Dr. John Vonder Bruegge, religion

Dr. Vonder Bruegge's teaching interests include early Christian history and literature, the New Testament and archaeology, Johannine literature, and Josephus and ancient Judaism. In addition to being a full-time faculty member in the Religion Department, he also serves as a Co-Director of Northwestern's Honors Program and leads the Honors Summer Study Abroad program in Greece. He earned a doctorate at Yale University; a Master of Divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri; and a Master of Theology degree from Harvard University.

Prior to joining Northwestern’s faculty, he served as a research assistant at Harvard and Yale and as a teaching fellow and lecturer at Yale Divinity School. Vonder Bruegge participated in an archaeological excavation in Turkey, and he studied archaeology in Israel and Greece. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion.