R. Alan Culpepper
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Dean of the McAfee School of Theology
Dr. Culpepper came to McAfee from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he was Professor of Religion. He previously served as Associate Dean of the School of Theology and Professor of New Testament at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He completed his bachelor’s degree at Baylor University, his master of divinity at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and his doctor of philosophy at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Culpepper has written seven books, including Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel, The Gospel and Letters of John, the commentary on Luke in the New Interpreter’s Bible, and John, the Son of Zebedee: The Life of a Legend, Eternity As a Sunrise: The Life of Hugo H. Culpepper as well as numerous articles for journals, periodicals, and books.
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Personal Information
Cyberspace. What a strange place to meet! But then I have been a lot of places. I grew up as a missionary kid in Chile and Argentina, and have had the opportunity to travel extensively in Great Britain, Europe, the Middle East, and South Africa.
My wife is Jacquelyn (Jacque) McClain Culpepper, B.A. Baylor University in 1967, M.Ed. from the University of Louisville, 1986, and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Georgia 2002 and an instructor in the School of Education at Mercer University in Atlanta. We lived in Durham, N.C., Louisville, KY, and Waco, TX before moving to Atlanta.
We have two grown children, Erin Culpepper Barrow and Rodney Culpepper. Erin is a school teacher in Thomasville, N.C., while her husband, Chris Barrow, is the pastor of Trinity United Methodist church in Thomasville. Rodney is an M.B.A. student at Baylor. His wife, Kristi is an M.A. student in Philosophy at Baylor.
My hobbies include fishing, boating, and jogging. I also enjoy history and biographies.
Professional Information
Education
B.A. (cum Laude), (Honors Program, with distinction), Baylor University, 1967.
M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1970.
Attended Goethe Institute, Brannenburg, Germany, 1970.
Ph.D., Duke University, 1974.
Sabbaticals
Cambridge University, England, 1980-81.
Louisville, Kentucky, 1987-88.
Positions
Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Madison, Indiana, 1968-70.
Part-time Instructor, Dept, of Religion, Duke University, 1971.
Research Assistant for W. D. Davies, 1971-73.
Assistant Professor of New Testament Interpretation, SBTS, 1974-80.
Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation, SBTS, 1980-85.
Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Fall 1983.
Associate Dean, School of Theology, SBTS, 1984-1987, 1988-1991.
James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, SBTS, 1985-1991.
Visiting Professor, Baylor University, 1991-1992.
Professor of Religion, Baylor University, 1992-1995
Dean, McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University, 1995-
Boards
Baylor University, Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Science, 1997-2002
New Testament Language Project, Board of Directors, 1999-
Lectureships
Derward Deere Lectures, Golden Gate Theological Seminary
The Edward L. Beavin Memorial Lectures, Kentucky Weslyan College, October 25-26, 1989.
M. Ray Megginson Research Lectures, Mobile College, March 24, 1993
Papers Presented at Professional Society Meetings
Critique of The Community of the Beloved Disciple, by Raymond E. Brown, and The Gospel of John in Christian History, by J. Louis Martyn, followed by response from the authors, SBL, New York, October 1979.
"The Narrator in the Fourth Gospel," SNTS, Toronto, August 1980.
"The Implied Reader in the Fourth Gospel," AAR, San Francisco, December 1981.
"The Narrator in the Fourth Gospel: Intratextual Relationships," SBL, New York, December 1982.
"Story and History in the Gospels," Faculty Address, SBTS, March 1983.
"John 2:1-11 The Task of a Commentary," SNTS, Canterbury, August 1983.
"Synthesis and Schism in the Johannine Community and the Southern Baptist Convention," NABPR, Athens, Georgia, March 1985.
"The Gospel of John and the Jews," Southern Baptist - Jewish Symposium, Louisville,Kentucky, April 1986."
"Lincoln: An American Gospel," The Bible in American Culture Group, Salem, Oregon, February 27, 1987.
"Commentary on Biblical Narrative: Changing Paradigms," SBL/AAR, December 6, 1987.
"Narrative Criticism of the Gospel of John," University of Zurich, and the Troisieme Cycle, Fribourg, Switzerland, and the Bethel Hochschule, Bielefeld, West Germany, January 1988.
"John 5:1-18," Troisiem Cycle, Fribourg, Switzerland, January 1988.
"The Johannine hypodeigma: A Reading of John 13:1-38," John Seminar, SNTS, Dublin, Ireland, July 1989.
"The Contributions of Raymond E. Brown and J. Louis Martyn to Current Narrative Criticism of the Fourth Gospel," Johannine Literature Section, National SBL Meeting, Anaheim, California, November 19, 1989.
"The Theology of the Johannine Passion Narrative: John 19:16b-30," Society for New Testament Studies of South Africa, Stellenbosch, South Africa, March 1997.
