Dr. David Morgan

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies
Associate Director of the Bryan Institute


Email: d.morgan@bryan.edu
Office: Anderson Annex
Phone: 423.775.7514
Box: 7809
 

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Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D. Hebrew Bible, University of Aberdeen, 2011
  • Th.M. Old Testament, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006
  • Th.M. New TestamentSouthern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005
  • M.Div. Biblical Languages, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004
  • B.A. Political Science/History, Houston Baptist University, 1998               

Professional Associations

  • European Association for Biblical Studies
  • Society for the Study of the Old Testament
  • Evangelical Theological Society
  • Society of Biblical Literature
  • Tyndale Fellowship
  • Omicron Delta Kappa
  • Alpha Pi Kappa

Articles and Essays

  • “Remnant,” Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets, Edited by Mark J. Boda and J. Gordon McConville. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2012.
  • “Colossians 1:24-26,” Insights from the Greek New Testament, Edited by Scott Duvall and Verlyn Verbrugge. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012.
  • “2 Thessalonians 2:11-14,” Insights from the Greek New Testament, Edited by Scott Duvall and Verlyn Verbrugge. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012.
  • “How to Bridge the Great “Genesis” Divide: The Hermeneutical Chasm between the Church and the Academy,” Genesis 1-2: An Evangelical Conversation. Peabody: Hendrickson (forthcoming)
  • Article with Seth Tarrer, “Exodus,” What Must We Believe? Evangelicals and Historical Criticism. Edited by Chris Ansberry and Christopher Hayes. Downers Grove: IVP; London: SPCK (forthcoming)
  • Article with Luke Tallon, “Joshua,” What Must We Believe? Evangelicals and Historical Criticism. Edited by Chris Ansberry and Christopher Hayes. Downers Grove: IVP; London: SPCK (forthcoming)
  • “Land and Temple as Structural and Thematic Marks of Coherence for the Hebrew Edition of the Book of the Twelve.” Biblische Notizen 145 (2010): 37-56.
  • “Ezekiel and the Twelve: Similar Concerns as an Indication of a Shared Tradition?” Bulletin for Biblical Research 20 (2010): 377-396.

Monographs and Writing Projects

  • Editor, writer, translator, and consultant for the Old Testament, The Voice Bible. Edited by Frank Couch and David Capes. Thomas Nelson/Ecclesia Bible Society, 2012.
  • An Introduction to the Old Testament, Textbook Plus Resource. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012.
  • A Theology of the Book of the Twelve: Beyond Exile toward a New Creation. Eugene: Pickwick (forthcoming OT theology)
  • Minor Prophets II. Regula Fidei Commentary. Edited by Tremper Longman, et al. Grand Rapids: Zondervan (forthcoming commentary volume)

Conference Papers

  • “Rival Temples and Rival Texts? Political and Religious Perspectives on Sacred Space and Sacred Texts” – Hekhal: The Irish Society for the Study of the Ancient Near East, May 2012 in Dublin, Ireland
  • With Michael Keas, “Genesis 1-2: A Linguistic, Literary, and Theological Commentary” – Creation Conversation, March 2012 in Fort Worth, TX, USA
  • "Land, Temple, and Exile in the Book of the Twelve: Intertextuality and Community Reception of Sacred Texts" – Biblical Theology Lecture Series, Campbellsville University, November 2011 in Campbellsville, KY, USA.
  • “Ezekiel and the Twelve: Similar Concerns as an Indication of a Shared Tradition?” – Society of Biblical Literature, November 2008 in Boston, MA, USA
  • “’Land’ and ‘Temple’ as Structural and Thematic Marks of Coherence for the Hebrew Edition of the Book of the Twelve” – Evangelical Theological Society, November 2008 in Providence, RI, USA
  • “Multiple Views of Exodus Imagery for a New People in the Book of the Twelve” – Tyndale Fellowship Conference, July 2008 in Cambridge, UK
  • “The Function of the Divine Warrior Motif in the Nahum-Habakkuk Literary Unit of the Twelve” – Scottish Postgraduate Conference, June 2008 in Glasgow, UK
  • “Land and Temple in the Book of the Twelve: A Historical and Theological Approach” – Divinity School Postgraduate Conference at The Burn, May 2008 in Glenesk, UK
  • “4Q76 (4QXIIa) as a Textual and Literary Perspective of a Sectarian Community” – International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, July 2007 in Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • “A Synchronic Reading of LXX Joel-Obadiah-Jonah Corpus as Test Case for a Diachronic View of Compositional Coherence, Setting, and History of the Book of the Twelve” – Scottish Postgraduate Conference, June 2007 in Aberdeen, UK
  • “Levels of Coherence Between Jonah and Malachi and Interpretive Contexts for Qumran” – Divinity School Postgraduate Conference at The Burn, May 2007 in Glenesk, UK                            

Topics of Interest

  • Book of the Twelve
  • Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Septuagint
  • Second Temple Judaism
  • Gospel Literature
  • Pauline Literature