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1 MATTHEW L. SKINNER Luther Seminary v 2481 Como Avenue v Saint Paul, Minnesota mskinner@luthersem.edu ABBREVIATED CV (AS OF FEBRUARY 2019) For more information and links to online publications, visit CURRENT APPOINTMENT Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota Professor of New Testament, 2015 present Previously: Associate Professor of New Testament, Assistant Professor of New Testament, EDUCATION Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey Ph.D. Biblical Studies (New Testament), 2002 M.Div Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island A.B. Magna Cum Laude, Philosophy, 1990 (Phi Beta Kappa, 1990) BOOKS AUTHORED A Companion to the New Testament (vol. 1: The Gospels and Acts; vol. 2: Paul and the Pauline Letters; vol. 3: The General Letters and Revelation; Baylor University Press, ). Intrusive God, Disruptive Gospel: Encountering the Divine in the Book of Acts (Brazos Press, 2015). The Trial Narratives: Conflict, Power, and Identity in the New Testament (Westminster John Knox Press, 2010). Coauthor, New Proclamation, Year B, 2006: Easter through Pentecost (Fortress Press, 2005). Locating Paul: Places of Custody as Narrative Settings in Acts (Society of Biblical Literature Academia Biblica 13; Society of Biblical Literature and Brill Academic Publishers, 2003).

2 Matthew L. Skinner 2 BOOKS EDITED Coeditor (with Eric D. Barreto and Steve Walton), Reading Acts in the Discourses of Masculinity and Politics (Library of New Testament Studies 559; Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017). Coeditor (with David J. Downs), The Unrelenting God: God s Action in Scripture: Essays in Honor of Beverly Roberts Gaventa (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2013). Coeditor (with Shane Berg), Shaping the Scriptural Imagination: Truth, Meaning, and the Theological Interpretation of the Bible, by Donald H. Juel (Baylor University Press, 2011). BOOKS IN PROCESS Salvation in the New Testament (Essentials of Biblical Studies; Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2020). Acts (New Interpretation Series; Westminster John Knox, forthcoming in 2024). SELECTED ESSAYS, CHAPTERS, AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO COLLECTIONS Who Speaks for (or against) Rome? Acts in Relation to Empire and Afterword, in Reading Acts in the Discourses of Masculinity and Politics (ed. Eric D. Barreto, Matthew L. Skinner, and Steve Walton; Library of New Testament Studies 559; Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017), and Death and Dying, in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology (ed. Samuel E. Balentine et al.; Oxford University Press, 2015), 1: The Word of God and the Church: On the Theological Implications of Three Summary Statements in the Acts of the Apostles, in The Unrelenting God: God s Action in Scripture: Essays in Honor of Beverly Roberts Gaventa, (ed. David J. Downs and Matthew L. Skinner; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2013), Donald Juel s Scriptural Imagination, introduction to Shaping the Scriptural Imagination: Truth, Meaning, and the Theological Interpretation of the Bible, by Donald H. Juel (ed. Shane Berg and Matthew L. Skinner; Baylor University Press, 2011), Timothy and Titus, in The New Interpreter s Bible One-Volume Commentary (ed. Beverly Roberts Gaventa and David L. Petersen; Abingdon Press, 2010), Acts, in Theological Bible Commentary (ed. Gail R. O Day and David L. Petersen; Westminster John Knox Press, 2009), How can students learn to trust us as we challenge who they are? : Building trust and trustworthiness in a biblical studies classroom, in Teaching Reflectively in Theological Contexts: Promises and Contradictions (ed. Mary Hess and Stephen D. Brookfield; Krieger Publishing Company, 2008), Apollo, Barsabbas, Basket, Chains, Imprisonment, Chios, Delos, Dungeon, Prison, and Zeus in The New Interpreter s Dictionary of the Bible (ed. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld et al.; Abingdon Press, ).

