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Curriculum Vitae Vern Sheridan Poythress GENERAL Born: 29 March 1946, Madera, Calif., USA. Citizenship: USA. Address: 510 Twickenham Road, Glenside, PA 19038-2033 Home phone: 215-885-7785 e-mail: [email protected] Family: wife, Diane M. Poythress; married August 6, 1983 sons, Ransom H. Poythress, born Dec. 10, 1984 Justin N. Poythress, born June 29, 1987 Institution: Professor of New Testament Interpretation Westminster Theological Seminary, P.O. Box 27009, Philadelphia, PA 19118-0009 physical location: 2960 W. Church Road, Glenside, PA 19038 215-887-5511 office phone: 215-572-3820 fax: 215-887-5404 EDUCATION 1979: University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa. D.Th., New Testament, 1981. 1974-76: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. M.Litt., New Testament, 1977. 1971-74: Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA 19118. M.Div., 1974, honors program. Th.M., apologetics, 1974. summers, 1971, 1972: Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73070. 1966-70: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. Ph.D., mathematics, 1970. 1963-66: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109. B.S., mathematics, 1966, with honor (valedictorian). TEACHING 1987- : professor of New Testament interpretation, Westminster Theological Seminary 1981-87: associate professor of New Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. 1976-81: assistant professor of New Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA 19118. summer, 1977: adjunct assistant professor of linguistics, Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73070. summer, 1975: staff member in phonetics, Summer Institute of Linguistics, High Wycombe, England. summer, 1974: lecturer in mathematical linguistics, Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73070. Jan., 1973: assistant in Hebrew, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA 19118. 1970-71: assistant professor of mathematics, Fresno State College, Fresno, Calif. 1970: teaching fellow in mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. summer, 1969: teaching assistant in mathematics, Fresno State College, Fresno, Calif. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY 2008-2009: writer, World Magazine 2005-2018: editor, Westminster Theological Journal. 1990- : member of the Evangelical Theological Society. 1981-2004: associate editor, Westminster Theological Journal. 1978-90: member of the Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States. 1978-79: book review editor, Westminster Theological Journal. 1973-74: editorial assistant, Westminster Theological Journal. summer, 1973: summer assistant, Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Burtonsville, MD. CHURCH: presently a minister emeritus in the Eastern Pennsylvania Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in America 1981: ordained as a minister in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod. 1976-81: member of Christ Reformed Presbyterian Church (Evangelical Synod), 210 Plymouth Ave., Oreland, PA 19075. PRIZES 1998: first place in the Biblical Exposition category for the Evangelical Press Association, for the article “Keep on Praying!” Decision (October, 1998). 2010: accepted for Cambridge Who's Who among Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs. Bibliography of Vern Sheridan Poythress Vern Poythress Bibliography Articles 1969. “The Baptism of the Holy Spirit: What Does It Mean?” Torch and Trumpet 19/2 (Feb.):8-10; 19/3 (Mar.):18-19; 19/4 (Apr.):7-9. 1969. “The Structure of Truth: SDS and the Harvard Establishment,” a paper distributed at Harvard University after the Harvard strike. 1970. “Partial Algebras,” Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1972. “From Three Fuddlers,” in Eutychus and Kin, Christianity Today 16/16 (May 12, 1972):756-57. 1972. Coauthored with Hugo Sun. “A Method to Construct Convex, Connected Venn Diagrams for Any Finite Number of Sets,” The Pentagon 31/2:80-82. 1972. “Unconditional Election,” Synapse II 1/1:6. 1973. “A Formalism for Describing Rules of Conversation,” Semiotica 7/4:285-99. 1973. “Partial Morphisms on Partial Algebras,” Algebra Universalis 3/2:182-202. 1974. “An Approach to Evangelical Philosophy of Science,” Th.M. thesis, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa. 1974. “Creation and Mathematics; or What Does God Have to Do with Numbers?” The Journal of Christian Reconstruction 1/1:128-40. 1974. “Embedded Pronoun Reference,” Information and Control 24/4:336-57. 1974. “Ezra 3, Union with Christ, and Exclusive Psalmody,” Westminster Theological Journal 37/1:74-94. 1974. “Is God’s Sovereignty Antagonistic to Human Responsibility?” Synapse III, 4-5. 1974. “The Scope and Character of Godly Living,” Synapse III, 6. 1975. “Baptism in the Holy Spirit,” The Outlook 25/5 (May):11-15. 1975. “Ezra 3, Union with Christ, and Exclusive Psalmody (Sequel),” Westminster Theological Journal 37/2:218-35. 