1 Curriculum Vitae MATTHEW R. SCHLIMM Prfessr f Old Testament, The University f Dubuque Thelgical Seminary Pstal: 2000 University Avenue, Dubuque, IA, 52001 Wrk: 563/589-3101 Fax: 563/589-3110 Email: mschlimm@dbq.edu Website: www.matthewschlimm.cm EDUCATION DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Graduate Prgram in Religin, Duke University (December 2008) Majr: Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Minrs: Christian Thelgy (Wesleyan Studies) & Cmmunicatin (Rhetrical Criticism) Dissertatin Title: Frm Fratricide t Frgiveness: The Ethics f Anger in Genesis Dissertatin Cmmittee: J. Crenshaw (Chair), E. Davis, A. Prtier-Yung, R. Maddx, R. Cx MASTER OF DIVINITY, Summa Cum Laude The Divinity Schl, Duke University (December 2001) BACHELOR OF ARTS, Summa Cum Laude Asbury Cllege, nw Asbury University (August 1998) Majr: Biblical Studies WORK EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE Prfessr f Old Testament (2017 present) Assciate Prfessr f Old Testament (2015 2017) Assistant Prfessr f Old Testament (2009 2014) Instructr (2008) DUKE UNIVERSITY Ph.D. Student (2003 2008) Instructr, Preceptr, Teaching Assistant, Writing Tutr (2002 2005) Ministry Crdinatr, Duke Yuth Academy fr Christian Frmatin (2003 2008) PASTORAL MINISTRY Ordained Elder t Wrd, Sacrament, Order, Service, United Methdist Church (2005 present) Assciate Pastr, Crss Winds United Methdist Church, Minneaplis, Minnesta (2002 2003) Student Pastr, Urban Ministries f Durham, Nrth Carlina (2000); Tabernacle United Methdist Church f Greensbr, Nrth Carlina (2001) Interim Supply Pastr, Three Oaks United Methdist Church, Three Oaks, Michigan (1999); Twnline United Methdist Church, Blmingtn, Michigan (1998); Breedsville United Methdist Church, Breedsville, Michigan (1998)
2 PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS What s Lst in Bible Translatin: Hebrew Wrds Every Christian Shuld Knw [Wrking Title]. Nashville: Abingdn, frthcming (under cntract; initial draft cmplete). This Strange and Sacred Scripture: Wrestling with the Old Testament and Its Oddities. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2015. Reviewed in: Christian Century (Jacqueline Lapsley); Jurnal fr the Study f the Old Testament (J-P Hsia); Interpretatin (Mark E. Biddle); Review and Expsitr (Terry W. Eddinger); Wrd and Wrld (Jeffrey G. Audirsch); Thelgical Studies (Michael R. Simne); Presbyterian Outlk (Ry Hward); Christianity Tday (Matt Reynlds); Seedbed (Guy Williams); Biblical Thelgy Bulletin (Christpher M. Jnes); Bulletin fr Biblical Research (Lael Caesar); Jurnal f the Evangelical Thelgical Sciety (Walter E. Brwn); Brave Daily (Mike Reynlds); Chice Cnnect: A Publicatin f the Assciatin f Cllege and Research Libraries (H. M. Szpek); The Washingtn BkReview (TWBR Team); Bible Study Magazine (Jn Jrdan); Themelis (Matthew Newkirk); Bks at a Glance (Jshua Centanni); Panrama f a Bk Saint (Cnrade Yap); Saint Michael and All Angels Episcpal Church Channel n YuTube (Greg Pickens); Duke Tday (Genesis Jacksn). C-editr (with Jel B. Green, Seung Ai Yang, Mark J. Bda, Mignn R. Jacbs, and Marti J. Steussy). CEB Study Bible. Nashville: Cmmn English Bible, 2013. Frm Fratricide t Frgiveness: The Language and Ethics f Anger in Genesis. Siphrut: Literature and Thelgy f the Hebrew Scriptures. Edited by Stephen Chapman, Tremper Lngman III, and Nathan MacDnald. Winna Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2011. Reviewed in: Jurnal fr the Study f the Old Testament (R. Briggs); Cathlic Biblical Quarterly (Wilma Ann Bailey); Bulletin fr Biblical