Mina Monier - SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics - SIB

Dr. Mina Monier is an Egyptian British scholar of the New Testament and Early Christianity. Born in Kuwait and raised in Cairo, he completed his first degree in Electrical Power engineering and pursued his theological study between Lebanon, the United States and the United Kingdom. He earned his PhD from King’s College London in the New Testament. He is currently a postdoc researcher at the department of Digitial Humanities (DH+), the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. His research is part of the MARK16 project, led by Dr. Claire Clivaz, which aims to epitomize the use of digital humanities tools in addressing a classic New Testament problem, which is the end of the Gospel of Mark.

Publications

Monographs

1. Monier, M. When Jesus Rose Early: Texts and Paratexts of Mark 16 in Newly Studied Manuscripts, Series: New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents. Leiden: Brill, 2023, Under Contract.
2. Monier, M. Temple and Empire: The Context of the Temple Piety of Luke-Acts. Lanham: Fortress Press Academic,  2020. [ISBN: 9781978707443] [serval:BIB_D8F81B323E8B]

Peer-reviewed articles

1. Monier, M. and Joan E. Taylor. “The Arabic Diatessaron and Dura Europos,” Journal of Theological Studies 72.1 (2021):  192-230. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/flab039]
2. Monier, M. “Mark’s Ending in the Digital Age: Paratextual Evidence, New Findings and Transcription Challenges,” Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories, and Contemporary Contexts 12.1 (2021): 75–97. [DOI: http://www.doi.org/10.1558/post.20256] [serval:BIB_F9F0A61B8F7A]
3. Clivaz, C. M. Monier and J. Barda. “MARK16 as Virtual Research Environment. Challenges and Opportunities in New Testament Studies,” Classics@ 18 (2021): [HAL: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03214478] [serval:BIB_E565F6923E22]
4. Houghton, H. A. G. and M. Monier, “Greek Manuscripts in Alexandria,” Journal of Theological Studies 71.1 (2020): 119–133. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/flaa041] [serval:BIB_CFEB0BBBCBF0]
5. Monier, M. “GA 304 Theophylact’s Commentary and the Ending of Mark,” Filologia Neotestamentaria 32 (2019): 94-106. [serval:BIB_3BFDD66371E9]
6. Monier, M. “Reading Luke in Rome: The Lukan Attitude to the Temple and Roman Pietas,” Studia Patristica 99 (2018): 115-138. [DOI : https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1q26tfc.11] [serval:BIB_2C2C34D19B10]

Reviews

1. Monier, M. “Christianity in the Second Century: Themes and Developments by J. Lieu and J. C. Paget (eds.),” Journal of Theological Studies 69.2 (2018): 807–809. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/fly094] [serval:BIB_91C0E2BF6C23]
2. Monier, M. “Justin Against Marcion: Defining the Christian Philosophy by Andrew Hayes,”Journal of Theological Studies 69.2 (2018): 300-302. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/fly045] [serval:BIB_4FAE1ADCB465]
3. Monier, M. “Early Christian Communities between Ideal and Reality by Mark Grundeken and Joseph Verheyden (eds.),” Journal of Theological Studies 68.1 (2017): 343-5. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/flw226] [serval:BIB_AF4479795AFB]

Book chapters

1. Monier, M. “The ‘Gospel’ between Luke and Marcion: A Window into the Gospel Text in the Second Century,” in A. Awkar (ed.), Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians,  Fédération Biblique Catholique  55 (Beirut: Catholic Press, 2022), In print [Arabic].
2. Monier, M. “Apollos and the Church of Corinth,” in A. Chahwan (ed.), Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians,  Fédération Biblique Catholique  53 (Beirut: Catholic Press, 2019), 539-556 [Arabic].
3. Iskander, E. and M. Monier, “Social v. State Media: Egypt’s Fight for Information After the Uprising,” in: Ralph Berenger (ed.), Social Media Go to War: Rage, Rebellion and Revolution in the Age of Twitter (Spokane: Marquette Books, 2013), 441-456. ISBN: [ 9780983347675].