CURRICULUM VITAE



Elizabeth A. Woodson Professor Emeritus
of Religion and Biblical Literature
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
phone: (413) 585-3669
fax: (413) 256-6202
email: kdonfrie@smith.edu

 

EDUCATION
   
Dr. Theol.  
University of Heidelberg, 1968 (Thesis Director: Prof. Günther Bornkamm)
S.T.M.  
Union Theological Seminary, NY, 1965 (Thesis Director: Prof. W. D. Davies)
B.D.  
Harvard Divinity School, 1963 (Major Adviser: Prof. G. Ernest Wright)
B.A.  
Columbia University, 1960
   
ORDINATION
   

Lutheran Church in America, June 5, 1963. Also, Ecumenical Canon, Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal), Springfield, MA., 1977-
   
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
   
Elizabeth A. Woodson Professor Emeritus of Religion and Biblical Literature, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
   
Visiting Professor   Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Joseph Gregory McCarthy Professor
    Freie Universität Berlin (Seminar für Katholische Theologie), Fulbright
      Professor
   
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (Institut Kirche und Judentum), Fulbright
      Professor
    The University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (Smith-Geneva Exchange)
   
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (Fulbright Professor)
   
Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, CT
   
University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
   
Brown University, Providence, RI
   
Amherst College, Amherst, MA
   
Mount Holyoke College, S. Hadley, MA
   
Assumption College, Worcester, MA
   
St. Hyacinth College and Seminary (Roman Catholic), Granby, MA
   
PUBLICATIONS
   
BOOKS PUBLISHED  
  • 1 Timothy Reconsidered (Colloquium Oecumenicum Paulinum 18; Leuven: Peeters, 2008); editor and contributor
  • Who Owns the Bible? Toward the Recovery of a Christian Hermeneutic (New York: Crossroad, 2006)
  • Paul, Thessalonica and Early Christianity (Edinburgh and Grand Rapids: T. & T. Clark and Eerdmans, 2002)
  • The Thessalonians Debate: Methodological Discord or Methodological Synthesis? (with Johannes Beutler; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000)
  • Judaism and Christianity in Rome in the First Century (with Peter Richardson; GrandRapids: Eerdmans, 1998)
  • The Theology of the Shorter Pauline Letters (with I. Howard Marshall; Cambridge University Press, 1993)
  • The Romans Debate: Expanded and Revised Edition (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1991; paperback edition, 2001); editor and contributor. (Foreign Edition) Romans Debate: Latest Roman Studies (Chinese; Hong Kong: Tien Dao Publishing House, 2010)              
  • The Dynamic Word:New Testament Insights for Contemporary Christians (New York and San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1981)
  • Mary in the New Testament, edited and authored together with Raymond E. Brown, Joseph Fitzmyer and John Reumann (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1978; New York: Paulist Press, 1978)
    • Maria nel Nuovo Testamento (Assisi: Cittadella, 1985)
    • Maria en el Nuevo Testamento (Salamanca: Sigueme,1982)
    • Maria im Neuen Testament (Stuttgart:Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1981)
    • Mary in the New Testament (London: Chapman, 1978)
  • The Romans Debate (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1977); editor and contributor
  • The Setting of Second Clement in Early Christianity (Leiden:E. J. Brill, 1974)
  • Peter in the New Testament, edited and authored together with Raymond E. Brown and John Reumann (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1973; New York: Paulist Press, 1973)
    • Pietro nel Nuovo Testamento (Rome: Edizioni Borla, 1988)
    • Der Petrus der Bibel (Stuttgart: Katholischer Bibel Verlag/ Calwer Verlag, 1976)
    • Pedro en el Nuevo Testamento (Santander: Sal Terrae, 1976)
    • Petrus in het geloof van de jonge Kerk (Boxtel: Katholieke Bijbelstichtung, 1976)
    • Peter in the New Testament (London: Chapman, 1974)
    • Saint Pierre dans le Nouveau Testament (LD 79; Paris: Cerf, 1974)
    • Shin-yakuseisho ni okeru Pe-te-ro (Tokyo; Seibunsha, 1977)
   
