Shawn joined Saint Mark’s Theological College in 2012. He has also taught at the University of Toronto, taught for diaconate programs in two different dioceses, continuing education courses for the University of St. Michael’s College and offered various public lectures. Shawn has published and forthcoming articles in academic journals such as: Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Biblica, as well as Theoforum, and Irish Theological Quarterly. He specializes in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and its relationship to its ancient world and supports this study with training in Egyptology and Assyriology. He is currently working on constructions of divinity in ancient Israel and is beginning work on the lives of children in the Old Testament. Shawn is also a lay Dominican, born in British Columbia, and lives in Vancouver with his wife Kaitlin and their three children under six.
ABRIDGED CV
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EDUCATION
2007- 2012 University of Toronto
PhD Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
2006-2007 Trinity College Dublin
PhD Studies, Hebrew Bible
School of Religions and Theology
2002-2005 Trinity Western University
M.A. Biblical Studies
(Distinction) Department of Biblical Studies
1997-2002 B.A. English Literature, University of Northern British Columbia
Prince George, Canada.
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TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2012-present Assistant Professor of Religion and Theology
St. Mark’s College, Vancouver, Canada
2010-2012 Adjunct Lecturer of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Biblical Department, Toronto School of Theology, St. Augustine’s
Seminary, Canada
2010-2011 Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of
Toronto, Canada
2005-2006 Adjunct Lecturer of Scripture
Corpus Christi College, Vancouver Canada
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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
2012-present Coordinator of Theological Studies
St. Mark’s College, Vancouver, Canada
2012-present Library Committee: Dr. John Micallef Memorial Library
St. Mark’s College/Corpus Christi College, Vancouver, Canada
2012-present Chair of the Curriculum and Programming Committee
St. Mark’s College, Vancouver, Canada
2012 Academic Director: Vatican II Conference
St. Mark’s College, Vancouver, Canada
2012 Editor of the Policy Committee
Drafted Sixty Page Student Handbook for Committee review
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RESEARCH POSITIONS
2010 Researcher in Residence: École biblique et archéologique française de
Jérusalem Summer research for PhD thesis.
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BOOKS
1) Under Revision: When on High Yahweh Reigned: Translating Yahweh’s Kingship in Ancient Israel
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REFEREED ARTICLES
1) “The Teraphim in Light of Mesopotamian and Egyptian Evidence.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly (2012): 694-711.
2) “Inescapable Perspective and David’s Sin in 2 Samuel 11-12.” Irish Theological Quarterly 77.3 (2012): 182-196.
3) “Where is YHWH in Isaiah 57, 14-15.” Biblica 87.3 (2006): 358-370.
4) “A House of Prayer for All Peoples: The Unique Place of the Foreigner in the Temple Theology of Trito-Isaiah.” Theoforum 37.1 (2006): 5-24.
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ARTICLES IN EDITED VOLUMES
1) “The Septuagint as Interpretive Translation and the Complex Background to katanussomai in Acts 2:37” Pages 229-255 in Studies in the Greek Bible: Essays in Honor of Francis T. Gignac, S.J. Edited by Jeremy Corley and Vincent Skemp; General Editor Mark S. Smith. Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 44; 2008.
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DICTIONARY ARTICLES
1) “Beatrice Laura Goff,” in Biographical History of Women Biblical Interpreters. Edited by Marion Taylor; Baker Academic Press, 2012.
2) Ten entries for Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students. Edited by Mary Ann Beavis and Michael Gilmour; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2012.
(Yahweh; Egypt; Sun; Baal; Pharaoh; Seth; Mt. Carmel; Eye for an Eye; Sinai; Shiloh)
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BOOK REVIEWS (selected)
1) In progress, Diana Lipton, Longing for Egypt and Other Unexpected Biblical Tales. Hebrew Bible Monographs, 15; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2008. Heythrop
2) Markham J. Geller and Mineke Schipper eds. Imagining Creation. ISJ 5; Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2008. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 10 (2010):
http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/reviews/reviews_new/review433.htm [1]
3) Bruce K. Waltke, An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2007. Theological Studies 70.3 (2009): 693-694.
