University of California, Berkeley

The Thomistic Institute at the University of California, Berkeley presents a lecture by Prof. Matthew Thomas of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology titled “Resurrection in Context: The Strangeness of Early Christian Claims.”

Friday, April 8

Wheeler Hall Room 102

7:00 PM

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the Speaker:

Matthew J. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA, and an Instructor in Theology at Regent College, Vancouver. He holds a D.Phil in New Testament and Patristics from the University of Oxford, and is the author of Paul's 'Works of the Law' in the Perspective of Second-Century Reception (Mohr Siebeck, 2018; IVP, 2020), which received the Jesus Creed "Book of the Year" award for 2018. Matthew and his wife Leeanne live in the Bay Area with their children Camille, Raphael, Michael and Agnes, who are also aspiring theologians.