Date of Revision [Sep. 2, 2019] CURRICULUM VITAE TORONTO SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY A u t u m n , 2 0 1 9 A. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION 1. PERSONAL - James Glen Taylor - Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto, 5 Hoskin Avenue, Toronto M5S 1H7 - 416 946-3541 - [email protected] - Canadian citizen 2. DEGREES - B.A. (Honours) / 1977 / University of Calgary -M.Th. (High Honours) / 1981 / Dallas Theological Seminary (first year transferred in from Faculty of Divinity, The University of Aberdeen, Scotland) - M. Phil. / 1986 / Yale University -Ph.D. / 1988 / Yale University Area: Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations (Northwest Semitic Philology) Dissertation: “Solar Worship in the Biblical World.” Director: Professor Marvin H. Pope 3. EMPLOYMENT Current - University unit of primary appointment: □ TST: Wycliffe College - Present appointment(s): Associate Professor since ca. 1996; Assistant Professor, ca. 1989–95 - Date of tenure award: ca. 1995 - Appointed Member of TST Advanced Degree Faculty, ca. 1997 - Cross-appointed to Graduate Faculty, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto (Department for the Study of Religion and Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations), ca. 1996 Previous -Visiting Faculty, University of the Gambia, May-July, 2017 -Visiting Faculty, Graduate School of Kosin University, Busan, South Korea, Autumn, 2014 -Visiting Faculty, Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, China, Autumn, 2012 -Visiting Summer Faculty, Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute, ca. 2004–2007 -Lecturer in Western Religions, The University of Calgary, Summers, ca. 1983-85 -Lecturer in Syriac Literature, Yale University, 1983–84 -Teaching Assistant to Professor Brevard S. Childs, Yale College, 1983–84. 4. HONOURS - 2 -President, The Oriental Club of Toronto (2018) -President, The Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (2008) -President, The Oriental Club of Toronto (2001) -Nomination for Award of Excellence by The American Academy of Religion for my book Yahweh and the Sun -the journal Themelios included my 1995 article among the best ten in its twenty-five year history, including it in its anniversary volume: A Solid Foundation -Yale University Fellowships, 1981–1986. The Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction. Government of Alberta, 1981–1982, 1982–1983 -Henry Foote Prize in Old Testament, University of Aberdeen, 1977 5. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES -President, The Oriental Club of Toronto, 2018-19 -Vice President, The Oriental Club of Toronto, 2017-2018 -President, The Oriental Club of Toronto, 1998-1999 -Vice President, The Oriental Club of Toronto, 1997-1998. -Chief Consultant and Curriculum Designer, Newly Founded Division of Christian Studies ,University of the Gambia, West Africa, Autumn, 2010 -Vice-President, Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (2007) -Programme Coordinator for Canadian Society of Biblical Studies -Chair, Unit for Ugaritic and Northwest Semitic Epigraphy, Society of Biblical Literature (ca. 1990-94) -Associate Editor, Newsletter for Ugaritic Studies, 1985-90 -Affiliations: Society of Biblical Literature (since ca. 1978), Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (since, ca. 1978), occasional member of The American Schools of Oriental Research, the Academy of Homiletics, and the Institute for Biblical Research 6. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY (Parentheses indicate years of formal instruction) Classical Greek (2) Koine Greek (4) Classical Hebrew (9) Ugaritic (3) Akkadian (2) Classical Arabic (1.5) Middle Egyptian (1) Ethiopic (Ge’ez) (.5) Imperial Aramaic (3) Syriac (2) Phoenician (2) -Various minor Northwest Semitic dialects: 2 Western Aramaic (2), 2 Eastern Aramaic (besides Syriac) (2), 3 Canaanite (besides Hebrew; e.g., Moabite, Ammonite) (2) -Basic reading knowledge of academic German (1) and French (1) B. ACADEMIC HISTORY 1. RESEARCH ENDEAVOURS Ancient Northwest Semitic Philology (especially Ugaritic and early history of Hebrew); The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible (especially Archaeology of the Iron Age, Pentateuch [Book of 3 Genesis especially], Psalms, and Preaching the Old Testament); relation of YHWH to other deities in ancient Israel; teaching biblical studies overseas 2. RESEARCH AWARDS (grants, contracts, fellowships), including: -George A. Barton Fellow, Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem (Four months, 1986, ca. $3000USD) C. SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL WORK. 1. Books (as the sole or joint author) Yahweh and the Sun: Biblical and Archaeological Evidence for Sun Worship in Ancient Israel. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, Volume 111. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993. Pages: 308. 2. Books (as sole or joint editor) Lyle Eslinger and Glen Taylor, eds. Ascribe to the Lord: Biblical and Other Studies in Memory of Peter C. Craigie. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, Volume 67. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1988. Pages: 607. 3. Articles in peer-reviewed journals “Katharina Schütz Zell (ca. 1498–1562) on a Hermeneutic Controversy about Whether or Not to Interpret the Penitential Psalms Christologically,” Theologische Zeitschrift 75 (2019), pp. 40–67. “Decoding Jacob at the Jabbok in Genesis 32: From Crude Solar Mythology to Profound Hebrew Theology,” Bulletin of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies 68 (2008– 2009), pp. 1–25. “A Response to Steve A. Wiggins, ‘Yahweh: The God of Sun?’” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 71 (1996), pp. 107–19. “The Bible and Homosexuality,” Themelios 21 (October 1995), pp. 4–9. J. Glen Taylor and Rebecca G.S. Idestrom, “Addendum to the Bibliography of Peter C. Craigie,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 51 (1991), pp. 115–17. “Books of Interest: Biblical,” Toronto Journal of Theology (1991), pp. 246–49. “A Long-Awaited Vocative Singular Noun with Final Aleph in Ugaritic (KTU 1.161:13)?” Ugarit-Forschungen 17 (1985), pp. 315-18. “The Song of Deborah and Two Canaanite Goddesses,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 23 (1982), pp. 99–108. 4. Scholarly Articles “‘Miss Greswell Honed Our Hebrew at Oxford’: Reflections on Joana J. Greswell and Her Book, A Grammatical Analysis of the Hebrew Psalter (1873).” Breaking Boundaries: Female Biblical Interpreters Who Challenged the Status Quo. Edited by Nancy Calvert-Koyzis and Heather E. Weir. The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, Volume 524. Edinburgh: T & T Clark International, 2010, pp. 85–106. “Psalms 1 and 2: A Gateway into the Psalter and Messianic Images of Restoration for 4 David’s Dynasty.” Interpreting the Psalms for Teaching and Preaching. Edited by Herbert W. Bateman IV, and Brent Sandy. St Louis: Chalice Press, 2010, pp. 47– 62, 261–64. “The Book of Hosea” in The Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Old Testament Commentary. Edited by John Walton. Volume 5. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009, pp. 2–41. “On Preaching the Psalms Messianically: Do Psalms 1 and 2 Show Us How? Proceedings of the TST Homiletics Seminar 3/1 (Winter 2009), pp. 14–28. “R. K. Harrison.” In Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters. Edited by Donald McKim. Leicester: InterVarsity, 2007, pp. 510–14. “R.K. Harrison.” In Bible Interpreters of the Twentieth Century: Selected Evangelical Voices. Edited by Walter Elwell and J. D. Weaver. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999, pp. 312–28. “Was Yahweh Worshipped as the Sun?” Biblical Archaeology Review 20/3 (May/June 1994), pp. 52–61; 90–91. “The Two Earliest Known Representations of Yahweh.” Ascribe to the Lord: Biblical and Other Essays in Memory of Peter C. Craigie. Edited by Lyle Eslinger and Glen Taylor. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1988, pp. 557–66. “A First and Last Thing to Do in Mourning (KTU.161).” Ascribe to the Lord: Biblical and Other Essays in Memory of Peter C. Craigie. Edited by Lyle Eslinger and Glen Taylor. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, Volume 67. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1988, pp. 151–57. “Academic Bibliography of Peter C. Craigie.” Ascribe to the Lord: Biblical and Other Essays in Memory of Peter C. Craigie. Edited by Lyle Eslinger and Glen Taylor. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, Volume 67. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1988, pp. 602–606. “Yahweh and Asherah at Tenth Century Ta’anach.” Newsletter for Ugaritic Studies 37–38 (April/October 1987), pp. 16–18. “Observations on the Root QBA, ‘Call,’ In Ugaritic.” Newsletter for Ugaritic Studies 23 (1984) 13. 5. Semi-Popular Academic Pieces (Selected) “Ours is the Battle, Christ the Victory,” An Exposition of Exodus 17:8–16,” pp. 38-45 in Andy Witt, ed. Redemption and Relationship. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2018. “Fearless Heralds of Good News: An Exposition of Isaiah 40:9–11,” pp. 40-44 in Kate Steiner, ed., Come Let Us Sing to the Lord: Songs of Scripture, Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2017. “Hallowed Be Thy Name,” pp. 12-17 in Karen Stiller, ed., The Lord’s Prayer. Wycliffe Studies in Gospel, Church, and Culture. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2017. “How Can the Wrathful God of the Old Testament Be Reconciled with the Gracious Lord of the New Testament?” in Thomas Power, ed., Guide for the Christian Perplexed. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2012. Pp. 25–43. Pages: 19. 5 Some dictionary articles for The Anchor Bible Dictionary not included. 6. Papers presented at scholarly meetings and symposia.1 “An Overlooked Reason for Jesus’ Anger and Weeping in the Story of the Resurrection of Lazarus (John 11:33-38),” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, June 1, 2019, Vancouver, B.C. Katharina Schütz Zell (ca. 1498-1562):