Curriculum Vitae
Leonard Jay GREENSPOON
Current Position:
Professor of
Classical & Near Eastern Studies and of Theology
Address: Telephone: (402) 280-2304
2500 California Plaza E-mail: ljgrn@creighton.edu
Home Address:
Academic Training:
University of
Jewish Theological Seminary, NEH Institute on Ancient History, 1978 summer
Title of Masters Thesis: "A Resolution of the Political Activities of Philo with the Politico‑
Messianic Ideas expressed in his Works"
Title of Ph.D. Dissertation: "Studies in the Textual
Traditions of the Book of Joshua"
Previous Academic
Positions:
Courses Taught:
at Clemson
Religion 101: Introduction to Religion
Religion 300: Nature and Forms of Religious Experiences
Religion 301: The Old Testament
Religion 302: A Survey of New Testament Literature
*Religion 306: Judaism
*Religion 308: Religions of the Ancient World
*Religion 401: Archaeology and the Bible (Studies in Biblical Religion and Literature)
*Religion 401: Bible Translations (Studies in Biblical Religion and Literature)
*Religion 402: Prophecy and the Prophet (Studies in Religion)
*Religion 402: The
History 172: Western Civilization from ancient times to the 17th century
History 172H: Honors section of the above
*History 351: The Ancient Near East
Latin 101, 102, 201, 202
Special movie courses:
Religion 300 (Summer 1984)
History 172 (Summer 1985)
Study abroad courses:
Religion 301, Religion 302, Religion 401 (Biblical Archaeology) (Summer 1992)
*I developed and introduced into the University these seven courses.
at Creighton
Theology 201: Introduction to the Old Testament
Theology 215: Honors sections of the above
Theology 493: The Divine Warrior: Biblical and
Post-Biblical Images of God as a Warrior (Directed Independent
*Theology 520/Classics 520: The
*Theology 528/Greek 528: The Septuagint
*Theology 529/Classics 529: Translations of the Bible
*Theology 672: Text and Context: The Bible in Translation
*Theology 702: Old Testament Prophets and Their Prophecies
Classics 315: Sacred Secrets: Mystery Religions in the Ancient World
(Religions in the Greco-Roman World)
*Classics 420/History 420: Alexander and the Hellenistic World
(Selected Topics in Ancient History)
*Classics 420/History 420: Ancient Egypt (Selected topics in Ancient History)
*I developed and introduced into the University Curriculum these seven courses.
Ongoing Activities:
Organizer of annual Klutznick-Harris Symposium: Fifteenth
Annual Symposium, titled “Food and Judaism,” took place on October 27 and 28,
2002. Sixteenth Annual Symposium, on
Jews of Eastern Europe, will take place on September 14 and 15, 2003. The Midwest Jewish Studies Association will
hold its annual Conference in
Primary editor of the Studies in Jewish Civilization series, which publishes an expanded proceedings volume of each Klutznick-Harris Symposium
Editor of the book of Joshua for the Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) project, involving a thorough re-editing of the basic manuscript for the Hebrew Bible
Translator of the Book of Joshua for NETS, the New English Translation of the Septuagint
Author of a column, “The Bible in the News,” which appears in each issue of Bible Review (six issues annually)
Review editor for TCJournal, an on-line publication in the area of textual criticism of both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
Editor (Semitic Philology and Linguistics, Text and Canon of
the Hebrew Bible) for Religious Studies
Review
Editor for humor and for Bible in Public life, Advisory
Board member, Religious Studies News/SBL
Edition
Regularly interviewed by
reporters from throughout the country on topics relating to the Bible and
popular culture
Academic and
Professional Papers:
1978:
"The Origin of the Idea of Resurrection," annual meeting, South Carolina Academy of Religion
"The Dead Sea Scrolls of Joshua," southeastern
regional meeting,
1979:
"The Origin of the Idea of Resurrection"
(revised),
"The Warrior God," Symposium on Religion, Myth,
and Politics (
"Theodotion,
1980:
"Joshua 7 as Literature," annual meeting, South Carolina Academy of Religion
"The Social Environment of Post‑Biblical Judaism
and Attitudes towards Fighting on the Sabbath," southeastern regional
meeting,
"Legal Aspects of Warfare in Ancient Israel,"
annual meeting, American Society for Legal History (
