Jeremy M. Hutton

Assistant Professor of Old Testament

Princeton Theological Seminary

P.O. Box 821

Princeton, NJ 08542

jeremy.hutton@ptsem.edu

(609) 497-7738

Degrees Received

Ph.D., Harvard University, June 2005

Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitics

Dissertation: “The Transjordanian Palimpsest: The Overwritten Texts of Personal Exile and Transformation in the Deuteronomistic History” (completed ‘With Distinction’).

A.M., Harvard University, November 2002

Hebrew Bible

B.A., University of Notre Dame, May 1998

Theology and Philosophy (graduated Magna cum Laude)

Teaching and Research Interests

•Symbolic geography of Transjordan and the Jordan River in the Old and New Testaments

•Israelite prophets and the institution of prophecy

•Formation and structure of the Deuteronomistic History, especially the books of Samuel

•Anthropological and sociological approaches in biblical interpretation

•Foundation, representation, and justification of political and religious authority, particularly as found in the Old Testament

•Northwest Semitic languages, their corresponding philology, paleography, and historical development

•Reading strategies, including hermeneutics, structuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism

Teaching Experience

•Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary (July 2005-present)

Classes Taught:

-Introduction to Biblical Hebrew

-Introduction to Prophetic Literature

-Exegesis of Amos

-Historical Hebrew Grammar

-Exegesis of Minor Prophets

-Introduction to OT Text Criticism (Independent Study)

-The Cosmic Battle in ANE Literature (Independent Study)

•Instructor and Teaching Fellow, Harvard University/Divinity School (Spring 1999-Spring 2004).

Publications

Authored Books

• The Transjordanian Palimpsest: The Overwritten Texts of Personal Exile and Transformation in the Deuteronomistic History. BZAW 000; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, in preparation.

Peer-Review Journal Articles

• “‘Abdi-Aširta, the Slave, the Dog’: Invective and Self-Abasement in the Amarna Letters, the Lachish Letters, and 2 Sam 3:8.” ZAH 15-16 (2002/2003): 2-18.

• “Mahanaim, Penuel and Transhumance Routes: Observations on Genesis 32-33 and Judges 8.” JNES 65 (2006): 161-78.

• “The Left Bank of the Jordan and the Rites of Passage: An Anthropological Interpretation of 2 Samuel XIX.” VT 56 (2006): 470-84.

• “Ugaritic */š/ and the Roots šbm and šm[d] in KTU 1.3.III.40.” Maarav 13 (2006): 75-83.

• “Isaiah 51:9-11 and the Rhetorical Appropriation and Subversion of Hostile Theologies.” JBL, forthcoming.

Invited Publications, Review Articles, and Yearbook Articles

• “An Areal Trend in Ugaritic and Phoenician and a New Translation of KTU 1.15 I 3.” UF 35 (2003): 253-68.

• “The Levitical Diaspora (I): A Sociological Comparison with Morocco’s Ahansal.” Forthcoming.

• Review of Yoel Elitzur, Ancient Place Names in the Holy Land (Jerusalem and Winona Lake: Magnes and Eisenbrauns, 2004), Maarav, forthcoming.

Book Reviews and Dictionary Entries

• Lemmata in The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld. Nashville: Abingdon, 2007+:

-“Archer”

-“Azekah”

-“Cuneiform”

-“Hebrew Language” (with Aaron D. Rubin)

-“Jordan River”

• Review of Ehud Ben Zvi, Hosea (FOTL 21A/1; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005), JAOS, forthcoming.

• Review of C. D. Elledge, Life after Death in Early Judaism (WUNT II/208; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006), Scottish Journal of Theology, forthcoming.

• Lemmata in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Ed. Hans-Josef Klauck et al. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2008+:

-“Ahiman”

-“Ahimoth”

-“Anamim”

-“Anath”

-“Arkite”

-“Arpachshad”

-“Betah”

Articles Currently in Preparation

• “Topography, Biblical Traditions, and Reflections on John’s Baptism of Jesus.” In Proceedings of the Princeton-Prague Symposium on the Historical Jesus. Ed. J. Charlesworth; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008?

• “Southern, Northern, and Transjordanian Perspectives.” In Religious Diversity in Ancient Israel. Ed. Francesca Stavrakopoulou and John Barton; London/New York: T&T Clark International, 2009?

Academic Papers Presented

• “A Devoicing Areal Trend in Ugaritic and Phoenician.” Harvard Semitic Philology Workshop, March 18, 2004.

• “The Left Bank of the Jordan and the Rites of Passage: An Anthropological Investigation of 2 Sam 19.” SBL National Meeting, Bible and Social Sciences Section, Nov. 21, 2004.

• “Deep River: A Hermeneutical Investigation into the Landscape of the Jordan River.” SBL National Meeting, Biblical Lands and Peoples Section, Nov. 22, 2004.

• “What Saul’s Hand Found to Do: 1 Sam 14:6-15 as the Ending of the Folktale in 1 Sam 9:1-10:16.” Harvard Hebrew Bible Workshop, March 3, 2005.

• “Recrudescence, Appropriation, or Allusion? Isaiah 51:9-11 and the Subversion of Hostile Theology.” Columbia Hebrew Bible Seminar, April 26, 2006.

• “Piercing a Dead Dragon: Isaiah 51:9-11 and Deutero-Isaiah’s Conception of the Chaoskampf.” SBL National Meeting, Prophetic Literature Section, Nov. 21, 2006.

Professional Organizations and Service to the Academy

• Society of Biblical Literature — regular member since 2004; intermittent member 1998-2004.

-SBL Israelite Prophetic Literature steering committee member — 2007-present.

• Columbia Hebrew Bible Seminar — member since 2005

• American Schools of Oriental Research — member since 2007

Service to the Church

• “Words to the People on the Wall: The Prophetic Response to the Assyrian Empire.” Inaugural 20s/30s group lecture, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, March 5, 2006.

• “Religion for Real.” Lenten sermon, Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, March 8, 2006.

• “Words to the People on the Wall: The Prophetic Response to the Assyrian Empire.” Three-part adult education series, Abiding Presence Lutheran Church:

April 23, 2006: “Isaiah on the Assyrian Empire’s propaganda, and U.S. foreign policy in Iraq.”

April 30, 2006: “Nahum’s subversion of the Assyrians’ propaganda, and Iraqi insurgent literature.”

May 7, 2006: “Obadiah’s response to grief in the aftermath of war.
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• “Running in Faith.” A devotional series written by the congregants of Abiding Presence Lutheran Church (http://www.aplc-nj.org/rif/archives/index.htm):

February 11, 2007.

Service to the Institution

• Student and Academic Affairs Committee, 2005-2007

• Library Committee, 2006-2007