Professional competence areas:
- The New Testament, Paul, Jesus, ancient paideia and Homer
My research is on the New Testament with focus on Paul and Jesus. The reception of early Christian texts and the Christian preaching within an ancient setting is a major interest of my research.
Latest academic publications
- Sandnes, K. O. (2024). Fra foraktet potpurri til teologisk kunstverk: Om Eudokias Homerocentones, Dansk Tidsskrift for Teologi og Kirke, s. 120 - 136. Dansk Tidsskrift for Teologi og Kirke, ISSN: 1903-6523
- Sandnes, K. O. (2024). «… kraften av hans oppstandelse»: Apostelen Paulus’ teologiske grunnspråk, Teologisk tidsskrift, s. 90 - 100. Teologisk tidsskrift, ISSN: 1893-0263
- Sandnes, K. O. (2024). Reading Romans 4 Backwards: Abraham Mirrored in His σπρμα, Isaac, Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche, s. 69 - 89. Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche, ISSN: 0044-2615
- Sandnes, K. O. (2023). Skriften eller skriftsteder? Til forståelsen av γραφή hos Paulus, Teologisk tidsskrift, s. 176 - 187. Teologisk tidsskrift, ISSN: 1893-0263
- Sandnes, K. O. (2023). When Mortals Become Sinners: Tertullian Grappling with the Delphic Maxim, Know Yourself: Interpretations and Echoes of the Delphic Maxim in Ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Philosophy,, s. 385 - 421. ISBN: 9783111083544
- Sandnes, K. O. (2022). A Theology for Gentiles Only? Assessing an Assumption in the So-Called 'Paul within Judaism', Word in Life and Life in the Word: A Festschrift in Honor of President Simon S. C. Chow,, s. 117 - 138. ISBN: 9789881634986
- Sandnes, K. O. (2022). Når Paulus argumenterer «på menneskelig vis» (ἀνθρώπινον λέγω): En paulinsk frase og noen implikasjoner, Teologisk tidsskrift, s. 21 - 31. Teologisk tidsskrift, ISSN: 1893-0263
- Sandnes, K. O. (2022). The Rule of Faith: Getting the Jigsaw Puzzle Right, Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology, s. 1 - 18. Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology, ISSN: 0039-338X
- Sandnes, K. O. (2022). Jesus the epic hero : the theology of empress Eudocia's Homeric gospel, Lexington Books, ISBN: 9781666908626
- Sandnes, K. O. (2021). Resurrectionon the Road to Damascus? Exploring Paul's Purview on His Damascus Experience, Sacra Scripta, s. 158 - 174. Sacra Scripta, ISSN: 1584-7624
- Sandnes, K. O. (2021). Eudocia’s Homeric Cento and the Woman Anointing Jesus: An Example of Female Authority, Patterns of Women's Leadership in Early Christianity,, s. 211 - 228. ISBN: 9780198867067
- Sandnes, K. O. (2021). Mimesis and criticism, New Studies in Textual Interplay,, s. 55 - 67. ISBN: 9780567678973
- Sandnes, K. O. & Henriksen, J. (2020). Resurrection : Texts and Interpretation, Experience and Theology, Pickwick Publications, ISBN: 9781532695872
- Sandnes, K. O. (2019). Ancient Debates on Jesus as Miracle Worker : Emic and Etic Perspectives, Healing and Exorcism in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity,, s. 197 - 218. ISBN: 9783161589379
- Sandnes, K. O. (2018). Households and the Exodus : A Note on Infant Baptism in the Early Church, The Church and Its Mission in the New Testament and Early Christianity : Essays in Memory of Hans Kvalbein,, s. 261 - 278. ISBN: 9783161559099
- Henriksen, J. & Sandnes, K. O. (2018). The Vulnerable Human and the Absent God : the Stories about Gethsemane as a Possible Source for Theological Anthropology, Kerygma und Dogma, s. 163 - 177. Kerygma und Dogma, ISSN: 0023-0707
- Sandnes, K. O. (2018). Paul Perceived : an Interactionist Perspective on Paul and the Law, Mohr Siebeck, ISBN: 9783161561016
- Sandnes, K. O. (2017). Luther, Galaterbrevet og moderne Paulus-forskning, Teologisk tidsskrift, s. 7 - 24. Teologisk tidsskrift, ISSN: 1893-0263
- Sandnes, K. O. (2017). Justification and Abraham: Exegesis of Romans 4, God's Power for Salvation : Romans 1,1-5,11,, s. 147 - 181. ISBN: 9789042935341
- Sandnes, K. O. (2017). Paul, an Isaianic prophet?, Studies in Isaiah: History, Theology, and Reception,, s. 139 - 156. ISBN: 9780567667175
- Sandnes, K. O. (2017). Jesus' Last Meal According to Mark and Matthew : Comparison and Interpretation, The Eucharist – Its Origins and Contexts. Sacred Meal, Communal Meal, Table Fellowship in Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity,, s. 453 - 475. ISBN: 9783161539183
- Sandnes, K. O. (2016). Early Christian discourses on Jesus' prayer at Gethsemane : courageous, committed, cowardly?, Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN: 9789004309593
- Sandnes, K. O. (2016). New Testament, Patristic Sources, Visual Arts and Jews, Teologisk tidsskrift, s. 284 - 290. Teologisk tidsskrift, ISSN: 1893-0263
- Henriksen, J. & Sandnes, K. O. (2016). Jesus as healer : a Gospel for the body, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, ISBN: 9780802873316
- Sandnes, K. O. (2016). A Respectable Gospel : The Passion "According to Homer" in Eudocia's Homerocentones, Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok, s. 25 - 48. Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok, ISSN: 1100-2298
- Sandnes, K. O. (2015). A Storm-Tossed Ship: A Metaphor for the Church Comes into Being, Misjon - tro - skole : festskrift til Arne Redse,, s. 187 - 197. ISBN: 9788283140439
- Sandnes, K. O. (2015). Prophet-like apostle: A note on the "radical new perspective" in pauline studies, Biblica, s. 550 - 564. Biblica, ISSN: 0006-0887
Education and practice
1994 - d.d.
Professor MF, tilknyttet avdeling for kristendomsskunnskap
1991 - 1993
Gjesteprof.ved LTS, Hong Kong
1988
Dr. theol. Oslo Universitet
1985
Studieopphold i Tübingen.
1984 - 1991
Forskningsstipendiat og førsteamanuensis Misjonshøyskolen
1982
Feltpresttjeneste Lahaugmoen.
1981 - 1984
Vitenskapelig ass. MF
1980
Ordinert Oslo Domkirke
1980
Praktisk teol. eksamen MF
1979
Kandidatstipendiat MF
1978
Cand. theol. MF