028' Garrick V. Allen (2017) 'Material Culture and Channels of Tradition: Artistic Representations in GA 2028' In: M. Sigismund and D. Müller (eds). Studien zum Text der Apokalypse II. Berlin: De Gruyter. [Details]
	2016	'The Reception of Scripture and Exegetical Resources in the Scholia in Apocalypsin (GA 2351)' Garrick V. Allen (2016) 'The Reception of Scripture and Exegetical Resources in the Scholia in Apocalypsin (GA 2351)' In: Commentaries, Catenae and Biblical Tradition. Piscataway: Gorgias Press. [Details]
	2015	'Composite Citations in Anonymous Jewish Literature (200 BCE-150 CE)' Garrick V. Allen (2015) 'Composite Citations in Anonymous Jewish Literature (200 BCE-150 CE)' In: S.A. Adams and S.M. Ehorn (eds). Composite Citations in Antiquity. London: T&T Clark. [Details]
	2015	'Reusing Scripture in the Book of Revelation: Techniques of Reuse and Habits of Reading' Garrick V. Allen (2015) 'Reusing Scripture in the Book of Revelation: Techniques of Reuse and Habits of Reading' In: The Book of Revelation: Currents in British Research on the Apocalypse. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. [Details]

Edited Books

	Year	Publication
	2019	Digital Humanities in Biblical Studies and Theology Garrick V. Allen and Claire Clivaz (Ed.). (2019) Digital Humanities in Biblical Studies and Theology Berlin: De Gruyter. [Details]
	2019	The Future of New Testament Textual Scholarship: From H. C. Hoskier to the Editio Critica Maior and Beyond Garrick V. Allen (Ed.). (2019) The Future of New Testament Textual Scholarship: From H. C. Hoskier to the Editio Critica Maior and Beyond Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. [Details]
	2018	Ancient Readers and their Scriptures: The Texts, Versions, and Reading Strategies of the Hebrew Bible in Second Temple and Early Judaism Garrick V. Allen and John Anthony Dunne (Ed.). (2018) Ancient Readers and their Scriptures: The Texts, Versions, and Reading Strategies of the Hebrew Bible in Second Temple and Early Judaism Leiden: Brill. [Details]
	2018	The Moving Text: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on David Brown and the Bible Garrick V. Allen, Christopher R. Brewer, and Dennis Kinlaw III (Ed.). (2018) The Moving Text: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on David Brown and the Bible London: SCM. [Details]
	2019	Son of God: Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity Garrick V. Allen (co-edited) (Ed.). (2019) Son of God: Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. [Details]
	2016	Torah Traditions and Ancient Readers in Early Judaism and Christianity Garrick V. Allen (Ed.). (2016) Torah Traditions and Ancient Readers in Early Judaism and Christianity Brescia: Morcelliana. [Details]
	2015	The Book of Revelation: Currents in British Research on the Apocalypse Garrick V. Allen (Ed.). (2015) The Book of Revelation: Currents in British Research on the Apocalypse Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	2019	'Paratexts and the Reception History of the Apocalypse' Garrick V. Allen (2019) 'Paratexts and the Reception History of the Apocalypse'. Journal of Theological Studies, [Details]
	2019	'The Digital Humanities in Biblical Studies and Theology' Claire Clivaz and Garrick V. Allen (2019) 'The Digital Humanities in Biblical Studies and Theology'. Open Theology, 5 :461-465 [DOI] [Details]
	2019	'Digital Tools for Working with New Testament Manuscripts' Garrick V. Allen (2019) 'Digital Tools for Working with New Testament Manuscripts'. Open Theology, 5 :13-28 [Details]
	2016	'Editorial/Editoriale: The Torah and Literary Composition in Early Judaism and Christianity' Garrick V. Allen and John Anthony Dunne (2016) 'Editorial/Editoriale: The Torah and Literary Composition in Early Judaism and Christianity'. Henoch, 38 (1):3-3 [Details]
	2018	'Rewriting and the Gospels' Garrick V. Allen (2018) 'Rewriting and the Gospels'. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, :58-69 [Details]
	2018	''There is No Glory and No Money in the Work': H. C. Hoskier and New Testament Textual Criticism' Garrick V. Allen (2018) ''There is No Glory and No Money in the Work': H. C. Hoskier and New Testament Textual Criticism'. TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism, :1-19 [Details]
	2018	'Crafting Crosswords: A Cruciverbalist Approach to Paul's Letters' Garrick V. Allen (2018) 'Crafting Crosswords: A Cruciverbalist Approach to Paul's Letters'. Teaching Theology and Religion, :304-305 [Details]
	2017	'Textual History and Reception History: Exegetical Variation in the Apocalypse' Garrick V. Allen (2017) 'Textual History and Reception History: Exegetical Variation in the Apocalypse'. Novum Testamentum, 59 (3):297-319 [Details]
