Dr Bridget Gilfillan Upton

Email: b.gilfillan-upton@heythrop.ac.uk
Telephone: 020 7795 4214

Current teaching

Undergraduate courses in New Testament and NT Greek; contributions on the Gospels, History of Interpretation; exegesis of Gospel texts. Postgraduate teaching includes a contribution to the MA in Biblical Studies, notably a module on the critical reading of Mark’s Gospel. Supervision of research students is carried out as required.

Research interests

Gospel methodology, including appropriate approaches for the interpretation of ancient popular texts; the application of aspects of film narratology to individual gospels and the four gospel tradition; feminist hermeneutics.

Publications

Hearing Mark’s Endings: Listening to Ancient Popular Texts through Speech Act Theory (Boston, Leiden:Brill 2006)

‘Can Stepmothers be Saved; another look at 1 Timothy 2: 8-15’ in Feminist Theology (forthcoming 2007)
 
‘Who do they say Mary was? Characterisation of Mary Magdalene in Film and Gospel’ in Gender und Religion (Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati and Ann Jeffers eds.)  (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht forthcoming 2007)

'Feminist Theology as Biblical Hermeneutics' in The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology (Susan F. Parsons, ed.) ( Cambridge University Press 2002)