Ronald A. Simkins, MA, PhD

Ronald A. Simkins, MA, PhD

Ronald A. Simkins, MA, PhD

Professor
College of Arts and Sciences

Academic Appointments

Department

  • Theology

Position

  • Professor

Teaching Activity

  • Hebrew Bible/Old Testament; Archaeology of Israel and Jordan; History, Religion, and Society of Israel, Egypt, and the Ancient Near East; Near Eastern Myths and Literature

Biography

Ronald Simkins has taught at Creighton since 1990. He a professor in Theology and Classical & Near Eastern Studies. He also directs the Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society. He completed his graduate studies at Harvard University in Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, with specialties in the history, literature, and religion of ancient Israel, Hebrew, and epigraphy. He regularly teach courses on the Hebrew Bible, archaeology, and history.
Professor Simkins is the founding and general editor of the Journal of Religion & Society, an academic, peer-review e-journal published by the Kripke Center (http://www.creighton.edu/jrs). His academic interests include creation myths, gender studies, religion and the environment, the political economy of ancient Israel, and the social and cultural world of ancient Israel. He has published broadly on all of these topics. 
Professor Simkins has also produced the digital archaeology project, The Virtual World Project (http://www.virtualworldproject.org), which enables scholars and students to take virtual tours of archaeological sites in Israel and Jordan. He, along with other colleagues, continue to contribute to the project.
A more complete listing of scholarship, teaching, and research interests can be found on my Curriculum Vitae.

Curriculum Vitae

Publications and Presentations

Books

Articles

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Publications

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Editing and Reviews

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Presentations

Research and Scholarship

Research and Scholarship Interests

  • Hebrew Bible/Old Testament; Creation Myths; Gender Studies; Religion and Ecology; Political Economy of Ancient Israel; Social and Cultural World of Ancient Israel; Archaeology of Israel and Jordan