GROUP PUBLICATIONS
   
  • PER ME IL VIVERE E CRISTO: Filippesi 1,1-3,21 (SMBen 14; Rome: Abazia di S. Paolo, 2001). Con la collaborazione di K. P. Donfried, et. al
  • The Historic Episcopate (New York: Lutheran Council in the USA, 1985) - with others
  • The Biblical Foundations of the Doctrine of Justification (New York: Paulist Press, 2012) - with others
    In Process
  • Commentary on 1-2 Thessalonians (ICC: Edinburgh: T.&T. Clark, 2016)
   
ARTICLES/CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
   
  • "Issues of Authorship in the Pauline Corpus: Rethinking the Relationship Between 1 and 2 Thessalonians" in 2 Thessalonians and Pauline Eschatology (Colloquium Oecumenicum Paulinum 21; ed. Christopher Tuckett; Leuven: Peeters, 2013) 81-113.
  • "Paul the Jew and the Dead Sea Scrolls," in The Dead Sea Scrolls in Context: Integrating the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Study of Ancient Texts, Languages, and Cultures (ed. Armin Lange, Emanuel Tov, and Matthias Weigold, in association with Bennie H. Reynolds III; 2 vols; Vetus Testamentum Supplements 140; Leiden: Brill, 2011) 721-733.
  • "Paul in His Jewish Matrix: The Scope and Nature of the Contributions," in Paul in His Jewish Matrix (ed. Thomas G. Casey and Justin Taylor; Rome: Gregorian and Biblical Press, 2011) 11-49.
  • "The Life 'in Christ' in St. Paul: From Glory to Glory," In In the Footsteps of St. Paul: An Academic Symposium (ed. Archbishop Demetrios of America and John Chryssavgis; Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2011) 89-103.
  • "1 Thessalonians," in The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament (ed. David E. Aune; Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), 504-514.
  • "Rethinking Scholarly Approaches to 1 Timothy," in 1 Timothy Reconsidered (Colloquium Oecumenicum Paulinum 18; ed. K.P.Donfried; Leuven: Peeters, 2008, 153-182.
  • "Paul and the Revisionists," Dialog: A Journal of Theology 46 (2007) 31-40
  • "Rethinking Paul: On the Way Toward a Revised Paradigm," Biblica 87 (2006) 582-594
  • "Thessaloniciens et la chronologie paulinienne," in Paul, une théologie en construction (Le monde de la Bible 51; ed. A. Dettwiler, J.-D. Kaestli and D. Marguerat; Geneve: Labor et Fides, 2004), 107-34.
  • "Paul the Jew - But of What Sort?" in Testimony and Interpretation: Early Christology in Its Judeo-Hellenistic Milieu (Pokorny Festschrift; ed. J. Mrazek and J. Roskovec: T & T Clark, 2004), 11-27.
  • “Shifting Paradigms: Paul, Jesus and Judaism,” in Karl P. Donfried, Paul, Thessalonica and Early Christianity (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 2002) , 1-20.
  • "Was Timothy in Athens" in Karl P. Donfried, Paul, Thessalonica and Early Christianity (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 2002), 209-19.
  • "Justification and Last Judgment in Paul – Twenty-Five Years Later,” in Karl P. Donfried, Paul, Thessalonica and Early Christianity (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 2002), 279-92.
  • "The Scope and Nature of the Thessalonians Debate: An Introduction and Some Questions," in The Thessalonian Correspondence: the Current Debate (ed. Karl P. Donfried and Johannes Beutler; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000), 3-30.
  • “The Epistolary and Rhetorical Context of 1 Thess 2:1-12,” in The Thessalonian Correspondence: the Current Debate (ed. Karl P. Donfried and Johannes Beutler; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000), 31-60.
  • "Paul and Qumran: The Possible Influence of on 1 Thessalonians, " in The Dead Sea Scrolls Fifty Years After Their Discovery (ed. L. H. Schiffman, E. Tov and J. VanderKam; Jersusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2000), 148-56.
  • "Augsburg, 1999: By Grace Alone - Some Reflections By A Participant, " in Pro Ecclesia IX (2000) 5-7.
  • "In the First Century: The Nature and Scope of the Question," in Judaism and Christianity in Rome in the First Century (ed. Karl P. Donfried and Peter Richardson; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998) 1-13.
  • "The Use of Scripture in Veritatis Splendor" in Ecumenical Ventures in Ethics (ed. Reinhard Hütter and Theodore Dieter (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1998) 38-59.
  • "The Imperial Cults of Thessalonica and Political Conflict in 1 Thessalonians" in Paul and Empire (ed. Richard Horsley; Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1997) 215-223.