1982:
"Biblical Studies: The View from the
"Theodotion and his Community," southeastern
regional meeting,
1983:
"Joshua Textualis," southeastern regional meeting,
1984:
"Theodotion and his Community" (revised), annual meeting, International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies/Society of Biblical Literature (Chicago) (Note: an article on this topic has been published)
1985:
"Biblical Biographies: On
The Bible and the Comic Strip: From Adam to the
Apocalypse," annual meeting, Popular Culture Association of the South (
"Textus Inceptus: Introducing Textual Criticism into
Beginning Courses on the Old Testament," annual meeting, Society of
Biblical Literature (
1986:
"Max Leopold Margolis: The Immigrant as Scholar,"
annual meeting, American Society for Ethnohistory (
1987:
"The Bible and the Comic Strip: From Adam to the Apocalypse" (revised), annual meeting, South Carolina Academy of Religion
"The Use and Abuse of the Term 'LXX' and Related
Terminology in Recent Scholarship," annual meeting, International
Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies/Society of Biblical Literature
(
1988:
"The Bible and the Comic Strip" (enlarged and
revised), southeastern regional meeting, Society of Biblical Literature/American
Academy of Religion (
"Translation in the Ancient World: A Review of
Scholarly Literature,"
"The Anatomy of a Translation: A Documentary Study of
the Jewish Publication Society's Bible Translation of 1917," Annenberg
Research Institute (
"On the Jewishness of Modern Jewish Biblical
Scholarship: The Case of Max L. Margolis (and Others),"
Jewish Studies Faculty Seminar, University of
"Recensions, Revision, Rabbinics: Early Developments in the Greek Traditions," plenary session, annual meeting, International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies/Society of Biblical Literature (Chicago) (Note: an article on this topic has been published)
"The Impact of Traditional Jewish Exegesis on Modern
Bible Translation," Department of Bible, Jewish Theological Seminary (
1989:
"It's All Greek to Me: The Use of the Septuagint in
Modern Translations of the Hebrew Bible," International Organization for
Septuagint and Cognate Studies/International Organization for the Study of the
Old Testament (
"Was It All Greek to Him? The Source of Old Testament
Citations in the New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews," Society of
Biblical Literature (
"How Do We Deal with Anti‑Jewish Prejudice in the
New Testament," academic symposium, 11th National Workshop on Christian‑Jewish
Relations (
"Translating the Bible: The Social Dynamics of
Scriptural Translation," Solomon Goldman Lecture Series,
1990:
"On the Textual Basis of Several Modern Translations of
the Hebrew Bible," southeastern regional meeting, Society of Biblical
Literature/American Academy of Religion (
1991:
"New Bible Translations: An Assessment and Prospect (a
Response)," Symposium for the 175th Anniversary of the Founding of the
American Bible Society (
"Textual Critics: What's Their Target? How Good is
Their Aim?" annual meeting, Society of Biblical Literature (
1992:
"The IOSCS at 25 years," International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies/International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (Paris) (Note: an article on this topic is in press)
"Judaism in
1993:
"The English Bible and the Jews," Seminar in
Hebrew and Jewish Studies,
"The Septuagint of Joshua as a Document of the Graeco‑Roman
Period," Graduate Seminar on Jewish History in the Graeco‑Roman
Period,
"The Septuagint: Does It Have to Be 'All Greek'?"
Faculty of Theology,
"The Septuagint of Joshua, Translators and
Revisers" and "The Lucianic Recension in the Book of Joshua,"
Septuagint‑Institute,
"The Three in Ezekiel 8‑10," Seminar on the
'Three' (
"Textual History of the Greek Joshua," Symposium
on the Septuagint, Université de Paris‑Sorbonne (
"Hocus‑Picus or Proper Focus?
Conjecture, Retroversion, and the Textual Critic," Old Testament Seminar,
"The Authorised Version and the Jews: Jewish
Translations of the Bible into English,"
"Non‑Masoretic Elements in the Transmission and
Translation of the Book of Joshua," Eleventh World Congress of Jewish
Studies (
"The Greek Joshua: Is There a Lucianic Text?"