3 Matthew L. Skinner 3 Unchained Ministry: Paul s Roman Custody (Acts 21 28) and the Sociopolitical Outlook of the Book of Acts, in Acts and Ethics (ed. Thomas E. Phillips; New Testament Monographs 9; Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2005), Jesus in Jerusalem: Visualizing the Synoptic Accounts of Jesus Final Week, Jesus Teaching on Divorce and Remarriage, and Notions of the Messiah within First-Century Judaism, in Teaching the Bible: Practical Strategies for Classroom Instruction (ed. Mark Roncace and Patrick Gray; Resources for Biblical Study 49; Society of Biblical Literature, 2005), , , SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES Looking High and Low for Salvation in Luke, Currents in Theology and Mission 45/4 (October 2018): 23 28; Remember My Chains: New Testament Perspectives on Incarceration, Interpretation 72/3 (July 2018): Pentecost as Resistance to Monoculture: On the Inclusive, Hospitable, and Prophetic Community Imagined in Acts 2, Journal for Preachers 41/4 (Pentecost 2018): What Is Expected from the Faculty of the Future? Tightened Budgets, Curricular Innovation, and Defining Faculty Identity at Luther Seminary, Theological Education 49/2 (2015): What Every Christian Should Know about Paul s Letters, Word & World 30/4 (Fall 2010): Coauthor (with Mary E. Hess and David J. Lose), From Crawfordsville to Saint Paul: Promoting Reflections on Teaching and Learning as Part of a Seminary s Institutional Culture, Teaching Theology and Religion 10/3 (July 2007): She Departed to Her House : Another Dimension of the Syrophoenician Mother s Faith in Mark 7:24 30, Word & World 26/1 (Winter 2006): Denying Self, Bearing a Cross, and Following Jesus: Unpacking the Imperatives of Mark 8:34, Word & World 23/3 (Summer 2003): RECENT PROFESSIONAL PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS Who Speaks for (or against) Rome? Acts in Relation to Empire. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Diego, Calif., 24 November Religion in Media and the Public Square. Panelist at the annual meetings of the Upper Midwest Region of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion, Saint Paul, Minn., 5 April Online Biblical Commentary: What s Changing? How Are We Being Changed? Presentation given at a panel discussion co-sponsored by the American Academy of Religion Southeast section of Bible and Modern Culture and the Society of Biblical Literature Southeast sections of New Testament and Hebrew Bible, Greenville, S.C., 16 March 2013.

4 Matthew L. Skinner 4 Eluding Judgment: The Political and Christological Significance of Shifting Judicial Roles in the Markan and Matthean Narratives of Jesus Trial. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, Ga., 21 November COMMENTARY ON BIBLICAL PASSAGES FOR RESOURCES ON PREACHING Approximately 45 exegetical commentaries on biblical passages assigned by the Revised Common Lectionary, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008 present. For access to all articles published on Working Preacher, see Matthew 2:1 12, Mark 5:21 43, Mark 6:1 13, Mark 6:14 29, Luke 3:15 17, 21 22, John 2:1 11, Acts 10:34 43, 1 Corinthians 1:1 9, and 1 Corinthians 1:10 18, commentary in Connections: A Lectionary Commentary Series (ed. Joel B. Green et al.; Westminster John Knox Press), forthcoming in Contributor (6 entries in each annual issue), three issues of The Abingdon Creative Preaching Annual (ed. Jenee Woodard; Abingdon Press, ). Luke 18:15 17, Luke 18:18 30, and Luke 18:31 34, exegetical commentary in Feasting on the Gospels: A Feasting on the Word Commentary: Luke, Volume 2 (ed. Cynthia A. Jarvis and E. Elizabeth Johnson; Westminster John Knox Press). Luke 10:25 37, Luke 10:38 42, and Luke 11:1 13, exegetical commentary in Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary: Year C, Volume 3: Pentecost and Season after Pentecost (Propers 3 16) (ed. David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor; Westminster John Knox Press, 2010), , , SELECTED DIGITAL MEDIA Luke and Acts, (written and video material), Covenant Bible Study, Abingdon Press, Co-host, Sermon Brainwave, WorkingPreacher.org, June September 2008, September 2009 present. Sermon Brainwave is a weekly podcast of reflections on biblical texts assigned by the Revised Common Lectionary. Archived versions of the podcast can be accessed at SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FOR POPULAR AUDIENCES Various online postings/articles about the Bible, its history, and its interpretation on The Huffington Post religion page and other websites, 2011 present. (For an index of links to all material I have published online, see Contributor, American Values, Religious Voices: 100 Days, 100 Letters (ed. Andrea L. Weiss and Lisa M. Weinberger; University of Cincinnati Press, 2018). Take and Read: New Testament, The Christian Century, 133/21 (12 October 2016): Take and Read: New Testament, The Christian Century 132/21 (14 October 2015): Take and Read: New Testament, The Christian Century 131/21 (15 October 2014): Take and Read: New Testament, The Christian Century 130/21 (16 October 2013):