4) David Penchansky, Twilight of the Gods: Polytheism in the Hebrew Bible. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005. In Canadian Evangelical Review 36-37 (2008-2009): 61-63.
5) John Barton, The Nature of Biblical Criticism. Westminster: John Knox Press, 2007. Heythrop 50.1 (2009): 128-29.
6) Robert P. Gordon, ed. The God of Israel. University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 64. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2007. Theological Studies 70.1 (2009): 199-200.
7) Brian D. Russell, The Song of the Sea: The Date of Composition and Influence of Exodus 15:1-21. Studies in Biblical Literature, 101; New York: Peter Lang, 2007. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 8 (2008): 625-627.
http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/reviews/review316.htm [2].
8) James K. Bruckner. Exodus. New International Commentary Biblical Commentary - Old Testament Series. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2008. Toronto Journal of Theology 24.2 (2008): 248-250.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (selected)
1) “The Gods Among Us?: Assessing Biblical Teraphim in Light of Egyptian Evidence,” Divinity in Ancient Israel: Continuing Seminar; Catholic Biblical Association of America Annual Meeting. Omaha Nebraska 2009.
2) “The Historical Basis of Psalm 44’s Reflection and the Sleeping Deity in the Ancient Near East” Toronto School of Theology Biblical Seminar. Wycliffe College, Toronto, Canada. February 26, 2009. (invited lecture)
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ARTICLE ABSTRACTS
1) Over 100 article abstracts for Old Testament Abstracts, 2008-present.
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THESIS SUPERVISION
Second Reader
Rev. Christine Conkin, “Transforming Tradition: A Study of Isaiah 56:1-8”
Master of Theology Thesis. Vancouver School of Theology. Jan 2013.
Supervisor: Dr Patricia-Dutcher Walls
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AWARDS AND FUNDING (selected)
(Dollars in Canadian Funds)
2010 Andrea and Charles Bronfman Award in $4800.00
Israeli Studies Research in Jerusalem
2010 Canadian Friends of the École Biblique Scholarship $3000.00
Researcher in Residence in Jerusalem
2010-11 Naïm S. Mahlab Award in Jewish Studies/ Ontario $15,000.00
Graduate Scholarship University of Toronto
2009-10 Ontario Graduate Scholarship $15,000.00
University of Toronto
2009 McCuaig-Throop Bursary Travel Grant
University of Toronto $600.00
Paper read at the Catholic Biblical Association of America
2009 Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations $600.00
Travel Grant
Paper read at the Catholic Biblical Association of America
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2008- present Catholic Biblical Association (Active Member since 2008)
2008- present Canadian Society of Biblical Studies
2004- present Society of Biblical Literature
2006-2007 Irish Biblical Association
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LECTURES (selected)
1) “The Gospel of Mark”, The Newman Club of UBC. Saint Mark’s College, Vancouver. January 24th, 2013.
2) “God’s Words in Human’s Words: Catholic Biblical Studies”, Catholic After Hours. Irish Heather Public House, Vancouver, Canada. April 2012.
3) “Catholic Approaches to Biblical Studies” for a graduate class at Vancouver School of Theology: Foundational Traditions: in the three Abrahamic Faiths. Invited by Dr. Rabbi Robert Daum. February 12, 2013.
4) “Exegetical Approaches to the Living Word” Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia: Archdiocesan Priests Study Day. Six Hour Lecture for 120 priests of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. November 13, 2012
5) “When We Run from God: The Prophetic Vision in Light of Sacred Geography in Jonah” Theology on Tap: Plato’s Cave: Saint Mark’s College. July 27, 2012
6) Preaching Workshop for priests and deacons in the Archdiocese of Toronto. May 13-26. Four lectures, 3 hours each. The Dominican Institute, Toronto, Ontario.
7) “So What’s So Special About the Prophets” St. Basil’s Parish, Toronto, Canada, March 15, 2011. Fundraiser for sponsoring Iraqi refugee family in Toronto.
8) “When Prophets are Called, and People Too” Archdiocese of Vancouver Congress 2010. Invited speaker. Vancouver Canada October 23, 2010.
9) “Towards a Strategy of Biblical Formation” Archdiocese of Vancouver Congress 2010. Invited speaker. Vancouver Canada October 23, 2010.