{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-01-01T15:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:01:48","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_220\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/521\/2013\/04\/mani1.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/521\/2013\/04\/mani1.gif?resize=225%2C203\" alt=\"image of Manichaean wall-painting\" width=\"225\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three-Trunked Tree from B\u00e4z\u00e4klik<br \/>(courtesy Mus\u00e9e Guimet)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>John C. Reeves (Ph.D., Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) was Blumenthal Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at the <a href=\"http:\/\/religiousstudies.uncc.edu\/\">Department of Religious Studies<\/a> at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncc.edu\/\">University of North Carolina at Charlotte<\/a> from 1996-2025.\u00a0 He is now Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies within that Department.\u00a0 A native North Carolinian, he came to Charlotte in 1996 after serving as Assistant and then Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Winthrop University.\u00a0 Much of his work probes the margins of conventionally conceived categories, exploring the overlaps and commonalities discernible among a host of Near Eastern fringe groups and texts which inhabit the twilight realms of cosmic arcana, apocalyptic fervor, and religious dualism in late antiquity and the medieval era.\u00a0 He maintains this site as a resource for his students, professional colleagues, and other interested parties. Please use the menu buttons on the left to navigate its contents and to learn about his research interests and course offerings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_752\" style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/521\/2012\/10\/abraham.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-752\" class=\"wp-image-752 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/521\/2012\/10\/abraham.jpg?resize=456%2C700\" alt=\"Abraham receiving three visitors  Haggadah Ms. 445  Klau Library  Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion\" width=\"456\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/521\/2012\/10\/abraham.jpg?w=651&amp;ssl=1 651w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/521\/2012\/10\/abraham.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abraham receiving three visitors<br \/>Haggadah Ms. 445<br \/>Klau Library<br \/>Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John C. Reeves (Ph.D., Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) was Blumenthal Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at the Department of Religious Studies at the\u00a0University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 1996-2025.\u00a0 He is now Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies within that Department.\u00a0 A native North Carolinian, he came to Charlotte [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":454,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3kl1F-5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2069,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/2069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/john-reeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}