Research (Jseph R. Kelly); Jurnal f Semitic Studies (R. W. L. Mberly); Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (Jan Christian Gertz); Thelgische Literaturzeitung (Jhn E. Andersn); Review f Biblical Literature (Phillip Sherman); Biblica (D. Scaila); Jurnal f Thelgical Studies (Jel Kaminsky); Jurnal f Hebrew Scriptures (Dustin J. Breland); Jurnal f Semitic Studies (Walter Mberly); Religius Studies Review (Penelpe Barter) SHORTER ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES, ESSAYS, ENTRIES, REVIEWS Cmmentary n Numbers. Wesley One Vlume Cmmentary n the Bible. Nashville: Abingdn, in press. Jealusy r Furnace Remelting? A Respnse t Nissim Amzallag. Jurnal f Biblical Literature 136 (2017): in press. The Central Rle f Emtins in Biblical Thelgy, Biblical Ethics, and Ppular Cnceptins f the Bible. In Mixed Feelings and Vexed Passins in Biblical Literature: Emtins f Divine and Human Figures in Interdisciplinary Perspective. Edited by Sctt Spencer. Atlanta: SBL, in press. Review f Divine Anger in the Hebrew Bible, by Deena E. Grant. Jurnal f Hebrew Scriptures 15 (2015). http://www.jhsnline.rg/reviews/reviews_new/review743.htm. Biblical Ethics (Old Testament). In The Oxfrd Encyclpedia f the Bible and Thelgy. Edited by Samuel E. Balentine. New Yrk: Oxfrd, 2015. Intrductins fr Genesis, Numbers, Ruth, Esther, Prverbs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentatins, Ezekiel, Ams, Obadiah, Jnah, Habakkuk, Haggai. In CEB Student Bible. Nashville: Cmmn English Bible, 2015.
3 SHORTER ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES, ESSAYS, ENTRIES, REVIEWS (Cntinued) Fantasy Ftball and Friendship: The Cmpany We Keep Online. Character and Scial Media 1 (2015): 26 50. http://digitalud.dbq.edu/js/index.php/character/article/view/3/3 Wrestling with Marduk: Old Testament Parallels and Prevenient Grace. Wesleyan Thelgical Jurnal 48, n. 2 (2013): 181 192. Learning frm a Distance. The Christian Century, March 20, 2013, page 6. At Sin s Entryway (Gen 4,7): A Reply t C. L. Cruch. Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 124, n. 3 (2012): 409 415. Bread f the Presence. Pages 4:446 447 in The Encyclpedia f the Bible and Its Receptin (EBR). Edited by Hans-Jsef Klauck. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Publishing Huse, 2012. Perfectin and Prisners f War. In The Dictinary f Scripture and Ethics (DSE). Edited by Jel Green. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2011. Currents in Old Testament Thelgy. Catalyst: Cntemprary Evangelical Perspectives fr United Methdist Seminarians 37, n. 3 (Mar. 1, 2011): 1, 4 6. http://www.catalystresurces.rg/currents-in-ld-testament-thelgy/. Emtins and Faith: The Perplexing Relatinship between What We Feel and What We Believe. @This Pint: Thelgical Investigatins in Church and Culture 6, n. 1 (2011). http://www.atthispint.net/articles/emtins-and-faith-the-perplexing-relatinship-betweenwhat-we-feel-and-what-we-believe/217/. The Necessity f Permanent Criticism: A Pstclnial Critique f Ridley Sctt s Kingdm f Heaven. Jurnal f Media and Religin 9 (2010): 129 149 (lead article). Emtin, Embdiment, and Ethics: Engaging Anger in Genesis. Pages 146 158 in Bdies, Embdiment and Thelgy f the Hebrew Bible. Edited by Tamar Kaminkwski and Wnil Kim. Library f Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 465. New Yrk: T & T Clark, 2010. Review f Spiritual Emtins: A Psychlgy f Christian Virtues, by Rbert C. Rberts. Edificatin: The Interdisciplinary Jurnal f the Sciety fr Christian Psychlgy 4 (2010): 79 80. Dissertatin Summary: Frm Fratricide t Frgiveness: The Ethics f Anger in Genesis. Tyndale Bulletin 61 (2010): 157 159. Review f Inspiratin and Incarnatin: Evangelicals and the Prblem f the Old Testament, by Peter Enns. Scttish Jurnal f Thelgy 62 (2009): 240 242. Different Perspectives n Divine Paths: An Examinatin f Hermeneutics in Biblical Thelgy. The Cathlic Biblical Quarterly 69.4 (Oct. 2007): 673 694. Assisted the revisin f: Eric M. Meyers and Jhn W. Rgersn. Bibligraphical and Bigraphical Essay. Pages 316 325 in Part One: The Old Testament Wrld f The Cambridge Cmpanin t the Bible. Edited by Bruce Chiltn. Revised Editin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Defending the Old Testament s Wrth: Jhn Wesley s Reactin t the Rebirth f Marcinism. The Wesleyan Thelgical Jurnal 42.2 (2007): 28 51. Biblical Studies and Rhetrical Criticism: Bridging the Divide between the Hebrew Bible and Cmmunicatin. Review f Cmmunicatin 7.3 (2007): 244 275.
4 SHORTER ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES, ESSAYS, ENTRIES, REVIEWS (Cntinued) Teaching the Hebrew Bible amid the Current Human Rights Crisis: The Pedaggical Opprtunities Presented by Ams 1:3 2:3. SBL Frum 4.1 (2006). http://sblsite.rg/publicatins/article.aspx?articleid=478. Terence Fretheim: Schlarship that Matters t the Church. Catalyst: Cntemprary Evangelical Perspectives fr United Methdist Seminarians 32, n. 2 (Feb. 1, 2006): 5 6. The Puzzle f Perfectin: Grwth in Jhn Wesley s Dctrine f Perfectin. The Wesleyan Thelgical Jurnal 38.2 (2003): 124 142. PUBLICATIONS FOR LAITY: SERMONS, EDITORIALS, BLOGS, INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES Matthew R. Schlimm This Strange and Sacred Scripture. On Script: Cnversatins n Current Biblical Schlarship. Online: http://nscript.study/pdcast/matthew-r-schlimm-this-strange-andsacred-scripture/ Cnversatin abut Guns with Pacifist Schlar, Dr. Matthew Schlimm. Faith and Firearms Prject. Online: https://yutu.be/ickbg7bcdys Are We Preachers r Prphets? Preaching Tday. Christianity Tday. Online: http://www.preachingtday.cm/skills/2015/ctber/are-we-preachers-r-prphets.html Wrestling with Tugh Old Testament Questins. Amateur Thelgians. Online: http://amateurthelgians.cm/2015/09/30/wrestling-with-tugh-ld-testament-questins/ R-Rated: Preaching Disturbing Stries. Preaching Tday. Christianity Tday. Online: http://www.preachingtday.cm/skills/2015/august/preaching-disturbing-stries.html The Hebrew Scriptures. Amateur Thelgians. Online: http://amateurthelgians.cm/2015/07/16/matthew-r-schlimm-ld-testament-questins/ Interview with Matthew Schlimm: The Old Testament. Amateur Thelgians. Online: http://amateurthelgians.cm/2015/06/21/interview-with-dr-matthew-schlimm-the-ldtestament/ Living by the Wrd. Lectinary Cmmentaries n Nv. 30, 2014 and Dec. 7, 2014. The Christian Century. Nv. 26, 2014. Pages 20 21. Praying the Psalms r, Hw t Use the Bible t Imprve Yur Prayer Life. Pages 18 31 in Hly Things fr Yuth Ministry: 13 Practical Sessins. Edited by Brian Hardesty-Cruch. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2010. A Duble Disappintment. Christianity Tday 7 August 2000: page 10. ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS Nvember 2017 Is Deuternmy the Original Prsperity Gspel? Presentatin at the Thelgical Interpretatin f Scripture Sessin at the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, Bstn, Mass. Nvember 2017 The Prblems with Prgressive Revelatin: Vilence as an Example. Presentatin at the Biblical Ethics Sessin at the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, Bstn, Mass.
