My CV
Gordon Lyn Watley | Curriculum
Vitae
E-mail: gordonwatley@gmail.com
1. Education
Academic specialization
Primary
Judaism & Christianity in antiquity
Primary
Judaism & Christianity in antiquity
Secondary
Comparative
religion; Classics
Languages
Teaching competence
Homeric,
Classical, Biblical, & Patristic Greek, Biblical & Rabbinic Hebrew & Aramaic,
Classical Latin
Reading knowledge
Coptic,
French, German, Israeli Hebrew, Italian, Spanish
Learning
Qur’anic
and Modern Standard Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, Frisian, Scots
Degrees
2010
PhD,
Religious Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
1990
MA,
Classical Greek, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln NE
1981
MA, Teaching English as a Second Language, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale IL
1980
BA,
English & Religion, Hastings College, Hastings NE
Dissertation
The Jewish & Christian Editions of Sibylline Oracles 1-2
Judith L. Kovacs and Harry Gamble, co-advisors
Master’s thesis
The Baptismal Practices of Early Jewish Baptismal Movements
John D. Turner, advisor
2. Teaching
Teaching competencies
Early Judaism
Ancient Israel, Hebrew Bible/Old
Testament, Second Temple Judaism, Dead Sea Scrolls,
Pseudepigrapha, Philo, Josephus, Rabbinics
Early Christianity
Early
Christianity, New Testament, Apostolic Fathers, Gnosticism, Nag Hammadi Library,
Patristics, Early Christian ethics
Comparative religion
Interfaith
dialogue; Judaism, Christianity, & Islam; Process theology; Theory & methods in
religious studies; World religions
Classics
Ancient
Near Eastern literature, mythology, & religions; Greek & Roman ethics,
literature, mythology, philosophy, & religions
Ancient Languages
Homeric, Classical, Biblical, & Patristic Greek; Biblical
& Rabbinic Hebrew & Aramaic; Classical Latin
Teaching experience
2008-2012
Assistant
Professor of the Practice of Classics & Religious Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1999-2008
Lecturer
in Classics & Religious Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1999-2000
Adjunct
Instructor in Religion, Nebraska Wesleyan University
1997
Visiting
Assistant Professor of Classics & Religious Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1990
Instructor
in Classics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1987-90
Teaching
Assistant in Classics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1984-86
Instructor
in English as a Second Language, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1980-81
Teaching
Assistant in English as a Second language, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Awards and fellowships
2010-11
Peer
Review of Teaching, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2003, 2007, 2012
UNL Parents' Association/UNL Teaching Council Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students
Courses taught at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1999-2012)
Languages
Elementary Hebrew I
Elementary Latin I & II
Elementary Aramaic
(independent reading)
Judaism and
Christianity in Antiquity
Introduction to the
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Introduction to the
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (online)
Second Temple Judaism
Rewriting Moses:
reading the Torah with Philo & Josephus (honors seminar)
Early Christianity
Early Christianity (for
the MA program)
Jesus then & now:
quests for the historical Jesus (honors seminar)
Letters of Paul
Pauline theology (for
the MA program)
Early Christian
letters: Hebrews to Revelation; Barnabas, Clement, Ignatius, & Polycarp
The Apostolic Fathers
(honors seminar)
After the New
Testament: the formation of normative Christian theology (honors seminar)
Pagans & Christians
in Late Antiquity
How we got the Bible:
the formation of the New Testament canon (honors seminar)
The other Old
Testament: the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (honors seminar)
The Bible’s lost books:
the New Testament Apocrypha (honors seminar)
Comparative
Religion
Explaining religion
World religions
World religions (for
the Thompson Learning Community)
History of comparative religion
Judaism, Christianity,
& Islam
Judaism, Christianity,
& Islam (online)
Judaism, Christianity,
& Islam (online for the Advanced Scholars program for high schools)
Judaism, Christianity,
& Islam (hybrid onsite/online course)
Apocalypticism in
Judaism, Christianity, & Islam (honors seminar)
Apocalypticism in
popular culture: ancient, medieval, modern
Biblical figures
outside the Bible (for the Alpha Learning Community)
Prophets & prophecy
in cross-cultural perspective (honors seminar)
Classics
Classical mythology
Classical mythology
(evening course)
Classical mythology
(for the Thompson Learning Community)
Literature of the
Ancient Near East
The myth of Atlantis
(for the Alpha Learning Community)
Courses taught at Nebraska Wesleyan University (1999-2000)
Doing theology (Introduction to Christian theology)
Introduction to the New Testament
Introduction to the Old Testament
Life & letters of Paul
Course taught at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1997)
Early Christianity
Courses taught at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1987-90)
Classical mythology
Scientific Greek and Latin
Courses taught at
the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1984-86)
English
composition for foreign students
English
grammar for foreign students
Language
laboratory supervisor
Course taught at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (1980-81)
English composition for foreign students
3. Research
Research interests
Apocalypticism in early Judaism and Christianity
Biblical interpretation in early Judaism and Christianity
Early Jewish & Christian Greek poetry
Interfaces of Christianity/Hellenism/Judaism in Late
Antiquity
Wisdom literature in comparative perspective
Publications in print
Book review
Review of J. L. Lightfoot, The Sibylline Oracles (Oxford, 2007), in The Classical Review (2009) 59.1, pp. 101-3.
