Howard N Wallace
Major teaching areas:
- Introduction to the Old Testament
- exegesis of Psalms
- Genesis and Isaiah
- and Hebrew language.
Research Interests:
- Psalms;
currently working on a book on the use of the Psalms in the prayer and
preaching of the church, and will be writing a commentary on selected
psalms in the near future.
Publications:
- "Finding a way to speak to God: prayer and the Psalms," in W.W. Emilsen and J.T. Squires (eds) Prayer and Thanksgiving: essays in honour of Rev. Dr. Graham Hughes. Sydney: UTC Publications, 2003. 16-29.
- "'Now you see him, now you don't': God in Genesis," Australian Biblical Review 51 (2003) 1-16.
- 'Jubilate Deo omnis terra: God and the earth in Psalm 65', in The Earth Story in Psalms and Prophets, N. Habel and S. Wurst (eds.) (The Earth Bible 4; Sheffield: SAP, 2001) 51-64.
- 'Deuteronomy, the Basis of Union and an act of imagination', in Uniting Church Studies 7/2 (2001) 1-10.
- 'Rest for the Earth? Another Look at Genesis 2.1-3', in The Earth Story in Genesis, N. Habel and S. Wurst (eds.) (The Earth Bible 2; Sheffield: SAP, 2000) 49-59.
- Unique, prophetic and apostolic: six studies on using the Bible, Co-author with C. Ostle et al. (Melbourne: Uniting Church Press, 2000)
- 'What Chronicles has to say about Psalms', in The Chronicles as Author: studies in text and texture, M.P. Graham and S.L. McKenzie (eds.) (JSOTSup 263; Sheffield: SAP, 1999) 267-291
Administration:
Community and professional service:
- Ordained Minister of the Word in the Uniting Church in Australia
- Co-editor of the Australian Biblical Review
- President of the Fellowship for Biblical Studies, 2002.
- Vice-President of Calligraphy Society of Victoria
- Chairperson, Hotham Mission Council, an agency of Hotham Parish, Uniting Church in Australia
Major positions previously held:
- Lecturer in Old Testament, United Theological College, Sydney 1983-93
- Part-time Lecturer in Old Testament, School of Divinity, Sydney Uni.1983-92
- Professor of Old Testament, UCA Theological Hall, Melbourne 1994-
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