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Courses taught 2009/2010:
PHL230 Ancient & Medieval Philosophy
PHL345 Philosophy of Language
PHL/REL370 A Christian View of Place |
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (1997), Bristol University
Dissertation: "Reading Ecclesiastes: Old Testament Exegesis and Hermeneutical Theory."
M.A. (1992), Old Testament, Potchefstroom University
Thesis: "The Composition of Deuteronomy. A Critical Analysis of the Approaches of E.W. Nicholson and A.D.H. Mayes.)."
M.A. (1984/1988), Oxford University
B.Th. (1982), Old Testament and New Testament, University of South Africa
Diploma (1981), Theology, Bible Institude of South Africa
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Postmodernism and biblical interpretation
- Derrida and biblical interpretation
- OT wisdom
- The relationship between theology and philosophy and biblical interpretation
- A Christian View of Place.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS, ARTICLES & CHAPTERS
“‘Dominion’ as a Key to Understanding Art.” In, Venster op Die Kunste: Christelike Perspektiewe, A Window on the Arts: Christian Perspectives, Potchefstroom: IRS, 1994, 41-57.
“Response to Al Wolters’ Paper.” In Schrotenboer, P.G., Troost, A., van der Kooi, C., Spykman, G., Wolters, A., Bartholomew, C.G. 1994. God’s Order for Creation. Potchefstroom : IRS. 61-70.
“The Challenge of Islam in Africa.” Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Vol VI, No. 1/2, (1994) 129-146.
“Critical Issues in Recent Developments in Reformational Philosophy: A Perspective.” Koers 60(2) 1995:189-212.
“Covenant and Creation: Covenant Overload or Covenantal Deconstruction.” Calvin Theological Journal 30(1) April 1995:11-33.
“Three Horizons: A Hermeneutics of the Cross/ Hermeneutics from the other end. An Evaluation of Anthony Thiselton’s Hermeneutic Proposals.” European Journal of Theology V (1996) 2: 121-135.
“Post/Late ? Modernity as the Context for Christian Scholarship Today.” Themelios 22(2) January 1997: 25-38. [Also published in abbreviated form in Catalyst 24/3 (1998):4-6.]
“Casting Nets Towards Our Future.” In, Contemplation. A Body of Work by Gert Swart. Pietermaritzburg: Tatham Art Gallery. 1997. 31-39.
“The Relevance and Contours of a Christian Worldview.” The South African Baptist Journal of Theology 1997 6:41-48.
“The Healing of Modernity: A Trinitarian Remedy? A Critical Dialogue with Colin Gunton’s ‘The One, the Three and the Many.’” European Journal of Theology VI(1997):2 111-130.
“Reading the Old Testament in Postmodern Times.” Tyndale Bulletin 49.1 (1998): 91-114.
“The Church and the World: the Power of Identity.” In, Signposts of God’s Liberating Kingdom. Perspectives for the 21st Century. Volume 1. Potchefstroom, SA: IRS, Potchefstroom University for CHE, 1998. 21-30.
Reading Ecclesiastes: Old Testament Exegesis and Hermeneutical Theory. Analecta Biblica 139, Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1998.
“A Table in the Wilderness? Towards a Postliberal Agenda for Old Testament Study.” In, R. Hess and G. Wenham, eds., Making the Old Testament Live (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998) 19-47.
“Babel and Derrida: the Challenge of Postmodernism for Biblical Interpretation.” Tyndale Bulletin 49.2 (1998): 305-328.
“Qoheleth in the Canon?! Current Trends in the Interpretation of Ecclesiastes.” Themelios 24/3 (May 1999): 4-20.
“The Relevance and Contours of a Christian Worldview.” In, Year of Jubilee, Cultural Mandate, Worldview, by J. Brouwer, A.M. Wolters, C. Bartholomew. Potchefstroom, South Africa: PU vir CHO, Scientific Contributions, Series F1 No 382. 34-42.
