Dr. Phillip Munoa joined the faculty of Hope College in 1993 after completing his education at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). His graduate programs introduced him to the literatures and languages of the ancient Mediterranean world and gave him an enduring interest in Second Temple Judaism, Greco-Roman culture and early Christianity.

他在霍普的教学兴趣促使他开设了一门关于基督教起源的入门课程(基督与凯撒:耶稣如何征服罗马人)和另一门关于《圣经》的课程(《圣经文学导论》)。对于宗教专业的学生，他开设了一门关于历史上耶稣的课程(《耶稣与福音书:福音文学和耶稣研究导论》)，并开设了一门关于犹太教和基督教传统中非正统圣经文本的研讨会(《另一本圣经》)。

While Professor Munoa’s research began in the field of ancient Jewish mysticism, and he has published a book and several papers on that topic, his current scholarly project is Jewish angelology and the significance of the angel of the Lord tradition for Jewish and Christian conceptions of deliverance. He has authored a series of papers in journals and books that argue for this angel’s importance, and is under contract with a publisher for a book on the subject.

He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Association of Jewish Studies and the Association of Ancient Historians.

Areas of expertise

• Second Temple Judaism
• Jewish angelology
• Christian origins and Gospel literature
• Early Christology

Education

• Ph.D., Ancient Near Eastern studies, University of Michigan, 1993
• M.A., classics, University of Michigan, 1989

Selected Publications

• “The Son of Man and the Angel of the Lord: Daniel 7 and Israel's Angel Traditions,”Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 2019
• “The Good Angel that Delivered the Jews: How 2 Maccabees Adapted Daniel 7 and the Angel of the Lord Tradition,” inWisdom Poured Out Like Water, ed. J. Harold Ellens et al., De Gruyter, 2018
• “Raphael the Savior: Tobit’s Adaptation of the Angel of the Lord Tradition,”Journal for the Study of Pseudepigrapha, 2016
• “Before Mary and Joseph There Was Raphael: An Antecedent to the Angelic ‘Incarnations’ of Jewish Christianity and Its Gospels,” in TheOpen Mind: Essays in Honor of Christopher Rowland, ed. J. Knight and K. Sullivan, T & T Clark, 2014
• “Raphael, Azariah and Jesus of Nazareth: Tobit’s Significance for Early Christology”Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 2012
• Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction to Gospel Literature and Jesus Studies, with Jarl Fossum, Wadsworth, 2003
• “Jesus, the Merkavah, and Martyrdom in Early Christian Tradition,”Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002
• Four Powers in Heaven: The Interpretation of Daniel 7 in the Testament of Abraham, JSP Supplement Series 28, Sheffield Academic Press, 1999