University of California, Berkeley (Semitic languages, ancient history and culture; joint program with GTU), 1965-70.
Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California, M.A. (Counseling), May 1980.
Union Theological Seminary, New York, M.Div. (Old Testament), June 1959.
Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, B.A. (History), June 1956.
Teaching Experience
1983-2000 Professor of Religious Studies, California State
University, Bakersfield, California.
1973-83 Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor of
Religious Studies, California State University,
Bakersfield, California.
1970-73 Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, College of
the Holy Names, Oakland, California.
1969-73 Lecturer in Religious Studies, Mills College, Oakland,
California.
1968-69 Lecturer in Old Testament, Pacific School of Religion,
Berkeley, California.
Directed a project to write and evaluate computer-assisted instruction programs in the humanities, 1975. Grant from the Office of the Chancellor, California State University and Colleges.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar Fellow, 1978, "Biblical History in Its Near Eastern Setting," Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar Fellow, 1987, "The Bible in the Light of Cuneiform Literature," Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Educational Support Services "Outstanding Faculty Award," 1989.
Meritorious Teaching Prize, 1990.
Fulbright-Hays "Seminars Abroad Program" in Indonesia, 1994.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar Fellow, 1995, "Palestinian Archaeology: Imagining the Past," University of Arizona, Tucson.
Co-editor (with William W. Hallo and Gerald L. Mattingly) of
The Bible in the Light of Cuneiform Literature: Scripture in
Context III. Ancient Near Eastern Texts and Studies, vol.
8. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1990.
Articles (most recent listed first):
"Rambam at the Yimka." English Today 54 (14:2 April 1998):
64.
"Cutting Deals and Striking Bargains." English Today 46
(12:2 April 1996): 35-40.
"From Gilgamesh to Qoheleth." In The Bible in the Light of
Cuneiform Literature: Scripture in Context III. Ed. William
W. Hallo, Bruce W. Jones and Gerald L. Mattingly ("Ancient Near
Eastern Texts and Studies," vol. 8.) Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen
Press, 1990. Pp. 349-79.
"Apostasy and Blasphemy in the Monotheistic Religions" [in
Persian, translated by Dr. Reza Azarmsa]. Simorgh October-
November 1990: 28-31.
"Religion and Politics: Are They Compatible?" USA Today
117:2518 (July 1988): 44-46.
"The Ambivalent Spouse Syndrome." Journal of Divorce
10(1986-87): 57-67.
"Using the Computer to Teach Methods and Interpretative Skills in
the Humanities: Implementing a Project." Resources in
Education. ERIC Document ED 210 961. 1982. 1-71.
"Antiochus Epiphanes and the Persecution of the Jews."
Scripture in Context: Essays on the Comparative Method.
Ed. Carl D. Evans et al. Pittsburgh Theological Monograph
Series, 34. Pittsburgh: Pickwick Press, 1980: 263-290.
"The So-Called Appendix to the Book of Esther." Semitics,
6(1978): 36-43.
"Two Misconceptions About the Book of Esther." Catholic
Biblical Quarterly 39 (1977): 171-181. Reprinted in
Studies in the Book of Esther. Ed. Carey A. Moore. The
Library of Biblical Studies. New York: Ktav, 1982. 437-447.
"Using the Computer to Teach Methods and Interpretative Skills
in the Humanities" (with Jacquelyn Ann Kegley). Proceedings
of the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society. Las Vegas:
DECUS, 1976. 781-785.
"Computer-Assisted Instruction in Religious Studies."
Bulletin of the Council on the Study of Religion. 5:2
(April 1974): 1, 18-19.
"Religious Studies As a Test-Case For Computer-Assisted
Instruction in the Humanities." Proceedings of a Fourth
Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Curricula.
Claremont, California: The Claremont Colleges, 1973. 226-231.
ERIC Document ED 079 992.
"Teaching Apocalyptic in the Seventies." Bulletin of the
American Academy of Religion 6:3 (Fall-Winter 1969): 5-
7.
"More About the Apocalypse As Apocalyptic." Journal of
Biblical Literature 87 (1968): 325-327.
"The Prayer in Daniel 9." Vetus Testamentum Quarterly of
the International Organization of Old Testament Scholars. 18
(1968): 488-493.
Book Review of Daniel: An Introduction and Commentary by Joyce G. Baldwin and Daniel and Revelation: A Study of Two Extraordinary Visions by James M. Efird. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 42 (1980): 382-383.
Book Review of Studies in the Book of Esther, ed. Carey A. Moore. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 45 (1983): 726- 728.
Book Review of Daniel by D. S. Russell. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 46 (1984): 327-328.
Book Review of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther by D. J. A. Clines and The Esther Scroll: The Story of the Story by D. J. A. Clines. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 48 (1986): 712- 714.
Book Review of Ezra, Nehemiah by H. G. M. Williamson. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 49 (1987): 660-661.
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