Dr. DANIEL LAWRENCE SMITH-CHRISTOPHERProfessor of Theological Studies (Old Testament)

and Director, The Peace Studies Minor

Dept. Theological StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA 90045Teaching Fields

- Hebrew Bible (esp. Exilic/Persian Period)- Old Testament Theology in Christian Context- Cross Cultural Interpretation of Biblical Texts, Multiculturalism- Peace and Nonviolence

EducationD.Phil. - Doctor of Philosophy, Sept., 1986.Oxford University, England: Faculty of Theology.(Sociological Analysis of the Exile in the Old Testament)

M.Div. - Master of Divinity, May, 1981.Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries (Elkhart, Indiana)(Biblical Studies and Peace Studies)

B.A. - Bachelor of Arts, May, 1977George Fox University (Newberg, Oregon).(Philosophy and Sociology)

Teaching Experience

1989 - Present Professor of Theological Studies (Old Testament)Director of Peace Studies (from Fall 1993)Director of Graduate Studies in Theology (from Fall, 2013)Department of Theological StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Spring 2013 Jaime 1 University, Castellon, Spain (Religion and Peace Studies)FULBRIGHT TEACHING AWARD

2003-2004 Professor of Biblical Studies(One Year Leave) Dept. Religion - Bluffton College of Ohio

1987 - 1989 Assistant Professor of Theologyand Director of Peace StudiesWilmington College of Ohio

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BOOKS AND MAJOR WORKS

2015 Micah: A CommentaryThe Old Testament LibraryWestminster/John Knox Press

2013 Sacred Scripture: A Catholic Study of God’s WordDr. Daniel L. Smith-Christopher (Old Testament)Fr. J. Patrick Mullen (New Testament)Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN

2009 Battleground: ReligionEncyclopedia of Religion and Social Issuesed. Daniel L. Smith-ChristopherGreenwood Press, Conn.

2008 Lost Books of the Bible - for DummiesJohn Wiley & Co., New York

2007 Jonah, Jesus, and Other Good Coyotes: Speaking PeaceTo Power in the BibleAbingdon Press, Nashville, TN.

2007 Subverting Hatred10th Anniversary Edition(New Introduction Written, New essays included)

2004 Introduction to the Old TestamentOur Invitation to Faith and JusticeAve Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN.

2002 A Biblical Theology of ExileOvertures to Biblical TheologyFortress Press: Minneapolis

2001 The Books of Ezra-NehemiahThe Oxford Bible Commentary,Oxford University Press (Oxford & London)Ed. John Barton & John Muddiman: 308-324.

2000 Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Religious Nonviolence, Edited by Daniel L. Smith-Christopher,with my essay, "Political Atheism and Radical Faith”(revised from 1990, Orbis Books, New York)

1996 The Book of Daniel, (with The Additions to Daniel)

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The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. VII(Abingdon Press, Nashville): 19-194.

1995 Text and Experience: Toward a Cultural Exegesis of theBible - Edited by Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

(Sheffield University Press, Sheffield: 1995).

1994 Practiced in the Presence (Festschrift for Prof. T. Canby Jones), Ed. D. Neil Snarr and Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

(Friends United Press, Richmond IN, 1994), with article:

"The Inward Front: Religion and Peace in theMiddle East": 214-244.

1993 The Citizen Temple Community by Joel Weinberg,translated from the German by Daniel L.S. Christopher(Sheffield, 1992)

1989 The Religion of the Landless: A Sociology of the Babylonian Exile, (Meyer-Stone, Bloomington).

ACADEMIC ARTICLES

2015 “Thinking on Islands”, published inIslands, Islanders, and the Bibleed. J. Havea, M. Aymer, and S. DavidsonSBL Press: Atlanta: 207-216

2015 “Ezekiel Celebrates Day of the Dead:(at press) Reading Ezekiel with Jose Guadalupe Posada”

European Ezekiel Project

2015 “Deconstructing Terror: Ezekiel’s Vision of Dry Bones as a(at press) Response to Trauma”, submitted to European Ezekiel Project

Ed. William Tooman.(at press)

2015 “Blues Music”; “Folk Music”, and artist profile on “Colin McCahon” (with Sue Gardner), forThe Oxford Encyclopedia on the Bible and the ArtsEd. Timothy BealOxford & New York: Oxford University Press:

2014 “Trauma and the Old Testament: Some Problems and

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Prospects”, in Trauma and Traumatization in Individual andCollective Dimensions: Insights from Biblical Studies and Beyond. E. E. Becker, J. Dochhorn and E. K. Holt. SANT 2: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2014: 222-242

2014 “Singing Lamentations and Reading the Blues” forThe Oxford Handbook on Biblical NarrativeEd. Danna N. Fewall.Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press: (at press)

2013 “Political Theology and the Hebrew Bible”,The Oxford Handbook of Political Theologyed. Shaun Casey and Michael Kessler.(at press)

2013 “Reading the Christian Old Testament in the ContemporaryWorld”, and “Commentary on 1 Esdras”, forThe Fortress Press Commentary on the Bible: 43-66; 1073-1082

2013 “ `…and if not now, when?’ A Sociology of the Future in Micah 4.1” in Biblical Interpretation and Method: Essays in Honour of John BartonEds. Katharine J. Dell and Paul M. JoyceOxford University Press, UK: 149-162

2013 “Cross Cultural Exegesis of the Bible” forThe Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical InterpretationEd. Steven L. McKenzieOxford & New York: Oxford University Press: 138-150

2013 “A Postcolonial Reading of Apocalyptic Literature: OnMixing Monsters”, forThe Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic LiteratureEd. John J. Collins.Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press: 180-198

2012 “Reading Exile Then: Reconsidering the MethodologicalDebates for Biblical Analysis in Dialogue with SociologicalAnd Literary Analysis”, inBy the Irrigation Canals of Babylon: Approaches to the Study of Exile, ed J.J. Ahn & J. MiddlemasLondon: T&T Clark: 139-157

2011 “Reading War and Trauma: Suggestions Toward

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a Social-Psychological Exegesis of Exile and War in Biblical Texts” inInterpreting Exile: Interdisciplinary Studies of

Displacement and Deportation in Biblical and Modern Contexts

eds. B. Kelle, F. Ritchel Ames, J.WrightAtlanta: Society of Biblical Literature: 253-274

2011 “Daniel, Book of”, major article entry forEncyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (EBR)De Gruyter, Berlin(At Press)

