CURRICULUM VITÆ
J. TED BLAKLEY

 

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Education

 

 

 

September 2008

Doctor of Philosophy, New Testament

St. Mary’s College, University of St. Andrews; St. Andrews, Scotland

 

         Ph.D. Thesis:   “Incomprehension or Resistance?:

                                The Markan Disciples and the Narrative Logic of Mark 4:1–8:30”

 

            Supervisor:   Ronald A. Piper

  Internal Examiner:   Kelly R. Iverson

External Examiner:   John Muddiman, Mansfield College, Oxford

 

September 2003

*Master of Letters (completed all requirements), First

St. Mary’s College, University of St. Andrews; St. Andrews, Scotland

 

M.Litt. Dissertation:    “The Crisis of Diversity:
                                Historical Objectivity and the Quest for the Historical Jesus”

 

            Supervisor:   Richard Bauckham

      Internal Reader:   Ronald A. Piper

     External Reader:   Larry W. Hurtado, University of Edinburgh

 

* I completed all of the requirements for the M.Litt., receiving a First both on the coursework and on the dissertation, and opted to transfer into the Ph.D. program in lieu of accepting the M.Litt. degree.

 

 

September 2001

Master of Divinity

Fuller Theological Seminary; Pasadena, California

 

 

May 1993

Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Philosophy, Summa Cum Laude

Friends University; Wichita, Kansas

 

Honors Thesis: “Private Conversations with Jesus:

                        Translations and Reflections in the Gospel of John”

 

 

May 1993

Bachelor of Arts in Theological Languages, Summa Cum Laude

Friends University; Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Honors and Awards

 

 

 

 

Fuller Theological Seminary; Pasadena, California

 

2001

2000

1999

1998

Everett F. Harrison, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Award in New Testament

The Dunavant/Reeves Scholarship

George and Della Hummel Scholarship

James F. & Barbara Beré Merit Scholarship

 

 

 

 

 

Friends University; Wichita, Kansas

 

1993

1992, 93

1992, 93

1989, 90

1989, 90, 91, 92, 93

1989, 90, 91, 92, 93

Outstanding Religion Major

Alpha Chi Honor Society

Honors Seminar Fellow

New College Fellow

President’s Honor Roll

Dean’s Scholarship

 

 

 

Academic Employment

 

 

 

Friends University; Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

 

     2007–present

Adjunct Professor

Undergraduate:   Basic Christian Beliefs (F07)

            Online:   Basic Christian Beliefs Homepage and Blog

 

        Graduate:   Biblical World: Old Testament (SU08)

                         Fundamentals of Exegesis: Hebrew (SU07, SU08)

            Online:   Hebrew 2 Hub

 

 

 

St. Mary’s College, University of St. Andrews; St. Andrews, Scotland

 

 

 

 

     2005–2006

University Lecturer

Undergraduate:   Hebrew 2:  Hebrew Prose and Poetry (SP05, SP06)

            Online:   Hebrew 2 Hub

 

 

     2004–2005

University Tutor

Undergraduate:   New Testament 1:  Jesus and the Gospels (SP04, SP05)

                         Hebrew 1:  Introduction to Hebrew Language (F04, F05)

 

 

 

Fuller Theological Seminary; Pasadena, California

 

 

 

 

     1998–2002

Teaching Assistant

     Graduate:   Beginning Greek Intensive (W98, SU98, F98, SU99, W99, SU00)

                      New Testament 1:  Gospels (F00, W02)

                      New Testament 1:  Gospels, Individualized Distance Learning (SU99, F99,

                                                                          W00, SP00, SU00, F00, W01, SP01, SU01, F01, W02)

 

 

 

Related Academic Experience

 

 

 

Logos Research Systems, Inc.; Bellingham, Washington

 

 

 

 

     current

The Lexham Syntactic Greek New Testament Project

I belong to a team of scholars who are developing a new grammatical database of the GNT in which each sentence in the GNT is analyzed and hierarchically arranged into clauses and phrases and each word is analyzed for its syntactic and semantic force to determine the role it plays in its current context. I am responsible for analyzing and tagging Mark and Luke-Acts.

 

 

Wichita Public Schools (USD 259); Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

 

     2007–present

Substitute Teacher

Subteach in a variety of elementary, middle, and high school settings.

 

 

Fuller Theological Seminary; Pasadena, California

 

 

 

 

     1998–2002

Instructional Technologist and Educational Graphic Artist

Assisted professors in incorporating new educational technologies in their research and classroom instruction, helping them work through the theoretical and practical issues involved in the use of educational technology in the learning process and training them in the use of educational hardware and software. Developed educational products for use in classroom and online instruction, including course websites, PowerPoint lectures, and the creation of original graphics related to the given subject matter. Trained professors in the development and maintenance of their course websites.

