Seek and Read

Graduate Education

Ph.D. in Biblical Studies — Drew University — 1984-1986

M. Phil. in Biblical Studies — Drew University — 1981-1984

Academic Employment

Associate Professor, Department of Religion, Baylor University, 1995-

Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, Baylor University, 1991-1995

Lecturer, Department of Religion, Baylor University, 1986-1991

Instructor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Bergen Community College, Orange, New Jersey, Spring, 1986

Publications

“The Social Background of Early Israel’s Rejection of Cultic Images: A Proposal,” Biblical Theology Bulletin 17 (1987): 138-144.

“Peasants in Revolt: Political Allegory in Genesis 2-3,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 47 (1990): 3-14.

“Hebrew pithon peh in the Book of Ezekiel,” Vetus Testamentum 41/2 (1991): 233-235.

“Anub, Azel, Berechiah, Besodeiah,” The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol 1, A-C. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

“Izrahiah,” “Joiaim,” The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol 3, H-J. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

“Meshullam,” The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol 4, K-N. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

“Obadiah,” “Raddai,” “Ram,” “Resheph,” “Rinnah,” “Shaphan,” “Shimeathites,” The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol 5, O-Sh. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

“Telah,” “Zaham,” “Zetham,” “Zimmah,” Vol. 6, Si-Z. Anchor Bible Dictionary. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

“Yahweh’s Strongman? The Characterization of Hezekiah in the Book of Isaiah,” Perspectives in Religious Studies 31 (2004): 383-397.

“Psalm 29 as Semiotic System: A Linguistic Reading,” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 9/12 (2009) http://www.jhsonline.org

“Consider the Source: A Reading of the Servant’s Identity and Task in Isaiah 42:1-9,” in The Desert Will Bloom: Poetic Visions in Isaiah. Ancient Israel and Its Literature. Edited by A. Joseph Everson and Hyun Chul Paul Kim (Atlanta: SBL, 2009), 181-196.

Forthcoming

“Jeremiah” in The New Interpreter’s One Volume Commentary. Nashville: Abingdon.