Michael J. Chan, Ph.D. 1937 Arlington St, Kingman, AZ 86401 (253) 227-2878 [email protected]
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Michael J. Chan, Ph.D. 1937 Arlington St, Kingman, AZ 86401 (253) 227-2878 [email protected] Education Doctor of Philosophy: Emory University, 2013 Dissertation: “The City on a Hill: A Tradition-Historical Study of the Wealth of Nations Tradition” Advisor: Dr. Brent A. Strawn. Committee Members: Drs. Joel M. LeMon, Martti Nissinen, and Jacob L. Wright Master of Arts in Old Testament: Luther Seminary, 2009 Thesis Supervisors: Drs. Terence Fretheim and Mark Throntveit Bachelor of Arts: Pacific Lutheran University, 2005 Major: Elementary Education (Certified in German) Minor: Classics Academic Awards and Grants Wabash Workshop for Early Career Theological School Faculty (2016-2017) Fellow of the Christian Leadership Initiative, American Jewish Council and the Shalom Hartman Institute (2014-2015) Tam Institute for Jewish Studies Travel/Research Grant (2012) Emory Competitive Research Grant (2011-2012) CIMO Fellowship of the University of Helsinki (2012) The David R. Blumenthal Award in Jewish Studies and the Humanities (2011) Tam Institute for Jewish Studies Travel/Research Grant (2011) ELCA Educational Grant (2010-2012) John Milton Prize in Old Testament (2009) G.M. & Minnie Bruce Award in New Testament (2009) Thrivent Leadership Grant (2008) Deutsche Evangelische Kirche Academic Scholarship for Language Study (2008) Grace Lutheran Church Scholarship (2007-Present) Employment History Owner, Heritage Media Network, December 2017-Present Occasional Preaching, Grace Lutheran Church, Kingman, AZ, September 2017-Present Occasional Writer, Kingman Daily Miner, August 2017-Present. Interim Pastor, Grace Lutheran Church, Kingman, AZ, April 2017-September 2017 United States Navy, January 2017-February 2017 (medical discharge) Assistant Professor of Old Testament: Luther Seminary, Fall 2013-Winter 2017 Adjunct Instructor of Old Testament: North Central University, Spring 2013-Present Theologian in Residence: Humble Walk Lutheran Church, Fall 2014-Spring 2015 Visiting Researcher and Lecturer: The University of Helsinki, 2012 Teaching Assistant: Akkadian: Emory University, Spring 2011, Professor: Dr. Jacob Wright Teaching Assistant: Interpretation of the Old Testament I & II: Emory University, 2009- 2010, Professor: Dr. Brent Strawn Research Assistant, Emory University, 2009-2010, Professor: Dr. Brent Strawn Research Assistant, Emory University, 2009, Professor: Dr. Joel LeMon Research Assistant, Luther Seminary, 2009, Professor: Dr. Terence Fretheim Adjunct Instructor of Old Testament, North Central University, 2008-2009 Teaching Assistant: Introductory Online Hebrew, Luther Seminary, 2009, Professor: Dr. Rebecca Thurman Hebrew Tutor, Luther Seminary, 2008-2009, Professor: Dr. Mark Throntveit Research Assistant, Luther Seminary, 2008, Professor: Dr. Kathryn Schifferdecker Research Assistant, Luther Seminary, 2007, Professor: Dr. Terence Fretheim Interim Youth Pastor, Grace Lutheran Church: Kingman, AZ, 2006 Research Assistant, The King’s College and Seminary, 2006, Professor: Dr. Daniel Gilbert Upward Bound Summer Program Teacher, Upward Bound in Tacoma, 2004 German Tutor, Pacific Lutheran University, 2003 2 A Christian Ministry in the National Park Site Chaplain, Glacier National Park, MT, 2001 Publications Books The City on a Hill: A Tradition-Historical Study of the Wealth of Nations Tradition. Forschungen zum Alten Testatment. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017. Coauthored with Eric Barreto, Exploring the Bible. Foundations for Learning, 2016. Co-Edited with Brent Strawn. God, World, and Suffering: Collected Essays of Terence Fretheim. Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015. Contributor with Ryan Bonfiglio (ed.) and Ingrid E. Lilly, A Study Companion to Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014. Pedagogy Editor, Inkling version of John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible and Deutero-Canonical Books. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014. Academic Articles, Essays, and Book Chapters Co-authored with Joshua C. Miller, “Apocalyptic Eschatology: Lutheran-Pentecostal Reflections on the End.” 2016. “City Unshakable: A Tradition-Historical Reassessment of Zion’s Inviolability.” Congress Volume: International Congress of Ethnic Chinese Biblical Scholars. Hong Kong, 2016. “Jehosheba,” “Jeroham,” “Jezebel,” “Jodan,” “Joed,” “Michael” (x10), “Molten Sea.” Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Edited by Hans-Josef Klauck, Bernard McGinn, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, and Eric Ziolkowski, 2016-2017. Co-authored with Joshua C. Miller, “Prayer that Prevails.” Word and World 35 (2015): 31- 39. “Sins of the Ancestors: Generational Sin and the Ecological Crisis.” In Blood Cries Out. Edited by A.J. Swoboda. Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2014. Co-authored with Maria Metzler. “Lions and Leopards and Bears, O My: Re-Reading Isa 11:6-9 in Light of Comparative Iconographic and Literary Evidence.” In Image, Text, Exegesis: Iconographic Interpretation and the Hebrew Bible. Edited by Izaak DeHulster and Joel M. LeMon. Bloomsbury, 2014. “The Bible and the Internet.” Oxford Biblical Studies Online: http://global.oup.com/obso/currentfocus/, 2014. 3 Wright, Jacob L. and Michael J. Chan. “Feasting: From Kings to Communities.” In The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology, 2013. “Joseph and Jehoiachin: On the Edge of Exodus.” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 125 (2013): 566-577. “Ira Regis: Comedic Inflections of Royal Rage in Jewish Court Tales.” Jewish Quarterly Review 103:1 (2013): 1-25. “yšb.” In vol. 2 of Theologisches Wörterbuch zu den Qumrantexten. Edited by Heinz-Josef Fabry and Ulrich Dahmen. 3 vols. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2013. “A Biblical Lexicon of Happiness.” Pages 323-370 in The Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness: What the Old and New Testaments Teach Us about the Good Life. Edited by Brent A. Strawn. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Co-authored with Jacob L. Wright. “King and Eunuch: Isaiah 56:1-8 in Light of Honorific Royal Burial Practices.” Journal of Biblical Literature 131 (2012): 99-119. “Egypt and the Bible: A Study Guide” Oxford Biblical Studies Online (www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com), 2012. “Temples in the Hebrew Bible and in the Archaeological Record of Syria-Palestine: A Study Guide” Oxford Biblical Studies Online (www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com), 2012. “Empire: A Study Guide.” Oxford Biblical Studies Online (www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com), 2012. “Reflecting on Roots: Robert Jenson’s Theology of Judaism in a Pentecostal Key.” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 20 (2011): 27-37. “gyl.” In Theologisches Wörterbuch zu den Qumrantexten. Edited by Heinz-Josef Fabry and Ulrich Dahmen. 3 vols. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2011. “Cyrus, Yhwh’s Bird of Prey (Isa. 46.11): Echoes of an ANE Metaphor.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 35 (2010): 113-127. “Isaiah 65-66 and the Genesis of Reorienting Speech.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72 (2010): 445-463. “Rhetorical Reversal and Usurpation: Isa 10:5-34 and the Use of Neo-Assyrian Royal Ideology in the Construction of an Anti-Assyrian Theology.” Journal of Biblical Literature 128 (2009): 717-733. Translations (German-English) “Beauty: New Testament,” “Circumcision in Modern Judaism,” “Covenant: Ancient Near 4 East,” “Covenant: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.” “Tell Deir Alla.” In The Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Edited by Leong Seow and Hermann Spieckermann. Berlin: De Gruyter, in press. Popular Publications “All Starz Dancers Give Audience an ‘Under the Sea’ Thriller. Nov 13, 2018. https://kdminer.com/news/2018/nov/13/all-starz-dancers-give-audience-under-sea-thriller/ “A Court for Helping Veterans in Need.” Kingman Daily Miner, Nov 10, 2017. https://kdminer.com/news/2018/nov/10/court-helping-veterans-need/ “More Good’ Visits Kingman for Stories of Kindness. Kingman Daily Miner, December 1, 2017. https://kdminer.com/news/2017/dec/01/more-good-visits-kingman-stories-kindness/ “Praise Chapel partners with courts to offer faith-based addiction recovery program.” Kingman Daily Miner, September 17, 2017. https://kdminer.com/news/2017/sep/17/praise- chapel-partners-courts-offer-faith-based-ad/ “From Wittenberg to Kingman: 500 Years of the Protestant Reformation.” Kingman Daily Miner, August 14, 2017. https://kdminer.com/news/2017/aug/14/wittenberg-kingman/ “Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah.” Bible Odyssey: http://www.bibleodyssey.org/people/related- articles/leonard-cohens-hallelujah.aspx “Art and Archaeology of Nineveh.” Bible Odyssey: http://www.bibleodyssey.org/places/related-articles/art-and-archaeology-of-nineveh.aspx Video Interview: “Bible and Iconography.” Bible Odyssey: http://www.bibleodyssey.org/tools/video-gallery/b/bible-and-iconography-chan.aspx Video Interview: “Egypt in the Bible.” Bible Odyssey: http://www.bibleodyssey.org/tools/video-gallery/e/egypt-in-the-bible-chan.aspx Sparkhouse Old Testament Content Editor, 2014 “Parental Guidance Suggested: On Talking with Young People about “Adult Content” in the Bible” Enter the Bible. Including Podcast. Contributing Editor: “Why Follow Luther Past 2017?: A Contemporary Lutheran Approach to Inter-Religious Relations,” ELCA Consultative Panel on Lutheran-Jewish Relations. “Educating Future Clergy Online?: Seminaries are Trying New Formulas, but in-Person Teaching Still Matters.” Metro Lutheran. October 10, 2013. Article Author/Interviewer, Marc Hequet. http://metrolutheran.org/2013/10/educating-future- clergy-online/ Working Preaching Articles: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; 1 Kings 19:9-18; Isaiah 9:2-7;