Christ and Consumerism. A Critical Analysis of the Spirit of the Age. Edited by C. Bartholomew and T. Moritz with introduction by C. Bartholomew. (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2000)
"Consuming God's Word: Biblical Interpretation and Consumerism." Pages 81-99 in Christ and Consumerism: Critical Reflections on the Spirit of Our Age. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew, and Thorsten Moritz. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2000
“Evangelicalism at the Outset of the 21st Century: A Review Essay.” European Journal of Theology (2000) 9:1, 49-59.
“Wisdom books,” in T.D. Alexander, et al., eds., New Dictionary of Biblical Theology (Leicester: IVP, 2000) 120-122.
“Introduction,” Renewing Biblical Interpretation, editor. Volume 1 of the Scripture and Hermeneutics Series. (Zondervan and Paternoster) 2000, xxiii-xxxi.
“Uncharted Waters: Philosophy, Theology and the Crisis in Biblical Interpretation.” In, Renewing Biblical Interpretation, C. Bartholomew, et al., eds. Volume 1 of the Scripture and Hermeneutics Series. (Zondervan and Paternoster) 2000, 1-39.
Editor of In the Fields of the Lord: A Seerveld Reader (Carlisle and Toronto: Piquant and Toronto Tuppence Press, 2000). Includes an introductory essay, “Bread, and not Stones” by Craig Bartholomew and Gideon Strauss, 3-22.
“Introduction.” Pages xxi-xxxvi in After Pentecost: Language and Biblical Interpretation. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew, C. Greene, and Karl Möller. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 2. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2001; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001.
“Before Babel and After Pentecost: Language, Literature and Biblical Interpretation.” Pages 131-170 in After Pentecost: Language and Biblical Interpretation. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew, C. Greene, and Karl Möller. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 2. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2001; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001.
Reading Proverbs with Integrity (Grove: Cambridge, 2001)
“Introduction.” Pages 1-11 in Praying by the Book: Reading the Psalms. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew and A. West Carlisle: Paternoster, 2001.
Bartholomew, C. G. “Psalms 1 and 2—The Way of Blessing!.” Pages 13-33 in Praying by the Book: Reading the Psalms. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew and A. West . Carlisle: Paternoster, 2001.
“A God for Life and Not Just for Christmas! The Revelation of God in the Old Testament Wisdom Literature.” In P. Helm and C. Trueman, eds., The Trustworthiness of God (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, Leicester: IVP, 2002) 39-57.
“Introduction.” Pages 1-45 in A Royal Priesthood? The Use of the Bible Ethically and Politically: A Dialogue with Oliver O'Donovan. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew, J. Chaplin, R. Song, and A. Wolters. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 3. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2002; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002.
“A Time for War and a Time for Peace: Old Testament Wisdom, Creation and O’Donovan’s Theological Ethics.” Pages 91-112 in A Royal Priesthood? The Use of the Bible Ethically and Politically: A Dialogue with Oliver O'Donovan. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew, J. Chaplin, R. Song, and A. Wolters. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 3. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2002; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002.
“Virtues, Managers and Business People: Finding a Place for MacIntyre in a Business Context.” With David Dawson. Journal of Business Ethics , Volume 48, Number 2 (2003), pp. 127-138.
“Introduction: A Time to Reflect.” Pages 11-14 in The Futures of Evangelicalism: Issues and Prospects. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew, R. Perry, and A. West. Leicester, England: InterVarsity Press, 2003; Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004.
“A Christian World-view and the Futures of Evangelicalism.” Pages 194-220 in The Futures of Evangelicalism: Issues and Prospects. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew, R. Perry, and A. West. Leicester, England: InterVarsity Press, 2003; Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004.
“Introduction.” Pages 1-16 in “Behind” the Text: History and Biblical Interpretation. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew, C. S. Evans, M. Healy, and M. Rae Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 4. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2003; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.
“Warranted Biblical Interpretation: Alvin Plantinga’s ‘Two (or More) Kinds of Scripture Scholarship.’” Pages 58-78 in “Behind” the Text: History and Biblical Interpretation. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew, C. S. Evans, M. Healy, and M. Rae Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 4. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2003; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.
