New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

Education

• B.A. in Mathematics Education, University of Florida, 1972.
• M.Div., Th.M., Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1976, 1978.
• Th.D., Ph.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1984.
• Honorary Research Fellow, W. F. Albright Institute, Jerusalem, for Archaeological Research. Fall 1992.
• Project Research: "The Vineyard and the Cultus: A Study in the Socio-Cultic Implications of Bronze and Iron Age Viticulture and Vinification." Following the completion of the Numbers Commentary and the Intro to Biblical Archaeology for Broadman, I plan to continue research toward the completion of a book on this subject.

Teaching Experience

• Teaching Fellow, Contract Teacher, Old Testament & Hebrew, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1976-78.
• Contract Instructor, Biblical Archaeology, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Part-time Fall 1982, Full-time 1983-86.
• Professor of Biblical Archaeology, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1986-2000.
• Professor of Old Testament and Archaeology, NOBTS, 2000-present

Teaching Specializations

• Historical Geography of Bible Lands
• Encountering the Biblical World - Biblical Backgrounds
• Advanced Hebrew Exegesis: Genesis, Numbers, 1-2 Kings, Psalms, Jeremiah
• History and Philosophy of Judaism
• Jewish Holy Days
• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Archaeological Methods and Techniques
• Archaeology and the New Testament
• Early Races and Cultures of the Ancient Near East
• Syro-Palestinian Archaeology and the Old Testament
• Biblical Aramaic
• PhD Seminar - Dead Sea Scrolls
• PhD Seminar - International Relations and Foreign Policy in the Ancient Near East
• PhD Seminar - Studies in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology
• PhD Seminar Studies in Greco-Roman Archaeology
• PhD Seminar - Readings in Northwest Semitic Literature
• Research Techniques and Project Design
• PhD Seminar - Studies in the Book of Psalms

Ministry Experience

• Supply preaching
• January Bible Studies
• Passover Seders
• Ancient Israel Studies, in churches in LA, MS, OR, FL, AL, GA 1977-present
• Supply Preaching -- OR, WA, FL, LA, MS, AL, TN 1976-present
• Youth Ministry -- First Baptist Church Ormond Beach, FL Summer 1979
• Youth Ministry -- First Baptist Church Milwaukie, OR 1976-79
• Church Treasurer -- Gentilly Baptist Church, NOLA 1987-present
• Deacon -- Gentilly Baptist Church, NOLA 1983-present
• Sunday School Teacher -- Children, Youth, Singles, and all Adult Ages, 1971-present
• Lecturer in Biblical Backgrounds & Archaeology throughout the Southeastern USA, including churches and synagogues in the New Orleans area, 1980-present

Publications

Journal Articles

• "The Old and the New: Paul's Ministry of the Covenant, 2 Corinthians 2:14-3:18" Theological Educator, Fall 1989.
• "A Crisis of Faith: The Idolatry Polemics in the Book of Hosea" Theological Educator, Fall 1993.
• "Archaeology and the Cities in the Book of Acts" Theological Educator, 1992.
• "Recent Developments in Biblical Archaeology" Theological Educator, Spring 1994.
• "The Visionary Context of Revelation: Amos 7-9 and the Ethics of the Kingdom" Theological Educator, Fall 1995.
• "The Inns of the First Century" Biblical Illustrator, Winter 1999.

