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Micah Kiel

Areas of Teaching and Research

Micah works primarily in New Testament and in the intertestamental period, including apocalyptic literature. He is also interested in ecological hermeneutics and interpreting Scripture within the life of the church.

Biography

Micah grew up in Stillwater, MN and then graduated from SJU (music performance). He volunteered for a year in Belize, Central America, before moving to Princeton, NJ for his M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees (New Testament). He and his family live in St. Joseph.

Select Publications

  • Be Transformed: A Biblical Journey Toward a More Just World (Liturgical Press, 2024)
  • Reading the Bible in the Age of Francis (Wipe and Stock 2019)
  • Apocalyptic Ecology: The Book of Revelation, the Earth, and the Future (2017)
  • “The Open Horizon of Mark 13” in Journal of Biblical Literature
  • “Tobit’s Theological Blindness” in Catholic Biblical Quarterly
  • “Tobit” and “Ecclesiastes” in the Fortress Commentary on the Bible

Research interests

  • New Testament Theology
  • Ecological hermeneutics
  • Ancient Greece
  • Apocalyptic literature
  • Bible and justice

Ph.D. (New Testament) Princeton Theological Seminary

M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary

BA (music performance) St. John’s University