2011 “Engendered Warfare and the Ammonites in Amos 1:13” for

Aspects of Amos [FS John Barton], ed. A. Mein and A. Hagedorn

London: T&T Clark: 15-40

2011 “Reading Jeremiah as Frantz Fanon” inJeremiah (Dis)Placed: New Directions inWriting/Reading Jeremiah, ed. by A.R. Pete Diamond and Louis StulmanLondon/New York: T&T Clark: 115-124

2009 “Re-Reading Nelson Graburn” in‘Caught Reading Again’, ed. R S SugirtharajahLondon, SCM Press, 2009: 90-109

2009 “Teaching Sugirtharajah: A Field Report from Los Angeles” forFestschrift for R.S. Sugirtharajah, ed. LiuSheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press: 240-255

2009 “On the Pleasures of Prophetic Judgment: Reading Micah 1:6And 3:12 with Stokely Carmichael”, in Aesthetics of Biblical ViolenceEd. C. Franke & J.M. O’Brian: 72-87

2009 “Gideon at Thermopylae: Mapping War in Biblical Narratives”, in Writing and Reading   War: Rhetoric, Gender, and Ethics in Biblical and Modern Contexts, Brad E Kelle and Frank Ritchel Ames, eds., (SBL: Atlanta).

2008 “Abolitionist Exegesis: A Quaker Proposal for White Liberals”in Still at the Margins, ed. R.S. Sugirtharajah

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London: T&T Clark, 2008: 128-137.

2007 “The Quiet Words of the Wise: Biblical DevelopmentsToward Nonviolence as a Diaspora Ethic” inCharacter Ethics and the Old Testament: Moral Dimensions Of ScriptureEd. M. Daniel Carroll R., and Jacqueline E. LapsleyWestminster/John Knox Press, 2007: 129-151.

2006 “Are the Refashioned Weapons in Micah 4:1-4 a Sign ofPeace or Conquest? Shifting the Contextual Borders ofA Utopian’ Prophetic Motif” inUtopia and Dystopia in Prophetic Literature, Ed. Ehud Ben Zvi, Helsinki: Finnish Exegetical Society andGöttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006: 187-210

2005 “Ezra” and “Nehemiah” – Commentary Articles forA Theological Bible CommentaryWestminster/John Knox Press (Expected early 2009)

2002 “Ezekiel in Abu Ghraib: ReReading Ezekiel 16:37-39 in

the context of Imperial Conquest”, inEzekiel's Hierarchical World: Wrestling with a Tiered RealityEd. S. Cook, C. Patton, SBL Symposium SeriesSociety of Biblical Literature Press, Atlanta: 141-158

2001 “`That was then…’: Textual Defenses of Nonviolence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam”, in Ethics in the World Religions, ed. J. Runzo and N. M. Martin.One World Publishers, Oxford, pp. 251-269.

2001 “Prayers and Dreams: Power and Diaspora IdentitiesIn the Social Setting of the Daniel Tales”, in The BookOf Daniel: Composition and Reception, ed. John J.Collins and Peter W. Flint., Vetus TestamentumSupplementum (Leiden: E.J. Brill); Vol 1, 266-290.

1999 “Ezekiel on Fanon’s Couch: A Postcolonist Critique inDialogue with David Halperin’s Seeking Ezekiel”Peace and Justice Shall Embrace (FS Millard Lind)Telford, PA:Pandora Press: 108-144.

1999 “Returning to the Sources: The Hebrew Bible” article

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reprinted in, Contemporary Catholic Theology: A ReaderEd. Michael Hayes & Liam GearonGracewing:Leominster: 40-61.

1997 "Reassessing the Historical and Sociological Impact ofthe Babylonian Exile (597/586 - 539 BCE)", lead article inJames Scott, ed., Exile: Old Testament, Jewish and

Christian Conceptions (E.J. Brill, Leiden): 7-36.

1996 "Resistance in a `Culture of Permission'", in Truth'sBright Embrace Essays and Poems in honor of Arthur O.Roberts, ed. H. Macy and P. Anderson (George Fox

University Press:Newberg, OR): 15-38.

1996 "Between Ezra and Isaiah: Exclusion, Transformation, andInclusion of the `Foreigner' in Post-Exilic BiblicalTheology", Ethnicity and the Bible, ed. Mark Brett

(E.J.Brill, Leiden): 117-142.

1994 "The Mixed Marriage Crisis in Ezra 9-10 and Nehemiah 13: A Study of the Sociology of the Postexilic Judean

Community", Second Temple Studies, Volume Two: Temple and Community in the Persian Period, ed. Tamara C. Eskenazi and Kent H. Richards, (Sheffield, U.K.)

1994 "Gandhi on Daniel 6 : A Case of Cultural Exegesis",Biblical Interpretation, Vol 1, No. 3: 321-338.

1993 "Reading the Bible in the Shadows: Captivity and the Meaning of Exile", The Bible Today, September, Vol 31,

No. 5, 1993.

1993 "Hebrew Satyagraha: The Politics of Biblical Fasting in thePost-Exilic Period (Sixth to Second Century B.C.E.)"Food and Foodways: An Interdisciplinary Journal

(Paris/N.Y.) 1993, Vol. 5(3): 269-292.

1992 "On a Theology for Modern Babylonians: The Exile as a Basis for doing "Biblical Theology", Quaker Religious

Thought, Fall, 1992 (#79), p. 3-15.

1991 "The Second Israel: Peace in the Middle East and theImplications of Militant Oriential Jewish Ethnicity",Dialectical Anthropology, Vol. 16, No. 2.

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1991 "The Politics of Ezra: Sociological Indicators of Post-Exilic(1996) Judaean Society", pp. 73-97, in Second Temple Studies 1.

Persian Period, Ed. Philip R. Davies, Sheffield AcademicPress:Sheffield, England [selected for reprinting in:Community, Identity, and Ideology: Social ScienceApproaches to the Hebrew Bible, ed. Carol Meyers,

Charles Carter, Eisenbrauns, 1996: 537-556].