 

Examples:

     Marianne Meye Thompson, Professor of New Testament

     John L. Thompson, Professor of Historical Theology

 

 

 

Ecclesiastical Employment

 

 

 

The Church of Our Saviour Episcopal Parish; San Gabriel, California

 

 

 

 

     2002–present

Curriculum Development

Design and write curriculum for a series of small group Bible studies, The Art of Engaging Holy Scripture (see Publications and Projects).

 

 

     2000–2002

Coordinator of Small Group Ministries

Designed and wrote curriculum for small group Bible studies, facilitated weekly small groups studies, and helped design and implement a training program for small group facilitators.

 

 

     1999–2000

 

Liturgical Coordinator — Intern

Participated on a worship team that planned and implemented an alternative service of worship on Sunday mornings, followed by a small group Bible study.

 

 

University Friends Church; Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

 

     1992–1993

Youth Pastor — Intern

Helped develop the Youth and Children’s Ministries. Primarily responsible for Sunday School, youth group, and other programs for Middle-School-aged youth.

 

 

 

Papers, Presentations, and Lectures

 

 

 

     2004 Apr 14

“The Crisis of Diversity: Historical Objectivity and the Quest for the Historical Jesus.”

Presented to the Biblical Studies Seminar of St. Mary’s College,

University of St. Andrews (St. Andrews, Scotland).

            Excerpts from the Introduction and the Conclusion.

            Handout — Annotated Bibliography on Historiography

 

 

     2003 Apr

“Christian Faith and the Historical Study of Jesus.”

Lecture given to The Historical Jesus honors module at St. Mary’s College,

University of St. Andrews (St. Andrews, Scotland).

 

 

 

 

Publications and Projects

 

 

 

                  

 

 

Under contract to revise Frank J. Mulligan, A Lector’s Guide to the Episcopal Eucharistic Lectionary (St. Mark’s Press: Wichita, Kans., 1986).

 

Contributor of articles to The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (ed. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn., 2006).

 

Small group studies for The Art of Engaging Holy Scripture Study Series (COS Publications: San Gabriel, Calif., 2001–2005), produced for the Episcopal parishes of The Church of Our Saviour (San Gabriel, Calif.) and St. Barnabas on the Desert (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

            The Climax of Prophecy — A Study of the Book of the Revelation (in progress)

            Engaging Holy Scripture I and II — The Bible for Beginners

            Our Old Testament Story — A Survey of the Old Testament

            Our New Testament Story — A Study of the Acts of the Apostles

            Knowing and Following Jesus — A Study of the Gospels

            Jesus the Prophet — A Study of the Gospel of Luke

            Conversations with Jesus — Studies in the Gospel of John

 

While at Fuller, I edited, revised, and made significant additions to the then Greek professor’s self-published grammar, Introducing New Testament Greek (Samuel Gantt, 1998).

 

 

 

Academic Memberships

 

 

 

The Society of Biblical Literature

The Mark Group of the Society of Biblical Literature

 

 

 

Academic References

 

 

 

Prof. Ronald A. Piper — B.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Christian Origins

University Vice-Principal for Governance and Planning

      St. Mary’s College

      University of St. Andrews

      St. Andrews, Fife  KY16 9JU

      United Kingdom

            (011–44) 1334–462829

            vpgov@st-andrews.ac.uk (or rap@st-andrews.ac.uk)

            Homepage

 

Prof. Christopher Seitz — M.T.S., S.T.M., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Professor of Biblical Interpretation

      Wycliffe College, University of Toronto

      5 Hoskin Avenue

      Toronto, Canada  M5S 1H7

            (416) 946–3551

            christopher.seitz@utoronto.ca

            Homepage

 

Prof. Marianne Meye Thompson — M.Div., Ph.D.

George Eldon Ladd Professor of New Testament

      Fuller Theological Seminary

      135 N. Oakland Ave.

      Pasadena, California  91182

            (626) 584–5249

            mmthomps@fuller.edu

            Homepage

 

Dr. Bruce W. Longenecker — Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer in New Testament

Director of Operations

      St. Mary’s College

      University of St. Andrews

      St. Andrews, Fife  KY16 9JU

      United Kingdom

            (011–44) 1334–462836

            bwl2@st-andrews.ac.uk

            Homepage

 

 

Professional and Personal References

 

 

 

The Rev. James B. Clark II — M.Div.

Rector

      St. Barnabas on the Desert Episcopal Church

      6715 N. Mockingbird Lane

      Scottsdale, Arizona  85253

            (480) 948–5560 x9755

            jclark@saintbarnabas.org

            Homepage