1975. “Is Romans 13-4 a Pauline Confession After All?” Expository Times 87/6:180-83. 1975. “Problems for Limited Inerrancy,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 18/2:93-104. Reprinted in Evangelicals and Inerrancy. Ed. Ronald Youngblood. Nashville: Nelson, 1984. Pp. 174-185. 1975. Review. Harry L. Downs: The Distinction Between Power-Word and Text-Word in Recent Reformed Thought: The View of Scripture Set Forth by Some Representatives of The Philosophy of the Law-Idea. Nutley, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1974. In Westminster Theological Journal 37/3:410-13. 1976. “Baptism in the Holy Spirit,” Journal of Korean Theological Seminary, Pusan 3:116-27. [Korean translation of the 1975 article in The Outlook .] 1976. “A Biblical View of Mathematics,” in Foundations of Christian Scholarship, ed. Gary North. Vallecito, CA: Ross House. Pp. 159-88. 1976. “The Holy Ones of the Most High in Daniel VII,” Vetus Testamentum 26/2 (Apr.):208-213. 1976. “Mathematical Representations of Sociolinguistic Restraints on Three-Person Conversations,” Information and Control 30/3:234-46. 1976. Philosophy, Science and the Sovereignty of God. Nutley, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed. 1976. Review. Edgar Krentz: The Historical-Critical Method. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1975. In Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 19/3:260. 1976. Review. Gerhard Maier: Das Ende der historisch-critischen Methode. In Westminster Theological Journal 38/3:415-17. 1976. “Structural Relations in Pauline Expressions for the Application of Redemption (With Special Reference to Holiness),” M.Litt. thesis, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. 1976. “Tagmemic Analysis of Elementary Algebra,” Semiotica 17/2:131-51. 1977. “The Nature of Corinthian Glossolalia: Possible Options,” Westminster Theological Journal 40/1:130-35. 1977. Review. (Compiler) Ronald E. Pitkin: Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Volume X. Index Volume. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976. In Westminster Theological Journal 39/2:418-20. 1977. Review. (Eds.) Samuel J. Schultz and Morris A. Inch: Interpreting the Word of God. In Westminster Theological Journal 39/2:408-409. 1977. Review. D. L. Baker: Two Testaments, One Bible. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1976. In Westminster Theological Journal 40/1:194-95. 1977. Review. Harry Boer: Above the Battle? The Bible and its Critics. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975. In Westminster Theological Journal 40/1:195-97. 1977. Review. Daniel Patte: What Is Structural Exegesis? Philadelphia: Fortress, 1976. And Daniel Patte, ed.: Semiology and Parables: Exploration of the Possibilities Offered by Structuralism for Exegesis. Pittsburgh: Pickwick, 1976. In Westminster Theological Journal 40/1:181-82. 1978. “Ground Rules of New Testament Interpretation: A Review Article,” Westminster Theological Journal 41/1:190-201. 1978. Review. Robert Detweiler: Story, Sign, and Self: Phenomenology and Structuralism as Literary-Critical Methods. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1978. In Westminster Theological Journal 41/1:210-11. 1978. “Structuralism and Biblical Studies,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 21/3:221-37. 1978. “Thirteen-Box Tagmemic Theory as a Method for Displaying Semi-independent Language Variables,” Studies in Language 2/1:71-85. 1979. “Analysing a Biblical Text: Some Important Linguistic Distinctions,” Scottish Journal of Theology 32/2:113-37. 1979. “Analysing a Biblical Text: What Are We After?” Scottish Journal of Theology 32/4:319-31. 1979. “Philosophical Roots of Phenomenological and Structuralist Literary Criticism,” Westminster Theological Journal 41/1:165-71. 1980. “Linguistic and Sociological Analyses of Modern Tongues-Speaking: Their Contributions and Limitations,” Westminster Theological Journal 42/2:367-388. Reprinted in Speaking in Tongues: A Guide to Research on Glossolalia. Ed. Watson E. Mills. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986. Pp. 469-489. 1980. Review. H. J. B. Combrink: Structural Analysis of Acts 6:8-8:3. In Westminster Theological Journal 42/2:440-441. 1980. Review. I. Howard Marshall: The Gospel of Luke. A Commentary on the Greek Text. In Westminster Theological Journal 42/2:438-440. 1980. Review. Daniel Patte and Aline Patte. Structural Exegesis: From Theory to Practice. Exegesis of Mark 15 and 16. Hermeneutical Implications. In Westminster Theological Journal 42/2:441-444. 1980. Review. Alex Stock: Textentfaltungen. Semiotische Experimente mit einer biblischen Geschichte. In Westminster Theological Journal 43/1:189. 1980. Review. Anthony C. Thiselton: The Two Horizons. New Testament Hermeneutics and Philosophical Description with Special Reference to Heidegger, Bultmann, Gadamer, and Wittgenstein. In Westminster
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