1990 "Political Atheism and Radical Faith," essay published inTowards a Theology of Peace, Ed. Stephen TunnicliffeEuropean Nuclear Disarmament, London, England

1989 "Jeremiah as Prophet of Nonviolent Resistance"(1996) Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

(Sheffield, UK) 43 (1989) 95-107; (selected forreprint in The Prophets: A Sheffield Reader, pp. 207-218;

ed. Philip R. Davies, Sheffield University Press, 1996)

1989 "The Rewards of Allah: Cultural Analysis of Reconciliation"Journal of Peace Research (Oslo, Norway)26 (4), 1989: 385-398

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ARTICLES FOR ENCYCLOPEDIAS and POPULAR ARTICLES

2015 "Corporations and Religious Liberty: A Theologian’s Perspective." American Government. ABC-CLIO. Web.

2015 “Geronimo” (Long entry), and “Spirituals” (Short entry) in (at press) American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales:

An Encyclopedia of American Folkloreed. J. Webb, ABO-CLIO.

2013 “Daniel and Apocalyptic”The Omega BibleAbingdon Press

2013 “Daniel and Diaspora”; “The River Jordan”; “ForeignersAnd Immigrants”, requested short articles for SBL Bible Odyssey Project (Online, In Development)

2012 “Exile” in Dictionary of Scripture and EthicsEd. J. Green, (Baker Academic) 291-294

2011 “Tarak Dath Nas” forEncyclopedia of Asian AmericansEBSCO Publishing (Salem Press)

2011 “Ezra, Book of”, “Nehemiah, Book of”, and “Peace”Encyclopedia of Early Judaism (Eerdmans)Ed. John J. Collins (Eerdmans) 621-623; 993-995; 1038-1040

2011 “Religion in Canada in the 1920s”, article written forEncyclopedia of The 1920s EBSCO Publishing (Salem Press)

2011 “Ocean Currents”, for theEncyclopedia of Environmental Issues, Revised EditionEBSCO Publishing (Salem Press): 911-913

2009 “Ezra and Nehemiah”, Chapter in The Westminster Theological Commentary on the BibleWestminster Press, Philadelphia: 154-164

2008 “Nationalism”; “Peace in the Old Testament”

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Articles for The New Interpreter’s Bible DictionaryAbingdon Press, Nashville.

2008 “Of Swords and Plowshares: On Peace and theHebrew Prophets”, in The Bible Today 46: 154-159.

2008 “Nahum” and “Micah” Introductions forThe People’s Bible Commentary

2007 “Ezra”, “Nehemiah”, and “Peace” forThe Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism(Leiden: E.J. Brill)

2002 Entries in From Polis to Empire: The Ancient World c.800 B.C.To A.D. 500: A Biographical Dictionary, ed. A.G. Traver(Greenwood Press: London, 2002):“Ptolemy I Soter”; “Artaxerxes I”; “Artaxerxes II”“Artaxerxes III”; “Ptolemy III”; “Antiochus VII”;“Croesus”; “Ctesias”; “Darius I”

2001 Articles in The Eerdmans Dictionary of the BibleArticle: "The Exile"; Shorter Entries: "Fasting"; "Peace";"Dreams"; "Ancient of Days"; "Xerxes"; "Zerubbabel";"Coele-Syria"; "Sarsechim"; "Sepharad"; "Sharezer"; "Zarius".

1996 Articles written for The Latino Encyclopedia, Ed. RichardChabran and Rafael Chabran (Marshall Cavendish/New

York, 1996); "Intermarriage" (805-808); "South American Native Communities" (1512-1516); "Mesoamerican

Native Communities" (976-982)

1994 Articles written for The Native-American Encyclopediainclude: "The Cree"; "The Salish"; "The Tlingit"; "TheShaking Tent Ceremony"; "The Maru Cult of the Pomo";

"The Shaker Church"; "The Ghost Dance"; "Black Kettle of the Cheyenne"; "The Fernandeno, Juaneno, and Gabrielino

of California"; "The Native-American Influence on American Society"

1993 Articles for The Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism; "Turkish-Americans", "Greek-Americans", "Arab Women", "Hebrew","Yiddish".

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Visiting Lectureships and Academic Honors

2013 Fulbright / Senior Lecturer AwardReligion and Peace StudiesJaume 1 University, Castellon, SPAIN (3 months)

2010 The Biblical Spirituality LecturesCorpus Christi University ParishToledo, OHIO(Recorded for Public Television)

2009 The CATO LectureThe Uniting Church of Australia Triennial MeetingsSydney, Australia

2008 The Annual Todd LecturesMemphis Theological SeminaryNovember, 2008

2006 Visiting Graduate Seminar LecturerUniversity of Aarhus, Denmark

2004 31st Annual Summer Scripture SeminarArchdiocese of Chicago“The Two Ways: The Ideas of War and Peacein the Later Hebrew Bible”St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein

2003 Named to Biblical Scholars Consultation(World Council of Churches)Bangor, Wales

2003 Guest LecturerOne SemesterUniversity of Toledo, Dept. Religion and PhilosophyToledo, Ohio

2003 Program DirectorLilly Endowment Summer Seminar Program:“Peace and Justice in the Bible and the Quran”Team taught with Prof. Mustansir Mir, Youngstown State U.

2002 Guest Lecturer in Old Testament (One Term)

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St. John’s CollegeThe University of Auckland, New Zealand

1999 The Willson LecturesEarlham School of Religion“On Cultural Exegesis of the Bible”

1998 6 City Speaking/Lecture Tour sponsored by the Uniting Church of Australia Dept. of Christian Education.

4 Weeks: Pastors Workshops, Public Lectures, conferences;Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Tasmania, Ballarat,& Canberra.

1997 Named to 10-person National Study Group: "Theology and Community: Recovering the Beloved Community" The Lilly Endowment, at Loyola College, Baltimore

Summer, 1997 LMU Faculty Research GrantTo complete book on Cultural Exegesis of the Bible

Summer, 1996 Scholar in ResidenceThe Center for Christian Studies (The Society of Friends)Portland, Oregon (May-June, 1996)

Fall, 1995 Lecturer in Residence

The Department of ReligionThe Chinese University of Hong Kong

1994 LMU Faculty Research Grant - To Assist in writingcommentary for "The New Interpretor's Bible","The Book of Daniel"

1992 LMU Faculty Research Grant - For Research in Australia on Aboriginal Interpretation of the Bible.

1991 International Research and Exchanges Board Travel Grantfor scholarly consultation in Latvia on the translation ofDr. Joel Weinberg's work (see publications list).

