Executive Director, Centre for Coins, Culture & Religious History
Coin Curator, Bethsaida Excavations Project, Israel.
Fellow, Westar Institute, Willamette University, Salem, OR.
Canon Emeritus, Cathedral Church of St George the Martyr, Jerusalem
Honorary Canon, Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton
Sessional Lecturer in Biblical Studies, St Francis College (University of Divinity), Brisbane
Greg Jenks is an Australian religion scholar and a retired Anglican priest, whose most recent ministry role was Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton (2017–2022).
BA (First Class Honours) – University of Queesland, 1978
MA (Research) – University of Queesland, 1979
PhD – University of Queesland, 1989
DD – University of DIvinity (honoris causa), 2025
Jenks was awarded a PhD by the University of Queensland for his research into the origins and early development of the Antichrist myth. He has a long-standing interest in Christian origins, and is a co-director of the Bethsaida Archaeological Excavation in northern Israel. Jenks had been Visiting Professor and Scholar-in-Residence at St George’s College, Jerusalem on several occasions prior to his appointment as Dean in 2015.
The Doctor of Divinity award was conferred honoris causa by the University of Divinity in recognition of sustained and distinguished contribution to theological education in Australia and internationally.
- Dean of Grafton (2017–2022)
- Dean of St George’s College, Jerusalem (2015–2017).
- Academic Dean at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane (2008–2015).
- Fellow of the Westar Institute (Associate Director 1999–2001).
He is the editor of the Afterlives of Jesus project (3 volumes) in the Westar Studies series under the Cascade Books imprint from Wipf & Stock:
- Historical Afterlives of Jesus
- Interfaith Afterlives of Jesus
- Cultural Afterlives of Jesus
Other recent publications include
Wisdom and Imagination (Morning Star Publishing, 2014).
The Once and Future Bible (Wipf & Stock, 2011)
The Once and Future Scriptures (Polebridge Press, 2013)
Jesus Then and Jesus Now (Morning Star Publishing, 2014)