Encyclopedia articles
“Callisthenes” and “Chadiasians” in Hans-Josef Klauck et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 4 (deGruyter, 2012).
“Cleodemus Malchus” in Hans-Josef Klauck et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 5 (deGruyter, 2012).
“Elasa”, “Eleazar Avaran (Maccabeus)”, “Eleazar Father of Jason”, “Eleazar the Scribe”, “Eleutherus”, “Ephraim in Second Temple Judaism and Hellenistic Judaism”, “Esdris”, “Eumenes”, “Eupolemus”, in Hans-Josef Klauck et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (deGruyter, forthcoming).
Review of J. L. Lightfoot, The Sibylline Oracles (Oxford, 2007), in The Classical Review (2009) 59.1, pp. 101-3.
Encyclopedia articles
“Callisthenes” and “Chadiasians” in Hans-Josef Klauck et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 4 (deGruyter, 2012).
“Cleodemus Malchus” in Hans-Josef Klauck et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 5 (deGruyter, 2012).
“Elasa”, “Eleazar Avaran (Maccabeus)”, “Eleazar Father of Jason”, “Eleazar the Scribe”, “Eleutherus”, “Ephraim in Second Temple Judaism and Hellenistic Judaism”, “Esdris”, “Eumenes”, “Eupolemus”, in Hans-Josef Klauck et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (deGruyter, forthcoming).
Publications under
editorial review
Encyclopedia articles
Encyclopedia articles
“Gennaeus”,
“Gophna”, and “Hegemonides” in Hans-Josef Klauck et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Bible
and Its Reception (deGruyter, forthcoming).
Publications in progress
Encyclopedia article
Encyclopedia article
“Holofernes in Biblical
Studies and Judaism” in Hans-Josef Klauck et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Bible
and Its Reception (deGruyter, forthcoming).
Journal
articles
“Pseudepigraphy and
the Apocalyptic Chronotope”
“Sibylline Oracles 1-3: An Early Oracle
Collection”
Monographs
The Jewish and Christian Editions of Sibylline Oracles 1-2 (dissertation revision)
The Jewish and Christian Editions of Sibylline Oracles 1-2 (dissertation revision)
Sibyls and
Sibylline Oracles: A Short Introduction
Publication agenda
Apocalyptic wisdom: epistemology, eschatology, & ethics in
early Judaism and Christianity
Critique of Nonnus, Metabolê kata Ioannou, a 5th century CE paraphrase of the Gospel of John in
Critique of Nonnus, Metabolê kata Ioannou, a 5th century CE paraphrase of the Gospel of John in
Didactic poetry & early Jewish and Christian wisdom
literature
English translation & updating of Charles Alexandre’s 1856
Excursus ad Sibyllina
Uses & interpretations of classical myth in early Jewish
and Christian literature
Wisdom literature in world religions
Conference participation – research presentations
2001
“The Jewish Sibyl and the Christian Sibyl”, AAR/SBL annual meeting
1998
“The Jewish Sibyl and the Christian Sibyl”, AAR/SBL annual meeting
1998
“Genre
Criticism and the Gnostic Apocalypse”, AAR/SBL annual meeting
1991
“The Attraction of Jewish Sectarian Hermeneutics for Sethian Gnostics”, AAR/SBL annual meeting
1989
“The Attraction of Jewish Sectarian Hermeneutics for Sethian Gnostics”, AAR/SBL annual meeting
1989
“Apocalyptic
with Tongue in Cheek: Genre and Narrative in the Apocalypse of Moses”, SBL Midwest Region annual meeting
Membership in professional societies
American Academy of Religion
Society of Biblical Literature
Award
1980
American Bible Society award for excellence in biblical studies
American Bible Society award for excellence in biblical studies
4. Service
Public lectures
Aug. 14,
2011
"The Virgin Mary in Christianity and Islam", at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Blair, Nebraska
Nov. 18, 2010
"The Virgin Mary in Christianity and Islam", at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Blair, Nebraska
Nov. 18, 2010
Introduction
to a screening of the film Little Town of Bethlehem, presented by the UNL Muslim
Student Association and Hillel Jewish Student Association, Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, Lincoln,
NE
Departmental weblog development and maintenance
2009-2012
http://unlclasrelg.wordpress.com
http://unlclasrelg.wordpress.com
Classics
and Religious Studies at UNL
Other
2006-07
Vestry member, St. David’s Episcopal Church, Lincoln, NE
2003-07
Vestry member, St. David’s Episcopal Church, Lincoln, NE
2003-07
Director of
Christian Education, St. David’s Episcopal Church, Lincoln, NE
2004
2004
United Thank Offering grant recipient, through the
Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska, to seek long-term
funding for development of a program of spiritual formation for Christian victims of domestic violence
1999
1999
Assistant Coordinator,
conference on Clergy Response to Domestic
Violence, Council on Sexual Abuse and Domestic
Violence, Sioux City, IA
1998
1998
Volunteer Advocacy Training,
Rape/Spouse Abuse Crisis Center, Lincoln, NE
1985-86
1985-86
Mentor,
Education for Ministry, St. Mark’s-on-the-Campus Episcopal Church, Lincoln, NE; EfM is an adult continuing
education/diaconal training program of the Episcopal Church, administered by the University of the South, Sewanee,
TN
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