1986 The Memorial Foundation for Jewish CultureDissertation Fellowship.

1983-1986 World Council of Churches(Full tuition and support for study at Oxford University)

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1978-1981 The Fund for Theological Education(Full tuition for 3 years of Seminary)

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BOOK REVIEWS

1991 Thomas Overholt, Channels of Prophecy (1990), reviewed in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,53:1991, pp. 301-303

1992 Edwin M. Yamauchi, Persia and the Bible (1990)reviewed in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,54:1992, pp. 138-139

1992 Carlos Mesters, Defenseless Flower (1989)reviewed in Critical Review of Books in Religion,1991:482-484

1992 Peggy Day, Ed., Gender and Difference in Ancient Israel(1989), reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly,54:1992, pp. 398-399

1992 Robert B. and Mary P. Coote., Power, Politics, and theMaking of the Bible: An Introduction (1990), reviewed inCritical Review of Books in Religion, 1992: pp. 85-86

1993 Anthony R. Ceresko, Introduction to the Old Testament:A Liberation Perspective (1992), reviewed inCritical Review of Books in Religion, 1994: pp. 103-105

1993 Robert B. Coote, In Defense of Revolution: The ElohistHistory (1991), reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly,55:1993, pp. 751-753

1993 Ingeborg Gabriel, Friede Ueber Israel: Eine Untersuchung zur Friendenstheologie in Chronik I 10 - II 36

(Ousterreichische Biblische Studien, 10) inCatholic Biblical Quarterly, 55, 1993, pp. 756-757

1994 Mervin Breneman, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, The New American Commentary 10; Nashville: Broadman Press

(1993), reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 57, 1995, pp. 118-120

1995 Victor H. Matthew and Don Benjamin, Social World of Ancient Israel, reviewed in Journal of Biblical Literature

114:1995, pp. 490-492.

1996 Klaus Scholtissek, Vollmacht im Alten Testament und

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Judentum, (Paderborner Theologische Studien, 24, 1993)reviewed in Journal of Biblical Literature.

1997 Jon L. Berquist, Judaism in Persia's Shadow: A Social andHistorical Approach (Fortress, 1995), reviewed in:The Journal of Religion (Chicago) 77:4, 1997, pp. 656-

658.

1997 Moshe Weinfeld, Social Justice in Ancient Israel and inThe Ancient Near East (Magnes/Fortress, 1995), reviewed inJournal of Biblical Literature 116(4): 721-725.

1997 Georg Steins, Die Chronik als kanonisches Abschlussphaenomen:

Studien zur Entstehung und Theologie von 1/2 Chronik(Weinheim: Beltz, 1995), reviewed inCatholic Biblical Quarterly, 59, 1997, pp. 754-755.

1998 Justo L. Gonzalez, Santa Biblia: The Bible Through Hispanic Eyes (Abingdon:Nashville), reviewed in

The Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology, 5:3: 52-56.

1998 Dianne Bergant, Israel’s Wisdom Literature: A LiberationCritical Reading (Minneapolis:Fortress, 1997), reviewed inCatholic Biblical Quarterly 60: 519-521.

1999 John A. Wood, Perspectives on War in the Bible Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 61: 354-355.

1999 Farmer, et.al., eds., The International Bible CommentaryCatholic Biblical Quarterly. 61: 538-540.

1999 Tod Linafelt, Timothy Beal, God in the FrayMinneapolis, Fortress Press, 1998Review of Biblical Literature (Online)

2000 Segovia and Tolbert, eds., Teaching the BibleMinneapolis, Fortress, 1998Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 62: 188-189

2001 Krasovec, Joze, Reward, Punishment, and Forgiveness: The Thinking and Beliefs of Ancient Israel in the Light of Greekand Modern Views (E.J. Brill: Leiden)Review of Biblical Literature (Online)

2001 John R. Levison and Priscilla Pope-Levison

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Return to Babel (Westminster-John Knox, Louisville)Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 63: 365-367.

2001 C. Grottanelli, Kings and Prophets (OUP:NY, 1999)Ancient History Bulletin, 15:4, 188-190

2002 Porten, Bezalel, with J. J. Farber, C. J. Martin, G.Vittmann, Leslie S. B. MacCoull, Sarah Clackson,and contributions by Simon Hopkins and RanonKatzoff, The Elephantine Papyri in English: ThreeMillennia of Cross-Cultural Continuity andChange (Leiden: Brill, 1999)Review of Biblical Literature, Online Reviews

2002 James Barr, History and Ideology in the Old TestamentOxford University Press: OxfordTheological Studies, 63:202-203.

2002 Zerbe, Gordon (ed.), Reclaiming the Old Testament:Essays in Honour of Waldemar Janzen (Winnipeg: CMBC Publications, 2001). Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 64: 602-603

2002 Baldwin, Lewis, and Amiri YaSin, Between Cross andCrescent: Christian and Muslim Perspectives on MalcolmAnd Martin (Florida, 2001), inStudies in Contemporary Islam, 3:79-83

2003 Akbar, M.J., The Shade of Swords: Jihadand the Conflict Between Islam and ChristianityStudies in Contemporary Islam (forthcoming)

2004 Ed. James W. Watts, Persia and Torah: The TheoryOf Imperial Authorization of the PentateuchJournal of Semitic Studies Vol. XLIX, No. 2:334-336

2003 Grosby, Stephen, Biblical Ideas of Nationality: Ancient

And ModernCatholic Biblical Quarterly 66:288-289

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2004 Crawford and Greenspoon, The Book of Esther in Modern

ResearchReviews in Religion and Theology 12:25-27

2004 Watson, Brenda, Truth and ScriptureReviews in Religion and Theology 12:19-22

2004 Ward, Keith, The Case for ReligionReviews in Religion and Theology 12:10-13

2004 Ellens, J. Harold, ed.The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence inJudaism, Christianity, and Islam (4 Volumes)Reviews in Religion and Theology 12:196-202

2005 Cabezon, Jose Ignacio, and Sheila Greeve Davaney, eds.,

Identity and the Politics of Scholarship in the Study of ReligionReviews in Religion and Theology (UK)

2005 Goldshmidt, H, and Elizabeth McAlisterRace, Nation, and Religion in the AmericasReviews in Religion and Theology (UK)

