CURRICULUM VITAE: RONALD L. TROXEL

1348 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr.

Madison, WI 53706

rltroxel@wisc.edu

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison: August 27, 1989

Major: Hebrew and Semitic Studies (Hebrew Bible, Semitic Languages)

Minor: Greek and Classics

Dissertation: Eschatology in the Septuagint of Isaiah

M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison: December 22, 1985

Major: Hebrew and Semitic Studies

M.Div., Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN: May 28, 1977

Major: New Testament

B.A., Bethel College, St. Paul, MN: May 27, 1973

Major: Speech

Minors: Applied Speech, Biblical Studies

Languages: Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Syriac, Ugaritic, Phoenecian, Canaanite dialects, Latin, French, German.

I work in biblical languages and literatures, teaching courses in Hebrew Bible, Semitic languages, Greek, Hellenistic religions and philosophies, Jewish Hellenistic literature (including Qumran), early Christian literature, and Christian origins.

Teaching Career

Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison: since spring, 1991; Religious Studies Program: since fall, 1999.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison: September, 1983 through May, 1987

Courses taught at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

First Year Biblical Hebrew (Hebrew Studies 103 & 104)

Biblical Narrative Texts, in Hebrew (Hebrew Studies 323 & 324)

Biblical Poetic Texts, in Hebrew (Hebrew Studies 513 & 514)

Introduction to Syriac Language and Literature (Hebrew Studies 605 & 606)

Advanced Hebrew Grammar and Composition (Hebrew Studies 623)

The Book of Ezekiel, in Hebrew (Hebrew Studies 641 & 642)

The Book of Isaiah, in Hebrew (Hebrew Studies 651 & 652)

The Book of Job, in Hebrew (Hebrew Studies 654)

Introduction to Biblical Literature (Hebrew Studies 217/Religious Studies 227/Jewish Studies 227/Lit Trans 227) (taught using PowerPoint and a course web site: http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/~rltroxel/Intro/index.html)

Ancient Israel's History in the Bible (Hebrew Studies 371) (taught using PowerPoint and an online syllabus: http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/~rltroxel/history/syllabus.html)

Prophets of the Bible (Hebrew Studies 323/Religious Studies 323/Jewish Studies 323) (taught using PowerPoint and a course web site: http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/~rltroxel/ Prophets/index.html)

Jewish Literature of the Greco-Roman Age (Hebrew Studies 346/Jewish Studies 346 /Religious Studies 346) (taught using PowerPoint; online syllabus available at http://imp.lss. wisc.edu/ ~rltroxel/ JHL/ syllabus.html)

Graduate seminar in Jewish Hellenistic Literature (Hebrew Studies 951)

Early Christian Literature: Matthew–Revelation (Religious Studies 333) (taught using PowerPoint and a course web site: http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/~rltroxel/NTIntro/index.html)

The Gospels (Religious Studies 472) (taught using PowerPoint and a course web site: http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/~rltroxel/gospels/index. html)

Pauline Christianity (Religious Studies 361) (taught using PowerPoint and a course web site: http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/~rltroxel/Paul/index.html)

The New Testament and Christian Origins (Religious Studies 400 [topics]) (taught using PowerPoint)

Research and Publication

Work published

LXX-Isaiah as Translation and Interpretation: The Strategies of the Translator of the Septuagint of Isaiah. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2007.

Co-editor, with Kelvin Friebel and Dennis Magary, Seeking out the Wisdom of the Ancients (Fs. Michael V. Fox) Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2005.

"What's in a Name? Contemporization and Toponyms in LXX-Isa ." In Seeking out the Wisdom of the Ancients (see above).

Book review: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (John J. Collins). Hebrew Studies 46 (2005).

"Isaiah 7:14-16 through the Eyes of the Septuagint." Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 79 (2003), 1-19.

Book review: Isaiah 40-55: A New Translation With Introduction And Commentary (Joseph Blenkinsopp). Hebrew Studies 44 (2003), 257-261.

"Economic Plunder as a Leitmotif in LXX-Isaiah." Biblica 83:3 (2002), 375-91.

"Matthew 27.51-54 Reconsidered: Its Role in the Passion Narrative, Meaning, and Origin." New Testament Studies 48:1 (2002), 30-47.

Book review: The Messiah before Jesus (Israel Knohl). Hebrew Studies 42 (2001), 367-71.

"Exegesis and Theology in the LXX: Isaiah v 26-30." Vetus Testamentum 43 (1993), 102-11.

"Eschatos and Eschatology in LXX-Isa." Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies 25 (1992), 18-27.

Research and writing in Progress

Book project: I am writing a textbook for Blackwell Publishers on the prophetic books of the Bible, intended for use in college and university classrooms.

"The Use of boule in LXX-Isaiah" – to be published in the proceedings of a conference on the Septuagint of Isaiah to be held at Leiden University in April of 2008.

Papers presented

Accepted paper, "Boule in LXX-Isaiah." The Greek Bible Consultation. SBL Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2007.

"Contemporization or Fulfillment-Interpretation?" International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. SBL Annual Meeting, Washington, 2006.

