Ken StoneAcademic Dean & Professor of Hebrew Bible, Culture, and Hermenutics B.A., Lee College, 1984; M. Div., Church of God School of Theology, 1987; Th.M., Harvard Divinity School, 1989; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University,1992, 1995. Author: Sex, Honor and Power in the Deuteronomistic History (Sheffield Academic Press, 1996); editor of Queer Commentary and the Hebrew Bible (Sheffield Academic Press/Pilgrim Press, 2001). Practicing Safer Texts: Food, Sex and Bible in Queer Perspective (Continuum International Publishing, 2005). Professor Stone, a Lambda Literary Award winner, focuses his research on the relationship between critical theory and biblical interpretation and matters of gender, sexuality, animals, and ecology. “I always encourage students to question their own assumptions about the content and interpretation of the Bible. Such a process of questioning need not be destructive, but rather creates opportunities for pursuing a two-fold goal. On the one hand, we must obtain a thorough knowledge of both the surprising diversity of the biblical writings and their historical and socio-cultural contexts. On the other hand, we must reflect critically on the difficult process of interpreting and teaching those writings in a manner that will help us transform our own world toward greater justice and mercy.” Sample Courses:Suffering, Lament, & Human Existence in the Hebrew Bible
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