Abraham Smith
Professor of New Testament Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, ad interim
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Education
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University; M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center; B.A., University of Alabama
Teaching Specialties
Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Mark, 1 Thessalonians
Research Interests
African American biblical hermeneutics, cultural studies
Selected Publications
:: Black/Africana Studies and Black/Africana Biblical Studies (Brill, 2020)
:: Mark: An Introduction and Study Guide (Shaping the Life and Legacy of Jesus). Second Edition. T&T Clark Study Guides to the New Testament. (Bloomsbury, 2017)
:: New Interpreter's Study Bible. Eds. Walter Harrelson, Phyliss Trible, James Vanderkam, Donald Senior and Abraham Smith. (Abingdon Press, 2003)
:: Commentaries and Reflections on First and Second Thessalonians. The New Interpreter's Bible Commentary (Abingdon Press, 2000)
:: Slavery, Text and Interpretation: Semeia. Eds. Allen Dwight Callahan, Richard Horsley and Abraham Smith 83-84 (1998)
:: Comfort One Another: Reconstructing the Rhetoric and Audience of 1 Thessalonians. (Westminster John Knox, 1995)
:: Numerous articles on the Gospel of Luke, the Gospel of Mark, the Book of Acts, African American biblical hermeneutics, and Cultural Studies
:: Presently finishing a major work on African American biblical hermeneutics (Routledge Press)
Professional Distinctions
A New Testament editor for The New Interpreter's Annotated Study Bible; ordained minister, National Baptist Church, USA, Inc.