  • "The Assembly of the Thessalonians: Reflections on the Ecclesiology of the Earliest Christian Letter" in Ekklesiologie des Neuen Testaments (ed. Rainer Kampling und Thomas Söding; Freiburg: Herder, 1996) 390-408.
  • "Alien Hermeneutics and the Misappropriation of Scripture" in Reclaiming the Bible for the Church (ed. Carl Braaten and Robert W. Jenson; Grand Rapids: Eerdman's, 1995) 19-45.
  • "2 Thessalonians and the Church of Thessalonica" in Origins and Method: Towards a New Under- standing of Judaism and Christianity. Essays in Honour of John C. Hurd (ed.Bradley H. McLean; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993), 128-144.
  • "Ministry: Rethinking the Term Diakonia," Concordia Theological Quarterly 56 (1992) 1-15.
  • "Chronology, New Testament" in The Anchor Bible Dictionary (ed. David Noel Freedman; New York: Doubleday, 1992) vol. 1, 1011-1022.
  • "Peter" in The Anchor Bible Dictionary (ed. David Noel Freedman; New York: Doubleday, 1992) vol. 5, 251-263.
  • "Ministry - Reality or Myth? Rethinking the Term Diakonia," dialog 31 (1992) 121-128.
  • "War Timotheus in Athen? Exegetische Überlegungen zu 1 Thess 3,1-3" in Die Freude an Gott - unsere Kraft:Festschrift für Otto Bernhard Knoch zum 65. Geburtstag edited by Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (Stuttgart: Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1991) 189-196.
  • "1 Thessalonians, Acts and the Early Paul" in The Thessalonian Correspondence edited by Raymond Collins (Leuven: University Press, 1990) 3-26.
  • "Paul as and the Use of the Codex in Early Christianity" in Festschrift für Wolfgang Trilling edited by Karl Kertelge, Traugott Holtz and Claus-Peter März (Leipzig: St. Benno Verlag, 1990) 249-256.
  • "Implications of the Gospel: Some Hermeneutical and Ecclesiological Queries," Word and World 10 (1990) 70-80.
  • "The Theology of 1 Thessalonians as a Reflection of Its Purpose" in To Touch the Text: Biblical and Related Studies in Honor of Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. edited by Maurya P. Horgan and Paul J. Kobelski (New York: Crossroad, 1989) 243-60.
  • "Asexual Heavenly Bliss," dialog 28 (1989) 263-69.
  • "Ecumenical Vision", Lutheran Forum (August, 1989) 10-13.
  • "A New Testament Scholar Looks at the Issue of Ministry in the New Testament,"dialog 27 (1988) 8-17.
  • "The Kingdom of God in Paul" in Kingdom of God in Twentieth Century Interpretation edited by Wendell Willis (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1987) 175-190.
  • Seven articles ("1 Thessalonians," "2 Thessalonians," "Man of Lawlessness," "Thessalonica," "Faith," "Hope" and "Love") in the Harper's Bible Dictionary (New York and San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985).
  • "The Cults of Thessalonica and the Thessalonian Correspondence," NTS 31 (1985) 336-56.
  • "Paul and Judaism: 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 as a Test Case," Int 38 (1984) 242-53.
  • "Attempts at Understanding the Purpose of Luke-Acts: Christology and the Salvation of the Gentiles" in Christological Perspectives:Essays in Honor of Harvey K. McArthur ed. Robert F. Berkey and Sarah A. Edwards (New York: The Pilgrim Press, 1982)112-22.
  • "The Feeding Narratives and the Marcan Community: Mark 6,3--43 and 8,1-10" in Kirche: Festschrift für Günther Bornkamm zum 75. Geburtstag, ed. D. Lührmann und G. Strecker (Tübingen: Mohr, 1980) 95-103.
  • "Romans 3:21-28," Int 34 (1980) 59-64.
  • "Ecclesiastical Authority in 2-3 John," in L´Evangile de Jean, ed. M. deJonge (Gembloux: J. Duculot, 1977) 325-33.
  • "Justification and Last Judgment in Paul" in La Notion biblique de Dieu, ed. J. Coppens (Gembloux: J. Duculot, 1976) 293-313 (with French summary attached).
  • "El sumario de la teologia de san Mateo," Selecciones de Teologia 58 (1976) 127-32.
  • "Justification and Last Judgment in the Theology of Paul," Int 30 (1976) 140-152.
  • "Justification and Last Judgment in Paul,"ZNW 67 (1976) 90-110.
  • "The Ten Virgins (Matt 25:1-13),"TD 23 (1975) 106-11.
  • "False Presuppositions in the Study of Romans,"CBQ 36 (1974)332-58.
  • "The Allegory of the Ten Virgins (Matt 25:1-13) as a Summary of Matthean Theology," JBL93 (1974) 332-58.
  • "The Theology of Second Clement,"HTR 66 (1973) 487-501.
  • "A Short Note on Romans 16,"JBL 89 (1970)441-49.
   
