Degrees:
Ph.D. New Testament and Early Christianity University of
Virginia, 1983
M.A. Religious Studies Vanderbilt University, 1977
Thesis: A Redaction-Critical Study of Mark 13; Director:
Paul Meyer
B.A. Religious Studies University of South Carolina, 1975
Dissertation:
Discipleship in the Great Sermon: A Literary Critical Approach;
Director: Dan O. Via, Jr.
Academic Honors:
Team Teaching Grant (with Mary Moore), University of Indianapolis,
1986
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Fellow,
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1984 ("History
Writing in Ancient Greece, the Near East, and Israel: A
Comparative Study," John van Seters, Director)
Dupont Fellow, University of Virginia, 1979-80, 1980-81,
1981-82
Published Scholarly Works:
Contributor to The Acts of Jesus (HarperSanFrancisco/Polebridge,
1998).
Co-editor (with Andrew K.M. Adam), Perspectives on New Testament
Ethics: Essays in Honor of Dan O. Via. NABPR Festschrift
Series No. 14. Published in the Journal Perspectives in
Religious Studies 23/2 (Summer, 1996).
"Paul's Letter to Philemon: A Short Analysis of its
Values" in volume listed above.
"Writing a Bios: Matthew's Genre Choices and Rhetorical
Situation," Society of Biblical Literature 1994 Seminar
Papers, ed. Eugene H. Lovering, Jr. Atlanta: Scholars Press,
1994
Contributor to The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic
Words of Jesus (Macmillan/Polebridge, 1993)
"Dan Via as New Testament Critic in the Existentialist
Mode," Perspectives in Religious Studies 18/3 (1991)
Contributor to The Gospel of Mark: Red Letter Edition (Polebridge,
1991)
"Salting the Salt: Q 14:34-35 and Mark 9:49-50, "
Forum 6, 3-4 (1990).
"The Sermon on the Mount: Ethics and Eschatological
Time," Society of Biblical Literature 1986 Seminar
Papers, ed. Kent Harold Richards. Atlanta: Scholars Press,
1986
"Perceiving the Mystery: Encountering the Reticence
of Mark's Gospel," Eastern Great Lakes and Midwest
Biblical Societies Proceedings, vol. 4, ed. Philip Sigal,
1984
Unpublished Scholarly Works:
"Jesus and the Law: Narrative Fulfillment in Matthew."
Society of Biblical Literature, Synoptic Gospels Section,
Boston, Mass. (1987)
"A Response to Jonathan D. Sarna, 'Is Judaism Compatible
with the Life of the Nation? The Case of American Jews and
Christmas.'" Re-Visioning America Conference, Indianapolis,
In. (1985)
"Indicative and Imperative in the Gospel of Matthew."
Midwest Regional Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature,
Evanston, Il. (1985)
"The Nature and Conception of Tradition in the Pastoral
Epistles." Southeastern Regional Meeting of the Society
of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, Ga. (1981)
The following were produced for the Westar Institute (Jesus
Seminar, Canon Seminar)
"Whose Canon Is It?" (1997)
"Were the Pharisees in Galilee? Assessing the Literary
and Archaeological Evidence" (1995)
"Pharisees and Jesus: An Unscrubbed Tradition (Mark
7:1-23 par. and Mark 8:10-13 par.)" (1995)
"The Friend at Midnight: Luke 11:5-8" (1990)
"Salting the Salt: Q14:34-35//Mark 9:49-50" (1989)
"Honors and Salutations" (1989)
"Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18" (1988)
Published Popular Works:
"New Testament Literary Genres," The Fourth R
vol. 6, no.4 (July/Aug., 1993)
"Listening for Luke's Voice," The Fourth R vol.
10, no. 5 (Sept-Oct., 1996)
"Finding a Voice for the Black Sayings," The Fourth
R vol. 8, no. 5/6 (Sept-Dec., 1995)
"Creationism: Views from Science and Religion,"
University of Indianapolis Magazine (co-authored with John
Langdon and Stephen Graham), 1987
Continuing Education Events for Clergy and Churches:
"The Historical Jesus" (April, 1998; Northminster
Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis)
"The Dead Sea Scrolls" (April-May, 1997; Northminster
Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis)
"Rabbi? Revolutionary? Sage? Magician? Locating Jesus
Within Second Temple Judaism" (September, 1996; Christian
Theological Seminary)
"Using the Bible for Moral Decision Making" (March,
1994; South Indiana United Methodist Conference)
"Jesus: His Spirituality" (March, 1995; First
Presbyterian Church, Ft. Wayne, IN)
"Visions of the Endtime: Revelation and Christian Faith"
(February, 1994; First United Methodist Church, Noblesville,
IN)
"The Jesus of the Gospels" (April, 1994) and "The
Third Quest for Jesus" (May, 1994; Christ Church Cathedral,
Indianapolis)
"The Historical Jesus and His Importance for the Church"
(October, 1994; District event-North Vernon First UMC)
"The Historical Jesus: Does He Matter to the Church?"
(August, 1992; School of the Prophets; North and South Indiana
United Methodist Conferences"
"Parables, Land, and Community: Jesus' More Marvelous
World" (July, 1991; Ferrum College, Virginia for Virginia
Clergy)
Professional Affiliations:
Society of Biblical Literature
Westar Institute
American Association of University Professors
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