Highlights
Why I teach at Covenant Theological Seminary
Department
Scripture and Interpretation
Faculty Member Since
2007
Contact Information
To reach me, please call or e-mail Gerry Reimer, our Faculty Secretary, at 314.434.4044, ext. 4201, or gerry.reimer@covenantseminary.edu
Educational Background
- BA (biology), McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
- CNMT (Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist), St. Joseph’s School of Nuclear Medicine Technology, Towson, MD
- MDiv (biblical studies concentration), Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO
- PhD, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Expertise
Areas of Competence
- Introduction to Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
- The interaction of literary, historical, and theological contexts in biblical narrative interpretation
- Critical concerns in recent study of historical books of the Old Testament
- Biblical Hebrew
Specialized Research Areas
- Former Prophets (Joshua to Kings)
- Northern Prophetic Narratives (Elijah and Elisha) in Kings
- Literary and linguistic coherence and textuality in Hebrew narrative
- Hebrew narrative grammar and syntax and its role in exegesis
Classes I Teach
- Hebrew
- Hebrew in Exegesis
- The Pentateuch
- Old Testament History
- Other Old Testament courses as needed