“Introduction.” Pages xii-xvi in Explorations in a Christian Theology of Pilgrimage. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew and F. Hughes. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing, 2004 .
“Journeying On: A Concluding Reflection.” Pages 201-215 in Explorations in a Christian Theology of Pilgrimage. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew and F. Hughes. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing, 2004 .
The Drama of Scripture: Finding our Place in the Biblical Story, with Michael Goheen (Baker Academic, 2004; shorter version published by SPCK in the UK) (Translated into Korean 2008; translation into Russian underway, and possibly Spanish and Chinese).
“Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation: Introduction.” Pages 1-19 in Out of Egypt: Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew, M. Healy, K. Möller, and R. Parry. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 5. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2004; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004.
With Mike Goheen, “Story and Biblical Theology.” Pages 172-184 in Out of Egypt: Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew, M. Healy, K. Möller, and R. Parry. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 5. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2004; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004.
“Hermeneutics,” in B.T. Arnold and H.G.M. Williamson, Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books (Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP, 2005).
Bartholomew C. G. and R. Holt. “Prayer in/and the Drama of Redemption in Luke: Prayer and Exegetical Performance.” Pages 350-375 in Reading Luke: Interpretation, Reflection, and Formation. Edited by C. G. Bartholomew, J. B Green, and A. C. Thiselton. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 6. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2006; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.
“In front of the text: the quest of hermeneutics,” in P. Ballard and S.R. Holmes, eds., The Bible in Pastoral Practice: Readings in the Place and Function of Scripture in the Church (DLT and Eerdmans, 2005) 135-152.
Associate (OT) editor of the award winning Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (Baker Academic, SPCK, 2006). Articles on “biblical theology,” “Ecclesiastes,” “Postmodernism,” and “deconstruction.”
“Preface” to The Bible and the University, ed. C.S. Evans and D.L. Jeffrey (Zondervan and Paternoster, 2007, Scripture and Hermeneutics Series, vol. 8)
“The Theology of Place in Genesis 1-3.” Chapter in G. McConville and K. M ö ller, eds., Reading the Law: Essays in Honor of Gordon J. Wenham (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2007)
“Aristotle.” Third Way, April 2008, 25.
"Calvin, Barth, and Theological Interpretation" in Calvin, Barth, and Reformed Theology, ed. Neil B. MacDonald and Carl Trueman (Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2008), 163-177.
Living at the Crossroads: An Introduction to Christian Worldview (with Mike Goheen, Baker Academic, SPCK, 2008) (Korean translation with IVP Korea underway).
“Ecclesiastes” in K. Vanhoozer, et al., eds., Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament: A Book-by-Book Survey (Baker Academic, SPCK, 2008)179-185
“Ecclesiastes,” in G.R. O’Day and D.L. Petersen, eds., Theological Bible Commentary (WJK, 2009) Ecclesiastes (Baker Academic, 2009)
Russian translation of The Drama of Scripture (Colloquium, 2009)
The True Story of the Whole World: Finding Your Place in the Biblical Drama (Grand Rapids: Faith Alive, 2009) with M. Goheen.
“The Emperor’s (not-so) New Clothes: Postmodernity, Globalization and the Triumph of Modernity,” in M.W. Goheen and E.G. Glanville, eds., The Gospel and Globalization: Exploring the Religious Roots of a Globalized World (Vancouver: Regent, 2009; forthcoming Paternoster) 91-110.
EDITED VOLUMES
Associate Editor, Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament: A Book-by-Book Survey (Baker Academic, SPCK, 2008)
Bartholomew, C. G., S. Hahn, R. Parry, C. Seitz and A. Wolters (eds.). Canon and Biblical Interpretation. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 7. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2007; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006.
Associate (OT) editor of the award winning Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (Baker Academic, SPCK, 2006).
Bartholomew, C. G., J. B Green, and A. C. Thiselton (eds.). Reading Luke: Interpretation, Reflection, and Formation. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 6. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2006; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.
Bartholomew, C. G., and F. Hughes. Explorations in a Christian Theology of Pilgrimage. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing, 2004 .
