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