Nicolae Roddy, MA, PhD

Professor

Theology

N Roddy

Contact

nroddy@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Graduate School
Ministry (Master of Arts)
Theology
DHHC - Dowling Hall/Humanities Center - 133

Nicolae Roddy, MA, PhD

Professor

Theology

Dr. Nicolae Roddy primarily teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Hebrew Bible / Older Testament at Creighton University. From 1996-2016, he served as co-director and area supervisor for the Consortium of the Bethsaida Excavations Project (CBEP), an archaeological site located at the foot of the Golan Heights near the Sea of Galilee. He also co-directs the Virtual World Project, a web-based virtual reality resource dedicated to Syro-Palestinian archaeology, available at www.virtualworldproject.org. In addition, since 2003, Dr. Roddy has served as Faculty Associate and Visiting Professor (in Biblical Archaeology and in Ancient Jewish History) for the Jewish Studies Center at the Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, Romania. He is a member of the Board of the Orthodox Center for the Advancement of Biblical Studies and formerly served as Senior Editor for its acadmic journal. He is past President of the Rocky Mountain/Great Plains Region of the American Academy of Religion (AAR), the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), and the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR). Roddy has also served on the steering committee of the Biblical Studies in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions sections of SBL and the Biblical Studies component of the International Orthodox Theological Association. Dr. Roddy has presented academic papers throughout Romania and Israel, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, and Amsterdam. He is the author of The Romanian Version of the Testament of Abraham: Text, Translation, and Cultural Context (Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001), an edited work titled Words of a Shepherd: The Life and Writings of Protostavrophor Vojislav Dosenovich (Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Monastery, 2006), and an edited volume titled Biblical Wisdom Then and Now. He has authored numerous book chapters and journal articles and is currently writing a book on the prophetic critique of human institutions. Dr. Roddy earned the Master of Arts in Theology from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (1989) and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa (1999), having completed his dissertation research as a Fulbright Scholar to Romania during the 1994-1995 academic year. Of Romanian heritage, Dr. Roddy is an active member of St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Omaha. He is married to Alexandra Roddy, formerly of Bucharest, Romania, and has five children.

Teaching Interests

  • Hebrew Bible / Older Testament

Research Focus

Hebrew Bible / Older Testament; Society and Literature of Early Judaism and Early Christianity (Pseudepigrapha and apocryphal literature); Syro-Palestinian Archaeology; Eastern Orthodox Theology and Culture; Romanian Apocryphal Texts and Traditions, Balkan Studies, Romanian Rroma History and Culture.

Department

Theology

Position

Professor

Books

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Orthodox Christianity
    Roddy Nicolae, Bible and Archaeology [Book Chapter] 2022
  • Flannery Frances, Roddy Nicolae, Biblical Wisdom, Then and Now 2021
  • Roddy Nicolae, Flannery Frances, Introduction and case study [Book Chapter] 2021
  • Biblical Wisdom, Then and Now
    Roddy Nicolae, Wisdom for haters [Book Chapter] 2021
  • Cities Through the Looking Glass
    Roddy Nicolae, Landscape of Shadows: The Image of City in the Hebrew Bible [Book Chapter] 2021
  • Arav Rami, Greene John T, Greenspoon Leonard, Roddy Nicolae, Williams Paul Allen, Bahat Dan, Grams Laura W, , Cities Through the Looking Glass 2021
  • Roddy Nicolae, Pinar Üre, Reclaiming Byzantium: Russia, Turkey and the Archaeological Claim to the Middle East in the 19th Century, London, I.B. Taurus 2020, 212 p., e-PDF: 978-1-7883-1746-7 2020
  • Olam ha-zeh v'olam ha-ba
    Roddy Nicolae, Warriors, wives, and wisdom [Book Chapter] 2017
  • Bethsaida in Archaeology, History and Ancient Culture
    Roddy Nicolae, 'Righteous in his own eyes' [Book Chapter] 2014
  • Tarazi Paul Nadim, Roddy Nicolae, Festschrift in honor of Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi 2013
  • Festschrift in Honor of Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi
    Roddy Nicolae, I'm not there [Book Chapter] 2013
  • Roddy Nicolae G., Festschrift in honor of Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi. Volume 1, Studies in the Old Testament 2013
  • Festschrift in honor of Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi. Volume 1, Studies in the Old Testament
    Roddy Nicolae G., I'm not there: self-negation as authentication in the prophetic tradition [Book Chapter] 2013
  • Bible in the Christian Orthodox Tradition (Book 2)
    Roddy Nicolae G., Visul Maicii Domnului ('The dream of the Mother of the Lord'): New Testament Romanian amulet text [Book Chapter] 2012
  • How Jonah is Interpreted in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
    Roddy Nicolae G., Foreword [Book Chapter] 2011
  • Old Testament Apocrypha in the Slavonic Tradition: Continuity and Diversity
    Roddy Nicolae G., Slavonic Apocryphal Traditions in the Romanian Lands: Diffusion and Diffraction [Book Chapter] 2011
  • [The Orthodox Church and the Rights of Man: Paradigms, Foundations, and Implications]
    Roddy Nicolae G., [In search of a genuine biblical anthropology: two case studies] [Book Chapter] 2010
  • The Old Testament As Authoritative Scripture in the Early Churches of the East
    Roddy Nicolae G., Introduction [Book Chapter] 2010
  • The Old Testament As Authoritative Scripture in the Early Churches of the East
    Roddy Nicolae G., Does the Orthodox lectionary subvert the gospel?: The parable of the wicked husbandmen in light of the prophetical priestly perspective of the exile [Book Chapter] 2010
  • Flannery-Dailey Frances, Roddy Nicolae, Shantz Colleen, Werline Rodney Alan, Introduction: Religious Experience, Past and Present 2008
  • Experientia, Volume 1: Inquiry into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity
    Roddy Nicolae G., Flannery F., Shantz C., Werline R., Introduction: Religious Experience, Past and Present [Book Chapter] 2008
  • Roddy Nicolae G., Introduction to the Hebrew Bible with Cd-Rom 2004
  • Bethsaida
    Roddy Nicolae, The Antichrist at Bethsaida [Book Chapter] 2004
  • Roddy Nicolae G., The Old Testament: an introduction. Vol. 1, Historical traditions [Book Review] 2004
  • Roddy Nicolae G., The Samaritans and early Judaism: a literary analysis [Book Review] 2001
  • Roddy Nicolae G., The Romanian version of the Testament of Abraham: text, translation, cultural context 2001
  • Roddy Nicolae G., The particulars of rapture: reflections on Exodus [Book Review] 2001

