Curriculum Vitae (January 2016) Thomas M. Bolin 621 S. Michigan St. De Pere, WI

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1 Curriculum Vitae (January 2016) Thomas M. Bolin 621 S. Michigan St. De Pere, WI EDUCATION Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Ph.D., Religious Studies, specialization in Hebrew Bible, 1995 M.A., Theology, specialization in New Testament, 1991 St. Edward s University, Austin, Texas B.A. summa cum laude, Religious Studies, minor in Philosophy, 1988 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS St. Norbert College Professor of Religious Studies, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, , tenure awarded 2004 St. Mary s University, San Antonio, Texas Associate Professor of Theology, Assistant Professor of Theology, , tenure awarded 1999 BOOKS & MONOGRAPHS Ecclesiastes and The Riddle of Authorship (Routledge, 2017). Ezra-Nehemiah (Liturgical Press, 2012). Freedom beyond Forgiveness: The Book of Jonah Re-Examined (Continuum, 1997). REFEREED ARTICLES & INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS At the Hands of Foreign Kings: Divine Endorsement of Foreign Rulers in the Hebrew Bible in the Memory of Persian and Hellenistic Yehud, in E. Ben Zvi and D. Edelman (eds.), Leadership, Social Memory and Judean Discourse in the Fifth-Second Centuries BCE (Equinox, 2016) To Each His Own Job: On Job 42:6, in Ł. Niesiołowski-Spano, C. Peri and J. West (eds.), Finding Myth and History in the Bible (Equinox, 2016) Out of the Wilderness? Some Suggestions for the Future of Pentateuchal Research, in Ingrid Hjelm, and Thomas L. Thompson (eds.), History, Archaeology and The Bible Forty Years After Historicity (Routledge, 2016) Qohelet and the Covenant: Some Preliminary Observations, in G. Knoppers and R. Bautch (eds.), Covenant in the Persian Period (Eisenbrauns, 2015) Samuel and Its Role in the Cultivation of Jewish Paideia in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods, in D. Edelman (ed.), Deuteronomy-Kings as Emerging Authoritative Books: A Conversation (Society of Biblical Literature, 2014) Benjamin Wambacq, O.Praem., At Vatican II, Analecta Praemonstratensia 88 (2013) The Biblical Commission s Instruction, On the Historical Truth of the Gospels (Sancta Mater Ecclesia) and Present Magisterial Attitudes Toward Biblical Exegesis, Gregorianum 93, 4 (2012) Jonah 4:11 and the Problem of Exegetical Anachronism, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 24 (2010) Eternal Delight and Deliciousness: The Book of Jonah after Ten Years, The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (March, 2009). Rivalry and Resignation: Girard on Qoheleth and the Divine-Human Relationship, Biblica 86 (2005) The Role of Exchange in Ancient Mediterranean Religion and Its Implications for Reading Genesis 18-19, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 39 (2004)