2005 Oded BorowskiDaily Life in Biblical TimesCatholic Biblical Quarterly 67:108-109

2005 Daniel FriedmannTo Kill and Take Possession: Law, Morality, and

SocietyIn Biblical StoriesCatholic Biblical Quarterly 67:114-116

2005 Robert Pope, ed.Honouring the Past and Shaping the Future:

Religious and Biblical Studies in Wales. In Honour of Gareth Lloyd

JonesReviews in Religion and Theology 12:232-235

2005 James K.A. Smith, Henry Isaac Venema, eds.The Hermeneutics of Charity: Interpretation,

Selfhood, and

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Postmodern Faith: In honor of James OlthuisReviews in Religion and Theology

2007 Jerome M. Segal Joseph’s Bones: Understanding the Struggle Between God

And Mankind in the BibleReviewed in National Catholic Reporter, Nov. 16,

2007

2008 Uriah KimDecolonizing Josiah (with Author’s Response)Reviewed in Conversations in Religion And Theology 6:1: 6-12

2008 Rollins and Kille, eds.Psychological Insight into the Bible: Text and

ReadingsReviewed inCatholic Biblical Quarterly 70: 869-871

2009 Bernat and Klawans, ed.Religion and Violence: The Biblical HeritageReviewed inCatholic Biblical Quarterly 71: 915-917

2009 Rocca, SamuelThe Forts of Judaea 168 BC – AD 73Reviewed inAncient Warfare

2009 E. Qureshi and M.A. Sells, eds.Crusades: Constructing the Muslim EnemyReviewed inStudies in Contemporary Islam 10 (2008) 139-142

2009 Lawrence Schiffman and Joel B. Wolowelsky, eds.War and Peace in the Jewish TraditionReviewed inReview of Biblical Literature (SBL, Online)

2009 Miguel A. De La Torre

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Liberating Jonah: Forming an Ethic of ReconciliationReviewed inConrad Grebel Review, Fall 2009: 91-94

2010 Elisabeth Shuessler FiorenzaDemocratizing Biblical Studies

Review of Biblical Literature (SBL, Online)

2011 Philip Peter Jenson, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah: A Theological CommentaryReview of Biblical Literature (SBL, Online)

2011 John Rogerson, A Theology of the Old TestamentReviewed inCatholic Biblical Quarterly, 73: 841-843

2013 Matthew Coomber, ed., The Bible and Justice:Ancient Texts, Modern ChallengesBiblical Interpretation 21: 550-552

2013 Michael S. Moore, Wealth Watch: A Study of SocioeconomicConflict in the BibleCatholic Biblical Quarterly (expected summer 2013)

2015 Crouch, C.L., and Jonathan Stokl, eds.In the Name of God: The Bible in the Colonial Discourse of Empire.Review of Biblical Literature (SBL, online)

2015 Boer, R., and F.F. Segovia, eds.The Future of the Biblical Past: Envisioning Biblical Studies on a Global KeyReview for Biblical Interpretation journal.

2015 Boer, Roland, ed.,Postcolonialism and the Hebrew Bible: The Next StepReview for Biblical Interpretation journal

2015 M. Zehnder and H. Hagelia, eds.Encountering Violence in the BibleReview for Biblical Interpretation journal

2015 Omer, Appleby, and LittleThe Oxford Handbook of Religion, Conflict, and PeacebuildingReview for Peace Review Journal

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Professional Society Memberships

SBL - The Society of Biblical Literature (USA)SOTS - The Society for Old Testament Study (UK)

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Selected Academic Presentations and Papers

August “The Difficult Texts”, Lecture given for2015 Summer Scripture Seminar

Loyola Marymount University

November “Sleeping with the Enemy? Esther, Judith, and Comfort Women”2014 Paper for Exile Group, Society of Biblical Literature

Annual Meetings, San Diego

March “Singing Daniel: The Spirituals as Interpretation of the2014 Book of Daniel” , and “Reading Jesus with the Prophets”

Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Anaheim

November “Singing Daniel: African-American Spirituals as Biblical2013 Interpretation”, Paper for African-American Exegesis section

Society of Biblical Literature Annual MeetingsBaltimore, MD.

February “Were the Writers of the Bible Traumatized?”2013 Popular Presentation

Los Angeles Religious Education CongressAnaheim

June “Traumata and Old Testament Analysis”2012 International Conference on Trauma and Scripture

Univ. Aarhus, Denmark

March Lamentations and the Blues: A Postcolonial Analysis2012 Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York

February “Isaiah and Micah”2011 Annual Historical Lecture

Congregation Ner TamidPalos Verdes, CA

November “Hebrew Machismo as Biblical Resistance Literature 2009 in Micah 4-5”

Paper read forThe Society of Biblical LiteratureAnnual Meeting, New Orleans

September Annual First Year Convocation Speaker2009 (Selected by Chief Academic Officer of LMU)

Loyola Marymount University

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July Two Bible Studies on Nehemiah2009 The Aboriginal and Torres Islander Christian Congress

Perth, Australia

July “Wisdom’s Feast” (2 Lectures on Isaiah and Justice)2009 The Uniting Church of Australia

Melbourne, Australia

November Displaced Texts: Can We Speak of a Social 2008 Psychology of the Exile?

Paper for War in Ancient Israel SectionThe Society of Biblical LiteratureAnnual Meetings, Boston

November Reading Exile: Sociological and Literary Agendas2008 Paper for Exile (Forced Migration) in Biblical Literature Section

The Society of Biblical LiteratureAnnual Meetings, Boston

November Jeremiah as Frantz Fanon2007 Paper for Writing/Reading Jeremiah Section

The Society of Biblical LiteratureAnnual Meeting, San Diego

November Theology and the Study of Trauma in the Bible2007 Paper for Theology of Hebrew Scriptures Section

The Society of Biblical LiteratureAnnual Meeting, San Diego

November Micah 1-2: On the Pleasures of Prophetic Judgment2006 Paper for Prophetic Texts Group

The Society of Biblical LiteratureAnnual Meeting, Washington DC

November The Militarization of Miracle in Ancient Israel2005 Paper read for War in Ancient Israel Group

The Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

November Reading Thoughtfully: Getting Students to2005 Read in Class

Center for Teaching Excellence: LMU

October Response to Dr. Deepak Chopra2005 BridgeBuilder Forum, LMU

Formal Comments at Honorary Dinner

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November Chair, In The Name of Religion2004 Bellarmine Forum, on “Violence”

Session with Academic Colleagues.

