Doug is the creator and primary contributor for Biblia Hebraica.
He is a thirtysomething husband and
father struggling to keep up his blogging habit and put food on the
table for his wife and 3 young daughters. He has been in graduate
school for what feels like an eternity (6 years) and often wonders
when he will have a normal life again (if ever). His greatest
academic challenge has been the fact that his wide-ranging interests
conflict with the doctoral goal of becoming an expert on a particular
point of minutiae.
He had dreams of becoming the crank who would
discover Noah's Ark or find the chariot wheel in the Red Sea, but
alas, others have already done so and he now has too much education
to properly pass for a crank dilettante amateur archaeologist.
Instead, he hopes to direct his efforts toward the public service of
shining the light of reason on the sensational claims often put forth
by aforesaid amateur archaeologists as well as, sadly, the
professionals. His chief goal is sharing his gift of discernment and
leading others into the light of learning to understand the Bible
better.
To prove that he is not just another
crazy amateur with a blog, his education and research areas are
listed below.
Education
PhD Candidate, Near Eastern Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa
M.A., Hebrew Bible, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A., Hebrew Bible, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A., History and Biblical Studies,
Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN
Research Interests
Ancient Bible Versions – LXX, Peshitta, Targum
Ancient History – Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome
Ancient History – Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome
Ancient Judaism – Second Temple Jewish Literature, Rabbinic Literature, Christian Origins
Bible Translation – English Versions,
Translation Studies
Biblical Languages – Hebrew grammar
and lexicography
Dead Sea Scrolls – esp. biblical
interpretation in the DSS
Hebrew Bible – Latter Prophets, wisdom literature,
inner-biblical exegesis, Isaiah, Deuteronomy
History and Archaeology of the Biblical
World
History of Biblical Interpretation
History of Religions – early
Christianity, Judaism, Islam. Religion in the ancient world.
New Testament – esp. NT use of the
OT, general epistles, Gospels
Northwest Semitic Languages and
Inscriptions
Text Criticism of the Hebrew Bible
(using LXX, Peshitta)
Languages with Research Competence
Ancient Hebrew (biblical, epigraphic,
Qumran, and rabbinic)
Aramaic (biblical, Targum, Elephantine,
epigraphic, Qumran, Syriac)
Greek (New Testament and Septuagint)
Canaanite Dialects (includes epigraphic
evidence in primarily in Moabite, Ammonite, Phoenician, and
Philistine Canaanite)
Ugaritic
Latin
French
German
What I nice young man! I don't suppose you're looking for an academic position, would you? I'd hire you in a second.
ReplyDeleteEx-Young Earth creationist? Prof. Heard is too as he mentioned at his blog Higgaion, so is Chris over at the blog, "Chrisendom" (minus the "t"). I wonder how many bright young people start to question their YEC beliefs in college? I was not a religious studies major nor a seminarian but attended two secular colleges where I obtained my biology degree, but none of the biology classes were able to dislodge my YEC belief. Only post-college reading did so. Maybe its easier for folks such as yourself whose college courses involve studying the Bible itself? Speaking of which I recently composed an article on the topic, "The Cosmology of the Bible," that I hope will help others question their YEC beliefs, even their OEC beliefs. If you'd like a copy please drop me an email with your snail mail address and I will send you a hardcopy of the article. (The book in which my article was recently published has a controversial titled, The Christian Delusion.)
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