EDUCATION Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae Rev. Jonathan David Redding Phone: (859) 494-3940 Email: jondredding@gmail.com Updated April 2015 Vanderbilt University Degree Expected May 2017 (Current GPA: 3.9) Major: Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel Major Area Advisor: Dr. C.L. Seow Minor: New Testament Minor Area Advisor: Dr. Fernando Segovia M.Div. B.A. Wake Forest University School of Divinity May 2012 (GPA: 3.9) Senior Project: Disembodied Spirits and Ancient Myth in 1 Enoch 14:24-16:1 Advisor: Dr. Neal Walls Wingate University May 2009 (Summa Cum Laude; GPA: 3.94) Major: Religious Studies Minor: Psychology Capstone Paper: Vanity of Vanities: A Theological Anthropology of Ecclesiastes Advisors: Dr. Mark Roncace and Dr. Heather McDivitt ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2013-ongoing Teaching Assistant, Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University Current Courses Assisting: Introduction to the New Testament (Spring 2015 for Dr. Paul Holloway) Previous Courses: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (Fall 2013 for Dr. Herbert Marbury and Fall 2014 for Dr. Jack Sasson), Native American Religious Traditions (Spring 2014 for Dr. Laurel Schneider) 2013-ongoing Ancient Near Eastern Area Bibliographer, Divinity School Library, Vanderbilt University 2012-2014 Research Assistant, Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University, Special Assistant to Dr. Jack Sasson 2010-2012 Research Assistant, Dr. Neal Walls, Associate Professor of Old Testament Interpretations, Wake Forest University School of Divinity 2008 Research Assistant, Dr. Mark Roncace, Associate Professor of Religion and Department Chair, Wingate University AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Certificate in College Teaching. Given by the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching, April 2015. The Biblical Languages Award. Awarded by the Wake Forest School of Divinity, May 2012. Student Presenter Award. Awarded by the Society of Biblical Literature Central States Regional Conference. Paper: "Facing Reality: Interpreting Connections between the Spiritual Conversions
Redding 2 of Gilgamesh in the Epic of Gilgamesh and Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4, March 2011. Fred H. Allen Award for Christian Leadership and Service. Awarded by Wingate University, May 2009. Undergraduate Achievement Award. Awarded by the Theta Alpha Kappa chapter at Wingate University, April 2009. Excellence in Religious Studies. Awarded by Wingate University, April 2009. Excellence in New Testament Greek. Awarded by Wingate University, April 2009. GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS May and Morris Werthan Scholarship for Judaic and Biblical Studies. Awarded by the Vanderbilt University Graduate Department of Religion, 2013-2014. University Tuition Scholarship. Awarded by the Vanderbilt University Graduate Department of Religion, 2012-2013. Leadership Scholarship. Awarded by the National Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, 2011-2012. Tuition Scholarship. Awarded by Wake Forest University School of Divinity, 2009-2012. Graduate Student Fellowship. Awarded by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina, 2009-2012. Summer Research Grant. Awarded by Wingate University, 2008. Supplied funding for assisting Dr. Mark Roncace of Wingate University with his project and book proposal, Questioning the Bible: A Bible Study Guidebook. PUBLICATIONS Articles and Essays The Troubling Theology of Job and its Place in Contemporary Life in Global Perspectives on the Bible, edited by Mark Roncace and Joseph Weaver. Pearson Prentice Hall, March 2013. The Ten Commandments and the Separation of Church and State in Global Perspectives on the Bible, edited by Mark Roncace and Joseph Weaver. Pearson Prentice Hall, March 2013. Encyclopedia and Dictionary Entries Greece, Ancient (HB/OT). In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Ed. C. L. Seow, et al. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2014. Gilgamesh, Epic of, Critical Issues in the Lexham Bible Dictionary. Lexham Press, 2014. Syrians, in the Lexham Bible Dictionary. Lexham Press, 2014. Marriage, in the Lexham Theological Wordbook. Lexham Press, 2014. Violence, in the Lexham Theological Wordbook. Lexham Press, 2014.
