STANLEY E. PORTER _____________________________________________________________________________________________ President and Dean of Theology, and Professor of New Testament Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Worldview McMaster Divinity College 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada (+1) 905-525-9140 ext. 23500 (assistant) (+1) 905-577-4782 (fax) [email protected] Session in Honor of Stanley E. Porter on His 60th Birthday, Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics Section, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, 21 November 2016 Festschrift: The Language and Literature of the New Testament: Essays in Honor of Stanley E. Porter’s 60th Birthday. Ed. Lois K. Fuller Dow, Craig A. Evans, and Andrew W. Pitts. Biblical Interpretation Series 150. Leiden: Brill, 2017 (appeared in 2016). xxvi + 821 pp. Education Ph.D. UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, Sheffield, UK, Departments of Biblical Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts (9.83-7.87), May 1988. Thesis: ‘Verbal Aspect in the Greek of the New Testament, with Reference to Tense and Mood.’ Supervisors: Professor Dr. John W. Rogerson (Biblical Studies), Mr. Nigel J.C. Gotteri (Linguistics) and Dr. Anthony C. Thiselton (New Testament) M.A. Biblical Studies (New Testament), summa cum laude, TRINITY EVANGELICAL DIVINITY SCHOOL, Deerfield, IL, USA (9.80-6.82), June 1982. Thesis: ‘Reconciliation in Romans 5:1-11.’ Supervisors: Dr. Walter L. Liefeld and Dr. Grant R. Osborne M.A. English, CLAREMONT GRADUATE SCHOOL, Claremont, CA, USA (9.79-5.80), May 1980 Greek Study, TALBOT THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, BIOLA UNIVERSITY, La Mirada, CA, USA, summer 1979 B.A. English, summa cum laude, POINT LOMA COLLEGE, San Diego, CA, USA (10.74-12.77), December 1977 Employment and Professional Activities This section provides a conspectus of my post-undergraduate employment and professional activities under the following categories: (1) academic/teaching positions, (2) other academic appointments and invited lectureships, (3) academic administration, (4) editorial activities, 1. Academic/Teaching Positions Professor of New Testament, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 7.2001-current; Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Worldview, 6.2013-current I have taught courses at MDiv/MTS level and, currently, at MA/PhD level. These include: Advanced Language and Linguistics, History of Biblical Interpretation, Linguistic Modelling, Papyrology and Textual Criticism, Septuagint Studies, and Linguistic Stylistics Stanley E. Porter 2 ________________________________________________________________________________ I have successfully supervised numerous master’s level theses and 21 successful PhD dissertations (11 of them published) My current PhD students are writing on a range of topics, including Greek linguistics, textual criticism, Mark, Acts, Ephesians, 1–2 Peter and Jude, Revelation, and parables Research Professor in New Testament, School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Surrey Roehampton, London (now Roehampton University), UK, 8.2000-7.2001; Professor of Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Surrey Roehampton (formerly Roehampton Institute London 6.94-12.99; now Roehampton University), UK, 6.94-7.2000 I successfully supervised numerous master’s level theses and 13 successful PhD dissertations (7 of them published). These dissertations were on a range of topics: Greek linguistics, literary theory, corpus linguistics, the NPP, the Haustafeln, word order, and Hebrews Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada, 8.92-8.94 Adjunct Professor of New Testament, Northwest Baptist Theological College and Seminary (Associated Canadian Theological Schools), Langley, BC, Canada, 8.93-8.94 Adjunct Professor of New Testament, Canadian Baptist Seminary (Associated Canadian Theological Schools), Langley, BC, Canada, 8.92-5.93 Associate Professor of Greek, 8.90-8.91, Assistant Professor of Greek, 8.88-8.90, Department of Foreign Languages, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, USA Adjunct Professor of New Testament and Theology, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, USA, 8.89-8.91 Instructor in Bible and Theology, Linguistics, and English, Departments of Bible and English, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, USA, 9.87-5.88 Instructor in English, Department of English, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, USA, 9.82-5.83 2. Other Academic Appointments and Invited Lectureships Visiting Professor, Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven, Belgium, 22-27 August 2016: ‘Insights from Paul’s Pastoral Epistles’ Visiting Professor, School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Surrey Roehampton, London, UK, 9.2001-8.2004 Sven Håkan Ohlsson