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
   
American Academy of Religion
   
Board of Directors, American Academy of Religion, 1971-73
American Schools of Oriental Research
   
Smith College Representative, 1997-2006
Society of Biblical Literature
   

President, Society of Biblical Literature, New England Region, 1975-76
Editorial Board,Journal of Biblical Literature, 1974-80

Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (International New Testament Society):
   
Executive Committee,1979-82
Co-chair, Seminar on the Thessalonian Letters, 1995-2000
Co-chair, Seminar on New Testament Texts in their Cultural Environment, 1989-94
Co-chair, Seminar on Pauline Theology, 1976-79
   
ACADEMIC/ECCLESIASTICAL WORKING GROUPS
     
Center for Catholic & Evangelical Theology
   
Board of Directors, 1991-2001; Publishers of Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology
XV Colloquium Oecumenicum Paulinum, Rome, 1997; XVI Colloquium
   
Oecumenicum Paulinum, Rome, 1999; XVII Colloquium Oecumenicum
Paulinum, Rome, 2002. Elected President for the Colloquium
Oecumenicum Paulinum, Rome, 2006.
Harvard Club of Heidelberg

                                   President, 1966-68
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
                                  Advisory Board, 2002-
Lutheran Church in America/New England Synod
    Executive Board, 1980-86
Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue
   
New England Committee (Chair, 1979-81; 1992-95)
New Testament Panel of the National Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue/USA, (Co-chair, 1973-78)
 Massachusetts Bible Society                                     
   
Board of Trustees (1980-86; Chair, Education Committee)
Honorary Trustee, 1986-
Presidential Fellowship Commission
   
Aid Association for Lutherans, Appleton, Wisc., 1982-88
Ratzinger Conference on Bible and the Church, New York City, 1988
   
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AT SMTIH COLLEGE
   

Chair, Department of Religion and Biblical Literature, 1980-1983, 1997-2000
Director, Ancient Studies, 1994-95
Jewish Studies Program Advisory Committee,1988-1999
Ancient Studies Advisory Committee, 1988-2005
Archaeology Program Advisory Committee, 1986-2005
Chair, Luther Symposium Committee,1983-84
   
HONORS
 

Invited Guest Lecturer, Colloquium Oecumenicum Paulinum, Rome. September 11-15, 2012.

Invited Guest Lecturer, Synaxis of the Heads of the Orthodox Churches and Pauline Symposium under the Auspices and Blessing of His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Constantinople. October 9 - 17, 2008.

Bible.Art.Culture, A Smith College Symposium in Honor of Karl Paul Donfried. Introduced by President Carol T. Christ, with lectures by Professors Raymond Collins, Kathy Eden, Amy-Jill Levine, Barry Moser and Ambassador Cynthia Schneider, April 2, 2005.

Official Representative,Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, at the signing of The Joint Declaration on Justification between the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church, Augsburg, Germany, October 31, 1999.

Guest Chaplain, U.S. House of Representatives, October 12, 1999.

Fellow, The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 1997.

Biblical Archaeology Society, the 1986 Publication Award for "Most Significant Scholarly Article on Archaeology or the Bible" (for the article on "The Cults of Thessalonica and the Thessalonian Correspondence").

Invited guest lectures in the United States, England, Germany, Greece, (the former) German Democratic Republic, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Israel and Italy.

Studiorum Novi TestamentiSocietas, Invited Main Lecture, University of Basel, Switzerland, August, 1984.

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