Maurice John-Patrick O'Connor
Biblical Studies
maurice.oconnor@ptsem.edu
Profile
Maurice John-Patrick (“JP”) O’Connor, MDiv '15, is a PhD candidate at Princeton Theological Seminary. He earned his MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary and BA from Northwest University (Kirkland, Washington). His teaching interests include early Christianity, the Gospels, Second Temple Judaism, and Paul. He has taught courses at Princeton Theological Seminary, Northwest University, and The College of New Jersey. His current research interests include the moral formation of early Christian communities according to the Gospel of Mark, particularly in comparison to early Jewish and Greco-Roman biographies.
Dissertation
The Moral Life According to Mark
Committee
C. Clifton Black (chair)
Dale C. Allison
George L. Parsenios
Select Publications
“The faculty and staff at Princeton Seminary took my interests in science and theology and gave them real direction.”