Joshua Paul Smith 430 West 9 th Avenue Denver, Colorado 80204 (573) 576.0840 joshua.p.smith@du.edu http://portfolio.du.edu/joshuapaulsmith Teaching Interests and Specialties New Testament; the Gospel of Luke; Greco-Roman rhetoric; Christian and Rabbinic exegesis in late antiquity; early Christian worship practices and liturgy, the reception history of New Testament texts; animal theory, theology, and ethics; the fiction of Flannery O Connor. Education Ph.D. student (ABD May 2018), Religious Studies: New Testament & Biblical Interpretation, University of Denver & Iliff School of Theology (Joint Doctoral Program), Denver, Colorado. Expected Graduation: 2020. GPA: 3.91. Dissertation: As One Zealous for the Law : The Jewishness of Luke [Working title]. Dissertation supervisor: Gregory Robbins. Comprehensive Exams: (1) Perspectives in the Study of Religion; (2) Theories and Methods in Bible, Ancient Judaism, and Early Christianity; (3) The Gospel of Luke; (4) Early Christian and Rabbinic Exegesis. M.A., Theological Studies Research Track: New Testament, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Shawnee, Kansas. 2014. Thesis: I Will Ask You A Question : A Socio-Rhetorical Study of Opposing-Turn Questions in the Gospel of Luke, Supervisor: David May. Second reader: Vance Thomas. B.A., English Writing Track, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 2011. Publications Articles Invited and Popular 2014 A Word from a Seminarian, Review & Expositor 111:2 (Spring 2014). Page 1
Book Reviews (Select) Brian J. Wright, Communal Reading in the Time of Jesus, Review & Expositor (Forthcoming). Hans Boersma, Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church, Reading Religion (JAAR), October 13, 2017. http://readingreligion.org/books/scripture-real-presence Mira Beth Wasserman, Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals: The Talmud After the Humanities, Reviews in Religion and Theology (Forthcoming). Jordan Cofer, The Gospel According to Flannery O Connor: Examining the Role of the Bible in Flannery O Connor s Fiction, Review & Expositor 114:4 (2017). Richard B. Hays, Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels, Review & Expositor 114:4 (2017). Brittany E. Wilson, Unmanly Men: Refigurations of Masculinity in Luke-Acts, Review & Expositor 113:1 (2016). Bruce W. Longenecker and Mikeal C. Parsons, eds., Beyond Bultmann: Reckoning A New Testament Theology, Review & Expositor 112:2 (2015). Chris Keith, Jesus Against the Scribal Elite: The Origins of the Conflict, Review & Expositor 111:4 (2014). Jennifer L. Koosed, ed., The Bible and Posthumanism, Review & Expositor 111:4 (2014). Anthony Le Donne, The Wife of Jesus: Ancient Texts and Modern Scandals, Review & Expositor 111:2 (2014). Douglas Estes, The Questions of Jesus in John: Logic, Rhetoric, and Persuasive Discourse, Review & Expositor 111:2 (2014). Mark Goodacre, Thomas and the Gospels: The Case for Thomas s Familiarity with the Synoptics, Review & Expositor 110:2 (2013). Chris Keith and Larry Hurtado, eds., Jesus Among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, Review & Expositor 109:2 (2012). Page 2
Conference Presentations 2018 Do You Understand What You Are Reading? : The Nascent Church as the Arbiter of Biblical Interpretation in Luke-Acts. International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, July 30 August 3, 2018. 2018 Without Any Teacher to Instruct Them : Concern for Rural Northumbrians in Bede s Letter to Egbert. Rocky Mountain/Great Plains SBL/AAR Regional Meeting, March 15-16, 2018. 2017 Remembering the Eucharist Rightly: The Lord s Supper in 1 Cor. 11:23-26 and Paul s Politics of Memory. Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, November 2017. 2017 No Happier Gorilla Anywhere?: A Levinasian Reading of Flannery O Connor s Enoch and the Gorilla, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Regional Meeting, October 13, 2017. 2017 Reading Flannery O Connor through a Levinasian Lens: An Interpretive Experiment with the Other. South-Central States Modern Language Association Regional Meeting, October 6, 2017. 2014 I Will Ask You A Question : The Rhetorical and Social Function of Opposing-Turn Questions in the Gospel of Luke, Central States SBL Regional Meeting, March 2014. Awards & Honors 2015 Graduate Religious Studies Doctoral Fellowship (Full Tuition), University of Denver, 2015 2016. 2014 Best Student Paper Award, Central States Regional Society of Biblical Literature. For the paper I Will Ask You A Question : The Rhetorical and Social Function of Opposing-Turn Questions in the Gospel of Luke. $150 award. 