November Swords Into Plowshares:2004 A Study of Isa. 2:2-4 / Micah 4:1-3

The Society of Biblical LiteratureAnnual Meeting, San Antonio

July Presentation:2004 Peace and Justice from Within Religious Tradition

A Meditation on Jacob and EsauThe Parliament of World ReligionsBarcelona, SPAIN

November Panelist2003 Religion and War Global Ethics Forum, SBL-AAR Meetings

Atlanta, GA

November “Ethics of Diaspora in Exile”2003 Bible and Ethics Section

The Society of Biblical LiteratureAtlanta, GA

June “Theft and Reconciliation: 2003 Genesis 32-33 and the Politics of Jacob”

World Council of Churches Consultation onEthnic Identity, National Identity, and the Unity of the ChurchBangor, Wales

April “Indigenous Traditions of Peacemaking”2003 W/Rev. Don Tamihare (New Zealand)

War and Reconciliation: Perspectives of World ReligionsCalifornia State University, Northridge

March “A Quaker Reads the Ninth Commandment”2002 Seminar on the Ten Commandments

The Jewish Studies Dept., UCLALos Angeles, CA

November “Prophet in the Camp: Ezekiel and Refugee Studies”2001 Paper read with respondents (Marvin Sweeney and

J.J.M. Roberts) at Society of Biblical LiteratureAnnual Meetings, Denver: Theological Perspectives

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On the Book of Ezekiel Seminar.

April “The Challenge of Christian Nonviolence”2001 War and Peace in the World Religions

California Lutheran University

November Invited Respondent to Three Papers Presented in the 2000 “Asian and Asian American Biblical Exegesis Group”

Annual Meetings of the Society of Biblical LiteratureNashville, TN.

March, 2000 “`That was then…’: Textual Defenses of Nonviolence inJudaism, Christianity, and Islam”. Paper presented toEthics and Religion for a Global Twenty-First CenturyChapman University, Orange, California

November, 1999 Chaired Section of Literature and History of Persian PeriodThe Society of Biblical Literature (Boston)“Advising the Conqueror: Legend and Literature”

November, 1999 “An Anthropology of Exile: Debating Stereotypes”The Society of Biblical LiteratureHebrew Bible, History, and Archaeology Section(Boston, Annual Meeting)

November, 1996 "Ezekiel on Fanon's Couch: A Postcolonial critique ofPsychological Approaches to Ezekiel"The Society of Biblical Literature (New Orleans)

July, 1995 "Lakota (Sioux) Readings of Daniel: A Report on `Field Work' in Critical Biblical Studies". Paper read before

The Society of Old Testament Study (UK) Summer Meetings, The University of Wales, Bangor.

November, 1993 "The Culture of Permission: A Sociological Reading of theCorrespondence with Persian Authorities in Ezra 1-8".The Society of Biblical Literature(Washington D.C., Annual Meeting)

July, 1992 "The Mixed Marriage Crisis in Ezra and Nehemiah: ASociological Critique". The Society of Biblical Literature(European Section-Special Meetings in Melbourne, Australia)

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August, 1990 "Fasting and Warfare in the Hebrew Bible: An Experiment Using Anthropological Data in Biblical Analysis"

The Society of Biblical Literature(European Section, Vienna)

November, 1989 "Hebrew Satyagraha: Fasting and Warfare in Post-ExilicTheology" The Society for Biblical Literature(Anaheim, CA, Annual Meeting)

November, 1988 "The Politics of Ezra: Sociological Indicators of Post-ExilicSociety" The Society for Biblical Literature(Chicago, Annual Meeting)

November, 1987 "Towards a Theology of Peace"International Theology of Peace Conference, Budapest, Hungary

November, 1983 "Jeremiah and the Theology of Peace"International Theology of Peace Conference,Budapest, Hungary

March, 1981 "Deutero-Isaiah and the Isaianic Additions"The Society for Biblical Literature, Mid-West Region

March, 1980 "Wisdom and Resistance in the Book of Daniel"The Society for Biblical Literature, Mid-West Region

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Television and Multi-Media Consultation

2013 Filmed Interview for DVD “Extra Features” onDVD Reissue of “The Robe”, Feature Film.

2011 July, Australian Public Radio“The Bible and the Blues” Interview with John Cleary, “Sunday Night”

2011 Script Consultant / Media Consultant(Project Confidential until Release)Los Angeles Based Motion Picture Studio (Name confidential)

2009 Recorded Adult Study Lecture Series for“Now You Know Media” (Wash. DC)Genesis; Bible and Social Justice

2008 Feature Film Script ConsultantThe Aquarian Gospel

2006 Consultant, TMC Entertainment, Inc.“The Routes of Christianity”

2005 Consultant, TMC Entertainment, Inc.“Walking the New Testament”

2003 Consultant, FilmROOS “In Search of Easter” (National Geographic Network)

“Banned from the Bible” (History Channel)

2001 Biblical ConsultantSante Fe Communications (Milwaukie, WI)Animated Bible Project

2000 Script Consultation, On-Camera Interviews, Research“Disasters of the Bible”The History Channel

2000 On-Camera scholarly Comment, “The Holy Family”PAX Television Special (Christmas, 2000)

1992-1999 Scholarly Consultant to "Mysteries of the Bible"(A&E Television, A FilmROOS Production, Los Angeles)

1995 Authored "Teachers Study Guide" for 25-Part Animated

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Series based on the Old Testament, produced byTezuka Productions (Japan) and Released in the USA byCCC of America (Irving, Texas)

1993-95 Academic Advisor for the Arts and Entertainment NetworkTelevision series, "Mysteries of the Bible"(Arts and Entertainment Television, FilmROOS

Productions) Critical Review of Scripts; Extended On-Camara Commentary on Old Testament texts;

Consultation with Series Writers

1995 Television series, "Biography"(Arts and Entertainment Network, FilmROOS

Productions) Script Consultation; On-Camara Commentary, episodes: "Samson", "David",

"Moses", "The Second Temple".

