

Professor of New Testament
Professor Ordinarius
Simboli Hall 330
Telephone: 617-552-6527
Interpretation of the Pauline Letters (with a focus on elements of their narrative substructure); New Testament theology and spirituality
Fr. Stegman passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2023 after a courageous battle with glioblastoma. View his Boston College obituary here.
A member of the USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Stegman was raised in Holdrege, Nebraska. He is a graduate of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia (B.A., Philosophy). He holds an M.A. (Philosophy) from Marquette University, and both an M.Div. and S.T.L. (Hebrew Bible) from Weston Jesuit School of Theology. He earned his Ph.D. in New Testament studies at Emory University, under the direction of Dr. Luke Timothy Johnson. Fr. Stegman represented his Jesuit province at the 2012 Procurators Congregation in Nairobi and at the 36th General Congregation in Rome (2016). Fr. Stegman served as dean of the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry from 2016-2022. In addition to his teaching, research, and administrative responsibilities, Fr. Stegman enjoys giving lectures and workshops for parishes and dioceses. In his spare time, he follows the Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Cardinals, and Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Books
Texts Less Traveled: Exploring Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and Revelation (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2022)
Drugi List do Koryntian: Katolicki Komentarz do Pisma Swiętego (trans. E. Litak; Poznań: Wydawnictwo W Brodze, 2021)
(With Amy Ekeh) Not by Bread Alone: Daily Reflections for Lent 2022 (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2021)
Being Formed for Loving Sacrifice: Saint Paul Speaks to Seminarians (Omaha, NE: Institute for Priestly Formation, 2019)
Written for Our Instruction: Theological and Spiritual Riches in Romans (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2017)
Opening the Door of Faith: Encountering Jesus and His Call to Discipleship (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2015)
Second Corinthians, Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009)
The Character of Jesus: The Linchpin to Paul’s Argument in 2 Corinthians, Analecta Biblica 158 (Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 2005)
Co-Edited Books
(with Enrique Aguilar, Richard J Clifford, S.J., Carol J. Dempsey, O.P., Eileen M. Schuller, O.S.U. and Ronald D. Witherup, P.S.S.) Paulist Biblical Commentary (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2018)
(with Christopher G. Frechette and Christopher R. Matthews) Biblical Essays in Honor of Daniel J. Harrington, SJ and Richard Clifford, SJ: Opportunity for No Little Instruction (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2014)
Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Annotated Bibliography
“Romans,” in Paulist Biblical Commentary (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2018) 1234-88 [50,000 word book-length commentary]
(With Richard J. Clifford, S.J.) “The Christian Bible,” in Paulist Biblical Commentary (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2018) 1646-50
“Justification in Galatians: A Roman Catholic Perspective,” Biblical Research: The Journal of the Chicago Society of Biblical Research 63 (2018) 53-62
“A Pauline Foundation for Social Reconciliation,” in James Carney and Laura Johnson (eds.), Social Reconciliation in the Catholic Tradition (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2018) 3-23
“St. Paul on Holiness,” Josephinum Journal of Theology. 1/2 (2017) 1-14
"Some Ethical Implications of Saint Paul's Vision of the 'New Creation,'" in Y.S.L. Chan, J.F. Keenan, and R. Zacharias (eds.), The Bible and Catholic Theological Ethics (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2017) 141-50
"Praying with the Gospel of Mark," in R.J. Wicks (ed.), Prayer in the Catholic Tradition: A Handbook of Practical Approaches (Cincinnati: Franciscan, 2016) 129-47
"Paul's Use of Scripture in the Collection Discourse (2 Corinthians 8-9)" in Christopher G. Frechette, Christopher R. Matthews, and Thomas D. Stegman (eds.)., Biblical Essays in Honor of Daniel J. Harrington, SJ and Richard Clifford, SJ: Opportunity for No Little Instruction (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2014) 153-69.
"Joseph: Model of Eloquent Silence," in Thomas A. Kane (ed.), All Holy Men and Women: A Paulist Litany of Saints (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2014) 53-57.
"'That You May Abound in Hope': St. Paul and Hope," in Richard Lennan and Nancy Pineda-Madrid (eds.), Hope: Promise, Possibility and Fulfillment (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2013) 28-41.
“What Does the New Testament Say about Reconciliation?” in Thomas A. Kane (ed.), Healing God’s People: Theological and Pastoral Approaches / A Reconciliation Reader (New York/Mahweh, NJ: Paulist, 2013) 33-44
“‘Run That You May Obtain the Prize’ (1 Cor 9:24): St. Paul and the Spiritual Exercises,” Studies in the Spirituality of the Jesuits 44/4 (2012) 1-43 —http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/jesuit/article/view/3389/2997
“Reading egrapsa in 2 Corinthians 2:9 as an Epistolary Aorist,”Novum Testamentum54 (2012) 50-67
“Ancient Rhetorical and Epistolary Theory: Second Corinthians as Deliberative Discourse,” in Andrew McGowan and Kent H. Richards (eds.), Method and Meaning (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011) 193-211
“Paul’s Use of Dikaio- Terminology: Moving Beyond N. T. Wright’s Forensic Interpretation,”Theological Studies 72 (2011) 496-524
“2 Corinthians,”Oxford Bibliographies Online (2010 rev. and updated 2015). http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195393361/obo-9780195393361-0024.xml?rskey=5z8Hom&result=29
“‘Lifting the Veil’: The Challenges Posed by 2 Corinthians 3,” Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 4/1 (2009) 3/1-15- http://escholarship.bc.edu/scjr/vol4/iss1/3
“What’s in a phrase? A look at two key Pauline concepts,” in M.A. Hayes (ed.), In Praise of Paul (London: St. Pauls, 2009) 90-99
“‘Holy Ones,’ called to be holy: Life in the Spirit according to Paul,” in M.A. Hayes (ed.), In Praise of Paul (London: St. Pauls, 2009) 100-109
“Episteusa, dio elalēsa (2 Cor 4:13): Paul’s Christological Reading of LXX Ps 115:1a,”Catholic Biblical Quarterly 69 (2007) 725-745
“Reading Luke 12:13-34 as an Elaboration of a Chreia: How Hermogenes of Tarsus Sheds Light on Luke’s Gospel,” Novum Testamentum 49 (2007) 328-352
“‘The Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding’: Epistemology in Luke–Acts,” in M. Healy and R. Parry (eds.), The Bible and Epistemology (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2007) 88-106
“‘Actualization’: How John Paul II Utilizes Scripture in The Theology of the Body,”in J.M. McDermott and J. Gavin (eds.), Pope John Paul II on the Body: Human, Eucharistic, Ecclesial (Philadelphia: St. Joseph’s University Press, 2007) 47-64