Vita
VITA
JAMES W. AAGESON
Address: Concordia College, Department of Religion
Moorhead, Minnesota 56562
Phone: Office: [218] 299-3425 Home: [218] 233-7374
E-mail: aageson@cord.edu
http://www.cord.edu/faculty/aageson/JWAageson.html
Date of Birth: 24 November 1947
Denomination: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Family Status: Married, three grown children
Special Field:
New Testament, Second Temple Judaism, The Origins of Christianity
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Oxford, Mansfield College, Oxford, England, 1984
Master of Theology, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1977
Master of Divinity, Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1976
Bachelor of Arts, Honors, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, 1970.
Major: History
Theses Topics:
Doctor of Philosophy
"Paul's Use of Scripture: A Comparative Study of Biblical Interpretation in Early Palestinian Judaism and the New Testament with Special Reference to Romans 9-11."
Supervised by Dr. Geza Vermes and Dr. Anthony Harvey.Examined by Professor George B. Caird, The University of Oxford, and Professor Barnabas Lindars, The University of Manchester.
Master of Theology
"Paul's Use of the Old Testament in Galatians 4:21-31." Supervised by Dr. Paul J. Achtemeier.
Post-Graduate Study:
"Paul, Christology, and Jewish Wisdom Tradition," Oxford University, 1988.
"Pauline Language and Semantic Theory," Oxford University, 1992.
"Archaeology and First Century Palestine," Israel, 1995.
"Crossroads of Early Christianity" Seminar, Turkey, 1999.
"Jews, Christians, and Muslims: Religious Pluralism in Israel," 2000.
Areas of Graduate Study Other than Special Field:
Old Testament Early Christian Theology
History of Biblical Interpretation Judaism of the Second Temple Period
Old and New Testament Theology Septuagint Studies
Gospel Narratives and Literary Study
Areas of Teaching Competence:
Primary:
Introduction to the New Testament
Pauline Studies
Acts
Literary Approaches to the Synoptics
Christian Origins
Early Jewish Scriptural Hermeneutics
The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament
Methodology and Biblical Interpretation
Secondary:
The Pentateuch as Literature
Jewish-Christian Relations
Intertestamental Literature
The Historical Jesus
History, Religion, and Culture of the Middle East
Recent Courses Taught:
Jesus the Jew, Jesus the Christ
Paul: Apostle or Apostate
Jews and Christians: Tradition and Conflict
Jerusalem: Heavenly City, Earthly City
Christian Traditions: The Empire of Rome and the Kingdom of God
(taught in Greece)
Christianity and Religious Diversity
Global Studies Through the Window of the Middle East
Senior Research Seminar for Religion Majors
Biblical Hermeneutics
Professional Experience:
2003-present Chair, Division of Arts and Humanities
1998-present Professor of Biblical Studies, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota
1993-1998 Chair, Department of Religion, Concordia College
1991-1998 Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota
1987- Assistant Professor (occasional), CHARIS Ecumenical Center, Moorhead, Minnesota
1985-1991 Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota
1984 Pastoral ministry, Hope Lutheran Church, Anaconda, Montana
1977-1980 Pastoral ministry, Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Great Falls, Montana
1979 Instructor in New Testament, Northern Rockies Institute of Theology
1970-1972 High school teacher of American History and Political Science
Committee Responsibilities: (past and present)
Library Committee
Faculty Center
Faculty Senate 1989-2008
CHARIS Summer Theological Conference Committee
Faculty Cabinet
CHARIS Ecumenical Institute Board of Directors, 1996-2002
Core Curriculum Committee
Faith, Reason, and World Affairs Symposium, 1996, 2003, 2004
Faculty Executive Committee, 1997-2001
Nobel Peace Prize Forum, 1998
Presidential Search Committee, Concordia College, 1998
Promotion, Tenure, and Evaluation, 2001
Budget Planning Committee, 2002
Faculty Development Coordinating Committee, 2003-2007
Faculty Growth Committee, 2003-2007
Cultural Events Committee, 2003-2008
Core Curriculum Formation Task Force, 2005
Chair, First-Year Inquiry Seminar Implementation Working Group 2006
Chair, Concordia Environmental Sustainability Task Force 2006-2008
Honors, Grants, and Awards:
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1970
Luther Theological Seminary Scholarships for Outstanding Academic Achievement, 1973 and 1975, AAL British Overseas Student Grant
Who's Who in Biblical Archaeology and Bible Studies
Global Studies Grant, Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education, 1987
Summer Professional Development Grant, Concordia College, 1988, 1995, 1997
Centennial Alumni Recognition: Pacific Lutheran University, 1990
Centennial Summer Research Grant, Concordia College, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2005
Knight Foundation Global Studies Grant to South Africa and Namibia, 1993
Dovre Center Lutheran Heritage Travel Grant, 2006
Wije Distinguished Professor, 2008-2010
Publications:
Books:
Paul's Use of Scripture: A Comparative Study of Biblical Interpretation in Early Palestinian Judaism and the New Testament with Special Reference to Romans 9-11, Bodleian Library, Oxford [Unpublished].
