Academics
Education
Ph.D., Biblical Interpretation. Joint Doctoral Program - University of Denver / Iliff School of Theology, 2011.
M.A., Religious Studies. Missouri State University, 2001.
B.A., History and Social Science Education. Evangel University, 1998.
Books Published
2013. Kids and Kingdom: the Precarious Presence of Children in the Synoptic Gospels. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2019. “Children in Q – What the Double Tradition reveals about Q’s attitude toward Children: Q 11:19-20; 12:53; 14:26; and 17:1-2.” Biblical Interpretation (in press).
2014. "Undesired Offspring and Child Endangerment in Jewish Antiquity." Journal of Childhood and Religion 5, no. 3: 1-36.Online: http://childhoodandreligion.com/issues/volume-5/
2012. "Children in Deuteronomy: the Partisan Nature of Divine Justice." Biblical Interpretation 20: 1-15.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
2020. "Children in Mark: a Deconstructive Approach." Pages 196-216 in Children and Methods: Listening To and Learning From Children in the Biblical World, Eds. Kristine Henriksen Garroway and John W. Martens. Brill Judaic Series; Leiden: Brill.
2019. "The 'Lost Boys' (and Girls) of Q's 'Neverland.'" Pages 291-310 in T&T Clark Handbook to Children and Childhood in the Biblical World, eds. Sharon Betsworth and Julie Faith Parker. London, New York, Oxford, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury/T&T Clark.
Book Reviews
2019. Review of Amy Lindeman Allen, For Theirs Is the Kingdom: Inclusion and Participation of Children in the Gospel According to Luke. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. Online.
2016. Review of Sharon Betsworth, Children in Early Christian Narratives. London: Bloomsbury/T&T Clark, 2015. In the Review of Biblical Literature. Online. https://www.bookreviews.org/BookDetail.asp?TitleId=10427
2016. Review of Sharon Betsworth, The Reign of God is Such as These: a Socio-Literary Analysis of Daughters in the Gospel of Mark. New York: T&T Clark, 2010. In the Journal of Childhood and Religion. Online: http://childhoodandreligion.com/book-reviews/
2010. Review of Marcia J. Bunge, Terence Fretheim, and Beverly Roberts Gaventa, eds. The Child in the Bible. In the Journal of Childhood and Religion. Online: http://childhoodandreligion.com/book-reviews/
Contributed works
2010. Contributing writer, Testimoni della fede nella Chiese della reforma. Thomas F. Best, Stanley Burgess, and Günther Gassmann, eds. Rome: Nuova' Citta Editrice Della P.A.M.O.M. (Italian).
Works in progress
Children and the Reign of God. A revision and expansion of my 2013 book.
The Single Savior. An examination of the history behind the celibate behavior of Jesus and some of his contemporaries.
Dr. Murphy is a long time member of the Society of Biblical Literature. He has delivered numerous papers and invited lectures and participated in panel discussions. He participated in excavations at Banias, Israel in 1996 and 1999 under Vassilios Tzaferis with the late Professor Emeritus LaMoine DeVries of Missouri State University.
Employment
2019- present Associate Director of the School of American & Global Studies. South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.
2018 - present Associate Professor of Religion, Biblical Studies. South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.
2012 - 2018 Assistant Professor of Religion, Biblical Studies. South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.
2011 - 2012 Instructor, Religion. South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.
2007 - 2011 Affiliate Faculty. Colorado Christian University, Lakewood & Centennial, Colorado.
2002 - 2006 Assistant Professor of History. Evangel University, Springfield, MO.
1998 - 2000 GTA, Department of Religious Studies. Missouri State University.
