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Laura Nasrallah is the Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Religious Studies. Her research integrates New Testament studies with archaeology, focusing on early Christian rituals, material culture, and their intersections with colonialism, gender, and power dynamics. She holds affiliations with Yale’s Divinity School and collaborates with institutions like Harvard University Press and Mohr Siebeck.
Her major works include Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses (2024), analyzing ritual objects through Black artistic frameworks; Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019), contextualizing Paul’s letters through archaeology; and Christian Responses to Roman Art and Architecture (2010), examining early Christian engagement with imperial spaces. She co-edits volumes on Thessaloniki and Cyprus, blending archaeology with religious studies.
Her publications (2003–2021) address topics like curse tablets, Paul’s socio-economic contexts, and early Christian responses to Roman aesthetics. She pioneered the HarvardX online course on Paul’s letters, emphasizing digital pedagogy. Current projects include a 1 Corinthians commentary and studies on ancestral justice and envy.
