Alice W. HuntPresident & Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Theological Education B.S., University of Montevallo, 1978; M.T.S., Vanderbilt University Divinity School, 1996; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2001, 2003. Selected Writings: Missing Priests: The Zadokites in Tradition and History (London: T&T Clark/Continuum, 2006); “In the Beginning - Again: Historiography and the Second Temple Period: A Response,” Approaching Yehud: New Approaches to the Study of the Persian Period, ed., Jon Berquist, SBL Semeia Series 50, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007, 203-08; “Song of Songs,” introduction for The People’s Bible, Augsburg Fortress Press, 2008; “Bringing Dialogue from Cacophony: Can Bakhtin Speak to Biblical Historiography?,” Perspectives in Religious Studies, Bakhtin and the Bible, Vol. 32, Fall 2005, 325-37; “Psalm 23,” “Psalm 31,” “Psalm 116,” in Feasting on the Word Commentary Series, Volume X, Westminster John Knox, forthcoming; “Hebrew Bible Historiography and Biblical Interpretation,” Methods of Biblical Interpretation, Paul Franklyn, ed., Nashville: Abingdon. 2004, 15-18; “Building on Tradition: Curriculum Review and Revision at a University-Based Divinity School,” Association of Theological Schools Consultation on M.Div. Curriculum Casebook, October 30 – November 1, 2003, co-authored with Bonnie Miller-McLemore. Professor Hunt's research interests include biblical interpretation and engagement in the public square, historiography and the Bible, Second Temple Studies, critical theological reflection and theological education, and leadership education. Her current project focuses on the Bible in relation to the U.S./Mexico immigration issue. Reverend Hunt was ordained at the historic Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church, National Baptist Convention, in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds dual standing with the United Church of Christ in the Chicago Metropolitan Association. Involved in the broader issues of religious affairs and theological education, Hunt has chaired the American Academy of Religion Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession and the Social-Scientific Studies of the Second Temple Period Section for the Society of Biblical Literature. She currently serves on the Board of Commissioners for the Association of Theological Schools and chairs the Historical Books section for the Society of Biblical Literature's international meeting. She enjoys preaching and teaching in local congregations.
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