D. Matthew Stith
698 Hotchkiss Lane
Memphis, TN 38104
home: (901)272-5786 office:
(901)843-3258
Education
1998-present Ph.D. Candidate Biblical Studies (Old Testament),
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey. Current status: ABD,
completion in Spring 2003. Dissertation topic: The Coups of Jehu and Hazael and
Israelite-Aramean Relations (Advisor: J.J.M. Roberts)
1996 Graduate Seminar in Iron Age Archaeology, Megiddo Expedition/Tel Aviv University, Megiddo, Israel
1995-1998 M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary
1989-1993 B.S. Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Teaching
2002-2003 Instructor in Religious Studies, Rhodes
College, Memphis, Tennessee (Introduction to the Biblical Tradition, Wisdom
Literature, Archaeology and the Biblical World, Prophets)
Spring 2001 Adjunct Instructor, Old Testament I,
Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus), New York, New York
Fall 2000 Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Hebrew Exegesis, PTS
Spring 2000 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, PTS
Fall 1999 Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Old Testament Studies, PTS
Summer 1999 Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, PTS
1997-1998 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, PTS
1994-1995 Mathematics Teacher, North Montgomery
High School, Crawfordsville, Indiana
Spring 1993 Course Assistant, Educational Psychology, Purdue University
Other Employment
2001-2002 Research Assistant, Professor Katharine
Doob Sakenfeld, PTS
2000-2002 Research Coordinator, PTS Classical
Hebrew Lexicon Project
1997-2002 Supply Preacher and Substitute On-call
Pastoral Caregiver, First Presbyterian Church, Plainsboro, New Jersey
1996-2000 Researcher, PTS Classical Hebrew Lexicon Project
Fellowships and Awards
1998-present Ph.D. Merit Fellowship, Princeton
Theological Seminary
1998 A. A. Hodge Award in Systematic Theology, Princeton
Theological Seminary
1996 Robinson Foundation Prize, Princeton Theological
Seminary
1995-1998 Presbyterian Leadership Award, Princeton
Theological Seminary
1993 Phi Beta Kappa, Purdue University
1993 Shanks Award, Purdue University
1989-1994 Presidential Honors Scholar and Fellow,
Purdue University
Academic Activities
2000-2002 Ph.D. student representative to the
Biblical Studies faculty committee
2000-2002 Old Testament co-editor, Koinonia journal
1999-2002 Member of the PTS Hebrew Learning Project
1996-1997 M.Div. student representative to the Biblical
Studies faculty committee
Publications
2000 Review
of Eric Myers, ed., The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) in Koinonia XII.2: 114-17.
1999 “Whose Lion Is it, Anyway?” Koinonia XI.1:
103-18.
1998 Review of Richard D. Nelson, Joshua: A Commentary
(Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1997) in Koinonia X.2: 248-51.
1998 “Response to Dean L. Overman: Is There Room For God
and Stephen Hawking in the Same Universe?” Princeton Theological Review
5:2-3 (1998): 2-4.
Papers Presented
2002 “Setting the Stage: The Archaeological and Geographic
Background of the Israelite-Aramean Wars,” Society of Biblical Literature
Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, 14 March, Baltimore, Maryland
1998 “The rîb in the Wilderness: A Re-examination
of Exodus 17:1-7,” Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, 22 November,
Orlando, Florida
Languages Read
German, French, Biblical Hebrew,
Paleo-Hebrew, Koine Greek, Aramaic, Ugaritic, Akkadian, some Phoenician, Moabite
Teaching Interests
Introduction to Hebrew
Bible/Biblical Tradition
Ancient Near Eastern Backgrounds
to the Bible
History of Israel
Former Prophets
Biblical Archaeology
Hebrew Language and Exegesis
Israelite Religion
Theology of the Hebrew Bible
Qohelet/Wisdom Literature
Preaching the Old Testament
Prophets
Exilic and Persian Period
Literature
Professional Affiliation
Society of Biblical Literature
Ecclesial Status
Minister of the Word and
Sacrament, Presbyterian Church U.S.A.