Supervisors and Expertise

Prof Chris L. de Wet

Professor (Department of New Testament and Related Literature)

Qualifications: BA; BA (Hons - RAU); MA (Ancient Languages and Cultures - UP); DLitt (Ancient Greek - UP); PhD (Theology – Radboud University Nijmegen)

Fields of Expertise: 

• History of the reception of the New Testament in early Christianity;
• Pauline literature;
• Early Christian studies, with a focus on the Greek, Syriac, and Latin authors of the second to seventh century CE;
• Late antiquity studies;
• John Chrysostom;
• Ancient slavery, freedom, and resistance;
• Ancient Medicine, healthcare and disability;
• Early Christian monasticism and asceticism;
• Early Christian sexuality and gender;
• History of the reception of the Old Testament in early Christianity;
• Deutero-canonical literature of the Septuagint (LXX);
• Michel Foucault studies, especially Foucault and early Christianity.

Master's: 7

PhDs: 10

Email: [email protected]

Dr Annette Potgieter

Senior Lecturer (Department of New Testament and Related Texts)

Qualification: BTh; BA (Hons Ancient Languages); MA (Ancient Languages); MDiv; MTh (New Testament); Dr theol (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)

Field of Expertise: Pauline literature, metaphor theory, early Christianity, Septuagint 

PhDs: 2

Email: [email protected]

Dr John Robert van Niekerk

Senior Lecturer (Department of New Testament and Related Literature)

Qualifications: BTh, BA (Hons) , Mdiv, MTh, Ph.D (New Testament)

Fields of Expertise:

• Apocalypse of John (Revelation).
• Apocalyptic literature.
• Religious experiences, ancient and modern.
• Social-scientific criticism.
• Cross cultural anthropology.

Email: [email protected]