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Available to speak/teach on the following topics:

The Pentateuch

Introduction to the New Testament

The Four Gospels

The Gospel of John

The Epistles of John

The Book of Revelation

Biblical Interpretation

The Apostolic Church

Orality (How the Bible was Intended to be Read Aloud)

Introduction to Biblical Greek

Introduction to Biblical Hebrew

Other topics are also available 

Please contact Marjorie Truman (mtruman@ugst.org or 314-921-9290 x7107) for more information on scheduling Bro. Brickle to come speak for you.

 

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Jeffrey E. Brickle


phone: 314-921-9290, x-7102; email: jbrickle@ugst.org

 

Personal Data

            Year/Place of Birth: 1961/Newark, NY

Academic Training

            Undergrad: A.A. in Music with Honor, Finger Lakes Community College, 1982
                                 A.L.B. Cum Laude, Field of Religion, Harvard University, 1994
            Graduate:   M.A. Summa Cum Laude, Urban Ministry, Concentration in
                                 New Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2010
                               Ph.D., Biblical Studies, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
                           
            Other:        Berklee College of Music, 1982-83
                              Boston University, 1986

Teaching Experience

            2000-2002             Instructor, Gateway College of Evangelism
            Summer 2002        Visiting Instructor, Clyde Haney Memorial Bible College,
                                                Ethiopia
            2002-2005             Adjunct Professor, Urshan Graduate School of Theology
            2003                       Teaching Assistant, Elementary Greek, Concordia
                                                Seminary
            2004                       Teaching Assistant, Book of Revelation, Concordia
                                                Seminary
            2005-present         Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, UGST

 

Fellowships

            2001-present         Doctoral Fellow, Urshan Graduate School of Theology
            2002-2004;             Graduate Research Fellow, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis;
            2005-2006              Project title: “Commentary on the Letters of John”

Publications

            Forthcoming           “Seeing, Hearing, Declaring, Writing: Media Dynamics in
                                                the Letters of John,” chapter in The Fourth Gospel
                                                and Ancient Media Culture
, European Studies in
                                                Christian Origins (T&T Clark).

Courses Taught

            Undergraduate      New Testament Survey; Old Testament Survey;
                                             Introduction to Greek; Greek II; Historical Books;
                                             Johannine Literature; Pauline Theology; Romans;
                                             Hebrews; Book of Revelation;
                                             Theology I; Social Ethics
            Graduate                Greek I and II; Hebrew I and II; Biblical Interpretation
                                              (independent study); The Pentateuch; New Testament
                                              Foundations; Jesus and the Holy Land (in Israel);
                                              Gospel of John; Johannine Epistles (independent study);
                                              Book of Revelation; Johannine Theology; Orality and
                                              Performance Criticisms (independent study)  

Languages                     

            Biblical Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic; Theological German and French

Symposia Presentations

            1996                   Symposium on Oneness Theology, “Re-envisioning Oneness
                                            Theology.”
            1998                   Symposium on Oneness Theology, “From Now to Then and
                                            Back Again: Temporal Trajectories in Biblical
                                            Interpretation.”
            2002                   UGST:  “Interpreting the Apocalypse – Where Do We Go From
                                            Here?”
            2004                   UGST: Panel Member, “Should Matthew 28:19 Be Included in
                                            the Biblical Text?”
            2005                    UGST: Moderator, Panel Discussion on Biblical Criticisms
            2006                    UGST: Reviewer of Don Modarelli, “The Ending of the Gospel
                                            of Mark”
            2007                    UGST: “Reading the Prologue of First John Silently or Aloud:
                                            Does It Make a Difference?”
            2007                    Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA:
                                            “Oral Design and Coherence in the Prologue of First John”
            2008                    Society for Pentecostal Studies, Durham, NC: “Oral Design in
                                            the Prologue of First John”
            2008                    Society of Biblical Literature Central State Region Annual
                                             Meeting, St. Louis, MO: “Have You Heard the Text? The
                                             Implications of First Century Orality for New Testament
                                             Studies”
            2008                    UGST: Chair, "Orality, Performance and Media" Track
            2008                    Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston, MA:
                                             "The Analysis of Sound Patterns: Exploiting Aural
                                             Exegesis of Ancient Texts"

Ministerial Credentials

            1988                    Ordination, United Pentecostal Church International

 

Ministerial Experience

            1987-1989          Campus Minister (full-time), BUPC, Boston, MA
            1989-1991          Assistant to the Pastor, Granby Pentecostal Tabernacle,
                                             Granby, CT
            1991-2000          Assistant Pastor, North Shore UPC, Lynn, MA        

Membership in Professional Associations

            1979                      National Honor Society
            1999                      Phi Alpha Chi Scholastic Honor Society, GCTS chapter
            2001-present      Society for Pentecostal Studies
            2005-present      Society of Biblical Literature

Academic Interests

            Johannine Studies; Gospel Studies; Ancient Media Culture (orality/aurality,
               literacy, performance, memory); Hermeneutics

Honors

            M.A. Summa Cum Laude, GCTS (4.0 GPA); Phi Alpha Chi, GCTS; A.L.B. Cum
            Laude, Harvard (3.66 GPA); Dean’s List for Academic Achievement, Harvard;
            A.A. with Honor, FLCC; Dean’s List, Berklee College of Music and FLCC;
            scholarship recipient, Berklee College of Music; member, National Honor
            Society; Student Ambassador, People to People International; Faculty
            Participant: UGST Paths of Paul Tour of Turkey & Greece

Other Employment

             1989-1994       Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Support Staff
            1994-2000       Harvard University: Laboratory Administrator
            1999                  Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: Administrative
                                           Assistant to the Director and Executive Assistant to the
                                           Director           

 



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