Angela Zautcke, PhD

Biography

Angela Zautcke, PhD, a San Diego native and Assistant Professor of Sacred Scripture at the Franciscan School of Theology. She received her doctorate in Theology from the University of Notre Dame, where she studied Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity. While at Notre Dame, Dr. Zautcke received the Notebaert Fellowship, the university’s premiere fellowship for doctoral students. She was also awarded the Catholic Biblical Association’s Emerging Scholars Fellowship in 2023. Dr. Zautcke’s research focuses on the study of the New Testament within the context of Judaism and the Greco-Roman world. Dr. Zautcke also earned a Master of Theological Studies (MTS) degree from the Franciscan School of Theology.

Degrees

• Ph.D. in Theology – University of Notre Dame
• MTS – University of Notre Dame
• MTS – Franciscan School of Theology
• MA in Marriage and Family Therapy – University of San Diego
• BA in English Literature – University of Southern California

Courses

Introduction to Old Testament

After a brief introduction to the Bible as a whole and various approaches to it, this course seeks to present an overview of the Old Testament by studying its main literary works, theological traditions, and the historical contexts in which they grew. The primary focus is on theology and spirituality.

Old Testament Wisdom Literature

This course is a survey of the wisdom material of the Bible, focusing on the Old Testament. We will explore themes of Wisdom theology in the wisdom books and in other types of literature in the OT. With these themes in mind, the course also discusses how Wisdom theology appears in some works in the New Testament.

Luke-Acts

This course is a study of the Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles. The course explores these documents from a literary and historical perspective. To this end, the course examines the historical, cultural, and geographical setting of the gospel and Acts as well as its authorship, audience, literary techniques and characteristics, theology and important themes. The course also compares the purpose, themes and orientation of Luke’s Gospel with the other synoptic gospels and compare Acts with other contemporaneous Greco-Roman literature.

Letters of St. Paul

This class introduces students to the Pauline epistles. Students will study the letters within the context of the Greco-Roman world and first-century Judaism to gain a better understanding of their theological message both for their original audience and today.

Psalms

This class introduces students to the language and literary form of the psalms. Students study the psalms in light of Old Testament theology, the canon of Scripture, communal worship and prayer.

Publications

• Book review of Literary Theory and the New Testament, by Mical Beth Dinkler, Ancient Jew Review, 6 December 2022.
• Co-Editor with Mark Elliott and Raleigh C. Heth, Studies in the History of Exegesis (Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022).
• “Erasing the Gospels: Sinaiticus Syriacus and Patterns among Syriac Gospel Palimpsests,”Early Christianity 12 (2021): 85-102.
• Contributing author to Christopher Baron, ed. The Herodotus Encyclopedia, (Hoboken: Wiley, 2021).

Academic Awards

• Notebaert Fellowship – University of Notre Dame
• Dean’s Fellowship – University of Notre Dame
• Mary Stuart Rogers Scholarship – Franciscan School of Theology
• Dean’s Scholarship – University of Southern California