Instituto de Filologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (
"Hocus‑Picus or Proper Focus?
Conjecture, Retroversion, and the Textual Critic" (revised), annual
meeting, Society of Biblical Literature (
1994:
"Nineteenth Century Jewish Translations of the
Bible,"
"Septuagint Studies in Recent Scholarship,"
"The Jews of Upstate South Carolina," inaugural
meeting, South Carolina Jewish Historical Society (
"The Authorized Version and the Jews: Jewish
Translations of the Bible into English" (revised), southeastern regional
meeting, Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion (
"The Jews of Upstate South Carolina" (revised),
annual meeting, Southern Jewish Historical Society (
"Septuagint Studies: Retrospective and
Prospectus," graduate seminar on the Septuagint,
"Psalm Translation through the Ages (a response)," Aramaic Studies Section/Bible Translation Group/International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (Chicago)
1995:
“Joshua Through the Ages: A Man for All Seasons or a Warrior for All the Wrong Reasons,” annual meeting, South Carolina Academy of Religion
1996:
“Joshua, A Man for All Seasons?” annual meeting, Western
Jewish Studies Association (
“Jewish Studies in Predominantly Christian Contexts” (a
panel presentation on the general topic: Different Settings, Different
Missions: The Diversity of Jewish Studies Programs), annual meeting, Western
Jewish Studies Association (
“Bringing Home the Gospel: Yiddish Bibles, Bible Societies,
and the Jews,” Ninth Annual Klutznick Symposium (
1997:
“All for One and One for All?: Modern
Bible Translations and Jewish-Christian Relations,” SBL plenary address, Rocky
Mountain/
“It’s All Greek to Me; What’s It to You?” banquet speech, annual meeting, North American Patristic Society (Chicago)
‘Jewish Contributions to English-Language
Translations of the Bible,” annual meeting, Association of Jewish Studies (
1998:
“Studying the Septuagint: East is East, West is West--Ever the
Twain Shall (Should) Meet,” annual meeting, Classical Association of the
“Top Dollar, Bottom Line: Marketing English-Language Bibles
within the Jewish Community,” conference on Biblical Translation in Context (
“Studying the Septuagint: East is East, West is West--Again
the Twain Shall Meet,” fourth meeting of the International Society for the
Classical Tradition (
“Kaige is the Answer: What is the Question?,” International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies/International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (Olso)
1999:
“The Bible? Which Bible? Any Bible? No Bible?” fifth annual conference of the Western Jewish Studies Association ( Seattle)
“Who? What? When? Where? Why? The Bible and (in) the Popular Press,” annual Rocky Mountain/Great Plains regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature (Colorado Springs)
“Sez Who? Scholarly Opinions and
Popular Reception of English Bible Translations Among 20th Century
Jews,” joint conference of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association (eleventh
annual conference) and Western Jewish Studies Association (sixth annual
conference) (
“How the Masorah Helps Elucidate the Book of Joshua,” annual
meeting, International Organization of Masoretic Studies/Society of Biblical
Literature (
2000:
“From Maidens and Chamberlains to Harems and Hot Tubs: Five Hundred
Years of Esther in English,” Esther2000, a symposium sponsored by
“Origen and the Classical Period of Christian Hebraism,”
Annual Singer Lecture in Jewish Humor (
“From Text to Margin, from Margin to Text: Joshua, Esther,
Masoretes, Translators, and Readers,” annual meeting, Association of Jewish
Studies (
2001:
“Don’t Fence Me Out,” keynote address, delivered as Regional
Senior Scholar, annual Rocky Mountain/
“The Ancient World in American Popular Culture,” Pi Gamma Mu
Seventh Annual Fall Lecture (
2002:
Delivered a series of lectures on Hellenistic Judaism to
Master’s students at the “Goldstein Goren”
Delivered a series of lectures on Hellenistic Judaism to
Master’s students and a series of lectures on textual criticism, translation,
and transmission of the Bible to Ph.D. students at the Protestant Theological
Faculty (
“The Bible and/in Popular Culture,” annual Rocky Mountain/Great Plains regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature (Omaha)
“Texts and Contexts: Constancy and Change in Jewish Translations of the Bible,” Greenfield Scholars Seminar sponsored by the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
“The Impact of the TANAKH Translation,” keynote address,
delivered at the Inaugural Meeting of the Jewish Publication Society National
Council (
“Hither, Whither, and Thou: Major Trends in Jewish
Translations of the Bible,” The Rabbi Sidnie H. Brooks Annual Lecture (
Talks and Lecture Series:
Portrayed Philip M.
