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Personal Information: |
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Born: |
1943,
Long Beach,
California |
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Marriage: |
1963
Betty Marie Ehmann [deceased 10/23/93]
Children, Frank Anthony
II (1970) and Stephanie Marie Spina Taylor (1975) |
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1994
Dr. Jo-Ellen Watson |
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Church: |
Ordained to Episcopal Priesthood 01/23/00;
Associate Priest at
St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church
(Bellevue, Washington) |
Education: |
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Ph.D. |
The University
of Michigan, Ph.D. (Near Eastern Studies), 1977. |
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M.A. |
The University
of Michigan, M.A. (Near Eastern Studies). 1970. |
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M.Div. |
Asbury
Theological Seminary, 1968. |
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B.A. |
Greenville
College (Ill.) (cum laude), 1965. |
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Trinity High
School (Washington, PA), 1961. |
Professional
Experience: |
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1973 to
Present: |
Professor of
Old Testament and Biblical Theology, Seattle Pacific
University |
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1970-1972:
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Teaching Fellow
in World Religions, The University of Michigan |
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1970-1973:
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Pastor,
Roosevelt Avenue
Free Methodist Church, Flint, Michigan |
Professional
Organizations: |
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Society of
Biblical Literature (Recording Secretary/Treasurer, Pacific
Northwest Region |
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[AAR/SBL]. 1979-1981; National Council 1979-1981;
President-Elect,
Pacific Northwest Region
[AAR/SBL], 1984-1985; President, 1985-1986 |
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Wesleyan
Theological Society |
Languages: |
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Modern: French,
German |
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Ancient: Greek,
Hebrew, Aramaic, Ugaritic, Akkadian
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Publications:
2004
(forthcoming) The Faith of the Outsider (Eerdmans)
2003
“Canon,” in Handbook of Christian Theology (D. W.
Musser & J. L. Price, eds.;
Nashville: Abingdon [2nd
ed.]): 81-84.
2001
“In But Not Of the World: The Confluence of
Wisdom and Torah in the Solomon Story (1 Kings 1-11),”
The Asbury Theological Journal 56/1: 17-30 [Robert Lyon
Festschrift Volume].
“Genesis 12:1-4a; 25:19-34; Exodus 32:1-14; 1 Samuel 16:1-13;
17:1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49; 2 Kings 5:1-14,” in The
Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for
Sunday’s Texts (Roger E. Van Harn, ed.; Grand Rapids;
Cambridge: Eerdmans): 20-23; 48-51; 105-108; 182-185; 185-188;
249-252.
“Reversal of Fortune (Joshua 2; 7),” Bible Review XVII/4:
24-30, 53-54.
1997
“Eli’s Seat: The Transition from Priest to Prophet in 1
Samuel 1-4,” in The Historical Books:
A Sheffield Reader (J. Cheryl Exum, ed.; The Biblical
Seminar, 40;
Sheffield:
Sheffield Academic Press): 98-106. [Originally published in
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1994; later
selected for this anthology].
“Rahab (the Monster),” Dictionary of Old Testament
Theology and Exegesis (Vol. 4; Willem A. VanGemeren, ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan): 1121-1123.
“Rahab (the Harlot),” Dictiionary of Old Testament
Theology and Exegesis (Vol. 4; Willem A. VanGemeren, ed.;
Grand
Rapids; Zondervan): 1123-1126.
“The ‘Face of God’: Esau in Canonical Context,” in The
Quest for Context and Meaning: Studies in Biblical
Intertextuality in Honor of James A. Sanders (Craig A. Evans and Shemaryahu Talmon, eds.; Biblical Interpretation
Series, 28;
Leiden, New
York, Kœln: Brill): 3-25.
1996
Review of The Hebrew Bible, The Old Testament, and
Historical Criticism: Jews and Christians in
Biblical Studies, by Jon D. Levenson, in The Virginia
Seminary Journal (Winter): 87-88.
“The
Problematic of Faculty Remuneration in the
Christian
College,” Christian Scholars Review XXV/3: 273-278.
1995
“Wesleyan Faith Seeking Biblical Understanding,” Wesleyan
Theological Journal 30/2:26-49.
1994
“Eli’s Seat: The Transition from Priest to Prophet in 1 Samuel
1-4,” Journal for the Study of
the Old Testament 62: 67-75.
1992
“The ‘Ground’ for Cain’s Rejection (Gen 4): ‘adamah
in the Context of Genesis 1-11, Zeitschrift fur die
alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 104/3: 319-332.