5 Matthew L. Skinner 5 Rivers of Living Water: 219 th General Assembly Bible Study (2010) a four-session congregational study for the Presbyterian Church (USA) s General Assembly, published online by ThePresbyterianLeader.com (Westminster John Knox Press), May Luke, 1 Thessalonians, and 2 Thessalonians, in EnterTheBible.org, Luther Seminary, Galatians, participants information packets and leader s discussion guides for a two-session congregational study, published online by TheThoughtfulChristian.com (Westminster John Knox Press), February Biblical Visions and Visionary Ministry, Connect: Journal of Youth & Family Ministry (Winter 2008): 5 7. Discerning What God Is Doing: A Study of Acts, participants information packets for a twosession congregational study, published online by TheThoughtfulChristian.com (Westminster John Knox Press), December Biblical Accounts of the Crucifixion, participants information packets and leader s discussion guides for a two-session congregational study, published online by TheThoughtfulChristian.com (Westminster John Knox Press), October The Da Vinci Code, participants information packet and leader s discussion guide for a onesession congregational study, published online by TheThoughtfulChristian.com (Westminster John Knox Press), January RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL-DEVELOPMENT GRANTS Louisville Institute Project Grant for Researchers, No Little Disturbance : Depictions of God and God s Activity in the Acts of the Apostles, Co-Director (with Christine Roy Yoder), Teaching Biblical Exegesis in Theological Schools, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, This grant funded a two-year consultation of twelve biblical scholars to propose goals and strategies for teaching biblical interpretation in seminaries and divinity schools. PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND PROJECTS Robinson Writing Fellow, Writing Theology with Marilynne Robinson, a three-week residential workshop, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, N.J., June July Member-in-Residence, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, N.J., September 2008 June Participant, Workshop on Teaching and Learning for Theological School Faculty, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Designer and Participant, The Teaching and Learning Group, a project for collective faculty development for pedagogy, Luther Seminary,

6 Matthew L. Skinner 6 BOOK REVIEWS Numerous reviews published in the following periodicals: The Anglican Theological Review, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The Christian Century, Interpretation, Journal of Biblical Literature, Journal of Theological Studies, Modern Believing, Review of Biblical Literature, Religious Studies Review, Scottish Journal of Theology, Theology Today, and Word & World. SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Member, Advisory Board, Day 1, 2015 Associate Editor, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2014 present Leadership Team, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014 present Chair, Faculty Concerns Committee, Luther Seminary, Member, Task Force on Faculty Structure and Organization, Luther Seminary, 2013 Cofounder and member of Editorial Board, ON Scripture The Bible, Member, Steering Committee, Society of Biblical Literature Book of Acts group, 2011 present (co-chair, 2014 present) Area Editor (Acts of the Apostles), Religious Studies Review, 2007 present Chair, Bible Division, Luther Seminary, , Member, Editorial Committee, WorkingPreacher.org, Co-editor and consultant, EnterTheBible.org, Luther Seminary, Member, Editorial Board, Word & World, Teaching Elder, Presbyterian Church (USA) DENOMINATIONAL AFFILIATION