Tim Seid
EDUCATION
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1985-1996
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Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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M.A./Ph.D. Religious Studies (History of Religions: Early Christianity)
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1984-1985
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Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, IL |
Pastoral Ministry course work |
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1982-1984
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Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois
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M.A. Theological Studies (New Testament Studies)
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1979-1981
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Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana
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B.A. Biblical Studies
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1976-1979
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Grand Rapids School of the Bible & Music, Grand Rapids, MI
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Diploma in Pastoral Ministry
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CERTIFICATIONS
Distance Education Certificate, State University of West Georgia, 6-month online program, 2002.
ACADEMIC MINISTRY
Position
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2001 – current
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Associate Dean & Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies, Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, IN
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My primary role at ESR is the distance learning program ESR Access. I assist teaching faculty in the development and deployment of course sites using Moodle, an open-source course management system. Other administrative duties include the ESR web site and some work with publications. My position includes one-third teaching, meaning I teach two classes per year. These are upper-level exegesis and seminar courses related to the study of the New Testament.
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Courses
| Spring 2009 |
BIST302EA Exegesis of Hebrews |
| Jan. 2008 |
BIST302EA Exegesis of Philippians |
| Aug. 2007 |
BIST390EA Gospel of John |
| Spring 2007 |
BIST390EA Pauline Psychagogy |
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Aug. 2006
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BIST390EA Seminar on James
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Aug. 2005
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BIST390EA Pauline Psychagogy: Spiritual Formation & Pastoral Care in Early Christian Communities, Earlham School of Religion (syllabus)
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Jan. 2004
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Old Testament Exegesis: Postexilic Prophets, Earlham School of Religion
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Spring 2003
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Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to the New Testament, Bethany Theological Seminary, Richmond, IN
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Presentations & Publications
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(Trans)forming Early Christian Communities: Reconnecting with Ancient Philosophical Practices (current writing project) |
| Sept. 2008 |
The Second Chance for God's People: Messages from Hebrews (Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2008) Available from: Amazon | Wipf & Stock | Barnes & Noble |
| April 12, 2008 |
"The Leading of the Soul: Helping Each Other Reach the Goal," keynote address of one day Philadelphia Conference: Leadership Among Friends |
| 2008 |
Review of Paul's Necessary Sin: The Experience of Liberation by Timothy Ashworth for Quaker Studies journal. |
| Nov. 2007 |
"The Rhetorical Function of Comparison in Hebrews," for the Rhetoric & the New Testament Group, Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting, San Diego, CA |
| Nov. 2007 |
"The New and Eternal Covenant in Hebrews," at Quaker Theological Discussion Group, San Diego, CA (and subsequent publication in Quaker Religious Thought journal) |
| Aug. 2-4, 2007 |
Morning worship (Thurs - Sat.), Iowa Yearly Meeting (FUM) Discipleship in John |
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Feb. 18, 2006
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Workshop: "Key Texts for Quaker Distinctives," Vitality Conference: Reading Sacred Texts as Friends, Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, PA
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2005
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Review of 'My Beloved Brothers and Sisters!': Christian Siblingship in Paul, Reidar Aasgaard, London: T&T Clark, 2004. In Review of Biblical Literature, http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/4276_4602.pdf
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Sept. 2005
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"Psychagogy in Paul: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?" ESR Worship
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Nov. 2004
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"Digital Quaker Collection: Directing Out-Sourced Technology at the Cutting-Edge," Society of Biblical Literature 2004 Annual Meeting, program unit Computer Assisted Research, San Antonio, Texas
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Nov. 2004
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"Meeting Paul Again For the First Time," Bible Association of Friends Annual Lecture
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July, 2003
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Workshop leader, “Primitive Christianity & Early Friends,” Friends General Conference
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2003
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Sunday School lessons for curriculum Adult Friend, Barclay Press.
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2002
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“Friends Theological Visions for Peace and Social Justice: A Biblical Basis,” delivered at Friends Association for Higher Education conference “Educating for Peace and social Justice,” June 2002.
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2001
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“Samuel Fisher: 17th Century Quaker Biblical Scholar,” Quaker Religious Thought, Sept. 2001.
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2001
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“Marginalized Beginnings,” at Radical Christianity in a Postmodern World: ESR Pastors Conference, Oct. 2001. Video is available at the following website: http://www.esr.earlham.edu/vocal_ministry/pastors_conf2001/index.html
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Winter 2000
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Instructor(Adult Education), South Coast Learning Network, New Bedford, Mass. “Patterns of Faith: Women in the Bible and Quaker Women in History.”
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2000
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“Samuel Fisher: 17th Century Quaker Biblical Scholar,” at the Quaker Theological Discussion Group, Nashville, Nov. 2000.
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2000
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Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, s.v. "Custodian, Fat, Flute, Apocalypse of Stephen," Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Co.
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1999
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“Synkrisis in Hebrews 7: The Rhetorical Structure and Strategy,” in The Rhetorical Interpretation of Scripture: Essays from the 1996 Malibu Conference, ed. Stanley E. Porter and Dennis L. Stamps, Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series, 180; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999, pp. 322-347.
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Spring 1998
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Quaker Studies Program (Adult Education), Sandwich Quarterly Meeting. “The Historical Jesus and the Christ Within.”
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July 1996
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“Synkrisis in Hebrews 7: The Rhetorical Structure and Strategy,” at the 1996 Malibu Conference on Rhetoric and the Scriptures.
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PASTORAL MINISTRY
2003 - 2008 Pastor, Salem Friends Meeting, Liberty, IN
1996 - 2000 Pastor, Smith Neck Friends Meeting, So. Dartmouth, MA
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS
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Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts
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Instructional web site on the formation of the text of the New Testament. Focuses on the Greek manuscripts and the process of studying the manuscripts and their scribal transmission, the principles of textual criticism, and the modern critical text on which translations are based. During 1999-2000 I received an appointment as a Visiting Scholar at the Scholarly Technology Group, Brown University, to work further on developing the web site.
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Learning Modules related to Early Christianity
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In 2000 I worked freelance for the Digital Learning Group, Arlington, MA, as a Content Expert writing glossary and profile items for an online textbook in Religion. I also contributed content for interactive modules on such topics as the comparing the Gospels and the Jerusalem Temple in Jesus' Day.
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Letter-Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity
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This is a hypertext system based on the pre-publication documents of Stanley K. Stowers (used with permission). Only students within courses I teach at ESR are allowed access.
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ESR web site
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The web site for Earlham School of Religion has gone through several generations. The second version was an adaptation of the ESR catalog and was developed by a local web design company. The third version was my attempt to apply current standards for XHTML encoding and web usability and accessibility. I made use of such resources as Elizabeth Castro, HTML for the World Wide Web; Jeffrey Zeldman, Designing with Web Standards; Eric A. Meyer, Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide; Joe Clark, Building Accessible Websites; Jakob Nielsen, Designing Web Usability; Larry Ullman, PHP for the World Wide Web.
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Digital Quaker Collection
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Project Director for this digital library of early Quaker texts. I worked closely with the company TechBooks in the scanning and encoding process. We used the Text Encoding Initiative standards for encoding the XML and developed a search & retrieval system based on the search engines eXist and Lucene.
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USA Church History
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This project included digital video of classroom lectures of Stephen Angell (Professor of Quaker Studies, ESR) and the editing and production of DVDs using Pinnacle's Studio v. 9.
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AFFILIATIONS
Society of Biblical Literature
Editorial Board, Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration (OJDLA), State University of West Georgia.
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