Antony F Campbell
Major teaching areas:
- Older Testament: Pentateuch
- Deuteronomistic History
- Prophets, Job
Research Interests:
Publications:
Books
- 1
Samuel. Forms of the Old Testament Literature, vol. 7. Edited by Rolf
Knierim and Marvin Sweeney. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
- Unfolding
the Deuteronomistic History: Origins, Upgrades, Present Text, with Mark
A. O'Brien, OP Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000.
- The
Authority of Scripture: Canon as Invitation. Occasional Paper No. 37.
Institute for Antiquity and Christianity The Claremont Graduate School,
1996.
- 1993 Sources of the Pentateuch: Texts, Introductions, Annotations. with Mark A. O'Brien, O.P. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993.
- The
Study Companion to Old Testament Literature: An Approach to the
Writings of Pre-Exilic and Exilic Israel. Old Testament Studies 2.
Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, Inc., 1989.
- Now: A Michael Glazier Book. Old Testament Studies 2. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1992.
- 1986
Of Prophets and Kings: A Late Ninth-Century Document (1 Samuel 1-2
Kings 10). CBQMS 17. Washington: Catholic Biblical Association of
America, 1986.
- The Ark Narrative (1 Sam 4-6; 2 Sam 6): A Form-critical and Traditio-historical Study. SBLDS 16. Missoula: Scholars Press, 1975.
- The Whisper of Spirit: A
Believable God Today Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans,
2008.
- God and Bible: Exploring
Stories from Genesis to Job. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2008.
- Rethinking the Pentateuch:
Prolegomena to the Theology of Ancient Israel with Mark A.
O’Brien, OP. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2005.
- 2 Samuel. Forms of the Old Testament Literature, vol. 8. Edited by Rolf
Knierim and Marvin Sweeney. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.
- Joshua to Chronicles: An
Introduction. Louisville, KY: Westminster John
Knox, 2004.
- God First Loved Us: The
Challenge of Accepting Unconditional Love. New
York: Paulist Press, 2000.
Major exegetical articles
- "Form
Criticism's Future" in The Changing Face of Form Criticism for the
Twenty-First Century. Edited by Marvin Sweeney and Ehud Ben Zvi. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003,15-31.
- "Invitation or ... ?: The Bible's Role"in ABR 50 (2002) 1-9
- "The Storyteller's Role: Reported Story and Biblical Text" CBQ 64 (2002) 427-41
- "Preparatory
Issues in Approaching Biblical Texts" in The Blackwell Companion to the
Hebrew Bible. Edited by Leo G. Perdue, Oxford: Blackwell, 2001, 3-18.
- "Evolutionary Theory and Biblical Discourse" in Concilium, 2000/1, London: SCM, 2000, 92-101.
- "The
Growth of Joshua 1-12 and the Theology of Extermination" in Exegetical
and Theological Studies of Reading the Hebrew Bible for a New
Millennium: Form, Concept, and Theological Perspective. Studies in
Antiquity and Christianity. Edited by Wonil Kim et al. Volume 2,
Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2000, 72-88.
- "Samuel-Kings"
in The International Bible Commentary: A Catholic and Ecumenical
Commentary for the Twenty-First Century. With Mark A. O'Brien, O.P.
English edition: Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1998, 572-643.
Spanish edition: Editorial Verbo Divino, Estella, Navarre. Dutch
edition.
- "Of Prophets and Kings and Rabbis: Prophetic
Action and Political Process" in A Portion of Praise: A Festschrift to
honour John S. Levi . Edited by Howard A. Freeman. Melbourne: The
Progressive Jewish Cultural Fund, 1997, 17-27.
- "Structure
Analysis and the Art of Exegesis" in Problems in Biblical Theology:
Essays in Honor of Rolf Knierim. Edited by Henry T. C. Sun, Keith
Eades, et al. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997, 76-103.
- "Martin
Noth and the Deuteronomistic History" in The History of Israel's
Traditions: The Heritage of Martin Noth. Edited by Steven L. McKenzie
and M. Patrick Graham. JSOTSup 182; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic
Press, 1994, 31-62.
- "The Priestly Text: Redaction or
Source?" in Biblische Theologie und gesellschaftlicher Wandel: FŸr
Norbert Lohfink SJ. Edited by G. Braulik, W. Groß, S. McEvenue.
Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1993, 32-47.
- "Old Testament Narrative as Theology." Pacifica 4 (1991) 165-80.
- "Past History and Present Text: The Clash of Classical and Post-Critical Approaches to Biblical Text." AusBR 39 (1991) 1-18.
- "God: Judge or Lover?" The Way 30 (1990) 92-102.
- "1
Samuel." in The New Jerome Biblical Commentary. Edited by R. E. Brown,
J. A. Fitzmyer, and R. E. Murphy. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall,
1990. 145-54.
- "The Reported Story: Midway Between Oral Performance and Literary Art." Semeia 46 (1989) 77-85.
- "From Philistine to Throne (1 Sam 16:14-18:16)." AusBR 34 (1986) 35-41.
- "God's Anger and Our Suffering." The Australasian Catholic Record 59 (1982) 373-85.
- "Psalm 78: A Contribution to the Theology of Tenth Century Israel." CBQ 41 (1979) 51-79.
- "Yahweh and the Ark: A Case Study in Narrative." JBL 98 (1979) 31-43.
- "The Yahwist Revisited." AusBR 27 (1979) 2-14.
Magazine series:
- Series entitled "Integrity: the long walk"
- Seven pieces, from Eureka Street December 1998 to July/August 1999
- Series entitled "Full of Surprises: The Bible without blinkers"
- Madonna Begun May/June 1998.
Administration:
- Principal, JTC,
1986–91
- Dean, JTC,
1975–85
- Provincial Assistant
for Jesuit Studies , 1975–90
Community and professional service
- Australian Association for the Study of Religion 1975-94
- Australia and New Zealand Society for Theological Studies 1974-95
- Australian Catholic Biblical Association 1974-
- Catholic Biblical Association of America (life member) 1971-
- Council of Christians and Jews (Victoria, Australia) 1985-96
- Fellowship for Biblical Studies 1974-
- Society of Biblical Literature 1974-2001
Major positions previously held:
- Professor of Old Testament, Jesuit Theological College 1974-
- Dean, Jesuit Theological College 1975-85
- President, Catholic Biblical Association of Australia 1975-76
- Secretary, Fellowship for Biblical Studies 1975-93
- Principal, Jesuit Theological College 1986-91
- President, Fellowship for Biblical Studies 1990, 2001
- Fellow of the Society of Biblical Literature/Claremont Center for Biblical Research and Archives 1976-77
Address:
- Jesuit Theological College