Eric Brewer, Ph.D.

Education

• Ph.D., Baylor University, 2025.
• Th.M., Duke Divinity School, 2019.
• M.Div., Regent College, 2017.
• B.A., Whitworth University, 2005.

Biography

A native of Spokane, Washington, Eric also lived in Nagasaki, Japan; Vancouver, Canada; and Durham, North Carolina before joining the Religion Department at Baylor as a doctoral student in 2020. Having just finished his doctoral dissertation in the summer of 2025, he now serves as a postdoctoral teaching fellow. He and his wife, Mayumi, have three children.

Academic Interests and Research

Eric recently completed his dissertation on Greco-Roman friendship in the Gospel of Luke. His academic interests include the parables of Jesus and early Christianity in the Greco-Roman world.

Publications

“The Parables Dashboard and Workbook: A Pedagogical Approach.” Co-authored with Mikeal C. Parsons and John M. Duncan. Perspectives on the Parables: Then and Now. Edited by Mikeal C. Parsons. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, forthcoming.

“Akoē Pisteōs (Gal. 3:2–5) and Martin Luther’s Place in Pauline Scholarship.” Journal of Theological Studies 76 (2025): doi:10.1093/jts/flaf001.

“The Prophet Like Moses and the Word of the Lord: Reassigning the Composite Citation in Acts 3:22–23.” New Testament Studies 70 (2024): 486-497.

“Editorial Fatigue and the Relationship between 2 Kings 18–20 and Isaiah 36–39.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 48 (2023): 192–207.

“Christian Children’s Sarcophagi: Testaments to Grief and Hope.” Pages 175–201 in Early Christians and Their Art. Edited by Robin M. Jensen and Mikeal C. Parsons. ESEC 26. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2023. 

“Suspicion, Integration, and Roman Attitudes toward Associations.” Pages 33–47 in Associations, Deities, and Early Christianity. Edited by Bruce W. Longenecker. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2022.

Courses Taught at Baylor

REL 1310: The Christian Scriptures

REL 1350: The Christian Heritage