Stephen B. Chapman, Associate Professor of Old Testament
Please note: Stephen has left the "Religious Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.
A proponent of theological interpretation of the Bible, Professor Chapman has studied, lectured, and taught internationally in a variety of academic and church settings. His work focuses on the formation of the biblical canon, the nature of the Old Testament as scripture, the dynamics of biblical narrative, the challenge of biblical violence, and the history and use of the Old Testament within the Christian tradition and Western culture. He is the author of 1 Samuel as Christian Scripture (Eerdmans, 2016) and The Law and the Prophets (Mohr Siebeck, 2000; paperback edition 2009). He coedited The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (CUP, 2016) and Biblischer Text und theologische Theoriebildung (2001). He is an affiliate faculty member with Duke's Center for Jewish Studies and Director of Graduate Studies for Duke's PhD program in religion. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Theological Interpretation and the monograph series Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures (Eisenbrauns). He is also an ordained American Baptist minister. His current project is titled The Theology of the Book of Joshua, under contract with Cambridge University Press.
Teaching (Spring 2024):
- OLDTEST 753.001, OLD TESTAMENT INTRPRETATION II
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- Westbrook 0016, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
- OLDTEST 753.01P, OLD TESTAMENT INTRPRETATION II
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- Langford 0041, Tu 08:45 AM-09:35 AM
- OLDTEST 753.02P, OLD TESTAMENT INTRPRETATION II
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- Langford 0044, Tu 08:45 AM-09:35 AM
- OLDTEST 753.03P, OLD TESTAMENT INTRPRETATION II
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- Langford 0041, Tu 01:55 PM-02:45 PM
- OLDTEST 753.04P, OLD TESTAMENT INTRPRETATION II
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- Westbrook 030, Tu 01:55 PM-02:45 PM
- OLDTEST 753.05P, OLD TESTAMENT INTRPRETATION II
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- Langford 0050, Tu 01:55 PM-02:45 PM
- OLDTEST 865.01, BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
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- Westbrook 0013, Tu 08:30 AM-11:00 AM
- (also cross-listed as NEWTEST 865.01)
Teaching (Fall 2024):
- OLDTEST 752.001, OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION I
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- Westbrook 0016, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
- OLDTEST 752.01P, OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION I
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- Langford 0044, M 01:55 PM-02:45 PM
- OLDTEST 752.02P, OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION I
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- Langford 0050, M 01:55 PM-02:45 PM
- OLDTEST 752.03P, OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION I
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- Langford 042, Th 01:55 PM-02:45 PM
- OLDTEST 752.04P, OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION I
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- Langford 0044, Th 01:55 PM-02:45 PM
- OLDTEST 752.05P, OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION I
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- Langford 0044, F 11:35 AM-12:25 PM
- OLDTEST 752.06P, OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION I
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- Langford 042, F 11:35 AM-12:25 PM
- OLDTEST 870H.01, EX HEB O T: HISTORICAL
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- Divinity TBA, Tu 03:05 PM-05:35 PM
- Education:
Ph.D. | Yale University | 1998 |
M.Phil. | Yale University | 1994 |
M.Div. | Yale University | 1990 |
B.A. | Yale University | 1984 |
- Specialties:
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Old Testament
- Keywords:
- Bible • Bible and tradition • Bible as literature • Canon • Criticism • Criticism, interpretation, etc • Criticism, Textual • Evangelicalism--History • Gentiles in the Old Testament • Meditations • Missions--Biblical teaching • Prestige • Religion • Salvation--Biblical teaching • Scholars • Theology • Theology, Doctrinal
- Recent Publications
- Chapman, SB, Psalm 115 and the Logic of Blessing,
Horizons in Biblical Theology, vol. 44 no. 1
(January, 2022),
pp. 47-63 [doi] [abs]
- Chapman, SB, Who Prays the Psalms? Bonhoeffer's Christological Concentration,
Toronto Journal of Theology, vol. 37 no. 2
(December, 2021),
pp. 168-177 [doi] [abs]
- Chapman, SB, WORTHY TO BE PRAISED: GOD AS A CHARACTER IN SAMUEL,
in CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION IN THE BOOK OF SAMUEL, vol. 669
(2020),
pp. 25-41, ISBN 978-0-5676-8086-0
- Chapman, SB, Between Text and Sermon: Daniel 7,
Interpretation: a Journal of Bible and Theology, vol. 71 no. 2
(April, 2017),
pp. 207-209 [doi]
- Chapman, SB; Sweeney, MA, The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
(July, 2016), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 1316577961 [abs]