Academic Appointments

  • Senior Lecturer, Religious Studies

Professional Education

  • Ph.D., University of Chicago, Theology (1994)
  • A.M., University of Chicago, Religious Studies (1987)
  • B.A., Carleton College, German (1981)

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  • Remembering Jerusalem Memory Practices in Calvin's Lectures on Lamentations (1562-1563) CHURCH HISTORY AND RELIGIOUS CULTURE Pitkin, B. 2022; 102 (3-4): 374-392

    View details for DOI 10.1163/18712428-bja10051

    View details for Web of Science ID 000916015700003

  • Calvin on the Early Reformation Pitkin, B. edited by Brewer, B. C., Whitford, D. M. BRILL. 2020: 200-224

    View details for DOI 10.1163/9789004419445_012

    View details for Web of Science ID 000648939800011

  • Calvin, the Bible, and History: Historical Exegesis in the Era of Reform Pitkin, B. Oxford University Press. 2020
  • Praelectiones in Lamentationes Jeremiae (Book Review) SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL Book Review Authored by: Pitkin, B. 2024; 55 (1-2): 360-361

    View details for DOI 10.1086/731204

    View details for Web of Science ID 001348959200001

  • John Calvin in Context (Book Review) THEOLOGICAL STUDIES Book Review Authored by: Pitkin, B. 2020; 81 (4): 963

    View details for Web of Science ID 000634483100017

  • "John Calvin, François Hotman, and the Living Lessons of Sacred History" In Politics, Gender, and Belief: The Long-Term Impact of the Reformation Pitkin, B. edited by Burnett, A. N., Comerford, K. M., Maag, K. Geneva: Librairie Droz. 2014: 19–44
  • Exil im Spiegel der Geschichte in Calvins Jesaiakommentar (1559) Calvin und Calvinismus: Europäische Perspectiven Pitkin, B. edited by Dingel, I., Selderhuis, H. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. 2011
  • Review of Opera Omnia denuo recognita et adnotatione critica instructa notisque illustrata, Epistola duae et Deux discours, Difensio orthodoxaefidei desacra Trinitate contra prodigiosos errores Michaelis Seruiti hispani Church history and Religious Culture Pitkin, B. 2011; 91: 171-176
  • Calvin's Mosaic Harmony: Biblical Exegesis and Early Modern Legal History SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL Pitkin, B. 2010; 41 (2): 441-466

    View details for Web of Science ID 000280175200005

  • Calvin, Theology, and History Seminary Ridge Review Pitkin, B. 2010; 12 (2): 1-16
  • John Calvin and the Interpretation of the Bible History of Biblical Interpretation Pitkin, B. edited by Hauser, A. J., Watson, D. F. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 2009: 341–71
  • Faith and Justification [Glaube und Rechtfertigung] The Calvin Handbook Pitkin, B. edited by Selderhuis, H. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 2009: 288–99
  • Calvin's Reception of Paul A Companion to Paul in the Reformation Pitkin, B. edited by Holder, R. W. Leiden: E. J. Brill. 2009: 267–96
  • Glaube und Rechtfertigung Calvijn Handboek (Dutch) Pitkin, B. edited by Selderhuis, H. Kampen: Kok. 2008
  • Glaube und Rechtfertigung Calvin Handbuch (German) Pitkin, B. edited by Selderhuis, H. J. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. 2008: 284–95
  • Prophecy and History in Calvin's Lectures on Daniel (1561 ) Die Geschichte der Daniel-Auslegung in Judentum, Christentum und Islam: Studien zur Kommentierung des Danielbuches in Literatur und Kunst Pitkin, B. edited by Bracht, K., DuToit, D. Berlin: de Gruyter. 2007: 323–47
  • Co-editor of The Formation of Clerical and Confessional Identities in the Sixteenth Century Dutch Review of Church History edited by Janse, W., Pitkin, B. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 2006; 85
  • Calvin as a Commentator on the Gospel of John Calvin and the Bible Pitkin, B. edited by McKim, D. K. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2006: 164–98
  • The Spiritual Gospel? Views of Human Nature in Calvin's Commentary on John The Formation of Clerical and Confessional Identities in the Sixteenth Century Pitkin, B. edited by Janse, W., Pitkin, B. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 2006: 187–204
  • Redefining Repentance: Calvin and Melanchthon Calvinus Praeceptor Ecclesiae: Papers of the Eighth International Congress for Calvin Research Pitkin, B. edited by Selderhuis, H. J. Geneva: Librairie Droz. 2004: 275–85
  • The Protestant Zeno: Calvin and the Development of Melanchthon's Anthropology Journal of Religion Pitkin, B. 2004; 84 (3): 345-78
  • Review of Historical Method and Confissional Identity in the Era of the Reformation Dutch Review of Church History Pitkin, B. 2004; 84: 566-569
  • Children and the Church in Calvin's Geneva Papers presented at the 13th Colloquium of the Calvin Studies Society Pitkin, B. edited by Foxgrover, D. L. 2002: 144–64
  • Review of Bibliotheca calviniana. Les œuvres de Jean Calvin publiées au XVIe siècle. III, Écrits théologiques, littéraires et juridiques 1565-1600 Dutch Review of Church History Pitkin, B. 2002; 82 (1)
  • Psalm-VIII,1-2 - Between text and sermon INTERPRETATION-A JOURNAL OF BIBLE AND THEOLOGY Pitkin, B. 2001; 55 (2): 177-180

    View details for Web of Science ID 000168091900006

  • Review of Sermons sur la Genese, Sermons on the Acts if the Apostles and La famine spirituelle: Sermons inedit sur Esai"e Dutch Review of Church History Pitkin, B. 2001; 81 (2): 219-220
  • The Heritage of the Lord: Children in the Theology of John Calvin The Child in Christian Thought Pitkin, B. edited by Bunge, M. J. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 2001: 160–93
  • Review of The Longman Companion to the European Reformation The Journal of Religion Pitkin, B. 2001; 81 (2): 285-286
  • Review of Evangelium in der Geschichte. Band 2: Studien zur Theologie der Kirchenväter und zu ihrer Rezeption in der Reformation The Sixteenth Century Journal Pitkin, B. 2001; 32 (2): 617-618
  • Review of Europe's Reformations, 1450-1650 The Sixteenth Century Journal Pitkin, B. 2001; 32 (2): 575-577
  • Response to John L. Thompson, "Calvin's Exegetical Legacy," Papers presented at the 12th Colloquium of the Calvin Studies Society Pitkin, B. edited by Foxgrover, D. L. 2000: 57–62
  • Review of The Gospel of John in the Sixteenth Century: The Johannine Exegesis of Wolfgang Musculus The Journal of Religion Pitkin, B. 1999; 79 (2): 286-88
  • Seeing and Believing in the John Commentaries of Martin Bucer and John Calvin Church History Pitkin, B. 1999; 68 (4): 865-85
  • Nothing But Concupiscence: Calvin's Understanding of Sin and the via Augustini Calvin Theological Journal Pitkin, B. 1999; 34: 347-69
  • Book Review of Ioannis Calvini In Evangelium Secundum Johannem Commentarius Pars Prior The Sixteenth Century Journal Pitkin, B. 1998; 39 (3): 846-48
  • IMITATION OF DAVID - DAVID AS A PARADIGM FOR FAITH IN CALVIN EXEGESIS OF THE PSALMS SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL Pitkin, B. 1993; 24 (4): 843-863

    View details for Web of Science ID A1993MV07800004