Associate Professor of Old Testament

Education, degrees

• 1993-2002: Post-doctoral seminars on Hebrew philology, University of Leiden
• 1980-1985: Ph.D. in Old Testament Studies, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary Memphis, TN (Ph.D. dissertation: "The Development of Old Testament Hebrew Lexicography")
• 1977-1979: Master of Theology, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, Portland, OR
• 1974-1977: Master of Divinity in Christian Education, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary Portland, OR
• 1973-1974: Post-graduate study, Hebrew and Akkadian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
• 1969-1973: Bachelor of Arts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

Academic positions and teaching experience

• 2007-: Associate Professor of Old Testament, ETF Leuven
• 2004-: Lecturer in Old Testament, Center of Evangelical & Reformation Theology (CERT), Free University Amsterdam (member of the Advisory Committee of CERT)
• 2000-2007: Academic Dean and Professor of Old Testament, Tyndale Theological Seminary, Badhoevedorp (NL)
• 1994-2000: Associate Professor of Old Testament, Tyndale Theological Seminary, Badhoevedorp (NL)
• 1997-2000: Old Testament Dean of Kiev Christian University, Kiev, Ukraine
• 1990-1992: Acting Academic Dean, Tyndale Theological Seminary, Badhoevedorp (NL)
• 1989-1994: Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Tyndale Theological Seminary, Badhoevedorp (NL)
• 1988-1989: Vising Lecturer in Hebrew and Old Testament, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary Portland, OR
• 1985-1986: Adjunct Professor of Bible and Missions, Mid-South Bible College (now Crichton College of John Brown University, Memphis, TN)
• 1982-1983: Teacher, Bible and American History, Skyview Academy, Memphis, TN
• 1980-1986: Teaching Assistant, Old Testament Department, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary Memphis, TN
• 1977-1979: Teaching Fellow, Church History, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary Portland, OR

Academic memberships

• Society of Biblica Literature (SBL)
• Evangelical Theological Society (ETS)
• Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians (FEET)
• Center for Evangelical and Reformation Theology (CERT)
• Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS)
• National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH)
• 1993: Inclusion in Who’s Who in Biblical Studies and Archaeology

Church ministry

• 1994-1999: Education elder, pulpit supply, Trinity Baptist Church, Wassenaar, NL
• 1987: Ordination to ministry, Open Door Bible Church, Memphis, TN
• 1983-1985: Assistant Pastor, Northside Bible Church, Memphis, TN
• 1982-1983: Assistant Pastor, Central Church North, Memphis, TN

Selected Bibliography (since 1995)

• Various articles in: S. Cox (ed.). The Broadman and Holman Encyclopedia of the Bible. Nashville: B & H Publishing Group, 2011 (forthcoming).
• "Righteous People in Proverbs." In: S. Riecker and J. Steinberg (eds.). Das heilige Herz der Tora: Festschrift für Hendrik Koorevaar zu seinem 65. Geburtstag. Theologische Studien. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 2011, 267-283.
• "David's I-Thou Discourse: Verbal Chiastic Patterns in Psalm 23."  Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 25:1 (2011): 105-115.
• "The Sin of Shinar (Genesis 11:4)." European Journal of Theology 20:1 (2011): 29-39.
• “In Tune with ‘Truth’: The Meaning of tma in the Old Testament Psalter.” In: T. J. Marinello and H. H. Drake Williams (ed.). My Brother’s Keeper: Essays in Honor of Ellis R. Brotzman. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2010, 24-42.
• “The Wicked Wealthy in Isaiah 53:9.” The Asbury Journal, 64:2 (2009): 68-81.
• Contributor to The Voice of the Psalms. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2009.
• Review of: Goldingay, John. Psalms 90-150. Psalms, vol. 3 in the Baker Commentary on the OT series: Wisdom and Psalms (2008). The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 52 (2009): 846-848.
• Editor for ca. 700 Hebrew words in Strong’s Concordance for the Holman Standard Bible. Nashville: B & H Publishing Group, 2008.
• “Meditation in the Psalms.” Midwestern Journal of Theology 6/1 (2007): 3-18.
• “Messianic Prophecy Fulfilled in the Gospels.” In: S. Cox and K. Easley (ed.). Holman CSB Harmony of the Gospels. Nashville: B & H Publishing Group, 2007, 341-344.
• “Isaiah’s Theology of Pride.” Midwestern Journal of Theology 2/2 (2004): 223-231.
• “No Fear! Psalm 23 as a Careful, Conceptual Chiasm.” Asbury Theological Journal 58/1 (2003): 65-80.
• Review of: Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson (ed.), Jews and Christians: People of God (2003). The Journal of Evangelism and Missions 3 (2004).
• “‘Hell’ as a Translation of scheol in the Hebrew Bible: Dehellenizing the KJV and NKJV.” Asbury Theological Journal 57/2 (2002): 5-24
• “Arpachshad,” “Dragon,” “Eden,” “Kedar,” “Nebaioth,” “Nehushtan,” “Night Hag,” “Nimrod,” “Put,” and “Sea Monster.” In: David Noel Freedman (ed.). The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishers, 2000.
• “‘Spirit of Your Holiness’ (rûah qodšekä) in Psalm 51:13.” Trinity Journal 19/1 (1998): 29-49.
• “The Music of Missions: Themes of Cross-Cultural Outreach in the Psalms.” Missiology 26/4 (1998): 445-456.
• “Ezekiel Commentary.” In: The Nelson Study Bible. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1997.