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Personal profile
Research
My research focuses on the origins of Christianity, its earliest texts, and the reception history of the Bible in culture and society. My work concentrates on the New Testament Gospels and the letters of Paul in light of ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman literary conventions. I also examine the reception history of the Bible, including topics such as the apocrypha as fan fiction, Rembrandt as a biblical interpreter, translations and children's Bibles, as well as the role of the Bible in politics.
Cooperation and dissemination
Coordinator of the Research Unit in New Testament Studies (www.nt.au.dk)
Editorial board member: Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift and Studia Theologica
Organizer of Tekst og Teologi - semi-annual seminar for alumni
Member of Folkeuniversitets Programråd
Member of Colloquium Ioanneum, Colloquium Marcianum, Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, Society of Biblical Literature, Collegium Biblicum
Teaching
I mainly teach and supervise New Testament and related areas in the theology programme.
Keywords
- New Testament
- The Origin of the New Testament
- The Gospel of John
- The New Testament and ancient literature
- Gospels
- St. Paul
- Jesus
- Images of Jesus in the Gospels
- The Historical Jesus
- New Testament Christologies
- History of the reception of the Bible
- Rembrandt as interpreter of the Bible
- The Bible and Antisemitism
- The Nordic Bible
- Visual Representations of Jesus
- Canon
- The Dead Sea Scrolls
- Wisdom Literature
- Rewritten Scripture
Areas of expertise
- New Testament
- Jesus
- Bible as Ancient Literature
- Jewish and Greco-Roman Literature
- Reception History of the Bible
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Forskningsenheden Det Nye Testamente
Larsen, K. B. (Participant), Falkenberg, R. (Participant), Pedersen, N. A. (Participant), Dochhorn, J. (Participant), Wright, E. J. (Participant), Davidsen, O. (Participant), Becker, E.-M. (Participant), Hartvigsen, K. M. (Participant) & Mortensen, J. P. B. (Participant)
01/01/2013 → …
Project: Research
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SANt: Studia Aarhusiana Neotestamentica - Publication series at Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Becker, E.-M. (Participant), Larsen, K. B. (Participant), Dochhorn, J. (Participant), Davidsen, O. (Participant) & Pedersen, N. A. (Participant)
Christianity and Theology in Culture and Society
01/01/2013 → …
Project: Research
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Collaborative initiative between AU and UHH
Raja, R. (Project manager), Dietrich, J. (Participant), Franke, S. (Participant), Nielsen, I. (Participant), Sørensen, A. H. (Participant), Larsen, K. B. (Participant) & Westh-Hansen, S. M. (Participant)
01/06/2013 → 31/12/2014
Project: Research
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The discursive Fights over Religious Texts in Antiquity
Jacobsen, A.-C. (Participant), Cvetkovic, C. (Participant), Engberg, J. (Participant), Rørbæk, T. (Participant), Falkenberg, R. (Participant), Larsen, K. B. (Participant), Petersen, A. K. (Participant), Bøgh, B. (Participant), Raja, R. (Participant), Dochhorn, J. (Participant), Pedersen, N. A. (Participant), Wright, E. J. (Participant), Hansen, R. B. N. (Participant), Cvetkovic, V. (Participant) & Eriksen, U. H. (Participant)
01/01/2007 → 04/06/2010
Project: Research
Research output
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Johannesevangeliet: Bibelen læst af ...
Larsen, K. B., 2025, Eksistensen. 96 p.Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Communication
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Parables of Jesus in the Third Reich: Antisemitic Bible Adaptation in the Volkstestament (Die Botschaft Gottes, 1940)
Larsen, K. B., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Reception of Jesus's Parables. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Paulus – en jødisk integrationstænker og -praktiker
Larsen, K. B., 2025, In: Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift. 88, 1, p. 23-46 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Praying Like Socrates? Prayer in Johannine Literature and Ancient Philosophical Tradition
Larsen, K. B., 2025, (Accepted/In press) TBA.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Romerbrevet - en teologisk klassiker
Larsen, K. B., 2025, In: Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift. 88, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Preface/postscript › Research
Open Access
Activities
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Gesture in the New Testament
Larsen, K. B. (Organizer)
24 Sept 2025 → 25 Sept 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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Tekst og teologi 10
Larsen, K. B. (Organizer)
8 Sept 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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Walk the Talk: The Sermon on the Mount as Biographical Debut Scene in the Gospel of Matthew
Larsen, K. B. (Lecturer)
26 Jun 2025Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Parables of Jesus in the Third Reich: Antisemitic Bible Adaptation in Die Botschaft Gottes
Larsen, K. B. (Lecturer)
24 Jun 2025Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Evangeliernes Jesusportrætter og de antikke biografier
Larsen, K. B. (Lecturer)
19 Jun 2025Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
Press/Media
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Juleevangeliet er et vindue til en tid, hvor jøder gjorde oprør, og Syrien var kristendommens springbræt
Larsen, K. B. & Pedersen, N. A.
21/12/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Media appearance
Birkler, M. K., Rosenlund, J. M., Larsen, K. B., Glass, R. G. & Uusimäki, E.
22/11/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Jesus har både været viking, kvinde og sexsymbol
29/03/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Den historiske Jesus – hvem var han? (Kampen om historien)
26/03/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Courses
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Jerusalem i historien og det forestillede Jerusalem
Jacobsen, A.-C. & Larsen, K. B. 31/08/2020 → 04/12/2020
Course: Teaching
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Jerusalem i historien og det forestillede Jerusalem
Jacobsen, A.-C. & Larsen, K. B. 31/08/2020 → 04/12/2020
Course: Teaching