Bartholomew, C. G., M. Healy, K. Möller, and R. Parry (eds.). Out of Egypt: Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 5. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2004; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004.
Bartholomew, C., R. Perry, and A. West (eds.). The Futures of Evangelicalism: Issues and Prospects. Leicester, England: InterVarsity Press, 2003; Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004.
Bartholomew, C. G., C. S. Evans, M. Healy, and M. Rae (eds.). “Behind” the Text: History and Biblical Interpretation. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 4. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2003; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.
Bartholomew, C. G., J. Chaplin, R. Song, and A. Wolters (eds.). A Royal Priesthood? The Use of the Bible Ethically and Politically: A Dialogue with Oliver O'Donovan. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 3. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2002; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002.
Bartholomew, C. G., C. Greene, and Karl Möller (eds.). After Pentecost: Language and Biblical Interpretation. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 2. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2001; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001.
Bartholomew, C. G., and A. West (eds.). Praying by the Book: Reading the Psalms. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2001. Bartholomew, C. G., and Thorsten Moritz (eds.). Christ and Consumerism: Critical Reflections on the Spirit of Our Age. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2000
Bartholomew, C. G. (ed.). In the Fields of the Lord: A Calvin Seerveld Reader. Carlisle: Piquant, 2000; Toronto: Toronto Tuppence Press, 2000
Bartholomew, C. G., C. Greene, and K. Möller (eds.). Renewing Biblical Interpretation. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series 1. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2000; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.
REVIEWS (select)
Review of Levenson, J. 1993. “The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament and Historical Criticism.” Calvin Theological Journal 30(2) November 1995: 525-530.
Review of Erickson, M.A. 1993. Evangelical Interpretation. Perspectives on Hermeneutical Issues. Old Testament Essays. New Series. 9(3): 535-538.
Review of Newbigin, L. 1995. The Open Secret. An Introduction to the Theology of Mission (London: SPCK). EJT (1997) 6:2 169-171.
Review of Walker, A. 1996. Telling the Story. Gospel, Mission and Culture (London: SPCK). EJT (1998) 7:2 147-149.
Review of D.K. Berry, An Introduction to Wisdom and Poetry of the Old Testament (Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1995). JETS 42/4 (1999) 727-728.
Review of L. Perdue, Proverbs, (John Knox Press, 2000, Interpretation) Themelios 27/3 (2002) 66-67
Review of Decolonizing Biblical Studies: A View From the Margins by Fernando F. Segovia (Maryknoll: Orbis, 2000) in JETS 45/4 (2002) 675
Review of M. Pei, China’s Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006) in Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies XIX (2007) 201-203
FORTHCOMING
Placemaking: A Christian View of Place for Today (Contracted with Baker Academic)
Hearing the Old Testament – SAHS volume contracted with Eerdmans, co-edited with David Beldman. Introduction on “A Trinitarian Hermeneutic for the Old Testament” and chapter on “Philosophy and the Old Testament.”
An Introduction to OT Wisdom Literature (co-authored with Ryan O’Dowd, contract with IVP USA).
Chapter in book on globalization: The Emperor’s (not-so) New Clothes: Postmodernity, Globalization and the “Triumph” of Modernity.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Old Testament Society of South Africa (OTSSA)
Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical and Theological Research, Cambridge UK
The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion
The Society for Old Testament Study (UK). Society of Biblical Literature
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
For 10 years Dr. Bartholomew directed the international Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar.
Dr. Bartholomew has supervised and examined multiple PhDs and continues to supervise research through Trinity College, Bristol.
Editor of Journal of Theological Interpretation (2006-2007; editors rotate)
Series editor of the eight-volume Scripture and Hermeneutics Series.
Series Editor with Gordon McConville of Eerdmans’ Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary Series.
Series editor with Joel Green and Christopher Seitz of Studies in Theological Interpretation (Baker Academic).
CROSS APPOINTMENTS
Adjunct Faculty, Senior Research Fellow,Trinity College (Bristol UK)
RELEVANT LINKS
Paideia Centre for Public Theology
Scripture & Worldview