Redding 3 Wealth, in the Lexham Theological Wordbook. Lexham Press, 2014. Aaron s Priesthood in ABC-Clio Encyclopedia of Crucial Events in the History of Religions. ABC-Clio, 2014. Abraham s Leadership of the Early Hebrews, in ABC-Clio Encyclopedia of Crucial Events in the History of Religions. ABC-Clio, 2014. ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS A Haunted Apocalypse: Reading leukos in Revelation through a Racial-Ethnic Critical Lens, for John's Apocalypse and Cultural Contexts Ancient and Modern section at the National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, GA. Expected November 2015. Resistance or Compliance: Reading Daniel 1 as a Hellenistic Faux-Hidden Transcript, for the Hellenistic Judaism section at the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Expected July 2015. šhālôm, Physical Wholeness, and the Ancient Near East, for the 2015 InterDIS Conference hosted by Vanderbilt University School of Divinity, Nashville, TN. Expected April 2015. An Economic Ideological Reading of Adapa, for the special session honoring Dr. Doug Knight and Dr. Jack Sasson at the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion meeting, Nashville, TN, March 2015. Decolonizing Daniel: A Post-Colonial Interpretational Examination, for the Bible, Myth, and Myth Theory section at the National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Diego, California, November 2014. Jesus the Liberator?: A Materialist Investigation of Luke 18:35-43, National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Annual Meeting, McAfee School of Theology, Atlanta, GA, May 21, 2014. Utopia as Dystopia: A Deconstructive Reading of Revelation 21-22:15 and the New Creation, National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Baltimore, Maryland, November 24, 2013. Disembodied Spirits in 1 Enoch 15, Senior Project Presentation at Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, April 23, 2012. Babylon Revisited: A Feminist Inspired Reading of the Whore of Babylon, Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 3, 2012. "Facing Reality: Interpreting Connections between the Spiritual Conversions of Gilgamesh in the Epic of Gilgamesh and Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4, Society of Biblical Literature Central States Regional Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, March 21, 2011. Vanity of Vanities: A Theological Anthropology of Ecclesiastes, Wingate University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Wingate, North Carolina, April 14, 2009.
Redding 4 Questioning the Bible, Wingate University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Wingate, North Carolina, April 14, 2009. "Theological Reflections on Lying, North Carolina Religious Studies Association Conference, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, October 24, 2008. RESEARCH PROJECTS Questioning the Bible, with Dr. Mark Roncace, Associate Professor of Religion and Department Chair, Wingate University, May-August 2008. LANGUAGE READING AND TRANSLATION PROFICIENCY Ancient Biblical Hebrew, Advanced Reading Competency [PhD Requirement Satisfied] Biblical Greek, Advanced Reading Competency [PhD Requirement Satisfied] Biblical Aramaic, Intermediate Reading Competency [PhD Requirement Satisfied] Classical Greek, Intermediate Reading Competency Ugaritic, Beginning Reading Competency Akkadian, Beginning Reading Competency Ethiopic, Academic Research Competency Syriac, Academic Research Competency Modern German, Academic Research Reading Competency [PhD Requirement Satisfied] French, Academic Research Reading Competency [PhD Requirement Satisfied] PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND AFFLIATIONS American Academy of Religion Society of Biblical Literature National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Theta Alpha Kappa Religious Studies Honor Society Alpha Chi National Academic Honor Society Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Honor Society Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society ADDITIONAL RELATED ACADEMIC AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE March 2015 Guest Instructor, Class Stratification in Song of Songs, for Song of Songs Seminar, led by Dr. Herbert Marbury, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. March 2015 Guest Instructor, Middle-Weak Verbs, for Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Grammar II, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. December 2014 Vanderbilt University On-Campus Student Representative for the Society of Biblical Literature, Nashville, TN (ongoing). September 2014 Personal Tutor in various subjects through Wyzant and Tutor Doctor tutoring programs, Nashville, TN (ongoing). September 2014 Guest Instructor, Pronouns, for Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Grammar I, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. August 2014 Congregational Presentation, Before the Psalms: a Brief Study of Poetry and the
Redding 5 Ancient Near East, First Baptist Church, Taylorsville, NC. Guest Lecture, Sex and Power in the Hebrew Bible, for RLST 120 Religion, Sexuality, Power. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Instructor: Dr. Laurel Schneider. Guest Lecture, Dreams and Visions, for RLST 278 Native American Religious Traditions. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Instructor: Dr. Laurel Schneider. Congregational Presentation, Land, Displacement, and Economic Justice in the Hebrew Bible. Vine Street Christian Church s Lent Series, Just City 360, Nashville, TN. Congregational Presentation, The Roots of Apocalyptic: Seeking the Beginning of a Genre. First Baptist Church, Taylorsville, NC. November 2013 Teaching Assistant Lecture, Job, for DIV 2503 Hebrew Bible. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Instructor: Dr. Hebert Marbury. September 2013 Teaching Assistant Lecture, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, for DIV 2503 Hebrew Bible. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Instructor: Dr. Hebert Marbury. November 2011 Review Session Leader for Dr. Neal Walls Introduction to the Old Testament I course, Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Winston-Salem, NC. 2010-2012 Courses Tutored: Introduction to Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Biblical Greek, and Biblical Hebrew 2008-2009 Biblical Greek Tutor, Department of Religion, Wingate University, Wingate, NC. SPEAKING AND PREACHING ENGAGEMENTS July 2014 Sermon, Remember and Move Forward. Greater Nashville Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Nashville, TN. August 2013 Sermon, Whose is It? First Baptist Church of Taylorsville, Taylorsville, NC.