About
John Meade lives in Phoenix, AZ where he teaches at
Phoenix Seminary. He has coauthored
The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity: Texts and Analysis (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming Nov. 2017) and he has edited the materials for
A Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of Job 22-42 to be published by Peeters late this year or early next for the
Hexapla Institute. He plans to continue researching in the areas outlined under “Projects” below.
He teaches and mentors students at the seminary, recognizing the holistic nature of education as character formation. His courses include Introduction to Old Testament/Hebrew Bible; the Hebrew Language sequence from Introduction to Exegesis (Isaiah, Job, Proverbs); electives in Biblical Theology, Formation of the Biblical Canon, Readings in the Septuagint, and Readings in the Apocrypha/Deuterocanon.
Education
Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
M.Div. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
B.A. Columbia International University Publications
The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity: Texts and Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming Nov. 2017. Coauthored with Ed Gallagher
Articles on Masoretic Text, Septuagint, and the Hexapla in
The Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media. Edited by Tom Thatcher, Chris Keith, Raymond Person, and Elsie Stern (London: T & T Clark / Bloomsbury, forthcoming).
“An Analysis of the Syro-Hexapla of Job and Its Relationship to Other Ancient Sources.” Aramaic Studies 14.2 (2016): 212–41.
“The Meaning of Circumcision in Israel: A Proposal for a Transfer of Rite from Egypt to Israel.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 20.1 (2016): 35–54.
“The Significance of Ra 788 for a Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of Job.” Pages 109–31 in
XV Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies: Munich, 2013. Edited by W. Kraus, M. Meiser, and M. van der Meer. SBLSCS 64, Atlanta: Scholars Press, 2016.
Several articles on the Hexapla in
The Textual History of the Bible, vol. 1. Edited by Armin Lange and Emanuel Tov (Leiden: Brill, online version, 2015; print version, 2016–2017).
Projects
Masada Psalms fragments and the history of the Psalms
The history of the Hexapla of Origen according to all available primary sources
Ancient Christian terminology for canon
A critical edition of the hexaplaric fragments of Job
New Testament manuscripts and canon
Septuagint and canon Memberships
The Society of Biblical Literature
The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies
The Evangelical Theological Society
