Biography
Bond was born in 1968 and raised in the North East of England. She attended Durham High School. She read biblical studies at the Durham University,University of Tübingen,and the University of St Andrews. At Durham,she completed her PhD on Pontius Pilate under the supervision of James Dunn. [2]
From 1996 to 2000 Bond taught New Testament at the University of Aberdeen,and since 2000 has taught at the University of Edinburgh. [2]
Since 2011,Bond has served as Director of the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins [1] and,since 2018,she has been Head of the School of Divinity,University of Edinburgh. [3]
She is a member of the Church of Scotland (Falkirk Old Parish Church) and is married to Keith Raffan. Together,they have two children,Katriona and Scott. [3]
Bond was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in March 2021. [4]
Reception
Bond's work has been praised by various scholars,including Craig Keener,Chris Keith,Joan E. Taylor,and Jens Schroter. [5]
Alan Kirk has questioned Bond's views about ancient media and the interaction between writing and oral tradition. He objects to the claim that the chreia found in Mark are literary constructs by the author of Mark instead of cognitive tactics for memory-based transmission of knowledge. [6]
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