Klutznick at opening of Klutznick exhibit at the Jewish Community Center of
Omaha (Fall 2002)
Organized and presented a three-part “lunch and learn”
series, “Paradigms of Involvement: Three Giants of Sephardic Judaism as Scholars
and Communal Leaders,”
Talks on Food and Judaism at synagogues in
Instructor for the
Delivered a lecture, “Joshua in the Jewish Tradition from
the Hebrew Bible to the 21st Century,” at the Jewish Museum in
Organized and presented a “Mannheim Steamroller” afternoon, at which Creighton University students, faculty, and staff viewed portons of the Fresh Aire 8 DVD featuring Father Ted Bohr, SJ, William Stephens, and myself (Spring 2002)
Instructor for the
Organized and presented a three-part “lunch and learn”
series, “From Matriarchs to Madams, from Dames to Damsels: Some Remarkable
Women in the Hebrew Bible,”
Organized a series of adult education courses at the Jewish
Community Center,
Organized and presented a three-part lecture series, “The
Bible in the 21st Century: Where Have All the Heroes—and
Villains—Gone?” at Beth El Synagogue,
Organized and led a Creighton University Diversity Reading Group, “Translating the Word, Transforming the World: Ethical and Social Dimensions of Bible Translations in a Culturally Diverse World” (Fall 2000)
Delivered a lecture at The Women’s Room,
Portrayed Philip M. Klutznick as part of a mini-Chautauqua even sponsored by the Nebraska Humanities Council (Fall 2000)
Spoke to the
Organized and presented a four-part course, “Ancient Words, Modern Worlds–Understanding and Applying the Ten Commandments,” at the Lay School of Theology, sponsored by Augustana Lutheran Church of Omaha (Fall 1999)
Organized a five-part lecture series, “Not an Ivory Tower:
Jewish Studies in
Public lecture, “Tut, Tombs, and Treasurers: Ancient Egypt
in Popular Culture,” at the
Lectured to Joslyn docents on Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs and burial practices (Spring 1999)
Organized a four-part lecture series, “The Jewish Experience
in
Guest lecturer, 57th Annual
Charles and Jae Rosenstock Institute on Judaism for Clergy,
Made a presentation of Judaism as part of the Seventh Annual
Hospital Ethics Committee Workshop (title “Respect in the Mosaic: Supporting
Patients of Many Faiths”), sponsored by the Center for Health Policy and Ethics
at
“The Epic of Gilgamesh: Myth, Magic, and Murder in Ancient
"Archaeology and the Bible," Elderhostel,
"Maiden, not Virgin: Distinctive Features of Jewish
Bible Translations" and "In the Beginning....: The Jewish
Contribution to Christian Translations of the Bible," lectures at
“The Word and the World: The How's, Why's, and Who's of
Bible Translation," Elderhostel,
"The World and the Word: An Animated and Illuminated
Look at Translating the Bible," Humanities Forum, Hilton Head, SC, and
"The Fairy Tale," Let's Talk About It Series,
Speaker, workshop for Chaplains,
Speaker, Fall Festival of Faith,
Talks given to religious and civic groups in
Grants:
Clemson University: "Textual Criticism of the Old Testament" (Faculty Research Grant), 1976‑1977; "The Dead Sea Scrolls of Joshua (for travel to Israel)" (Faculty Research Grant), 1978‑1979; "Studies in the Greek Text of Joshua" (Faculty Research Grant), 1981‑1982; "Studies in the Greek Text of Joshua (additional funding)" (Faculty Research Grant), 1982‑1983; "An Oral History of Jewish Biblical Scholars in Twentieth‑Century America" (Provost Research Award), 1984‑1985; "The Scholar at Home and at Work: A Study of Max L. Margolis" (Faculty Research Grant), 1985‑1986; Phase II Kellogg Grant (with Donald E. Turk), 1985‑1986; Sabbatical leave, spring semester 1986; "Jews in Upstate South Carolina: A History" (Faculty Research Grant), 1988‑1989; "Researching a History of Bible Translating and Translators" (Special Provost Research Award), 1991; "Ancient Texts for Modern Students: Developing Methods to Enable Clemson Undergraduates to Use Documents from Antiquity" (Teaching Award), 1991; "An Oral History of Bible Translating and Translators" (Provost Research Award), 1991‑1992; Sabbatical leave, spring semester 1993; "Research and Lectures in Eastern Europe" (Faculty Development Award), 1993‑1994