	2016	'Exegetical Reasoning and Singular Readings in the New Testament Manuscript Tradition: The Apocalypse in Codex Alexandrinus' Garrick V. Allen (2016) 'Exegetical Reasoning and Singular Readings in the New Testament Manuscript Tradition: The Apocalypse in Codex Alexandrinus'. Journal of Biblical Literature, 135 (4):859-880 [Details]
	2017	'Zechariah's Horse Visions and Angelic Intermediaries: Translation, Allusion, and Transmission in Early Judaism' Garrick V. Allen (2017) 'Zechariah's Horse Visions and Angelic Intermediaries: Translation, Allusion, and Transmission in Early Judaism'. Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 79 (2):222-239 [Details]
	2016	'Scriptural Allusions in the Book of Revelation and the Contours of Textual Research 1900-2014: Retrospect and Prospects' Garrick V. Allen (2016) 'Scriptural Allusions in the Book of Revelation and the Contours of Textual Research 1900-2014: Retrospect and Prospects'. Currents in Biblical Research, 14 :319-339 [Details]
	2015	'The Reuse of Scripture in 4QCommentary Genesis C (4Q254) and 'Messianic Interpretation' in the Dead Sea Scrolls' Garrick V. Allen (2015) 'The Reuse of Scripture in 4QCommentary Genesis C (4Q254) and 'Messianic Interpretation' in the Dead Sea Scrolls'. Revue de Qumran, 27 (106):303-317 [Details]
	2015	'Textual Pluriformity and Allusion in the Book of Revelation. The Text of Zechariah 4 in the Apocalypse' Garrick V. Allen (2015) 'Textual Pluriformity and Allusion in the Book of Revelation. The Text of Zechariah 4 in the Apocalypse'. Zeitschrift fur die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der Alteren Kirche, 106 (1):136-145 [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	2018	Heythrop College Institute for Textual Studies, Garrick Allen (2018) Paper: Mirror Reading a Manuscript. [Invited Oral Presentation], Heythrop College Institute for Textual Studies, London [Details]
	2017	SBL International Meeting, Garrick Allen (2017) Paper: The Paratexts of the Apocalypse. [Oral Presentation], SBL International Meeting, Berlin [Details]
	2016	Society of Biblical Literature, Garrick V. Allen (2016) Paper: Illumination and Reception History: Artwork in GA 2028. [], Society of Biblical Literature, San Antonio , 19-NOV-16 - 22-NOV-16 [Details]
	2015	Text Critical Colloquium, Garrick V. Allen (2015) Paper: The Reception of Scripture in the Scholia in Apocalypsin (GA 2351). [], Text Critical Colloquium, Birmingham , 02-MAR-15 - 05-MAR-15 [Details]
	2015	Society of Biblical Literature, Garrick V. Allen (2015) Paper: The Initial Text of Revelation and Reception History. [], Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta , 21-NOV-15 - 24-NOV-15 [Details]
	2015	Leuven Biblical Colloquium, Garrick V. Allen (2015) Paper: Text History and/as Reception History. [], Leuven Biblical Colloquium, Leuven , 23-JUL-15 - 25-JUL-15 [Details]
	2015	British New Testament Conference, Garrick V. Allen (2015) Paper: The Manuscripts of Revelation and the Editio Critica Maior. [], British New Testament Conference, Edinburgh , 03-SEP-15 - 05-SEP-15 [Details]
	2014	British New Testament Conference, Garrick V. Allen (2014) Paper: The Process of Changing Texts. [], British New Testament Conference, Manchester , 04-SEP-14 - 06-SEP-14 [Details]
	2014	Society of Biblical Literature, Garrick V. Allen (2014) Paper: Revisualising Zechariah's Horse Visions in Antiquity. [], Society of Biblical Literature, San Diego , 22-NOV-14 - 25-NOV-14 [Details]
	2014	International SBL, Garrick V. Allen (2014) Paper: Singular Readings in Apoc. A02. [], International SBL, Vienna , 06-JUL-14 - 10-JUL-14 [Details]
	2013	Society of Biblical Literature, Garrick V. Allen (2013) Paper: Compositional Techniques and Exegetical Methods in the Revelation's Reuse of Zechariah 4. [], Society of Biblical Literature, Baltimore , 23-NOV-13 - 26-NOV-13 [Details]
	2013	International SBL, Garrick V. Allen (2013) Paper: The Text Form of the Minor Prophets in the Book of Revelation. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], International SBL, University of St Andrews , 07-JUL-13 - 11-JUL-13 [Details]
	2013	British New Testament Conference, Garrick V. Allen (2013) Paper: Textual Pluriformity, Second Temple Judaism, and the Book of Revelation. [], British New Testament Conference, University of St Andrews , 29-AUG-13 - 31-AUG-13 [Details]
	2012	British New Testament Conference, Garrick V. Allen (2012) Paper: The Reuse of Zechariah 4 in Revelation. [], British New Testament Conference, King's College London , 06-SEP-12 - 08-SEP-12 [Details]