5 ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS (Cntinued) Nvember 2016 Jesus Christ amng Dieg Rivera s Miners: A Biblical Interpretatin f Entering the Mine, Exiting the Mine, and The Embrace. Presentatin at the Bible and Visual Art Sessin at the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, San Antni, Texas. April 2015 February 2014 February 2013 Upsetting the Religius Establishment: Intertextual Allusin in Jrdaens Christ Driving Merchants frm the Temple. Presentatin at the Upper Midwest Reginal Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, St. Paul, Minn. Imagining Ruth and Ezra s Cnversatin. Presentatin at the Midwest Reginal Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, Burbnnais, Ill. Emtins in the Bible, Gd, and Humanity. Presentatin at the 7th Annual Celebratin f Faculty and Staff Schlarship and Creativity at the University f Dubuque, Dubuque, Ia. Nvember 2012 Frm Anxiety t Curisity: Reflectins n Teaching Hebrew Online. Presentatin at the Natinal Assciatin f Prfessrs f Hebrew at the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, Chicag, Ill. Nvember 2012 The Central Rle f Emtins in Biblical Thelgy, Biblical Ethics, and Cnceptins f the Bible Itself. Presentatin at the Bible and Emtin Cnsultatin at the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, Chicag, Ill. Nvember 2011 Respndent t: Reviews by Terence Fretheim, Travis Btt, and David Mffitt f Frm Fratricide t Frgiveness: The Language and Ethics f Anger in Genesis. Presentatin at the Christian Thelgical Research Fellwship at the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, San Francisc, Calif. Nvember 2009 Respndent t: Divine Passibility in Light f Tw Pictures f Intercessin. Presentatin at the Christian Thelgical Research Fellwship at the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, New Orleans, La. March 2008 December 2007 Wrestling with Marduk: The Authrity f Scripture, Old Testament Parallels, and Prevenient Grace. Presentatin at the Annual Meeting f the Wesleyan Thelgical Sciety at Duke Divinity Schl, Durham, N.C. Ethics, Estrangement, and Emtin: Engaging Anger in Genesis. Presentatin at the Christmas Cnference f the Jhn Wesley Fellws at the Perkins Schl f Thelgy, Suthern Methdist University, Dallas, Tex. Nvember 2007 The Primary Cnceptual Link between the Old and New Testaments: Gd Is Human as the Bible s Master Metaphr. Presentatin at the Annual Dempster Schlars Banquet, San Dieg, Calif. Nvember 2007 Frm Fratricide t Frgiveness: The Ethics f Anger in Genesis. Presentatin at the Character Ethics and Biblical Interpretatin Grup f the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, San Dieg, Calif. Nvember 2007 The Necessity f Newness: Why Isaiah 65:16b 25 Requires a New Creatin. Presentatin at the Frmatin f the Bk f Isaiah Grup f the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, San Dieg, Calif.