2014 Frank Lorenzo Streeter Award for Excellence in Biblical Interpretation, Central Baptist Theological Seminary 2014 Harvey E. Dana Award for Excellence in Writing, Central Baptist Theological Seminary 2009 Student Life & Leadership Award for Experiential Learning, Southeast Missouri State University. 2006 Regents Scholarship (Full Tuition). Southeast Missouri State University, 2006 2010. Teaching Experience Graduate-level 2018 I-NT522: New Testament II (Online) Central Baptist Theological Seminary Easter Term 2018 A seminary course on Acts, the Pauline and Catholic Epistles, and Revelation. Page 3
Graduate Teaching Assistantships 2018 Latinx Religious Traditions University of Denver Dr. Luís León. Winter 2018. 2016 Biblical Authority & Interpretation (Hybrid) The Iliff School of Theology Drs. Pamela Eisenbaum and Ted Vial. Fall 2016. Online Learning Platform Familiarity: Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas Other Experience Future Faculty in Religion Teaching Certificate Joint Doctoral Program in Religion University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology. Expected completion: 2019. Academic Affliations Society of Biblical Literature Student Member (2012 present) Modern Language Association Student Member (2017-2018) Flannery O Connor Society Member (2017 present) Research Language Proficiency Koine Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Ecclesiastical Latin, Modern French Other Academic Experience October 2015 present Electronic Resources (Anderson Academic Commons) The University of Denver Electronic Resources Assistant Built online database search for university library (see http://libguides.du.edu/az.php), developed thorough working knowledge of university library s electronic resource management system, and assisted in transition to new online cataloging system. October 2015 present Cataloging Department (Anderson Academic Commons) The University of Denver Cataloging Assistant Worked closely with Electronic Resources Department to upload and grant students Page 4
access to hundreds of PDF resources. Service to the Academy 2017 2019 On-Campus Representative Coordinator Society of Biblical Literature Student Advisory Board 2017 2018 President Joint Doctoral Program Graduate Student Association Worked closely with JDP administration to promote the Future Faculty in Religion Teaching Certificate. Organized student town halls, paper presentation workshops, and an annual awards banquet for JDP students and faculty. 2016 2017 Director of Inclusive Excellence Joint Doctoral Program Graduate Student Association Collaborated with students and faculty to hear the concerns of women, people of color, ethnic minorities, students of varying social and economic backgrounds, and LGBTQI individuals, as well as to promote a sense of community cohesion among the JDP s diverse student body. Church Membership & Ministry 2014 Organized a public screening of the Robert Orlando film, The Apostle Paul: A Polite Bribe, and moderated a panel discussion featuring the director and three local New Testament scholars following the film. Around 150 in attendance. Tivoli Theater, Kansas City, MO, January 16, 2014. Volunteer Preacher & Teacher, House for All Sinners & Saints, Denver, CO, 2015 present. Volunteer Preacher & Teacher, First Mennonite Church, Denver, CO 2015. Volunteer Preacher & Teacher, Rainbow Mennonite Church, Kansas City, MO, 2012 2015. Music Minister, Cornerstone Nazarene Church, Scott City, MO, 2011. Youth Director, Grace United Methodist Church, Cape Girardeau, MO, 2007 2009. Church Teaching Experience: The Development of the Christian Canon, House for All Sinners & Saints, Denver, Colorado, May 2016 A Jesus Who Questions, Second Baptist Church, Liberty, Missouri, Winter 2014 Who was the Historical Jesus? Rainbow Mennonite Church, Kansas City, Missouri, Winter 2013 2014. Reading the Bible Wisely: Biblical Hermeneutics Rainbow Mennonite Church, Kansas City, Page 5
Missouri, Spring 2013 Autobiographical Notes References I live in Denver with my wife Alyssa; we have been married since May 2010 and own our home in Kansas City, Missouri. I enjoy camping and hiking up the occasional Colorado fourteener, working my way through Flannery O Connor s complete works, baking artisan bread at home, and collecting linocuts by artist Robert O. Hodgell. I am currently an aspirant to holy orders in the Episcopal Church. Available upon request. Page 6