"Antiochus IV and the Tyrant of Isaiah 14:18-20." International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. SBL Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2005.

"What's in a Name? Contemporization and Toponyms in LXX-Isa ." Combined session: IOSCS and Hellenistic Judaism. SBL Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2004.

"Matthew 27.51-54: Whence Did Matthew's Saints Appear?" Matthew section. SBL Annual Meeting, Denver, 2001.

"Web Resources for Studying Biblical Hebrew." National Association of Professors of Hebrew section, SBL annual meeting, Boston, 1999.

Service to the University of Wisconsin-Madison (beyond contract obligations)

Chair, Committee for Celebration of the 50^th anniversary of the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies. Fall, 2004 – spring, 2006.

Associate director, the Religious Studies Program, since December, 2005

Undergraduate advisor for the Religious Studies Program, since fall, 2002.

I have served on the selection committee for the Chancellor's Hilldale Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005 & 2006.

Member of the Steering Committee, Religious Studies Program 1999-2001. In this capacity I helped formulate the undergraduate major instituted fall semester, 2001.

I have met with donors to the Religious Studies program.

I was a reader for the dissertation defense of Dr. Changhak Hyun, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies, spring, 2001.

Advisor to students fulfilling requirements for the certificate in Religious Studies or pursuing an individual major in Religious Studies.

Oversight of students conducting independent research/theses in Hebrew and Semitic Studies and Religious Studies.

Presentation at a Religious Studies faculty colloquium (10/00): "Matthew 27.51-54: The Embarrassment of Premature Resurrection."

Participation in constructing and grading M.A. and Ph.D. qualifying exams for Hebrew and Semitic Studies.

I taught a six week series on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha during the 1995 Chautauqua program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

I gave a lecture in the 1994 Chautauqua program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Topic: "Torah-True/Sola Scriptura: The Role and Interpretation of the Bible in Judaism and Christianity."

Public Service

Participant in a study through the Wabash Center, Indianapolis, IN, funded by the Lily Foundation and conducted by Prof. Barbara Walvoord of the University of Notre Dame: "Teaching Introductory Theology and Religion: Lessons from the Practices of 50 Outstanding Teachers." Fall, 2004. August 1-3, 2005 I attended a follow-up conference of participants in the study, held in Indianapolis. I also helped make plans to disseminate the findings of this study as a member of a task force that met in Indianapolis on the weekend of September 28-30, 2007.

I offered analysis of Mel Gibson's movie, "The Passion of the Christ," in the following venues: 1) Interview on "Live at Five," WISC, 2/23/04; 2) interview on WKOW news, following Dianne Sawyer's interview of Gibson, 2/15/04; 3) call in program on WPR, 6-7 p.m., 2/25/04; 4) 700 word op-ed column in the Capital Times, 2/23/04; 5) interviews in the Wisconsin State Journal (2/25/04) and the Appleton Post-Crescent (2/23/04); 6) participant in a panel discussion sponsored by Religious Studies on Wednesday, 3/24/04.

I recorded a series of three hour-long programs for "University of the Air," produced by Wisconsin Public Radio: 1) The development of Judaism in the Persian and early Hellenistic eras; 2) Developments within Judaism from the second century B.C.E. through the first century C.E.; 3) The early Christian movement's depiction of Jesus as a first century Jewish figure. June, 2002.

Interview with WISC-TV news (CBS affiliate in Madison) on Today's New International Version, discussing "inclusive language" translations. April, 2002.

I provided commentary on the documentary, From Jesus to Christ, during the pledge drive breaks on WHA TV (public TV) in Madison. March, 1999.

I taught a four week series comparing the Deuteronomistic History and Chronicles, as well as a four week series on Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, during the 1998 Senior Summer School program, held in university housing.

I gave an eight week series of two lectures per week on the topic, "Faith and Skepticism in the Hebrew Bible," during the 1997 Senior Summer School program, held in university housing.

I delivered an eight week series of lectures on "Israel's Prophets as Reformers and Futurists" during the 1996 Senior Summer School program, held in university housing.

I have taught classes in Madison area churches, addressing topics such as, "The Bible and Homosexuality," "Christian Fundamentalism," and "Judaism."

Service to the Society of Biblical Literature

I am moderator of "Miqra," an email discussion list for Hebrew Bible scholars, sponsored by the SBL.

I have been co-chair of a steering committee for a group exploring the topic of "Biblical Scholarship beyond Academia." In this capacity I have organized and moderated sessions at annual meetings of the SBL.

I organized and presided over a special session at the 1998 annual meeting of the SBL, exploring issues affecting biblical scholars employed outside academia.

I have served as a reader for the SBL dissertation monograph series, published by Scholars Press, and have helped assess candidates for awards given by the Midwest regional SBL chapter.

Awards and Grants

The Chancellor's Hilldale Award for Excellence in Teaching, April, 2004.

A web-site development grant from DoIT (1998).

A full-year research fellowship, awarded by the graduate school of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1987-88).

The Mansoor Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement, awarded by the Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning (1986).

Departmental award for the best graduate research paper of the year (1985).

Six scholarships from the Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning, awarded at various times during my graduate studies.