February
15, 2009 Guest – Terence Fretheim
Program: God’s Forever Promises to Abraham
.jpg) Terence Fretheim was first connected with the Luther Seminary
faculty as a teaching fellow in Greek in 1958-60 while he was still a
seminary student. He returned as assistant professor in 1968 and became
professor of Old Testament in 1978. He was dean of academic affairs
(1978-88) and also served as acting chair of the Old Testament
department (1977-78) and chair of the curriculum committee (1976-77).
He
was an instructor in Old Testament at Augsburg College and Seminary,
Minneapolis, in 1961-63, and assistant professor of religion at Augsburg
College in 1967-68. Ordained in 1968, Fretheim was pastor of Dennison
(Minn.) Lutheran Church in 1968-71. He has been visiting professor at
McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, and both visiting professor
and lecturer at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
Fretheim received the Fulbright Scholarship for study in England, the
Lutheran Brotherhood Seminary Graduate Scholarship, the Martin Luther
Scholarship, the Fredrik A. Schiotz Fellowship Award, and the ATS
Scholarship for Theological Research.
A
graduate of Luther College, Decorah, Iowa (B.A., 1956), Fretheim earned
the M.Div. degree from Luther Seminary in 1960 and the Th.D. degree from
Princeton Seminary in 1967. He has also studied at the University of
Durham, England, the
University of
Minnesota,
the University of Heidelberg in Germany, Oxford University in England,
and the University of Chicago. As a Luther College alumnus, he was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1995.
He
is a member of the Catholic Biblical Association and the Society of
Biblical Literature and is Editor of
SBL Old Testament Monographs. He has served on the
Buddhist and Muslim Task Forces of the American Lutheran Church, was
co-chair of the Theological Consultation for the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America, has been president of the Minnesota Consortium of
Theological Schools, and Old Testament Book Editor for the Journal of
Biblical Literature.
Fretheim has published numerous books. More recent
titles include: The Pentateuch (Abingdon, 1996); Proclamation
6 (Fortress, 1997); The Bible as Word of God in a Postmodern Era
(Fortress, 1998; with K. Froehlich); First and Second Kings (Westminister,
1999); About the Bible: Short Answers to Big Questions (Augsburg,
1999); In God's Image: A Study of Genesis (Augsburg, 1999); A
Theological Introduction to the Old Testament (Abingdon, 1999), with
B. Birch, W. Brueggemann, and D. Petersen; and Jeremiah: A Commentary
(Smyth & Helwys, 2002). God and World in the Old Testament: A
Relational Theology of Creation (Abingdon, 2005); Hope in God in
Times of Suffering (with Faith Fretheim) (Augsburg/Fortress, 2006);
Abraham: Journeys of Family and Faith (University of South
Carolina Press, 2007).
In addition to many articles, other published notes
include:
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"Abraham," in New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible
(Abingdon, 2007)
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entries for: Creation, Angel, Lord of Hosts, God Most
High, Jealous, and Heaven (Westminster Theological Wordbook of the
Bible, 2003)
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the book of Exodus (Dictionary of Old Testament:
Pentateuch. 2003)
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the Book of Numbers (Oxford Bible Commentary. 2001)
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entries for: God, and Book of Jonah (Eerdmans Dictionary
of the Bible. 2000)
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