19971998Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies
and Religion
Religion Department
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN 55057-1098
19941997Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology
Department of Theology
Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska
19901994Adjunct Professor of Old Testament
The School of Theology at Claremont
Claremont, California
19911994Reference Librarian
The School of Theology at Claremont
(concurrent with adjunct professorship)
19821992Assistant [Associate after 1987] Professor of Biblical Studies
The Episcopal Theological School at Claremont
Claremont, California
19821986Assistant Professor of Religion
Department of Religion
California State University at Long Beach
Long Beach, California
ADMINISTRATIVE
APPOINTMENT
19901991Acting Dean
The Episcopal Theological School at Claremont
OCCASIONAL
APPOINTMENTS
1992Visiting Lecturer in Old Testament
Pacific
Seminary of the West/San Francisco Theological Seminary
1986Visiting Lecturer in Biblical Studies
University of California at Los AngelesExtension
1983Visiting Lecturer in Old Testament
Department of Religion
Chapman College [now University]
Orange, California
1977Visiting Lecturer in Hebrew
The School of Theology at Claremont
19761977Research Associate
Old Testament Form Critical Project
Institute for Antiquity and Christianity
Rolf Knierim, Project Director
AWARDS,
FELLOWSHIPS, AND HONORS
Book of the Year Award 1999: Academy of Parish Clergy
Claremont Graduate School Mills Assistantship
Claremont Graduate School Religion Fellowship
Life Member: Pi Beta Sigma Honor Society
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
The Society of Biblical Literature
The Catholic Biblical Association
The Context Group: Project on the Bible in Its Cultural Environment
The American Academy of Religion
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COURSES TAUGHT
St. Olaf College
Bible, Covenant, and Community:
Values, Institutions, and Conflicts Judaism, Christiantiy, and Islam The Pentateuch
Creighton University
Religious Inquiry Reading the New Testament Reading the Old Testament Living Religions of the World
The Episcopal Theological School at Claremont
Biblical Hebrew Introduction to Exegetical Methodologies Israel's Epic & Legal Traditions Israel's Early Prophetic Traditions Israel's Late Prophetic & Apocalyptic Traditions Israel's Wisdom Traditions Advanced Seminar: 2 Samuel Advanced Seminar: The Psalms Judean, Greek, and Roman Backgrounds to the New Testament Synoptic Gospels and Acts Advanced Seminar: Parables of Jesus Advanced Seminar: The Gospel of Matthew Advanced Seminar: The Gospel of Luke Advanced Seminar: The Gospel of John Advanced Seminar: Acts of the Apostles Pauline Epistles Deutero-Pauline and General Epistles Study Tour: Israel, the West Bank, and the Sinai
The School of Theology at Claremont
Biblical Hebrew Basic Aspects of the Study of the Old Testament The Former Prophets Theological Poetics: The Judean Short Story Tradition
California State University at Long Beach
Introduction to Religion Introduction to the Bible Introduction to the Old Testament Introduction to the New Testament The Historical Jesus Jewish History: Antiquity to the Present
Chapman College [now Chapman University]
Introduction to the Old Testament Senior Seminar: The Psalms