Dr Madison N. Pierce

Dr Madison N. Pierce

Lecturer in New Testament and Early Christianity

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 2104
Email
mnp1@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Teaching

  • DI3716 Readings in Early Christian Greek Texts
  • DI3719 Bible through the Ages
  • DI5156 Hellenistic Greek Readings

Research areas

Rev. Dr. Pierce joined St Mary's School of Divinity in 2025 after teaching for several years in North America. She completed her PhD at Durham University under the supervision of Professor Francis Watson, and subseqently published her thesis on Hebrews' spoken quotations of Scripture as听Divine Discourse in the Epistle to the Hebrews听(SNTSMS; Cambridge University Press, 2020). Recently, she published听Reading the Later New Testament as Christian Scripture (Baker Academic, 2026), a resource for students co-authored by Dr Ruth Anne Reese.听She has also edited two collections of essays and authored several peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters in edited volumes.

Her research interests are the Epistle to the Hebrews as well as the interpretation and reception of other Jewish traditions in the New Testament. Her current research is particularly focused on the author of Hebrews鈥檚 messiah language and analogies related to Jewish rituals.

She is ordained in the Reformed Church in America as a Minister of Word and Sacrament. She is also a New Testament Editor at听听and a co-host of podcast.

PhD supervision

  • Ryan听Brady
  • Miguel听Reyes

Selected publications

  • Pierce, M. N., 2020, Cambridge University Press. (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series; no. 178)

    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book

  • Pierce, M. N. (Editor), Byers, A. J. (Editor) & Gathercole, S. (Editor), 17 Feb 2022, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 289 p.

    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Anthology

  • Pierce, M. N., 1 Sept 2023, In: Journal for the Study of the New Testament. 46, 1, p. 37鈥�58

    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

  • Open access
    Pierce, M. N., 28 Apr 2026, In: Journal for the Study of the New Testament. OnlineFirst

    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

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