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Lynn
Allan Kauppi, Ph.D. CURRENT
RESEARCH Acts of the Apostles, Greco-Roman religious and cultural backgrounds to the New Testament, apocryphal acts, ritual and landscape analyses of early Christian literature and Greco-Roman religion EDUCATION 1978 BS, zoology, Arizona State University 1979 Graduate study, interdisciplinary humanities, Arizona State University 1990
M.A., New Testament concentration, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 1992 Th.M., New Testament, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 1999 Ph.D., “with distinction,” New Testament, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago DISSERTATION TOPIC
XENWN DAIMONIWN: Greco-Romans Read Religion in Acts
Advisor: David Rhoads. Readers: Edgar Krentz, Ralph Klein, David Aune. HONORS AND AWARDS Doctoral Field Exams. “Passed with distinction.” Ph.D. awarded “with distinction.” Recipient of four Graduate
Student Association professional paper stipends. POSITIONS Present
Development Editor, Bible and Reference Resources, Abingdon Press, Nashville Spring 2000
Adjunct assistant professor of Theology, Valparaiso University Theology 210, Understanding the Bible; and Theology 312, Jesus and the Gospels Spring 2000
Adjunct Instructor in Religion, University of St. Francis, Joliet, Illinois Theology 315F, Religion in America Fall 1999
Adjunct assistant professor of Theology, Valparaiso University
Visiting Lecturer in Bible, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Bible 333, The Bible: Its Message and Meaning Spring 1999 Adjunct assistant professor of Theology, Valparaiso University Theology 312, Understanding the New Testament Summer 1994
Instructor in Greek, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Biblical Greek I and II for seminary students PROFESSIONAL MEMEBERSHIPS American Academy of Religion Society of Biblical Literature PUBLICATIONS
AND PRESENTATIONS Book Reviews Almost
thirty published reviews in Currents in Theology and Mission and Lutheran
Partners. Mark
Reasoner, The Strong and the Weak: Romans 14:1-15:13 in Context. SNTSMS 103.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. In Bryn Mawr Classical Review, www.bmcr.edu,
file id. no. 200004151900.PAA06449. Presentations March 1995. “Healing the Devalued Body: Healing Miracles in the Acts of Thomas.” Unpublished paper presented to Midwest Region, American Academy of Religion. April, 1996. “Cupid Meets Christ, Eleusis Meets Edessa: Boundary Overlap in Third Century Syrian Religions.” Unpublished paper presented to Midwest Region, American Academy of Religion, St. Louis. April, 1996. “Luke’s Use of APOFQEGGOMAI.” Unpublished paper presented to Midwest Region, Society of Biblical Literature, St. Louis. February, 1998. “Processions and Pharmakos: Acts 14:8-19 in Light of Greco-Roman Sacrificial Rituals.” Unpublished paper presented to the Midwest Region, Society of Biblical Literature, Milwaukee. March, 1998. “The Acts of the Apostles as a Window on Religious Change in the Early Roman Empire.” Unpublished paper presented to the Midwest Region, American Academy of Religion, Chicago. November, 1998. “Women and Ancient Greek Sacrifices: A Reply to Stanley K. Stowers.” Unpublished paper presented to the Greco-Roman Religions section at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Orlando. February, 2000. “St. Luke Plays the Lottery: The Motif in Acts 1:15-26.” Unpublished paper presented to the Midwest Region, Society of Biblical Literature, Chicago. PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE Chaired Session 4B New Testament/Gospels. Meeting of the Midwest Region, Society of Biblical Literature, Chicago, Feb. 14, 2000. Chaired Session 4C New Testament. Meeting of the Midwest Region, Society of Biblical Literature, Chicago, Feb. 15, 2000. Interviewed April 24, 2000 by Susan Lorimer, reporter for the Valparaiso, Indiana Post Tribune. Interview used in her article “Defining Jesus: Personal Philosophies and Perceptions Determine how Jesus is Portrayed in the Media,” Post Tribune, May 14, 2000, section D 1, 5. Member, Editorial Board, and House Style Editor, Journal of Biblical Studies, www.journalofbiblicalstudies.org
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