“Canon,” in A New Handbook of Christian Theology (Donald
W. Musser and Joseph L. Price,
eds.;
Nashville: Abingdon): 75-78.
I-II Samuel, in Asbury Bible Commentary (Eugene
Carpenter and Wayne McCown, eds.; Francis Asbury Press;
Grand Rapids:
Zondervan): 358-387.
“Let’s Revive Our Loyalty,” Light and Life (February):
28-29.
“Babel,” in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol. I (David
Noel Freedman, ed.; New York:Doubleday): 561-563.
“Lot,” in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol. IV (David
Noel Freedman, ed.; New York:Doubleday): 372-374.
1991
“A Prophet’s
‘Pregnant Pause’: Samuel’s Silence in the Ark Narrative (1 Sam.
4:1-7:2),
Horizons in Biblical Theology 13/1: 59-73.
Review of The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon,
by Lee Martin McDonald, in
Horizons in Biblical Theology 12/1: 102-103.
“What Makes a
Christian University Christian?,”
Seattle
Pacific
University
Response
14/4:10-11.
1990
Review of Between Faith and Criticism: Evangelicals,
Scholarship, and the Bible in America, by Mark A. Noll
and American Catholic Biblical Scholarship: A History from the Early Republic to
Vatican II, by Gerald P. Fogarty, in Christian Scholar’s Review 19/4: 418-420.
1989
“Revelation, Reformation, Re-Creation: Canon and the Theological
Foundation of the Christian
University,” Christian Scholars Review 18/4: 315-332
[winner of annual prize
essay].
1988
“Rahab (the Harlot),” in International Standard Bible
Encyclopedia, Vol. IV (Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans): 33-34.
“Rahab (the Monster),” in International Standard Bible
Encyclopedia, Vol. IV (Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans): 34.
“Sisera,”
),” in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Vol. IV
(Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans): 533-534.
“Theocracy,” in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia,
Vol. IV (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans): 825-826.
1987
“Renewing our Rites of Worship,”
Seattle
Pacific
University
Response
10/3 (May): 7.
1986
Review of Abortion and the Christian: What Every Believer
Should Know, by John Jefferson
Davis, in Tyndale Study Fellowship Bulletin
(November-December): 33.
1985
Review of An Eye for an Eye: The Place of Old Testament
Ethics Today, by Christopher J.
H. Wright, in Tyndale Study Fellowship Bulletin
(March-April): 24.
1984
Review of An Eye for an Eye: The Place of Old Testament
Ethics Today, by Christopher J.
H. Wright, in Christian Scholars Review 14/1: 88-90.
1983
Editor, with H. B. Huffmon and A. Green, The Quest for the
Kingdom of God: Essays in Honor of
George E. Mendenhall (Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbraun’s).
“Qoheleth and the Reformation of Wisdom,” in The Quest for
the
Kingdom of
God:
Essays in Honor of George E. Mendenhall
(H. B. Huffmon, F. A. Spina, and A.
Green, eds.; (Winona Lake,
Indiana: Eisenbraun’s): 267-279.
“Israelites as Gerim, ‘Sojourners’, in Historical and
Sociological Perspective,” in The
Word of the Lord Shall Go
Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Sixtieth Birthday,
edited by Carol Meyers and Michael
O’Connor (Winona
Lake, Indiana: Eisenbraun’s): 321-335.
Review of Introduction to the Critical Text of the Hebrew
Bible, by J. Weingreen, in
Christian Scholars Review 13/1: 61-62.
1982
“Canonical Criticism: Childs Versus Sanders,” in
Hermeneutics: Interpreting God’s Word for Today, edited by
W. McCown and J. Massey (Anderson,
Indiana: Warner Press):
165-194.
Review of The Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of the Religion
of Liberated Israel, 1250-1050 B.C.E., by Norman K. Gottwald, in Tyndale Study Fellowship
Bulletin 6/2 (November-December):
17-18.
1981
Review of Ruth: A New Translation with a Philological
Commentary and a Formalist-Folklorist Interpretation, by Jack M. Sasson, in
Christian Scholars Review 10/4:
345-346.
1980
Review of Serpent Symbolism in the Old Testament, by
Karen R. Joines and Satan and Mara: Christian and Buddhist Symbols of Evil, by James W.
Boyd, in Christian Scholars Review
9/3: 275-277.
1979
“Can the City be a Community?: The
Interaction Between Politics
and Religion,” Seattle Pacific
University Review 1/1: 8-23.