Book Reviews

• THEOLOGICAL EDUCATOR
• Bandits, Prophets and Messiahs: Popular Movements at the Time of Jesus, by Richard A. Horsley and John S. Hanson ( Fall 1987)
• Manners and Customs in the Bible, by Victor H. Matthews (Fall 1989)
• Biblical Archaeology: The World, the Mediterranean, the Bible, by Henry O. Thompson (Fall 1989)
• II Chronicles (Word Biblical Commentary), by Raymond B. Dillard (Fall 1990)
• Nag Hammadi Gnosticism, and Early Christianity, eds. Charles W. Hedrick and Robert Hodgson, Jr. (Fall 1990)
• The Nag Hammadi Library in English (rev. ed.). James M. Robinson, Gen. Ed.(Fall 1990)
• Archaeology of the Land of the Bible (10,000-586 B.C.) by Amihai Mazar. The Anchor Bible Reference Library Series. (Fall 1990)
• The World of Jesus: First-Century Judaism in Crisis, Understanding Jesus Today by John Riches (Fall 1991)
• Jewish Law From Jesus to the Mishnah: Five Studies by E. P. Sanders (Fall 1991)
• Jeremiah, Lamentations. The Communicator’s Commentary, by John Guest (Fall 1991)
• Writings From Ancient Israel: A Handbook of Historical and Religious Documents by Klaas A. D. Smelik, G. I. Davies (Fall 1993)
• Jesus and the Forgotten City: New Light on Sepphoris and the Urban World of Jesus by Richard A. Batey (Fall 1993)
• The Archaeology of Ancient Israel, ed. by Amnon Ben-Tor & R. Greenberg (Fall 1993)
• What Has Archaeology To Do With Faith? Ed. by James H. Charlesworth and Walter P. Weaver, (Fall 1993)
• The Christian and Judaic Invention of History, ed. by Jacob Neusner, American Academy of Religion, Studies in Religion, vol. 55, (Fall 1993)
• Israel and the Politics of Land: A Theological Case Study by W. Eugene March ( Spring 1995)
• Giving Goliath His Due: New Archaeological Light on the Philistines, by Neal Bierling (Spring 1995)
• The History of Ancient Palestine, by Gosta W. Ahlstrom, with a contribution by Gary O. Rollefson (Fall 1995)
• Numbers 1-20: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Anchor Bible Commentary, by Baruch A Levine ( Spring 1997)
• Numbers: An Exegetical Commentary, by R. K. Harrison (Spring 1997)
• Creator and Creation: Nature in the Worldview of Ancient Israel, by Ronald A. Simkins (Spring 1997)
• The Biblical Flood: A Case Study of the Church’s Response to Extrabiblical Evidence, by Davis A. Young (Spring 1997)
• HEBREW STUDIES
• The Sub-Loco Notes in the Torah by D. Mynatt. 1997.
• JOURNAL OF THE EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
• The Study of the Ancient Near East in the 21st Century: The W.F. Albright Centennial Conference. Ed. By J.S. Cooper and G.M. Schwartz. Fall, 1998.
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology of the Near East. Ed. by Eric Meyers, et al. Spring 1999.

Books & Book Contributions

• Disciples Study Bible, "Introduction to the Book of Deuteronomy" Broadman, 1988.
• The Nelson Study Bible "Introduction and Notes on the Book of Jeremiah" Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1997.
• The Book of Numbers. New American Commentary. Broadman, 2000.

Dictionary Articles

• Holman Bible Dictionary. Broadman 1991. Numerous articles.
• Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, Eerdmans, 1999.
• Articles on Vine & Vineyard, Wine, Drink, Drunkenness, Bethlehem, etc.

Other Publication Projects

• Translation of Numbers 1-17. Holman Christian Standard Bible, Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000-01.
• Tapestry in the Torah: Literary Structures in the Pentateuch, book project in progress --no publisher.

Presentations

• "The Structure of the Book of Numbers," Society of Biblical Literature Regional Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 1998.
• "The Structure and Theology of the Book of Numbers," Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Nov 1998.
• "Balaam in Context: Recurrent Themes and Literary Structures in the Balaam Oracles and the Book of Numbers," Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 2000.

Professional Societies

• American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) 1981-present
• Corporate Rep. for NOBTS
• Senior Research Fellow at W.F. Albright Institute Fall 1992
• Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) 1982-present
• Near Eastern Archaeological Society 1989-present
• Evangelical Theological Society, 1978-present
• Institute for Biblical Research, Associate Editor, Bulletin for Biblical Research

See also America Schools of Oriental Research @ www.asor.org