Events

Please join us for the launch of The New Testament around the World: Exploring Key Texts from Different Contexts. Dr. Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn will share the benefits of reading in community, introduce several of the book’s contributors, and engage in an interactive dialogue with them as they reflect together on the intersection of biblical and cultural exegesis. The dialogue will be followed by a Q&A and a book signing with Mariam in the bookstore.

About the Speaker

Dr. Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn joined the faculty at Regent College in 2010. She was appointed Assistant Professor of New Testament in 2013 and promoted to Associate Professor in 2021.

The majority of Mariam’s research has centered on the epistle of James, Jewish literature of the intertestamental period, and classical Greco-Roman literature. Since coming to Regent, she has expanded to researching and writing across the Pauline and General Epistles.

Mariam has co-authored a commentary on James (Zondervan) and published a number of articles in books and journals. She is the editor of the 2025 volume The New Testament Around the World: Exploring Key Texts from Different Contexts (Baker Academic). She is currently working on another commentary on James for the Story of God series, a biblical theology of social justice for Zondervan, and a commentary on 1 and 2 Peter. She was on staff at Scum of the Earth Church in Denver, attended a Scottish Episcopal Church in St Andrews, and now attends a local church in her neighborhood. She lives in Vancouver with her husband Val and their four kids.

Mariam is teaching New Testament Foundations from May 26 to June 6 as part of Regent’s 2025 Summer Programs.