"Anti-Judaism in the Fourth Gospel as a Theological Problem for Christian Interpreters," Colloquium on Anti-Judaism and the Fourth Gospel, Louvain, Belgium, January, 2000.
"Reflections on Baptist Theological Education in the Twentieth Century," Southern Baptist Historical Society, Savannah, March 2000.
"Twenty Years of Narrative Criticism of the Gospels: New Perspectives and Unresolved Issues," Conference on Narrative Criticism University of Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2002.
"Baptist Theological Education in the American South: A Case Study," Conference on Contextualizing Baptist Theology in Asia, Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary, January 2003.
Recognitions
Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 24th edition, 1995-1996.
Who's Who in the World, 13th edition.
Current Research & Research Tools
The Gospel and Letters of John, Interpreting Biblical Texts (Nashville: Abingdon Press), was published in the summer of 1998. "Parable as Commentary: The Twice-Given Vineyard" will appear in the Edgar V. McKnight Festschrift issue of Perspectives in Religious Studies.
My next project is a commentary on the Gospel of Mark for the Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentaries, for which I am also the New Testament General Editor. The first volume of this series will be published next year, and it will eventually be a 30-volume commentary series. We hope that its novel format will represent the next generation in the commentary genre.
Currenty, I am working in a book on my father's life and thought, that I have tentatively titled, "Eternity as a Sunrise: The Life and Thought of Hugo H. Culpepper."
I also serve as the New Testament editor for "Biblical Interpretation Series," a monograph series published by E. J. Brill, and I am on the editorial board of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series.
Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
One Volume:
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1987.
Harper’s Bible Dictionary. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985.
Holman Bible Dictionary. Nashville: Holman, 1991.
Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1990.
Multi-Volume:
Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. 4 Vols. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1979-
Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. 4 vols. and a Supplementary vol. Nashville: Abingdon, 1962- 1976.
The Vocabulary of the New Testament
Kittel, Gerhard, and Gerhard Friedrich, eds. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Trans. Geoffrey W. Bromiley. 10 vols. (also abridged in one volume). Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1964-1985.
Moulton, W. F., and A. S. Geden, ed. A Concordance to the Greek Testament. Edinburgh: T. &. T. Clark, rpt. 1970.
Young. Robert. Analytical Concordance to the Bible. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.
The Social and Historical Background of the New Testament: Tools
Boring, M. Eugene, et al., eds. Hellenistic Commentary to the New Testament. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995.
Jeremias, Joachim. Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus. Trans. F. H. and C. H. Cave. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1969.
McArthur, Harvey K. and Johnston, Robert M. They Also Taught in Parables: Rabbinic Parables from the First Centuries of the Christian Era. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.
Malina, Bruce J. and Richard L. Rohrbaugh. Social-Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992.
Robbins, Vernon K., ed. Ancient Quotes and Anecdotes. Sonoma, CA: Polebridge Press, 1989.
Schurer, Emil. The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ. Revised and edited by Geza Vermes et al. 3 vols. Edinburgh: T. &. T. Clark, 1973-86.
The Social and Historical Background of the New Testament: Primary Texts
The Ante-Nicene Fathers. 10 vols. Ed. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. Rpt.: Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1985.
The Apocryphal New Testament. Trans. M. R. James. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.
The Apostolic Fathers. 2 vols. Trans. Kirsopp Lake. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: MA: Harvard University Press, 1912-1913.
The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English. Trans. Florentino GarcR a Martinez. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1994.
Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History. 2 vols. Trans. J. E. L. Oulton. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: MA: Harvard University Press, 1926-1932.
The Gnostic Scriptures. Trans. Bentley Layton. Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, 1987.
The Gospel According to Thomas. Ed. A. Guillaumont, et al. New York: Harper & Row, 1959.
Josephus. 10 vols. Trans. H. St. J. Thackeray et al. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: MA: Harvard University Press, 1926-1965.
The Mishnah. Trans. Herbert Danby. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1933.
The Nag Hammadi Library. Rev. ed. Ed. James M. Robinson. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988.
New Gospel Parallels. 2 vols. Ed. Robert W. Funk. Sonoma, CA: Polebridge Press, 1985.
New Testament Apocrypha. 2 vols. Rev. ed. Ed. Wilhelm Schneemelcher, trans. R. McL. Wilson. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1991.
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. 2 vols. Ed. James H. Charlesworth. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1983-1985.
Philo. 10 vols. Trans. F. H. Colson. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: MA: Harvard University Press, 1926-1932.
Research Links
Frontline: From Jesus to Christ
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion
Resource Pages for Biblical Studies
www.torreys.org/bible
Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts Web
www.stg.brown.edu/projects/mss/overview.html
Searchable RSV
www.hti.umich.edu/relig/rsv
Greek Manuscript Gateway
http://greek-language.com/greek.manuscripts.gateway/
Greek Language and Linguistics Gateway
http://www.greek-language.com |
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