6 ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS (Cntinued) Nvember 2006 Des Gd Suffer as Humanity Suffers? A Linguistic Examinatin f Evidence in the Hebrew Bible. Presentatin at the Pster Sessin f the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, Washingtn, D.C. December 2005 Respndent t: Katie M. Heffelfinger. The Rise and Fall f Metaphrs in Israel s Testimny t the Ideal Kingship: An Examinatin f the Thelgical and Liturgical Pssibilities f Psalm 72. Presentatin at the Christmas Cnference f the Jhn Wesley Fellws at Duke University, Durham, N.C. Nvember 2005 Finding Fault with the Bible: Walther Eichrdt s Disembdied Gd. Presentatin at the Thelgy f the Hebrew Scriptures Sectin f the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, Philadelphia, Penn. Nvember 2005 Fr Three War Crimes and fr Fur: Ams 1:3 2:3 and the Current Human Rights Crisis. Presentatin at the Israelite Prphetic Literature Sectin f the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, Philadelphia, Penn. March 2005 Verifying Divine Regret: 1 Samuel 19:18 24 as Negatin f 1 Samuel 10:10 12. Presentatin at the Sutheastern Reginal Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, Winstn-Salem, N.C. Nvember 2004 Divergent Accunts f Divine Affectivity in Recent Old Testament Schlarship. Presentatin at the Israelite Prphetic Literature Sectin f the Annual Meeting f the Sciety f Biblical Literature, San Antni, Tex. April 2004 Technlgy Enhancements fr Learning Biblical Hebrew. Presentatin at the pster sessin f the Instructinal Technlgy Shwcase, hsted by the Center fr Instructinal Technlgy, Duke University, Durham, N.C. COURSES TAUGHT Old Testament Intrductin. Biblical Ethics. The Trah. The Prphets. Ecclesiastes. Intrductin t Biblical Hebrew I & II. Biblical Art as Visual Exegesis. New Testament Greek II. Figuring Out Faithfulness: The Prmises and Perils f Ppular Culture (D.Min. Seminar) Hebrew Exegesis. The Bible and New Yrk Times Bestsellers. Hebrew Reading (An intermediate reading curse). HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS University f Dubuque: Chlapaty Fellwship Supervisr (2015) University f Dubuque: Wendt Schlarship Team Member (2013 2014) University f Dubuque Thelgical Seminary: Jseph and Linda Chlapaty Research Chair in Church Renewal (2012 2013) General Bard f Higher Educatin and Ministry f the United Methdist Church: Jhn Dempster Graduate Fellwship fr Ph.D. studies (2007 2008) A Fundatin fr Thelgical Educatin: Jhn Wesley Fellwship fr Ph.D. studies (2004 2008) Duke University Graduate Schl: Full Fellwship fr Ph.D. studies (2004 2008); Cnference Travel Fellwship (2007)
7 HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS (Cntinued) Duke Divinity Schl: Duke (Full-Tuitin) Schlarship fr M.Div. studies (1999 2001); American Bible Sciety Schlarly Achievement Award (2001) General Cmmissin n Archives and Histry f the United Methdist Church: Jhn H. Ness Award (2001) Pittullch Fundatin: Selected t participate in the Middle East Travel Seminar (METS), an n-lcatin study f Syria, Lebann, Jrdan, Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian West Bank, and Greece led by Dr. Max Miller and Dr. Gerry Mattingly (2001) Asbury Thelgical Seminary: Beesn (Full-Tuitin) Schlarship fr M.Div. studies (1998 1999) Asbury Cllege: Presidential Schlarship (1995 1998); American Bible Sciety Schlarly Achievement Award (1998) Kalamaz Fundatin: Clarence Remynse Schlarship (1995 1998) RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Biblical Emtin Biblical Ethics Biblical Authrity Biblical Thelgy Rhetrical Criticism and Literary Appraches Pacifism and Vilence The Trah Wesleyan Thelgy and Interpretatin ACADEMIC SERVICE University f Dubuque University Advisry Cuncil (2014 2016) Seminary Transitin Team (2015 2016) Seminary Prgram Develpment Cmmittee (2011 2014) Seminary Institutinal Advancement Cmmittee (2014 2016) Seminary Academic and Student Affairs Cmmittee (2008 2011) Seminary Admissins Cmmittee (2009 2010, 2013 2014) Seminary Nminating Cmmittee (2009 2011) Sciety f Biblical Literature C-chair f the Bible and Emtin Grup (2012 present) Steering Cmmittee Member f the Christian Thelgy Grup/Christian Thelgical Research Fellwship (2006 2009) Duke University On-Campus Student Representative fr the Student Advisry Bard (2005 2008) Jurnal Referee Harvard Thelgical Review (2017) Jurnal f Media and Religin (2016, 2010) Duke University Executive Cmmittee f the Graduate Prgram in Religin at Duke University (2007 2008) Bard f the Graduate Student Assciatin in Religin at Duke University (2007 2008)