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Bernard Brandon Scott
Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament
at the Phillips Theological Seminary,
University of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Brandon Scott photoBernard Brandon Scott is the author of several books, including Hear Then the Parable, one of the most important books on parables in this generation, and the editor of several more. A charter member of the Jesus Seminar, he is co-chair of the Bible in Ancient and Modern Media Section of the Society of Biblical Literature and a consultant to the American Bible Society experimental film translations. In recognition of that work, the American Bible Society Research Center awarded him a research grant for 1999–2000 to work on sound mapping, the study of sound as the communication environment of the ancient world.

Books

  • Re-Imagine the World, 2001
  • Hollywood Dreams and Biblical Stories, 1994
  • Proclamation 5, Series C: Advent-Christmas, 1994
  • Reading New Testament Greek (with Margaret Dean, Kristen Sparks, and Francis LaZar), 1993
  • In Search of Wisdom:  Essays in Honor of John G. Gammie (editor, with Leo G. Perdue and Willliam Johnston Wiseman), 1993
  • The Looking Glass, Essays in Celebration of a Precursor:  For Robert W. Funk, Forum 8, numbers 3/4 (editor), 1992
  • Hear Then the Parable, 1989
  • The Red Letter Parables(with Robert Funk), 1988
  • The Word of God in Words, 1985
  • Jesus Symbol-Maker for the Kingdom, 1981
  • Alfred Loisy, The Gospel and the Church, Lives of Jesus Series (editor)

Acadmic Credentials

  • A.B., St. Meinrad
  • M.A., Miami University
  • Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Academic Appointments

  • Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Phillips Theological Seminary at the University of Tulsa, 1988–
  • Acting Dean of the Tulsa Center, Phillips Graduate Seminary at the University of Tulsa, 1988–1989
  • Visiting Professor and Research Associate, Yale Divinity School, 1986
  • Professor of New Testament, St. Meinrad School of Theology, 1982–1988
  • Associate Professor of New Testament; St. Meinrad School of Theology, 1971–1982
  • Director of the Budget, St. Meinrad School of Theology, 1977–1983
  • Academic Dean, St. Meinrad School of Theology, IN, 1975–1978

Professional Service

  • Co-Chair of Group on the Bible in Ancient and Modern Media Group, Society of Biblical Literature, 1991–1999
  • Consultant to the American Bible Society Multi-media Translations Group, 1991–
  • Editor of Sources for the Study of the New Testament.
  • Associate Editor for Catholic Biblical Quaterly, 1989–1995
  • Associate Editor for Journal of Biblical Literature,  1990–1995
  • Editorial Board for Religion, 1991–1994
  • Editorial Board for Biblical Theology Bulletin, 1987–
  • Editorial Board for Semeia, 1994–1999
  • Editorial Board for Fourth R, 1999–
  • Editorial Board for New Trends in Translation, 1999–

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