Written Also for Our Sake: Paul and the Art of Biblical Interpretation (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993).
In the Beginning: Critical Concepts for the Study of the Bible (Boulder and Oxford: Westview Press, 2000).
Paul, the Pastoral Epistles, and the Early Church (Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson Publishers, 2008).
The Future of the Lutheran Tradition in a Global Context, Co-edited with Arland Jacobson (Minneapolis:Augsburg/Fortress Press, 2008).
Articles:
"Scripture and Structure in the Development of the Argument in Romans 9-11," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 48 [April, 1986]: 265-289.
"Typology, Correspondence, and the Application of Scripture in Romans 9-11," Journal for the Study of the New Testament 31 [October, 1987]: 51-72. Reprinted in Porter, Stanley E. and Evans, Craig A. The Pauline Writings: A Sheffield Reader, (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995). pp. 76-97.
"The Resurrection of Jesus and the Synoptic Tradition," Entree 4 [November 1987]: 18-20.
"City Building and the Benefits of Babel," The Christian Century 106 [May 17, 1989]: 515-516.
"Paul's Gospel and the Language of Control: A Summary, " Teaching at Concordia 16/2 (1993-1994): 34-36.
"Control in Pauline Language and Culture: A Study of Rom. 6", New Testament Studies 42 (January, 1996): 75-89.
"A Theoretical Context for Understanding I Cor 1:18-2:16," Teaching at Concordia 19 (1996-1997): 1-3.
"2 Timothy and Its Theology: In Search of a Theological Pattern," Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers, 36 (1997): 692-714.
"Paul and Judaism: The Apostle in the Context of Recent Interpretation," Word and World 20, #3 (Summer, 2000): 249-256.
"Remember This," Sojourners (March-April, 2001): 40-43.
"The Pastoral Epistles, Apostolic Authority, and the Development of the Pauline Scriptures" in The Pauline Canon. ed. Stanley E. Porter, vol. 1, Pauline Studies (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2004). 5-26.
"1 Peter 2:11-3:7: Slaves, Wives, and the Complexities of Interpretation" in The Feminist Companion to the Catholic Epistles and Hebrews. ed. Amy-Jill Levine (London and New York: T & T Clark International, 2004). 34-49.
"Written Also for Our Sake: Paul's Use of Scripture in the Four Major Epistles, with a Study of 1 Corinthians 10." in Hearing the old Testament in the New Testament. ed. Stanley E. Porter (Grand Rapids and Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2006). 152-181.
"The Pastoral Epistles and The Acts of Paul: A Multiplex Approach to Authority in Paul's Legacy,"
Lexington Theological Quarterly, 41 (2006): 237-248.
"Justification by Faith and the Biblical Scholar's Craft" (Forthcoming in a volume of essays by Kirkus Press).
Web Articles:
"Reading Biblical Texts: Truth, Fact, and Myth, Bible and Interpretation. http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/aageson_biblicaltext.htm
Dictionary Articles
"Judaizing" and "Lectionary, Early Jewish," Anchor Bible Dictionary.
Doubleday: New York.
"Paul as Interpreter of the Bible" Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation
Routledge: London and New York.
Reviews:
The People of God by Markus Barth for the Journal of Jewish Studies, Spring 1985, p. 140.
Jesus and Paul: Signs of Contradiction by Wilfrid Harrington for Interpretation, January 1988, pp. 97-98.
The Anointed Community by Gary M. Burge for Interpretation, October, 1989,pp. 426-428.
Manners and Customs in the Bible by Victor H. Matthews for Interpretation, July, 1990, pp. 315-317.
The Bible, the Church, and the Poor by Clodovis Boff and Faith and Wealth: A History of Early Christian Ideas on the Origin, Significance, and Use of Money by Justo L. Gonzalez for Interpretation, January, 1992, pp. 99-100.
The Spirit of the Ten Commandments: Shattering the Myth of Rabbinic Legalism by Roger Brooks for Shofar, winter, 1992, pp. 151-152.
Disinheriting the Jews: Abraham in Early Christian Controversy by Jeffery S. Siker for Interpretation, January, 1993, pp. 88-90.
The Orphan Gospel: Mark's Perspective on Jesus by Dean W. Chapman for Interpretation, January, 1995, pp. 106-108.
Pain and Polemic: Anti-Judaism in the Gospels by George M. Smiga for Dialogue and Alliance, Fall/Winter, 1995, pp. 119-121.
Christians and the New Creation: Genesis Motifs in the New Testament by Paul Sevier Minear for Theology Today, July, 1995, p. 304.
Preface to the Study of Paul, by Stephen Westerholm for Lutheran Quarterly, summer, 1999, pp. 229-232.
Paul: The Man and Myth, by Calvin Roetzel for Dialog, summer, 2000, pp. 156-157.
Reinventing Paul by John Gager for Dialog, vol. 40:4, Winter 2001, pp. 314-316.
Paul and the New Perspective: Second Thoughts on the Origin of Paul's Gospel by Seyoon Kimfor Dialog, 42:1, Spring 2003, pp. 93-94.