Review of Divine Presence and Guidance in Israelite
Traditions: The Typology of
Exaltation, by
Thomas W. Mann, in The Journal of Biblical Literature
98/3: 424-425.
1977
“The Dan Story Historically Reconsidered,” Journal for the
Study of the Old Testament 4:60-71.
“Biblical Non-Negotiables,”
Seattle
Pacific
University
Response
60/2 (April): 2.
1976
Review of The Sinai Myth: A New Interpretation of the Ten
Commandments, by Andrew M.
Greeley, in Christian Scholars Review 5/3: 312-313.
1975
Review of The Tenth Generation: The Origins of the Biblical
Tradition, by George E. Mendenhall, in Christian Scholars Review 4/4: 349-351.
1974
“A
Fish Story,” The Free Methodist Pastor (Autumn).
1971
“A
Perspective for Life,” Light and Life 104/9 (May 11): 8.
Papers and
Lectures:
(In addition to
the following I typically lecture 40 or 50 times a year in
churches in the Puget Sound area, the Northwest, and
occasionally throughout the United States)
2003
“`ebed
YHWH: A Technical Term in the Deuteronomistic History?,” Paper delivered at the Northwest
Regional Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of
Religion,
University
of Idaho, May.
2002
“Biblical
Scholarship in a Wesleyan Mode.” Lecture delivered to faculty of
Greenville
College,
Greenville, Illinois, September.
1999
“Rahab and Achan and Antipodes: A Hermeneutical Key?” Paper read at the Northwest Regional
Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion,
Pacific
Lutheran University, May.
“The Faith of the Outsider.” Lectures given at the 4th
annual McCown Symposium, Roberts Wesleyan
College, Rochester, New York,
October. Lecture 1: “Esau and Tamar as Paradigmatic Outsiders” (Genesis
25-33; 38); Lecture 2: “The Juxtaposition of
the Quintessential Canaanite (Rahab; Joshua 2) and the
Quintessential Israelite (Achan; Joshua 7).
1996
“The ‘Face of God’: The Esau Story in Torah.” Paper read at the Northwest Regional
Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion,
Great Falls,
Montana,
May.
“Is
Claiming to be an Evangelical the Same as Sewing Without a Knot
in the Thread?” Lecture given October 4 in the Presidential
Inaugural Series, Seattle Pacific University.
1995
“Conservative,
Liberal, or Moderate: Should the Church be All or None of the
Above?” Lecture given at the Seattle area SEAD
(Scholarly Engagement with Anglican
Doctrine) Conference, St. Thomas
Episcopal Church, Medina, Washington.
“Outsider Conversion and Insider Excommunication: Rahab (Joshua
2) and Achan (Joshua 7) as Antipodes.” Paper given at June meeting of Qahal
(Society for the Interpretationof Old
Testament as Scripture), Whidbey Island, Washington.
“Wesleyan Theology and Curricula at Wesleyan Liberal Arts
Colleges.” Lecture given at the April Religion Forum of
Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois.
1994
“Christianity
Today or The Christian Century?: Where is Seattle
Pacific Headed?” Lecture given at Seattle Pacific University
Faculty-Student Forum.
“More
Criticism, More History, More Bible: Wesleyan Faith Seeking
Biblical Understanding.” Paper read at Wesleyan Theological
Society,
Dayton,
Ohio, November.
1992
“’Now Eli the Priest was Sitting on the Seat’: The
Transition from Priest to Prophet in 1 Samuel 1-7.” Read
at the Northwest Region Society of Biblical Literature/American
Academy of Religion, Walla Walla, Washington, May.
1991
“Hiding Our
Lamp Under a Bushel: The ‘Secret’ Wesleyan Factor at
Seattle
Pacific University.” Lecture delivered at Seattle Pacific
University Faculty Retreat, September.
“Biblical
Scholarship in a Wesleyan Mode: Retrospect and Prospect.”
Delivered for the Centennial Lecture Series, Seattle Pacific
University, January. (Later delivered at the Free
Methodist Graduate Student Consultation, Newark, September).
“All My Sons: The Ne`arim in the Akedah.” Read at the Northwest Regional Meeting
of the Society of Biblical Literature/the American Academy of Religion,
Seattle, May.
1990
“A Prophet’s
‘Pregnant Pause’: Samuel’s Silence in the Ark Narrative (1 Sam.