National Endowment for the Humanities: Institute for the Teaching of the Post‑Biblical Foundations of Western Civilization, held at the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York City), summer 1978; "Formation of Religious Studies: The Making of an Intellectual Discipline," a nine‑month long seminar organized under the Fellowships in Residence for College Teachers program, held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, 1978‑1979; Conference on Teaching about the Ancient World, held in Baltimore, October 1981; "The Jewish Publication Society's Bible Translation (1908‑1917)," Travel to Collections, 1986; "Jewish Mysticism in Historical Context," Younger Scholars Award, project adviser, summer 1987; "The Bible in the Light of Cuneiform Literature," Summer Seminar for College Teachers, 1987 (awarded, but declined)
American Council of Learned Societies: Grant‑in‑aid of research toward publication of Max L. Margolis' "Andreas Masius and his Commentary on the Book of Joshua," 1984‑1985
American Jewish Archives: Loewenstein‑Wiener Summer
Fellowship in American Jewish Studies, for research on Max L. Margolis and
Jewish Biblical scholarship in
American Schools of Oriental Research: "
Archaeological History of Syria‑Palestine," Summer Institute
in Near East Archaeology (
The
Annenberg Research Institute: Fellowship (
Endowment for Biblical Research: Grant to aid in research and writing of popular history of Bible translating, 1991‑1992
American Jewish Archives: Loewenstein-Wiener Fellowship in American Jewish Studies, for research on Harry M. Orlinsky, 1996-1997
Professional
Memberships:
American Philological Association, Association for Jewish Studies, Catholic Biblical Association, Classical Association of the Midwest and South, International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, International Society for the Classical Tradition, Midwest Jewish Studies Association, Society of Biblical Literature, South Carolina Academy of Religion, Western Jewish Studies Association
Additional Professional
Activities:
Organizer of consultations of Jewish Studies professors at Jesuit and other Catholic universities, in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Association of Jewish Studies
International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies: President (1993‑1999); Secretary (1982‑1991); Treasurer (1987‑1993); Editor, Septuagint and Cognate Studies monograph series (1991‑1994)
Co‑chair, Hexapla Working Group (an outgrowth of a
Conference, held at the Oxford Centre from July 25 ‑
Program chair, section on Old Testament Textual Criticism, annual meeting, Society of Biblical Literature (1987‑1993)
Consultant, American Bible Society, for Contemporary English Version (1992‑ )
Reviewer for Houghton Mifflin, the Canadian Foundation for
the Humanities, the Septuagint and Cognate Studies monograph series,
Listed in Who's Who in Religion (third edition)
Organizer, Bible Translations Exhibit, August 15‑September 15, 1992. Major funding from Vending Machine Committee
Organizer and coordinator, "Perspectives on Aging" series, which brought to Clemson University John Houseman, Maggie Kuhn, and Hyman Rubin on September 15‑16, 1981. Major outside funding for this event was provided by the S&H Foundation of the Sperry and Hutchinson Company
Faculty adviser for Hillel, Jewish student organization
Instructor at College Week Program for Senior Citizens,
Junior Scholars Program, Elder Hostel (
Department of History: Coordinator, History Seminar; member, Advisory Committee; member and secretary, Personnel Committee; member and secretary, Curriculum Committee; member and acting chair, Philosophy‑Religion Committee; member, Screening Committee for new head; member, Speakers Committee; member, Honors and Awards Committee; member, Self‑Study Committee; reviewer for Book Review Service