Guest Professor (first), Departments of Classics and Theology, Lund University, Sweden, September-December 1999 Presidential Address, Canadian Society of Biblical Studies annual meeting, Vancouver, BC, 1-3 June 2019: ‘Where Have All the Greek Grammarians Gone? Reprising a Theme’ Invited Speaker, Saint Paul and Classical Rhetoric Conference, University of Strasburg, France, 16-17 May 2018: ‘Paul among the Rhetors and Epistolographers’ Invited Paper, Linguistics and New Testament Greek: Key Issues in the Current Debate, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 26-27 April 2019: ‘Current Linguistic Schools’ Plenary Speaker, Eastern Great Lakes Regional Society of Biblical Literature, 14-15 March 2019: ‘Linguistic Stylistics and the New Testament: Overlooked Potential for Biblical Interpretation’ Lindsey and Lois Ellis Lectures in New Testament Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, 28 February-1 March 2019: ‘Can Greek Linguistics Inform New Testament Theology? Lecture 1: The Origins of New Testament Theology and Greek Linguistics; Lecture 2: The Present State of New Testament Theology and Greek Linguistics; Lecture 3: The Future of New Testament Theology and Greek Linguistics’ Invited Concluding Paper, The Pastoral Epistles: Common Themes, Individual Compositions? Expert Meeting at ETF Leuven, 30 November 2018: ‘The Pastoral Epistles: Common Themes, Individual Compositions? Concluding Reflections’ Stanley E. Porter 3 ________________________________________________________________________________ Guest Lecture, New Testament 2, ETF Leuven, 29 November 2018: ‘The New Perspective on Paul’ Invited Paper, History of Biblical Interpretation section, Institute for Biblical Research Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 16-17 November 2018: ‘Reflections from the Editor of “Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation,” Vols. 1 and 2’ Plenary Speaker, Christian Higher Education Canada Symposium 2018 on Christian Higher Education, Crowne Plaza Toronto Airport Hotel, Toronto, ON, 26-27 October 2018: “The Past, Present, and Future of Seminary Education in Canada’ Invited Participant, Sociolinguistics Symposium Twenty Two: Crossing Borders: South, North, East, West, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 27-30 June 2018: ‘The Complex Multilingualism of Paul the Apostle’ Invited Seminar Presentation, Laidlaw College, Auckland, New Zealand, 26 June 2018: ‘The Place of Linguistics in the Interpretation of Scripture’ Invited Public Lecture, Laidlaw College, Auckland, New Zealand, 25 June 2018: ‘Metaphor in the New Testament: Expressing the Inexpressible through Language’ Invited Seminar Presentation, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 22 June 2018: ‘What Is the Relationship between Exegesis and Our Views of Greek, or Vice Versa?’ Invited Public Lecture, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 21 June 2018: ‘Metaphor in the New Testament: Expressing the Inexpressible through Language’ Plenary Speaker, Putting the Pieces Together: Formalizing Units and Relations in the Biblical Languages, Bingham Colloquium, McMaster Divinity College, 15 June 2018: ‘The Limitations and Opportunities of Linguistic Theory in New Testament Greek Language Study’ Invited Learning Session Speaker, CBOQ Assembly 2018, Lead with Love, 7-9 June 2018: ‘Balancing Scriptural Interpretation’ Invited Speaker, Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics Section, Society of Biblical Literature 2017 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 18-21 November 2017: ‘Review of Steve Runge and Christopher Fresch, eds., The Greek Verb Revisited’ Invited Speaker, A Summary, Response, and Interaction with Biblical Leadership: Theology for the Everyday Leader, Evangelical Theological Society 2017 Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, 15-17 November 2017: ‘Conflict Resolution: Leadership and the Jerusalem Council’ Invited Presentation, Mt. Hamilton Baptist Church Podluck Dinner, Hamilton, ON, 20 October 2017: ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Interpreting the Bible: Perspectives for Mt. Hamilton Podluck’ Invited Speaker, Herman Hoskier and the Future of Textual Scholarship on the Bible, 28-30 August 2017, Dublin City University School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music: ‘The Domains of Textual Criticism and the Future of Textual Scholarship’ Expertmeeting, TU Kampen, the Netherlands, 21 April 2017: ‘The Use of Greek in First-Century Palestine: A Diachronic and Synchronic Examination’ Invited Scholar, Lee University, Cleveland, TN, 23-24 March 2017, including public and classroom lectures, and a variety of other events: Discussion of 1 Cor 14:33b-36 and Philip B. Payne’s text-critical argument with MA in Biblical and Theological Studies students, question and answer with the Koine Greek Club over Acts of Paul and