Justin Marc Smith, PhD, EdD

Chair, Department of Biblical Studies, Theology, and Ministry; Professor, Biblical Studies

Office Location: West Campus, John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 217

Justin Smith, PhD, was born and raised in Los Angeles. His educational journey includes Occidental College, Fuller Theological Seminary, The Graduate Theological Union, and University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He has taught at APU since 2011, first as an adjunct and then as a full-time professor. Smith has published in the area of the Gospels and Gospel genre as well as biblical interpretation. He has served the university in a wide variety of capacities, including Faculty Senate, Senate Steering Committee, and currently as chair of the Department of Biblical and Religious Studies.

Education

PhD, New Testament, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 2010
MA, Biblical Languages, Graduate Theological Union, 2005
MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2003
BA, Religious Studies, Occidental College, 2000

Academic Area

School of Theology

Expertise

Gospels
Gospel Genre and Greco-Roman Biography
New Testament History and Culture
Scripture, Theology, and Environmental Ethics

Courses Taught

ALNG 456 – Ancient Languages
GBBL 510 – New Testament Greek I
GBBL 520 – New Testament Greek II
GRKB 200 – Elementary Greek I
GRKB 201 – Elementary Greek II
GRKB 300 – Intermediate Greek I
PRBL 230 – Luke/Acts
PRRS 200 – World Religions
RELG 351 – Introduction to Islam
RELG 498 – Religious Studies Capstone
UBBL 230 – Luke/Acts
UBBL 330 – Life and Teachings of Jesus
UBBL 442 – Prison and Pastoral Epistles
UBBL 496 – Senior Seminar: Biblical Theology & Ethics
SOT 201G – Elementary Greek I
SOT 202G – Elementary Greek II
SOT 200 – Understanding the New Testament
SOT 344 – Life and Teachings of Jesus
SOT 440 – Prison and Pastoral Epistles
SOT 495 – Special Topics: Biblical Theology and Ethics