Department of Philosophy and Religion: Chair, Personnel Committee; representative on College of Liberal Arts Admissions Committee; representative on Library Committee; chair, Curriculum Committee; chair, Speakers Committee; member, Advisory Committee; chair, Screening Committee for new head; member and chair, Honors and Awards Committee; coordinator, Book Review Service
Interim Chair, Department of Classical & Near Eastern
Studies (2002-2003)
Chair, Department of Classical & Near Eastern Studies (1997-2000)
Member, Advisory Board, Center for the Study of Religion and Society (1996-)
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Religion and Society (2000-)
Faculty Adviser, Jewish Student Group (1999-)
Work with Office of Admissions to increase number of Jewish
students who apply to
Doctoral thesis adviser for Gershom Ratheiser (
Additional Community
Service:
Federated Jewish Charities of
B'nai B'rith: South Carolina State Association, President
(1986‑1987), President‑elect (1985‑1986), Secretary (1983‑1985);
Congregation Beth Israel (
Faculty Adviser,
Member, College of Jewish Learning Board, Jewish Cultural
Arts Council, and Jewish Educational and Library Services (JELS) at the Jewish
Wrote articles and book reviews for THE JEWISH PRESS
Interviewer for admissions to
Publications
Leonard Jay GREENSPOON
Current Position:
Address: Telephone: (402) 280-2304
2500 California Plaza E-mail: ljgrn@creighton.edu
Books:
Author, Textual Studies in the Book of Joshua, Harvard Semitic Monographs 28 (Chico: Scholars Press, 1983)
Associate editor, Ezekiel vols. 1 and 2, The Hermeneia Series (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1979 and 1983)
Author, Max Leopold
Margolis: A Scholar's Scholar, Biblical Scholarship in
Co-editor (with Olivier Munnich), VIII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and
Cognate Studies:
Co-editor (with Bryan LeBeau), Representations of Jews Through the Ages: Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, September 17 and 18, 1995. Studies in Jewish Civilization 8 (Omaha: Creighton University Press, 1996)
Editor, Yiddish
Language & Culture: Then & Now: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual
Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization,
October 27 and 28, 1996. Studies in Jewish Civilization 9 (Omaha: Creighton
University Press, 1998)
Co-editor (with Bryan LeBeau and Dennis Hamm), The Historical Jesus Through
Catholic and Jewish Eyes (
Co-editor (with Bryan LeBeau), Sacred Text, Secular Times: The Hebrew Bible in the Modern World:
Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick
Chair in Jewish Civilization, September 14 and 15, 1997. Studies in Jewish
Civilization 10 (
Co-editor (with Ronald A. Simkins), “A Land Flowing With Milk and Honey”: Visions of Israel from Biblical to Modern Times: Proceedings of the
Eleventh Annual Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish
Civilization, November 1 and 2, 1998. Studies in Jewish Civilization 11 (
Co-editor (with Ronald A. Simkins), Studies in Jewish Civilization 12: Millennialism from the Hebrew Bible to the Present: Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, October 10 and 11, 1999 (Omaha: Creighton University Press, 2002)
Articles/Chapters:
"Max L. Margolis on the Complutensian Text of Joshua," Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies 12 (1979), 43‑56
"Ars Scribendi: Max Margolis' Paper 'Preparing Scribe's Copy in the Age of Manuscripts,'" Jewish Quarterly Review 71 (1981), 133‑150
"The Pronouncement Story in Philo and Josephus," Semeia 20 (1981), 73‑80
"The Origin of the Idea of Resurrection" in Traditions in Transformation: Turning Points in Biblical Faith, ed. Baruch Halpern and Jon Levenson (Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1981), 247‑321
"Ars Scribendi; Pars Reperta," Jewish Quarterly Review 72 (1982), 43f
"Theodotion,
"The Warrior God, or God, the Divine Warrior" in Religion and Politics in the Modern World, ed. Peter Merkl and Ninian Smart (New York: New York University Press, 1983), 205‑231