1995-96 Critical Commentary to accompany CD-ROM/Multi-Media Program: Hypertext and Printed Formats. The

Psalms (Dove Audio:Beverly Hills, CA, 1996)Read by Michael York

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University Courses Taught

At Loyola Marymount University (1989 – Present):

Introduction to the Old TestamentWar, Peace, and Nonviolence in the BibleProphecy and Social Justice

Graduate and Undergraduate levelsFaith and Ethnicity in Los Angeles (Cultural Studies)Reconciliation Across CulturesAncient Futures: Wisdom and Apocalyptic

in the Bible and FilmTheology of the Old Testament

GraduateThe ExileGenesis: Story and Culture Bible, Gospel, and Blues:

The Bible in African-American GospelSociety and Its Discontents

Honors CourseMysteries of the Bible

Distance Education CourseGraduate Pro-Seminar

Introduction to Systematic Theology

At Wilmington College (1987-1989):

Moses, Messiah, and Marx: Introduction to Radical Christianity.Quakerism, and the Radical ReformationChristian BeliefIntroduction to PhilosophyIntroduction to the Bible

At Bluffton College (2003-2004):Introduction to the BibleProphecy and Social Justice

At University of Toledo (2003-2004)Monotheistic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and IslamIntroduction to the Old Testament Scriptures

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Popular Lectures / Church Consultations

March 2015 “Sleeping with the Enemy? Esther and Judith”“Women and the Old Testament”“Reading Ezekiel as Jose Posada”Three Scripture Workshops atReligious Education Congress, Anaheim

March, 2015 “Swords into Plowshares: History of a Passage”The University Catholic Education in the Valley

March, 2015 “When Prophets Disagree?”Dive-In, Lent Education ProgramsSouth Bay Catholic Education Program

March 2013 “Does the Bible Endorse Science?”The University (Catholic Adult Ed. Series, Ca.)

February 2013 “Inviting Teens to Think about the Old Testament”Religious Education Congress, Anaheim

2012 Consultant on Television Series (Details Confidential)

March 2012 “Nonviolence and the Biblical WitnessIHM Lenten RetreatSanta Barbara, Le Casa de Maria

April 2011 Religion and the Middle EastThree Adult Education SeminarsChadwick School Parents Sessions

Jan – May The Catholic Bible Institute2011 San Bernardino Diocese

March 2011 “The Bible and the Blues”, and “Micah”Religious Education Congress WorkshopsArchdiocese of Los Angeles

April 2011 “Bible and the Blues”The University (Catholic Lent Series)Adult Education Program

Summer, 2009 Scripture SeminarTasmania, Australia

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2008 The Catholic Bible InstituteDiocese of San BernardinoYear Long Old Testament Survey One Saturday/Month for 9 Months

2008 The University 2008 (Catholic Lent Series) Two Biblical Seminars (Feb 7, 27)“Farms Not Arms (Micah)”“Amos and Hosea”

2008 Religious Education Congress Anaheim (Archdiocese of Los Angeles)Two Biblical Seminars“Farms Not Arms (On Micah)”“Prophets and Jesus”

2008 St. Joseph of Orange Retreat Center“The Exile: Theirs and Ours”

2007 Annual Jewish History Lecture“The Babylonian Exile”Congregation Ner TamidPalos Verdes, CA.

Jan 2006 – Dec 2007 Scripture Overview (3 sessions/Month)American Martyrs Catholic ChurchManhattan Beach, CA

March, 2007 Two Scripture Workshops“The University”Lenten Series, SF Valley Parishes

March, 2007 Two Scripture WorkshopsReligious Education Congress of Los Angeles“Teaching Teens the Bible”, and“Jonah, Jesus, and Other Good Coyotes”

March, 2006 Two Scripture WorkshopsReligious Education Congress of Los Angeles“Reading Anger in the Bible”, and“The Book of Daniel”

November, 2005 Six Scripture Workshop Sessions“Word and Life” (Holy Cross Parish), Santa Barbara

October, 2005 Saturday All-Day Workshop

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Women of the Old TestamentMary and Joseph Retreat CenterPalos Verdes, CA

September, 2005 Two Scripture WorkshopsReligious Education CongressSan Fernando Pastoral Region

February, 2005 Two Scripture Workshops“Revelation”, and “Beating Swords to Plowshares”The Religious Education CongressAnaheim, CA

Fall, 2004 “Forming Old Testament Theology”The Bible InstituteArchdiocese of Los Angeles

Fall, 2004 “Introduction to the Old Testament”The Dawn Unity Group (Interfaith Study Group)Palos Verdes, CA

Summer, 2004 “Biblical Studies and Cultural Diversity”Mt. St. Mary’s CollegeBuilding Inclusive CommunitiesArchdiocese of Los Angeles

Spring, 2004 Catholic High School Teachers SeminarFordham University“Teaching the Old Testament”

Fall, 2004 Lay Mission Helpers, Archdiocese of LAScripture Lectures

February, 2004 Three Scripture WorkshopsReligious Education CongressArchdiocese of Los AngelesAnaheim, CA

January, 2004 “Introduction to the Bible”Catholic Bible Institute (All Day Seminar)The Archdiocese of Los Angeles

January, 2004 Special LectureSt. Francis Xavier Catholic Church 50th Anniversary Lecture Series

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Burbank, CA

February, 2003 Two Bible WorkshopThe Religious Education CongressThe Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Anaheim)

February, 2003 Keynote AddressThe Intercollegiate Peace FellowshipBluffton College, Ohio

July, 2002 Workshops offered forThe Diocese of Salt Lake City

March 2002 Keynote Address forPresident’s DayLoyola Marymount University

March 2002 Lent Bible StudyEl Segundo United Methodist Church

March, 2002 Lent Bible StudyWestchester United Methodist Church

February, 2002 The Religious Education Congress: Two WorkshopsArchdiocese of Los AngelesAnaheim, CA

August, 2001 Reedwood Friends ChurchTwo Sundays onChristianity and Islam(shared pulpit with Dr. Mustansir Mir, Quran scholar)

June, 2001 Three Biblical Workshops: “Introduction to the OT”The Diocese of Salt Lake CityCedar City, Vernal, and Salt Lake City

January Guest Lecture “Biblical Views of the Middle East”2000 United Methodist Men

Westchester United Methodist Church

2000 Two Workshops on Old TestamentReligious Education Congress ofThe Diocese of Salt Lake City

2000 Old Testament LecturesThe Lay Mission Program

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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles Catholic Church

2000 Lent Lecture SeriesEl Segundo United Methodist ChurchEl Segundo, California

2000 Two Old Testament WorkshopsThe Religious Education Congress of the ArchdioceseOf Los AngelesAnaheim Convention Center

1999 Understanding and HopeValley Beth Shalom“Historical Framework for Christian/Jewish Tensions”

1999 Old Testament WorkshopsReligious Education CongressDiocese of Salt Lake City

1999 Old Testament WorkshopsReligious Education CongressThe Diocese of Las Vegas

1999 Convocation SpeakerBluffton College of Ohio

1999 Summer Series“Native Americans and Christianity”Reedwood Friends Church, Portland Oregon(Organized entire month series of sessions)

