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Stephen B. Chapman, Associate Professor of Old Testament

Stephen B. Chapman

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.

Contact Info:
Office Location:  051 Langford, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address: send me a message
Web Page:  http://www.duke.edu/religion/~schapman
Division:  Divinity Faculty

Teaching (Spring 2024):

  • OLDTEST 753.001, OLD TESTAMENT INTRPRETATION II Synopsis
    Westbrook 0016, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
  • OLDTEST 753.01P, OLD TESTAMENT INTRPRETATION II Synopsis
    Langford 0041, Tu 08:45 AM-09:35 AM
  • OLDTEST 753.02P, OLD TESTAMENT INTRPRETATION II Synopsis
    Langford 0044, Tu 08:45 AM-09:35 AM
  • OLDTEST 753.03P, OLD TESTAMENT INTRPRETATION II Synopsis
    Langford 0041, Tu 01:55 PM-02:45 PM
  • OLDTEST 753.04P, OLD TESTAMENT INTRPRETATION II Synopsis
    Westbrook 030, Tu 01:55 PM-02:45 PM
  • OLDTEST 753.05P, OLD TESTAMENT INTRPRETATION II Synopsis
    Langford 0050, Tu 01:55 PM-02:45 PM
  • OLDTEST 865.01, BIBLICAL THEOLOGY Synopsis
    Westbrook 0013, Tu 08:30 AM-11:00 AM
    (also cross-listed as NEWTEST 865.01)
Education:

Ph.D.Yale University1998
M.Phil.Yale University1994
M.Div.Yale University1990
B.A.Yale University1984
Specialties:

4119
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   (More Publications)

  1. Chapman, SB, Psalm 115 and the Logic of Blessing, Horizons in Biblical Theology, vol. 44 no. 1 (January, 2022), pp. 47-63 [doi]  [abs]
  2. 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]
  3. 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
  4. 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]
  5. Chapman, SB; Sweeney, MA, The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (July, 2016), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 1316577961  [abs]


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