General

  • Roddy Nicolae G., The theology of the prophetic books: the death and resurrection of Israel 1999

Publications

  • Modern theology
    Nguyen Peter, Roddy Nicolae, Performative Theodicy: Edith Stein and the Recovery of Lamentation 2023
  • Journal of Religion and Society
    Roddy Nicolae G., Exile as Identity in Persian Yehud, p. 35 - 47 2016
  • Theological Studies
    Roddy Nicolae G., The Old Testament in Eastern Orthodox Tradition. By Eugen J. Pentiuc
    75:4, p. 940 2014
  • Horizons
    Roddy Nicolae G., Review of Redeeming Our Sacred Story: The Death of Jesus and Relations between Jews and Christians. By Mary Boys . Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2013.
    41:1, p. 194 - 196 2014
  • Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society
    Roddy Nicolae G., You didn't build that!: A prophetic view of the political economy from the exile
    Supplement 10, p. 70 - 82 2014
  • Journal of Religion
    Roddy Nicolae G., The Social Significance of Reconciliation in Paul's Theology: Narrative Readings in Romans [Book review]
    93:4, p. 532 - 534 2013
  • Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society
    Roddy Nicolae G., And the blue became red and dwelt among us: mapping boundaries of meaning in Eastern Orthodox iconography
    Supplement 8, p. 133 - 144 2012
  • Roddy Nicolae, Slavonic apocryphal traditions in the Romanian lands 2011
  • Biblische Notizen
    Roddy Nicolae G., Perforated tripodal vessels at Iron II Bethsaida-Tzer
    141, p. 91 - 100 2009
  • Studia Hebraica
    Roddy Nicolae G., The Way It Wasn't: The Book of Judith as Anti-Hasmonean Propaganda
    8, p. 269 - 277 2009
  • Studia hebraica
    Roddy Nicolae, THE WAY IT WASN’T: THE BOOK OF JUDITH AS ANTI-HASMONEAN PROPAGANDA, p. 269 - 277 2008
  • Roddy Nicolae G., Hovanessian V., Biblical Studies and the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions 2008
  • Catholic Biblical Quarterly
    Roddy Nicolae G., Retroverting slavonic pseudepigrapha: Toward the original of the Apocalypse of Abraham
    68:2, p. 335 - 337 2006
  • BR
    Roddy Nicolae G., Life after death: A history of the afterlife in Western religion
    21:3, p. 42 - 46 2005
  • Catholic Biblical Quarterly
    Roddy Nicolae G., The epistle of Second Baruch: a study in form and message; [REVIEW]
    66:2, p. 334 - 335 2004
  • Studia hebraica
    Roddy Nicolae, Ultimate Reflections, Infinite Refractions: Form And Function In The Elusive Genre Of Testamentary Literature, p. 298 - 310 2003
  • Roddy Nicolae, Gates and Gods: Cults in the City Gates of Iron Age Palestine--An Investigation of the Archaeological and Biblical Sources 2002
  • Roddy Nicolae G., The king and the cemeteries: toward a new understanding of Josiah's reform 2002
  • Journal of religion & society
    Roddy Nicolae, 'The Bible Unearthed' in the context of the tenth century (BCE) debate 2001
  • Journal of Religion & Society
    Roddy Nicolae G., The Bible unearthed in the context of the tenth century (BCE) debate: a review of Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman, The Bible unearthed: archaeology's new vision of ancient Israel and the origin of its sacred texts (New York: Free Press, 2000)
    3 2001
  • Journal of Religion & Society
    Roddy Nicolae G., Scribal intent: sociocultural appropriation of the Testament of Abraham in eighteenth-century Romanian lands
    1 1999
  • Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha
    Roddy Nicolae, 'Two Parts: Weeks of Seven Weeks': the End of the Age as Terminus Ad Q Uem for 2 Baruch
    7:14, p. 3 - 14 1996

Awards

  • Kathleen Connolly-Weinert Leadership Award
    Theta Alpha Kappa
    Theta Alpha Kappa
  • Virtual World Project in the Galilee
    Kripke Center Research Grant

Consulting

  • Consortium of the Bethsaida Excavations Project,
    Academic Consultig
    University of Nebraska at Omaha.
    2015
  • Developing the Prophetical Priestly Perspective from the Exile: A Catholic/Orthodox Approach for Teaching the Older Testament
    CU Faculty Summer Research Fellowship Program
    2011