CURRICULUM VITAE
Ryan
Donald Wettlaufer
16 Jacklin Cresc., Seguin, Ont., P2A 2W8
(705) 378-4749 (home) (705) 346-0673 (cell)
r.wettlaufer(at)utoronto.ca
Personal.
I am a Canadian citizen, born and raised in
Ontario. In 2002 I married Jennifer,
and we have three children: William, Samuel and Juniper.
I consider myself a traditional Christian and we are members of the
Anglican Church, though we have attended a wide variety of other
denominations. Outside of academics, I
am an award-winning trumpet player and have toured around North America with
various musical groups. I am nearly
certified as a carpenter, and enjoy fine woodworking and furniture making. Before becoming a father, I often went
running, cycling and canoeing.
Education.
Ph. D. New Testament, 2010
University of St. Michael’s
College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Thesis: Conjectural
Emendation in New Testament Textual Criticism with the Epistle of James as a
Case Study.
Supervisor: Dr. John S.
Kloppenborg
M.A. New Testament, (Cum Laude), 2002
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South-Hamilton, Mass.
Harvard Divinity School (partim), Cambridge,
Mass.
Thesis: An Interpretative Discussion of Preformed Creedal Texts in
the New
Testament and their Relevance to the Theology of the Early Church
through an Exegetical Case Study of the Pastoral Epistles.
Supervision: Dr. R. Gruenler
Minor: Ethics
B.A. Theology, 2000
Briercrest College, Caronport, Sask.
Advisor: Prof. R. Seale
Major: Greek New Testament
Minors: Philosophy, Literature & Fine Arts
Experience.
Teaching Experience:
Sessional
Instructor, Canadore College, 2012-present
Sessional
Instructor, University of St. Michael’s College, 2007- present
Teaching
Assistant, University of St. Michael’s College, 2005 – 2007
Grading
Assistant, Tyndale Seminary, 2003 – 2004
Adult Instructor,
Hamilton Mountain Salvation Army, 2001
Visiting
Professor of Theology, assisting, Zaporozhye College, 2000
Teaching
Assistant, Briercrest College, 1997-2000
Associate Instructor of Music,
Briercrest College, 1999-2000
Teaching Areas:
New Testament
Exegesis: Gospels, Paul, General Letters
New Testament
Textual Criticism
Methods of
Biblical Interpretation
Hermeneutics
History and
Origin of the Biblical Text
New Testament
Theology
New Testament
Greek
Introduction to
the New Testament
New Testament
Backgrounds
Introduction to
the Hebrew Bible
Religion and
Modern Culture
Research Experience:
English editor, Institute
for New Testament Textual Research, Muenster, Germany, 2009- present
Research Assistant, Dr.
Terry Donaldson, Wycliffe College, 2003 - 2005
Administrative Experience:
Technical
Director, The Meeting House – Parry Sound, 2009- 2013
Moderator,
Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement Forum
(http://forum.canadianwoodworking.com/forum.php), 2008 - present
Steering
Committee, Muskoka Woods Leadership Centre, 2007-2009
Secondary
Dwelling Task Force, Town of Aurora, Ont., 2005
Student
Leadership Council, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2002
Summer Staff
Supervisor, Muskoka Baptist Conference, 1997
Ministry Experience:
Home
Church Co-leader, The Meeting House – Parry Sound, 2012
Teaching
Team Leader, Georgian Bay Community Church, 2008
Ministry
Placement, Kids Clubs, Briercrest College, 1996-2000
Assistant
Youth Pastor, Uplands Evangelical Free Church, 1997-1999
Youth
Leader, Stoney Creek Salvation Army, 1994-1996
Publications and Presentations.
Books:
No Longer Written: The Use of Conjectural
Emendation in the Restoration of the Text of the New Testament, The Epistle of
James as a Case Study (NTTSD 44). Leiden: Brill, 2013.
Articles:
“The Well Primed Scribe” Annali di storia dell'
esegesi (forthcoming)
“Unseen Variants: Conjectural Emendation in New Testament
Textual Criticism” in Editing the Bible, eds. John Kloppenborg
and Judith Newman, (ed. John S. Kloppenborg and Judith Newman;
Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012).
“A Second
Glance At Matthew 27:24” New Testament Studies 53 no 3 (July 2007): 344-358
Book Reviews:
Elliott, J.K., New Testament
Textual Criticism: The Application of Thoroughgoing Principles, in Theologische
Literaturzeitung (forthcoming)
Hull, Robert F., The Story of
the New Testament Text, in Biblical Theology Bulletin (forthcoming)
Porter, Stanley & Boda, Mark, Translating
the New Testament, in Toronto Journal of Theology (forthcoming)
Royse, James R., Scribal Habits
in Early Greek New Testament Papyri, in Toronto Journal of Theology
(forthcoming)
Beale, G.K. and Carson, D. A.,
eds., Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, in Toronto
Journal of Theology (fourthcoming)
Ruis-Camps, Josep and Read-Heimerdinger, Jenny, The
Message of Acts in Codex Bezae, in Biblical Theology Bulletin (2008)
Evans, Craig, ed., From
Prophecy to Testament: The Function of the Old
Testament in the New, in Toronto Journal of Theology
(Fall, 2007)
Westerholm, Stephen, Perspectives Old and New on
Paul: The “Lutheran” Paul and His Critics, in Toronto Journal of Theology
(Fall, 2005)
Presentations:
The Well-Primed Scribe,
Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Baltimore, MD, November
2013.
Another Glance at James 1:17,
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Waterloo, May 2012.
Seminar on effective workplace
communication adapted from the book Crucial Conversations, presented at
various local professional offices, 2012.
A First Glance at Title Creep,
Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Diego, November 2011.
Unseen Variants: Conjectural
Emendation in New Testament Textual Criticism, Conference on Editorial
Problems, University of Toronto, November 2, 2007.
Matthew 27:24 and the Less
Pious Reading, Symposium of the Department of Biblical Studies, Toronto
School of Theology, February 24, 2005
Current
Research.
The Well Primed Scribe. This research, into the occurrence of the
priming effect in the work of early scribes and the class of variants created
thereby, is currently underway and will be presented at the 2013 annual meeting
of the Society of Biblical Literature.
James 1:17.
This research, on a possible primitive corruption in the text of James
1:17, was presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical
Studies in 2012, and is currently being revised for submission for publication.
Title Creep.
This research, on the scribal phenomenon of divine title expansion, has
been presented at the meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in
2011. The results were partially
published in No Longer Written (2013), and the
complete study is currently being prepared for submission for publication.
The Religious Side of Nearly Everything. This
is a wide ranging course examining a variety of issues of science, art,
philosophy and popular culture from a theological perspective. Prepared initially for the general studies
department of a local community college, the course material is under continual
development.
Professional
Memberships.
Society of
Biblical Literature
Canadian
Society of Biblical Studies