2 Bolin CV 2 On the Making of the Holy City: The Foundations of Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible, in T. Thompson (ed.), Jerusalem in Ancient History and Tradition (Continuum, 2004) Warfare, in J. Barton (ed.), The Biblical World (2 vols.; Routledge, 2002) History, Historiography, and the Use of the Past in the Hebrew Bible, in C. Kraus (ed.), The Limits of Historiography: Genre and Narrative in Ancient Historical Texts (Brill, 1999) A Stranger and an Alien Among You (Gen 23:4): The Old Testament in Early Jewish and Christian Self-Identity, in J. Hills (ed.), Common Life in the Early Church: Essays Honoring Graydon F. Snyder (Trinity International, 1998) When the End is the Beginning: The Persian Period and the Origins of the Biblical Tradition, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 10 (1996) Should I Not Also Pity Nineveh? Divine Freedom in the Book of Jonah, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 67 (1995) The Temple of יהו at Elephantine and Persian Religious Policy, in D Edelman (ed.), The Triumph of Elohim: From Yahwisms to Judaisms (Kok Pharos, 1995) INVITED ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS Nineveh As Sin City, Society of Biblical Literature Bible Odyssey Page What s New With Ezra-Nehemiah, ASOR (American Schools of Oriental Research) Blog A Pope from the Ends of the Earth, Marginalia/Los Angeles Review of Books CONFERENCE PAPERS & INVITED LECTURES Panelist on Review Panel for Eva Mroczek, The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity (Oxford, 2016), Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Antonio, November Blameless, Complete, or Ended? The Contradictory Colophon in Job, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Antonio, November Qohelet and the Greeks, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, February A Spy in Our Midst: Qohelet and the Slippage of Identity, Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting, Atlanta, November New Directions in the Study of the Pentateuch, Roundtable Discussion Panelist, Catholic Biblical Association of America annual meeting, New Orleans, August New Possibilities for Understanding the Composition of Biblical Texts, Changing Perspectives in Old Testament Studies: Past, Present, and Future, University of Copenhagen, October Qohelet and the Covenant: Some Preliminary Observations, Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting, Chicago, November Biblical Wisdom and Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Political Theory and Religion, Shalem Center, Jerusalem, October Nineveh s Animals and the Royal Ideology of the Book of Jonah, Society of Biblical Literature international meeting, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, July Quod per hominem discendum est: Reading the Bible with St. Augustine, annual Augustine Lecture, St. Norbert College, March Revisiting Qohelet and the Greeks, Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting, San Diego, November The Anxiety of Influence? Ancient and Modern Readings of Ecclesiastes, Society of Biblical Literature international meeting, University of Edinburgh, July Kings, Preachers, Philosophers and Teachers: Qohelet in Jewish and Christian Tradition, Catholic Biblical Association annual meeting, St. John s University, Collegeville, August Wisdom and Mortality in Ecclesiastes, Society of Biblical Literature international meeting, University

3 Bolin CV 3 of Gröningen, July Legendary Elements in the Tales of the Founding of Jerusalem, in the Department of Biblical Exegesis Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, November Justice, Mercy, and the Fate of Sodom and Gomorrah, at the Senior Seminar, Faculty of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield, October Should I Not Pity Nineveh? Divine Freedom in the Book of Jonah, Society of Biblical Literature regional meeting, St. Paul, April Israelite Religion and Persian Religious Policy at Elephantine, Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting, Chicago, November SELECTED BOOK REVIEWS Review of Barat Ellman, Memory and Covenant: The Role of Israel s and God s Memory in Sustaining the Deuteronomic and Priestly Covenants (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2013) Catholic Biblical Quarterly. In press. Review of Henning Graf Reventlow, History of Biblical Interpretation; Volume 1: From the Old Testament to Origen; Volume 2: From Late Antiquity to the End of the Middle Ages (Society of Biblical Literature, 2009) Catholic Biblical Quarterly 73 (2011) Review of Bertrand Pinçon, L énigme du bonheur: Étude sur le sujet du bien dans le livre de Qohélet (Brill, 2008) Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72 (2010) Review of Samuel L. Adams, Wisdom in Transition: Act and Consequence in Second Temple Instructions (Brill, 2008) Catholic Biblical Quarterly 71 (2009) Review of T.A. Perry, The Honeymoon Is Over: Jonah s Argument with God (Hendrickson, 2006) in Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 26,4 (Summer 2008) Review of Michael V. Fox, Ecclesiastes (Jewish Publication Society, 2006) in Review of Biblical Literature (September 2007). Review of Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger, Kohelet (Herder, 2004) in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 70 (2008) Review of Eunny Lee, The Vitality of Enjoyment in Qohelet s Theological Rhetoric (De Gruyter, 2005) in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 69 (2007) Review of Janet Howe Gaines, Forgiveness in a Wounded World: Jonah s Dilemma (Society of Biblical Literature, 2003) in Review of Biblical Literature (July, 2005). Review of Stephen R. Haynes, Noah s Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery (Oxford University Press, 2002) in History: Reviews of New Books 31:2 (2003) 61. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Society for Old Testament Study Catholic Biblical Association Society of Biblical Literature LANGUAGES Biblical Hebrew, Biblical and Imperial Aramaic, Classical and Koine Greek, Classical and Ecclesiastical Latin, Italian, French, German, Spanish COURSES TAUGHT AT ST. NORBERT COLLEGE (* = new course) RELS 106: Introduction to the Bible THRS 117: Theological Foundations* THRS 309: Biblical Exegesis and Research* THRS 314: Origins of Biblical Monotheism* THRS 321: Special Topics in Scripture: Theological Hermeneutics* THRS 322: Religious Heritage of the Hebrew Bible THRS 327: Ancient Wisdom and the Modern Search for Meaning*

