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DR. JAMES W. AAGESON
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 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 1989-2005 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, 2003-2004 Faculty Growth Committee, 2003-2004 Cultural Events Committee, 2003-2004
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in Early Palestinian Judaism and the New Testament with Special Reference to Romans 9-11, Bodleian Library, Oxford [Unpublished].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 (Hendrickson Publishers—forthcoming in the Library of Pauline Studies Series The Future of the Lutheran Tradition in a Global Context (Augsburg/Fortress—in progress) Co-editing with Arland Jacobson 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. "Judaizing" and "Lectionary, Early Jewish," Anchor Bible Dictionary. "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). pp. 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). Pp. 34-49. “Written Also for Our Sake: Paul’s Use of Scripture in the Four Major Epistles, with a Study of 1 Corinthians 10,” (Forthcoming in the McMaster Bingham NT Colloquium 2004 volume, Eerdmans,). “The Pastoral Epistles and The Acts of Paul: A Multiplex Approach to Authority in Paul’s Legacy,” (Forthcoming in the Lexington Theological Quarterly Review). “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 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 Kim for Dialog, 42:1, Spring 2003, pp. 93-94. Rome in the Bible and the Early Church ed. By Peter Oakes for Catholic Biblical Quarterly (forthcoming). The Conversion of the Imagination: Paul as Interpreter of Israel’s Scripture by Richard B. Hays for Trinity Seminary Review (forthcoming). Romans in Full Circle: A History of Interpretation by Mark Reasoner for Dialog (forthcoming). Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies by Craig A. Evans for the Catholic Biblical Quarterly (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.
Research in Progress Paul and Philippian Christianity: Texts and Contexts Religious Traditions and Pluralism in Israel and Palestine.
Professional Organizations:
American Academy of Religion Catholic Biblical Association of America Member of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly editorial Board Society of Biblical Literature
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
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