Joseph Modica

Dr. Joseph B. Modica serves as the University Chaplain and Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University in St. Davids, PA, since 1993. Dr. Modica earned the B.A., Queens College, City University of New York (Psychology); M.Div., Alliance Theological Seminary, Nyack, NY; M.Phil., and Ph.D., Drew University, Madison, New Jersey (New Testament and Early Christianity). He is ordained with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and pastored the Queens Center Alliance Church (Queens, NY) from 1986-1988. Joseph and his wife Marianne have four children. Marianne is an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Valley Forge Christian College in Phoenixville, PA. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Childhood Studies program at Rutgers University/Camden. Dr. Modica edited a volume of essays honoring Dr. Tony Campolo’s 65th birthday entitled: The Gospel With Extra Salt: Friends of Tony Campolo Celebrate His Passions for Ministry (Judson Press, 2000). He has also co-edited a book of essays with Dr. Scot McKnight from North Park University, entitled Who Do My Opponents Say That I Am? Accusations Against the Historical Jesus, (T & T Clark/Continuum, 2008). His next co-edited book with Dr. McKnight, Jesus is Lord, Caesar is Not: Evaluating the Empire in New Testament Studies (InterVarsity Press) is due for publication in the spring 2013.