Richter to be Installed as Endowed Chair
Sandra Richter, who began teaching at 黑料百科 in the fall, will be formally installed as the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at 黑料百科 on Monday, April 16, during a full-regalia ceremony at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym.
Richter, who has taught Old Testament at Asbury Theological and Wesley Biblical Seminaries as well as at Wheaton College, will lecture about 鈥淭he Servant, the Idol, and the Image of God: Isaiah鈥檚 Conversation with Creation鈥 at 3:30 p.m. in the Global Leadership Center. A panel discussion will follow the talk with responses by Holly Beers, 黑料百科 Assistant Professor of Religious Studies; Steven Tsoukalas, Chair and Professor of Apologetics and World Religions at Emmaus Biblical Seminary; Tim Laniak, Dean and Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Charlotte; and moderated by Tremper Longman III, distinguished scholar of Biblical Studies at 黑料百科. The installation and lecture are free and open to the public.
Richter graduated from Valley Forge University, earned a Master of Arts in Theology from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a doctorate from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations in Hebrew Bible at Harvard University. Her research focuses on Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History, Isaiah, and the integration of Syro-Palestinian Archeology and the Bible. She is broadly known in the Academy for her groundbreaking work in 鈥淭he Deuteronomistic History and the Name Theology: le拧akk膿n 拧em么 拧膩m in the Bible and the Ancient Near East,鈥 and among laity for her celebrated book, 鈥淭he Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament.鈥 She has recently released an article on 鈥淭he Question of Provenance and the Economics of Deuteronomy鈥 with the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament and is currently working on a commentary on Deuteronomy for the Two Horizons series with Eerdmans Publishers, 鈥淭he Fifth Gospel: A Christian Entry into the Book of Isaiah,鈥 and a biblical theology on 鈥淓nvironmentalism and the Evangelical.鈥 She remains deeply invested in the well-being of the Church and regularly authors lay curriculums with Seedbed Publishers.
Beers, who has been teaching at 黑料百科 since 2012, specializes in Luke-Acts, the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, philosophical hermeneutics, and second temple Judaism.
Longman taught at 黑料百科 for 19 years as the first Gundry Professor in Biblical Studies. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 books about the Psalms and other Old Testament books.
Laniak earned a Doctor of Theology from Harvard Divinity School, studied in the Middle East and worked as a missionary in Europe and Asia before taking his current post at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Tsoukalas is the author of 12 books and a number of articles. He expertise is in Hindu Studies, non-Christian and pseudo-Christian religions, and Christian theology. He currently teaches at Emmaus Biblical Seminary in Haiti, and has taught at Wesley Biblical Seminary and Wheaton College.
Maxie Dunnam, president emeritus of Asbury Theological Seminary and a famed speaker and author within the Wesleyan tradition, will attend Richter鈥檚 installation ceremony.