Michael Legaspi
Michael Legaspi, Ph.D. (Harvard University)
Assistant Professor
Old Testament
Courses:
On Academic Leave (2009-2010)
Contact:
Humanities 138
402-280-2404
Email
Research Interests:
Early Jewish and Christian exegesis; the history of modern biblical criticism; theologies of scripture; and wisdom.
Recent Publications:
Reviving the Dead Letter: Johann David Michaelis (1717-1791) and the Rise of Modern Biblical Criticism (forthcoming 2010; Oxford University Press in Oxford Studies in Historical Theology series).
"Wisdom as Skillful Interpretation: Scriptural Appropriation and the Hermeneutics of Recovery," Defining Wisdom project; Templeton Foundation / University of Chicago (http://wisdomresearch.org)
"Job's Wives in the Testament of Job: A Note on the Synthesis of Two Traditions" Journal of Biblical Literature 127, no. 1 (2008): 71-79.
"What Ever Happened to Historical Criticism?" Journal of Religion and Society 9 (2007) (http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/pdf/2007-22.pdf)