Book Review

	Year	Publication
	2016	Laurenţiu Florentin Moţ. Morphological and Syntactical Irregularities in the Book of Revelation: A Greek Hypothesis. Linguistic Biblical Studies 11. Leiden: Brill, 2015. Garrick V. Allen (2016) Laurenţiu Florentin Moţ. Morphological and Syntactical Irregularities in the Book of Revelation: A Greek Hypothesis. Linguistic Biblical Studies 11. Leiden: Brill, 2015. Book Review [Details]
	2015	David Andrew Teeter, Scribal Laws. Garrick V. Allen (2015) David Andrew Teeter, Scribal Laws. Book Review [Details]
	2015	Aaron Koller, Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014 (22.1: 39-41). Garrick V. Allen (2015) Aaron Koller, Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014 (22.1: 39-41). Book Review [Details]
	2015	J.K. Elliot. A Bibliography of Greek New Testament Manuscripts. 3rd edition. NTSup 160. Leiden: Brill, 2015. Garrick V. Allen (2015) J.K. Elliot. A Bibliography of Greek New Testament Manuscripts. 3rd edition. NTSup 160. Leiden: Brill, 2015. Book Review [Details]
	2014	James Barr. Bible and Interpretation: The Collected Essays of James Barr. 3 volumes. Edited by John Barton. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013-2014. Garrick V. Allen (2014) James Barr. Bible and Interpretation: The Collected Essays of James Barr. 3 volumes. Edited by John Barton. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013-2014. Book Review [Details]
	2014	James M. Robinson. The Story of the Bodmer Papyri: From the First Monastery’s Library in Upper Egypt to Geneva and Dublin. Cambridge: James Clark and Co, 2011 (21.3: 383-385). Garrick V. Allen (2014) James M. Robinson. The Story of the Bodmer Papyri: From the First Monastery’s Library in Upper Egypt to Geneva and Dublin. Cambridge: James Clark and Co, 2011 (21.3: 383-385). Book Review [Details]
	2014	Ian Boxall, Patmos in the Reception History of the Apocalypse. Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013 (21.2: 192-195). Garrick V. Allen (2014) Ian Boxall, Patmos in the Reception History of the Apocalypse. Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013 (21.2: 192-195). Book Review [Details]
	2013	Jonathan D.H. Norton, Contours in the Text: Textual Variation in the Writing of Paul, Josephus and the Yahad. LNTS 430. London: T&T Clark, 2011. Garrick V. Allen (2013) Jonathan D.H. Norton, Contours in the Text: Textual Variation in the Writing of Paul, Josephus and the Yahad. LNTS 430. London: T&T Clark, 2011. Book Review [Details]
	2013	Dirk J. Human and Gert Jacobus Steyn, eds. Psalms and Hebrews: Studies in Reception. LHBOTS 527. London: T&T Clark, 2012 (20.3: 429-431). Garrick V. Allen (2013) Dirk J. Human and Gert Jacobus Steyn, eds. Psalms and Hebrews: Studies in Reception. LHBOTS 527. London: T&T Clark, 2012 (20.3: 429-431). Book Review [Details]
	2013	Elie Assis. The Book of Joel: A Prophet Between Calamity and Hope. LHBOTS London: T&T Clark, 2013 (20.4: 535-537). Garrick V. Allen (2013) Elie Assis. The Book of Joel: A Prophet Between Calamity and Hope. LHBOTS London: T&T Clark, 2013 (20.4: 535-537). Book Review [Details]
	2013	Kelli S. O'Brien, The Use of Scripture in the Markan Passion Narrative. Garrick V. Allen (2013) Kelli S. O'Brien, The Use of Scripture in the Markan Passion Narrative. Book Review [Details]
	2015	A. Samely, et al., Profiling Jewish Literature in Antiquity. Garrick Allen (2015) A. Samely, et al., Profiling Jewish Literature in Antiquity. Book Review [Details]
	2013	Kelli S. O'Brien, The Use of Scripture in the Markan Passion Narrative. Garrick V. Allen (2013) Kelli S. O'Brien, The Use of Scripture in the Markan Passion Narrative. Book Review [Details]

