Faculty and Staff

Michael Patrick Barber, Ph.D

Professor of Scripture & Theology

Biography

Michael Patrick Barber is Professor of Sacred Scripture and Theology. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and publications, including, The Historical Jesus and the Temple: Memory, Methodology, and the Gospel of Matthew (Cambridge University Press, 2023; with a Foreword from Dale C. Allison, Jr.) and Paul, A New Covenant Jew: Rethinking Pauline Theology (Eerdmans, 2019), co-written with Brant Pitre and John Kincaid (with a Foreword from Michael J. Gorman).

He is an active member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association. In addition to his teaching and academic research, Dr. Barber has written public-facing works, most recently, The True Meaning of Christmas: The Birth of Jesus and the Origins of the Season (Augustine Institute Press, 2021; Foreword by John Cavadini). For more about his work, see his page on Academia.edu. He also writes for the website, TheSacredPage.com, and can be found on Twitter (@MichaelPBarber).

michael.barber@augustine.edu
Phone: (303) 937-4420

Education

  • Ph. D. Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary (2010)
  • M.A. Theology, Franciscan University (2001)
  • B.A. Theology and Philosophy, Azusa Pacific University (1998)

Courses

  • Pauline Epistles
  • Jesus and the Gospels
  • Gospel of Matthew
  • Luke and Acts
  • Apocalyptic Literature
  • Catholic Epistles
The Augustine Institute Graduate School is committed to the pursuit of wisdom in service of Catholic mission. All of our academic programs therefore seek, first, to allow students to make their own “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col. 2:3), which are found in Christ and passed down in the Sacred Tradition of the Catholic Church. Second, our programs prepare students to hand these treasures on to others effectively through evangelization and catechesis.