4 Bolin CV 4 THRS 339: World Scriptures* THRS 340: World Religions THRS 460: Religious Studies Capstone Seminar: The Psalms* THEO 503: Scripture and Biblical Interpretation (graduate-level) HEBR : Elementary, Intermediate and Readings in Biblical Hebrew* GENS 423: Food for Thought* HONORS & AWARDS St. Norbert College Donald B. King Distinguished Scholar Award, 2012 St. Norbert College Leonard Ledvina Teaching Award, 2010 St. Norbert College Educator of the Year, 2006 St. Mary s University School of Humanities and Social Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1998 INTERNAL GRANTS St. Norbert College Faculty Development Summer Teaching Grant, 2008 St. Norbert College Faculty Development Summer Research Grants, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 St. Norbert College Faculty Development Summer Travel Grants, 2004, 2006, 2009 SELECTED COMMITTEE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE Presidential Search Committee, St. Norbert College, Interim Director, Master of Theological Studies, St. Norbert College 2016 Criterion Chair, Higher Learning Commission Assurance Argument Task Force, Academic Honor Court Sabbatical Committee, (Chair, 2014) Chair, Humanities Associate Dean Search Committee, 2013 Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee, , Assessment Coordinator, Religious Studies Discipline, 2006-Present College Higher Learning Commission Self-Study Writing Team, 2010 General Education Committee, Board of Trustees Academic Committee, Harassment Resource Committee, , Religious Studies Discipline Coordinator, , 2012 Board of Trustees Mission and Heritage Committee, , Dean s Task Force on General Education, OTHER SELECTED COLLEGE SERVICE Faculty Advisor, Disability Advocacy Group, Presenter on life after graduation for Program of Faith, Learning, and Vocation Panelist/Presenter for Campus Ministry, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012 Presenter, Junior Knights and Days (Parents Weekend) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015 Lilly Study Group on Vocation, First Year Experience Program Mentor, 2003, 2004 Lilly Program Retreat on Vocation, 2003 SERVICE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE Annual Diocesan Lay Ministry Formation Workshop, 2004-Present Presentations at the Norbertine Center for Spirituality Distinguished Lecture Series, Door County Auditorium, 2005, 2012, 2013 Presentations to the Norbertine Associates 2003, 2005 Local Church Presentations:

5 Bolin CV 5 Unitarian Universalist Church, Green Bay, 2011, 2012, 2013 Green Bay Diocese Series on Vatican II, 2012, 2013 Old St. Joseph Parish, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012 St. John Evangelist Parish, Green Bay, 2012 United Church of Christ, Sturgeon Bay, 2011 St. Peter the Fisherman Parish, Eagle River 2007, 2008, 2009 St. Francis Xavier Parish, De Pere, 2008 St. Anne s Episcopal Church, De Pere, 2007 Unitarian Universalist Church, Sister Bay, 2006 St. Bernard s Parish, Appleton, 2004 Congregation Cnesses Israel, Green Bay, 2004