Invited papers

	Year	Publication
	2017	Libraries, Special Libraries, and Education in Asia Minor. Garrick V. Allen (2017) Libraries, Special Libraries, and Education in Asia Minor. Invited papers [Details]
	2016	Eschatology, Migration, and Social Identity in the late Second Temple Period. Garrick V. Allen (2016) Eschatology, Migration, and Social Identity in the late Second Temple Period. Invited papers [Details]
	2015	David Brown, Textual Criticism, and Christian Tradition. Garrick V. Allen (2015) David Brown, Textual Criticism, and Christian Tradition. Invited papers [Details]

Translation

	Year	Publication
	2018	Studies in the History of the Greek Text of the Apocalypse: The Ancient Stems: A Translation of Josef Schmid with Critical Introduction. Garrick V. Allen (co-translated) (2018) Studies in the History of the Greek Text of the Apocalypse: The Ancient Stems: A Translation of Josef Schmid with Critical Introduction. Atlanta: Translation [Details]
	2017	Introduction in Text und Textwert der Johannesapokalypse. Garrick V. Allen (2017) Introduction in Text und Textwert der Johannesapokalypse. Berlin: Translation [Details]
	2015	John Alsup's work with Leohnard Goppelt and Jürgen Roloff. Garrick V. Allen (2015) John Alsup's work with Leohnard Goppelt and Jürgen Roloff. Translation [Details]
	2015	John Alsup's work with Leohnard Goppelt and Jürgen Roloff. Garrick V. Allen (2015) John Alsup's work with Leohnard Goppelt and Jürgen Roloff. Translation [Details]

Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2018	Paul J. Achtemeier Award for New Testament Scholarship	Society of Biblical Literature
	2019	Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise	FIIT Heidelberg

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
Irish Biblical Association	Biblical Scholarship	/
British New Testament Society	Co-Chair Book of Revelation Seminar	/
Society of Biblical Literature	Biblical Scholarship	/

Modules Coordinated

	Term (ID))	Title	Link	Subject
	2019	The Letters of Paul	TP206	The Letters of Paul

Research

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