"Max Leopold Margolis: A Scholar's Scholar (A BA Portrait)," Biblical Archaeologist 48 (1985), 103‑106
Entries on "Association for Jewish Studies Review"
(36‑38), "Conservative Judaism" (172f), "Journal of
Biblical Literature" (268‑272), "Judaism" (309‑311),
"Old Testament Abstracts" (405‑407) in Religious Periodicals of the
"Resurrection and Divine Warfare: The Biblical Connection," Menorah 9 (1987), 4f
"'Of These You May Eat': Food and the Bible" (with Donald Turk), The Agrarian: Symposium on Food and Society (Proceedings of a Clemson University Symposium "Food and Society," November 1986), ed. C. Alan Grubb and M. Elizabeth Kunkel, 45‑51
"The Use and Abuse of the Term 'LXX' and Related Terminology in Recent Scholarship," Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies 20 (1987), 20‑28
"Herod the Great," Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval Series, ed. Frank N. Magill (Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1988), 958‑963
"A Book 'Without Blemish': The Jewish Publication Society's Bible Translation of 1917," Jewish Quarterly Review 79 (1988), 1‑21
"
"Biblical Translators in Antiquity and in the Modern
World: A Comparative Study,"
"On the Jewishness of Modern Jewish Biblical Scholarship: The Case of Max L. Margolis," Judaism 39 (1990), 82‑92
"Recensions, Revision, Rabbinics: Dominique Barthélemy and Early Developments in the Greek Traditions," Textus 15 (1990), 153‑167
"The Bible and the Funny Papers," Bible Review 7 (1991), 30‑33, 41
"It's All Greek to Me: The Septuagint in Modern English
Versions of the Bible" in VII Congress of the International Organization
for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (
"The Qumran Fragments of Joshua: Which Puzzle are They Part of and Where Do They Fit?" in Septuagint, Scrolls and Cognate Writings: Papers Presented to the International Symposium on the Septuagint and Its Relations to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Writings (Manchester, 1990), ed. George J. Brooke and Barnabas Lindars (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992), 159‑194
"Jews and Christians as Bible Translators: A Heritage of Cooperation" (pamphlet) (New York: Layman's National Bible Association, 1992)
"Grading Without Grades," The Teaching Professor (May, 1992)
Entries on "Captain of the Lord's Host" (127f), "Joshua" (416f) in Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature, ed. David L. Jeffrey (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1992)
Entries on "Achan" (vol. 1, 54), "Rahab"
(5.611f), "
“Symmachus" (6.251), "Versions, ancient (Greek)" (6.793f) in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman (New York: Doubleday, 1992)
Recreation Professional, Religion and Politics" (with Bob Du), Parks and Recreation (July, 1993), 66‑71
"New Bible Translations: An Assessment and Prospect (a Response)" in The Bible in the Twenty‑First Century, ed. Howard Clark Kee (New York: American Bible Society, 1993), 68‑75
"Judaism in
"From the Septuagint to the New Revised Standard
Version: A Brief Account of Jewish Involvement in Bible Translating and
Translations" in The Solomon Goldman Lectures, vol. 6, ed.
"Dumnezeul razboinic sau Dumnezeu‑razboinicul divin," Echidistante 10 (October 1993), 20‑24 [Romanian‑language version of "The Warrior God"]
"The New Testament in the Comics," Bible Review 9 (1993), 40‑45.
"Non‑Masoretic Elements in the Transmission and Translation of the Book of Joshua," Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of Jewish Studies, Division A: The Bible and Its World (Jerusalem: World Union of Jewish Studies, 1994)
“The IOSCS at 25 Years” in VIII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and
Cognate Studies:
“It’s All Greek to Me: Septuagint Studies Since 1968,” Currents in Research: Biblical Studies 5 (1997), 147-174
Tradition in the Modern World: Jewish Perspectives on
Illness and Death” in Religious Values of
the Terminally Ill: A Handbook for Health Professionals, ed.
