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Dr Charles E. Shepherd

Member of the Department of Theology and Religion

Contact Dr Charles E. Shepherd (email at c.e.shepherd@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

Although I hail from Seattle, my wife Helen and I live in Gilesgate, Durham. I am an adjunct lecturer in Biblical Studies at Cranmer Hall, St. John’s College (Durham University), and am a Tutor in Old and New Testament at Lindisfarne Regional Training Partnership. In addition to these, I teach Missions Studies for our local church, and am a Tutor and Mentor at Hatfield College (Durham University). Prior to coming to Durham, I lived and taught at a seminary in Cameroon, West Africa.

I have recently completed a PhD (under review with T.&T. Clark, LHBOTS) that undertakes a comparison of three Old Testament scholars who seek to interpret Isaiah 52.13- 53.12 within a theological frame of reference: Bernhard Duhm, Brevard Childs, and Alec Motyer. The dissertation aims to explore the formation and application of theological hermeneutics. As theological reading of the Old Testament is largely constituted by a sympathetic return to a collection of practices and sensitivities largely identified with a pre-modern frame of reference, my thesis addresses in what ways this 'return' relates to what is often called (for better or worse) 'historical criticism'.

I have also reviewed works for Vetus Testamentum, the European Journal of Theology, Politics and Religion, Theology and Sexuality, and Theological Book Review.

Research Interests

Prophetic Literature
Biblical Theology
Theological Hermeneutics
Pentateuchal Criticism

Publications

Edited works: contributions

C.E. Shepherd (2013). 'Purity in the Prophets'. In Purity: Essays in Bible and Theology. A. Ermakov & A. Brower-Latz Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock.

Translated: Book

C.E. Shepherd (tr.) & J. Wellhausen (trans.) (2015). Israelite and Jewish History . Atlanta: SBL
C.E. Shepherd (tr.) & B. Duhm (trans.) (2014). Israel's Prophets . Atlanta: SBL