4:1-7:2).” Read at Northwest Regional Meeting of
the Society of Biblical Literature/The American Academy of Religion, Portland, Oregon, May.
1989
"Getting
the Christian Story Straight: Theological Reflections on
Biblical Narrative.” Presented as the 1989 Lectureship for the
Northwest Theological Union/Richmond Beach United Church of
Christ Series (3 lectures), October-November.
“The ‘Ground(s)’ of Cain’s Rejection: Genesis 4 in the
Context of the Primeval History.” Read at the Northwest Regional Meeting
of the Society of Biblical Literature/American
Academy of
Religion,
Vancouver, British Columbia, May.
1988
“The Suffering of God in the Passion of Christ.” Presented as the Wilson R. King
Lectureship,
Greenville
College (Illinois), (2 lectures), November.
1987
“Peace and
Justice in Prophetic Perspective.” Presented (3 lectures) at the
Summer Institute of Theology, the University of Portland,
Portland, Oregon.
Review of Old Testament Theology in a Canonical Context,
by Brevard S. Childs. Presented at Northwest Regional Meeting of
the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion,
Tacoma, Washington, May.
“Sola
Scriptura: Bane or Blessing?” Presented at Walla Walla
College, Walla Walla, Washington, February.
1986
“The Psalms of
Lament in Historical and Canonical Perspective.” Presidential
Address delivered to Northwest Regional Meeting of the Society
of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion, Portland,
Oregon, May.
1985
“Revelation,
Reformation, Re-Creation: Canon and the Theological Foundations
of
Christian Higher Education.” Presented to Faculty Retreat of
Seattle
Pacific
University,
September.
“Israel, Judaism, and Christianity: From Cultus to Canon.”
Presented as the Lectureship of the Interfaith Council,
Portland, Oregon, May.
Sola Scriptura: Bane or Blessing?” Presented at Warner
Pacific College, Portland, Oregon, May.
1983
“’Annihilation’ (hrm), ‘Dispossession’ (yrs), and ‘Expulsion’ (grs):
Modes of Conquest in the Biblical
Traditions.” Read at the National Meeting of the
Society of Biblical Literature, Dallas, TX,
December.
“The Jacob
Story: Divine Proposal, Human Disposal.” Four lectures delivered to the
Minister’s Conference of the Hawaii Conference of
the United Church of Christ,
Honolulu,
August.
“Conquest as Expulsion (grs).”
Read at the regional meeting of the Society of Biblical
Literature/American Academy of Religion, Seattle, May.
1981
“Gottwald’s Magnum Opus (The Tribes of Yahweh): A
Review.” Read at Northwest Regional Meeting of the Society of
Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion, Vancouver,
British Columbia, May.
1980
“Royal
Imprecatory Psalms: Incantations Against ‘Social Rage’?” Read at
Northwest Regional Meeting of the Society of Biblical
Literature/American Academy of Religion, Spokane, WA, May.
1979
“Are the
Enemies of the Royal Psalms of Lament Political Dissidents?”
Read at National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature,
New York, November.
“God is Alive
and Well on the Planet Earth.” Presented to Free Methodist
Medical Fellowship, Dillon, Colorado, October.
“The
Patriarchs: Legend, Epic, or History?” Presented to the
Archaeology Symposium at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma,
WA, February.
1978
“Qoheleth and the Reformation of Wisdom.”
Read at National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature,
New Orleans, November.
“The
Imprecatory Psalms: A New Interpretation.” Presented to Faculty Forum,
Seattle
Pacific
University,
October.
“Qoheleth: An
Anti-Tradition Tract.” Read at Northwest Regional Meeting of the
Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion,
Portland, May.
1977
“The First Fifth of Human History.” Presented to the Docents of the
Seattle
Art Museum,
October.
“Political
Terminology in the Dan Story.” Read at the Northwest Regional
Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy
of Religion, Victoria, B. C., May.
“Can a City be
a Community?” Keynote address for the Seattle Project Task
Force, forum sponsored by the Washington Commission for the
Humanities (various times).
1976
“Biblical
Ideology and Foreign Policy.” Presented in response to Robert Bellah
(“Can Our Foreign Policy be Moral?”) to
the Forum of the Seattle Peace
Action Coalition, sponsored by the Washington Commission for the
Humanities, January.
1974
Apiru,
Hebrews, and Israelites.” Presented to the Near East Colloquium of
the University
of Washington, October.
“The Free
Will of God.” Presented to the Faith-Learning Seminar, Seattle
Pacific University, April.
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