1999 “The Historic Context of Jewish-Christian Relations”Jewish-Catholic DialogueTemple Beth Shalom

1999 Old Testament Workshops on “Jubilee”Religious Education CongressRoman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, Utah

1999 Lay Mission Helpers ProgramArchdiocese of Los Angeles

1999 Lent Lectures“Prayer in the Old Testament”El Segundo United Methodist Church

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1999 Two Scripture WorkshopsReligious Education CongressArchdiocese of Los Angeles

1998 Adult Workshop LeaderSilver Penny Farm (Archdiocese San Francisco)ElderHostel Program

1998 Main Speaker, All Church RetreatBrentwood Presbyterian Church

1998 Southern Los Angeles United Methodist Clergy Retreat

1998 The Cook LecturesRedondo Beach United Methodist Church

1998 Two Bible Workshops Presented atThe Religious Education Congress (Anaheim, CA)

1998 Lay Mission Helpers Training Program(Archdiocese of Los Angeles) Bible Instruction

1997 Adult Workshop Leader, ElderHostelSilver Penny Farm (Archdiocese of San Francisco)Christian-Jewish Dialogue

1997 Lay Mission Helpers(Archdiocese of Los Angeles) Bible Lecturer

1997 The Uniting Church of Australia Youth ConventionOne of 8 Convention Bible Teachers.Launceston, Tasmania (Australia)

1996 (weekly) Adult Bible Studyto present St. Lawrence Martyr Parish

Redondo Beach, CA

December Advent Biblical Seminar1996 La Tijera United Methodist Church

Los Angeles (Half-Day seminar)

November Advanced Catechetical Ministries1996 "Cultural Diversity and Faith"

Archdiocese of Los Angeles / All Day Seminar

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November Adult Enrichment Series1996 "Preparing the Church for the 21st Century"

St. Monica's Parish, Santa Monica

July Guest Bible Teacher at:1995 New York Yearly Meeting of Friends

(300th Anniversay Meetings of New York Yearly Meeting)Silver Bay, New York

April Lenten Series: American Martyr's Parish1995 Manhattan Beach, CA

April Lenten Series: El Segundo United Methodist Church1995 El Segundo, CA

October St. Jerome Parish, L.A.: Little Rock Bible Studies1994 (Isaiah; 4 lectures)

November, 1994 Catholic Bible Institute - (Once a month, all day Saturday): Session ONE: Introduction to the Old

Testament, and SessionTWELVE: The Book of Isaiah

October Biblical Studies Lecturer, Lay Mission Helpers FormationProgram

November, 1994 Pontifical Mission Aid Societies in the Archdiocese

October, 1994 Lecturer, Master Catechesis Formation, The Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Office of Religious Education:

"Multiculturalism and the Biblical Witness".

April, 1994 Workshop, "On Christian Nonviolence", Catholic Youth Congress, Pasadena, California.

April, 1994 Respondent to Paper, "Religion and Healing" conferencesponsored by the Institute for the Study of Religion,

UCLA, Los Angeles.

October, 1993 Biblical Studies Lecturer, Lay Mission Helpers FormationProgram Pontifical Mission Aid Societies in the

Archdiocese of Los Angeles,

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1993 Guest Lecturer, "The Exile", Aboriginal Christian Leadership Seminar, Uniting Church of Australia (Institute

for Mission) Sydney, Australia

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University and Community Activities

2013 (Fall) Named Director of Graduate EducationDept. Theological StudiesLoyola Marymount University

2008-2009 Member, The Committee on Teaching ExcellenceLoyola Marymount University

2004 Appointed by Cardinal Roger Mahoney asPermanent Consultant (Scripture)The Theological Commission of theArchdiocese of Los Angeles

2001 DirectorThe Bellarmine Forum 2001International Forum on World Genocide(“A Conspiracy for Co-Existence”)Loyola Marymount University

2000 Director,The Office of Nontraditional EducationLoyola Marymount University

1999 Faculty for New Program“First Year Institute”

1991 - 97 Faculty Advisor forMinors in Theology

1990-91 Faculty SupervisorStudent Peace Group (w/ Campus Ministry)

1992 Chair, The Casassa Conference, LMU“Text and Experience: Toward aCultural Exegesis of the Bible

1993 Chair, The Casassa Conference, LMU“The Persistence of Hatred”

1993 University Committee on Multiculturalism

1995-6 University RepresentativeLa Tijera United Methodist Pre-School

1996-97 University Committee:

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The “Dreamworks Committee” - Exploring possiblerelations between LMU and Dreamworks SKG.

1994 The Dean's Committee on Distance EducationCo-wrote successful study grant awarded by theU.S. Department of Commerce to study Distance LearningTechnology and Programs at Loyola Marymount

University

1994-97 Presentation of “Sample Lecture” representingCollege of Liberal ArtsPresidential Scholars Preview Day at LMU

1994 Vice President, The Citizen's Advisory BoardKCET Channel 28, Public Broadcasting SystemLos Angeles and Southern California.

1995 Co-Founded Loyola Marymount Universities' firstGospel Choir, "The Voices of Joy". Administration/liaison with hired Director, Dr. Margaret Douroux,coordinate finances, etc.

1996-98 Dean's Committee on Technology in the Classroom

1998 Developed University's first Online/Distance Course"Mysteries of the Bible"

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References and Advisers

Doctoral Advisor: Dr. John Barton,Professor of Scripture (Old Testament)Oxford UniversityOxford, England

Prof. William SchniedewindDept. Near East Languages and CulturesUniversity of California Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA 90095

Prof. John J. CollinsThe Divinity SchoolThe University of Chicago1025 East 58th StreetChicago IL 6063

Prof. Walter BrueggemannColumbia Theological SeminaryDecatur, GA 30030

Office of Religious EducationSr. Edith Prendergastc/o The Archdiocese of Los Angeles3424 Wilshire Ave.Los Angeles, CA 90010

On file at Loyola Marymount Universityreferences written by:

Rabbi Prof. Steven Schwarzschild (d. Nov, 1989)Washington University, St. Louis

Prof. John Howard Yoder (d. December, 1997)University of Notre Dame, Indiana

Bryan Wilson (d. 2005)All Souls College, Oxford

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