“A Preliminary Publication of Max Leopold Margolis’s Andreas Masius, together with his Discussion of Hexapla-Tetrapla” in Origen’s Hexapla and Fragments, ed. Alison Salved (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1998), 39-69
“The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Greek Bible” in The Dead Sea Scrolls After Fifty Years, vol. 1, ed. Peter W. Flint and James C. Vanderkam (STDJ; Leiden: Brill, 1998), 101-127
“Fairy Tales: Origins and Traditions” in Not for Children Only: Great Books for All Ages, ed. Laura M. Zaidman (Columbia, SC: South Carolina State Library, 1998), 9-13
“Bringing Home the Gospel: Yiddish Bibles, Bible Societies, and the Jews” in Yiddish Language & Culture: Then and Now: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, October 27 and 28, 1996 (Omaha: Creighton University Press, 1998), 291-304
“Between
“Traditional Text, Contemporary Contexts: English-Language Scriptures for Jews and the History of Bible Translating” in Interpretation of the Bible (Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1998), 565-576
Entries on “Masius” and “Max Leopold Margolis” in Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation, vol. 2, ed. John H. Hayes (Nashville: Abingdon, 1999), 123-124, 134
Entry on “Max Leopold Margolis,” in American National Biography (New York, Oxford University Press, 1999)
“Etched in Stone? Two tablets, 10 Commandments, a multitude of meanings,” Creighton University Magazine (Winter 1999), 22-29
“Extra! Extra! Philistines in the Newsroom!” Bible Review (August 2000), 50-53
Entries on “Hellenism” (237-239), “Hellenistic Literature” (239-240),
and “Joshua, Book of” (320-322) in Reader’s
Guide to Judaism, ed. Michael Terry (
“Old Testament Versions, Ancient” in Dictionary of New Testament Background, ed. Craig A. Evans and
“Biblical Scholars Need Not Apply: News Media and the Bible,” Religious Studies News/SBL Edition (online: October 2001)
Author of a column, “The Bible in the News,” which appears in each issue of Bible Review (six issues annually). Topics for 2001 included: “Award-Winning” references to the Bible in the popular press (Feb); the book of Ecclesiastes in public discourse (Apr); Bible, business, and wealth (June); the Bible, dieting, and foods (Aug); Dramatizing the Bible for television (Oct); An “A-Z of bibles” (Dec)
“Jewish Bible Translation” in The Biblical World, vol. II, ed. John Barton (New York/London: Routledge, 2002), 397-412
“TOP DOLLAR, BOTTOM LINE? Marketing English-Language Bibles Within the Jewish Community” in Biblical Translation in Context, ed. Frederick W. Knobloch. Studies
and Texts in Jewish History and Culture (
“Joshua: A Man for All Seasons?” ARCHAEVS. Études d’Histoires des Religions 6 (2002), 37-51
“The Birth of a Bible,” Norii (on-line Romanian journal of culture and ideas) 10 (summer 2002)
“Another Perspective on Translation,” Religious Studies News/SBL Edition (online: August 2002)
“The Heart and the Feather,” scholarly discussion of ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife, on Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire 8, DVD
“The Bible and/in Popular Culture,” Norii (on-line Romanian journal of culture and ideas) 12 (winter 2002)
Author of a column, “The Bible in the News,” which appears in each issue of Bible Review (six issues annually). Topics for 2002 include: the wisdom of Solomon (Feb); “Blessed are the meek” (Apr); Bible translations (June); “In the beginning…” (Aug); the Bible’s wicked women (Oct); David and Goliath (Dec)
In Press:
“The Septuagint” in History
of Biblical Interpretation, vol. 1, ed. Alan Hauser (
Co-editor (with Ronald A. Simkins), Studies in Jewish Civilization 13: Spiritual Dimensions of Judaism: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, September 17 and 18, 2000 (Omaha: Creighton University Press, 2003)
Co-editor (with Sidnie White Crawford), Esther Through the Ages (
“From Maidens and Chamberlains to Harems and Hot Tubs: Five
Hundred Years of Esther in English” in Esther
Through the Ages, ed. Sidnie White Crawford and
Leonard J. Greenspoon (
“Jewish Translations of the Bible” in The Jewish Study Bible, ed. Adele Berlin and Marc Brettler (
“Jewish Bible Translation in/and the Enlightenment,” Studia Hebraica 2 (published by the
“Goldstein Goren”
“Texts and Contexts: Perspectives on Jewish Translations of
the Hebrew Bible” in a volume on translation being edited by Lynne Long,
[In preparation] Co-editor (with Ronald A. Simkins and
Jeanne Cahan), Studies in Jewish
Civilization 14: Women and Judaism: Proceedings of the FourteenthAnnual
Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization,
October 28 and 29, 2001 (
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