The Conversion of the Imagination: Paul as Interpreter of Israel's Scripture by Richard B. Hays for Trinity Seminary Review 27:2, Summer/Fall 2006, pp. 155-156.
Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies by Craig A. Evans for the Catholic Biblical Quarterly 69:1, January 2007, pp. 144-145.
Romans in Full Circle: A History of Interpretation by Mark Reasoner for Dialog, 46:1, Spring 2007, pp. 78-79.
The Significance of Salvation: A Study of Salvation Language in the Pastoral Epistles by George W. Wieland for Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 70, January 2008, pp. 177-178.
The Pastoral Epistles: First Timothy, Second Timothy, Titus by Benjamin Fiore for Catholic Biblical Quarterly. forthcoming.
Paul and Ancient Views of Sexual Desire: Paul's Sexual Ethics in 1 Thessalonians 4, 1 Corinthians 7 and Romans 1 by J. Edward Ellis in the Society of Biblical Literature Reviews. forthcoming.
Presentations, Lectures, Addresses:
"Paul's Citations and the Problem of 'Context'," given at The New Testament Seminar, Oxford University, 1983.
"The Text of Paul's Citations and His Manner of Quoting From Scripture," given at The Jewish Studies Seminar, Oxford University, 1983.
"Scripture and Structure in Romans 9-11," given at The New Testament Seminar, Oxford University, 1983.
"Paul at the Crossroads of Judaism," given at Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1985.
"The Bible: Ancient Book, Modern Text," given at the Science and Theology Forum, North Dakota State University, Fargo, 1988.
"'And the Rock was Christ': I Corinthians 10:4 Revisited," given at the SBL annual meeting, New Orleans, 1990.
"Semantic Domains and Paul's Use of Language," given at the SBL annual meeting, San Francisco, 1992.
"Control in Pauline Language and Culture," given at the SBL annual meeting in Washington, D.C., 1993.
"The Narrative World of Mark's Gospel," lectures given at the 1994 Theological Conference of the Rocky Mountain Synod ELCA, Estes Park, Colorado, 1994.
"Messiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls," seminar given at the Charis Summer Theological Conference, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1994.
"Control in Rom. 6: A Study in Language and Culture," given at the SBL annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois, 1994.
"Canons Within the Canon," seminar given at the Charis Summer Theological Conference, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1996."The Language of 'Control' in Galatians 3-4," given at the CBA annual meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1996.
"Power and Wisdom: Semantics and Culture in I Cor 1:18-2:16," given at the SBL annual meeting, New Orleans, 1996.
"2 Timothy and Its Theology: In Search of a Theological Pattern," given at the SBL annual meeting, San Francisco, 1997.
"I Corinthians 1:18-2:16 and Church Conflict," given at Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1999.
"Titus and Life in the Household of God" and "Philippians, Friendship, and Imprisonment" lectures given on the "Crossroads of Early Christianity" traveling seminar in Greece and Turkey, 1999.
"Paul and Judaism: the Apostle in the Context of Recent Interpretation," Paul on the Ground: Sites and Images from the world of Paul," and "Paul and the Introspective Conscience after Almost Forty Years," lectures given at the Charis Summer Theological Conference, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1999.
"Philippians and the Pastoral Epistles: The Linchpin in a Debate," given at the CBA annual meeting, South Bend, Indiana, 1999.
"The Theology of the Cross, the New Testament, and the Contemporary Church," given at the ELCA Convocation of Teaching Theologians, Chicago, 2000.
"Ignatius, Polycarp, and Clement: The Pastorals and the Legacy of the Apostle Paul," given at the CBA annual meeting at Seton Hall University, 2001.
"The Problem of Memory: Israel's Dilemma," given at the Concordia College Faculty Colloquium, November 2001.
"Paul, the Pastoral Epistles, and the Emerging Church: Irenaeus, Tertullian, Clement, and Origen," given at the CBA annual meeting at John Carroll University, 2002.
"Sociology, Language, and Narrative World: 1 Timothy and the Household of God," given at the SBL annual meeting, Toronto, 2002.
"Written Also for Our Sake: Paul's Use of Scripture in the Four Major Epistles," given at the McMaster Divinity College Bingham New Testament Colloquium, Hamilton Ontario, 2003.
"The Pastoral Epistles and The Acts of Paul: A Multiplex Approach to Authority in Paul's Legacy,"
given at the SBL annual meeting, Philadelphia, 2005.
"Paul and Scripture: A Response to the Work of Sylvia Keesmaat, J. Ross Wagner, and Roy Ciampa"
given at the SBL annual meeting, Philadelphia, 2005.
"Justification by Faith and the Biblical Scholar's Craft" given at the ELCA Convocation of Teaching Theologians, Gustavus Adolphus College, 2006.
"Themes in Second Temple Judaism" a series of lectures presented at the Northwest Wisconsin Synod, ELCA, Lay School of Theology, 2008.
Research in Progress:Paul and the development of post-New Testament Christianity:
From Biblical Text to Biblical Interpretation to Christian Theology
Professional Organizations:American Academy of Religion
Catholic Biblical Association of America
Member of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly editorial board
Society of Biblical Literature
JAMES W. AAGESON
