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Martin C. Albl
Curriculum Vitae

 

Education  
May 1997 Ph.D., Religious Studies. Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
August 1988 M.A., Religious Studies. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
August 1988 M.A., Special Education. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
May 1984 B.A., History, Minor in Soviet Studies. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

Technology Training

May 2000      "Certified On-line Instructor” Certificate, Walden University

Teaching Experience

Fall 2011-present Professor, Religious Studies, Presentation College, Aberdeen, SD
Fall 2002-Spring 2011 Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Presentation College, Aberdeen, SD (tenured, 2003)
Fall 2009-present Adjunct Instructor, Deacon Formation Program, Diocese of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD (distance learning program)
Spring 2004-Spring 2008 Adjunct Instructor, M.A. Program in Pastoral Ministries, Mount Marty College, Yankton, SD (distance learning courses)
Fall 1998-Fall 2002 Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, Presentation College, Aberdeen, SD
Fall 1997-Spring 1998 Adjunct Instructor, Religious Studies, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Fall 1988-Spring 1992 Special Education Teacher, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte Jr. High, Eagle Butte, SD

            

Courses regularly taught          

Introductory Level Courses: Christian Tradition; Catholicism; Christian Ethics
Scripture New Testament Overview; Old Testament Overview; Life and Letters of Saint Paul
World Religions Overview of World Religions (Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Lakota religion)
Selected Special Topics Scriptural Views of Health and Healing; Theology of Rock and Roll, Rap, and Reggae; Justice and Peace, Heaven, Hell, and the Last Things, Women in the Bible
M.A. Level Courses New Testament Overview, Old Testament Overview, Christology, Christian Ethics

 

Publications

Books

  • The Church: Christ in the World Today. Winona, MN: St. Mary's Press, 2011. (High school textbook, with Christine Schmertz Navarro and Joanna Dailey)
  • Saint Mary’s Press Essential Guide to Biblical Life and Times. Winona, MN: St. Mary’s Press, 2009
  • Faith, Reason, Tradition: Explorations in Catholic Theology. Winona, MN: St. Mary's Press, 2009
  • Ps.-Gregory of Nyssa Testimonies against the Jews: Translation and Commentary. Writings from the Greco-Roman World 8. Society of Biblical Literature / Brill Academic Publishers, 2004
  • And Scripture Cannot Be Broken: The Form and Function of the Early Christian Testimonia Collections.  Novum Testamentum Supplements 96.  Leiden: Brill, 1999.
  • Co-editor, Directions in New Testament Methods.  Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 1993

Articles

  • “’David sang about him’: A Coptic Psalms Testimonia Collection,” Vigiliae Christianae 66 (2012): 1–28.

  •  “James 5:13-18” in La Bible en ses traditions: Définitions suivies de douze études. L’École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem. 2010. 183-91.

  • “The Image of the Jews in Ps.-Gregory of Nyssa’s Testimonies against the Jews.” Vigiliae Christianae 62 (2008): 161-86
  • “ Preaching of Peter” in New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by K.  D. Sakenfeld. Nashville: Abingdon. Nashville: Abingdon, 2008.

  • “’Whenever I am Weak, then I am Strong::  Disability in Paul’s Epistles.” In This Abled Body: Rethinking Disability and Biblical Studies.  Edited by H. Avalos,  S. Melcher, and J. Schipper. Semeia Studies.  Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007
  • Articles in Saint Mary’s Press College Study Bible. Edited by Barbara Bowe, et. al. Winona, MN: St. Mary’s  Press,  2007

    •  “Understanding the Bible in Its  Historical and Cultural Contexts” (pp. xxiv-xxvii)

    •  “English Translations of the Bible” (pp. xxxii–xxxv)

    •  “Introduction to 1 and 2 Chronicles” (pp. 483–85)

    •    “Introduction to Ezra-Nehemiah” (pp. 554–56)

  • Are Any among You Sick?  The Health Care System in the Letter of James.” Journal of Biblical Literature 121 (2002): 123–43
  • Articles in Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible.  Edited by  D. N. Freedman. Grand Rapids. MI: Eerdmans, 2000
    • “Aphorism”
    • “The Egyptian”
    • “Preaching of Peter”
    • “Teaching”
    • “Testimony"

Book Reviews

  • Review of Simon David Butticaz, L’Identité de l’Eglise dans les Acts des apôtres: De la restauration d’Israël à la conquête universelle. Catholic Biblical Quarterly. Forthcoming 2012.

  • Review of Jean-François Baudoz, Prendre sa croix: Jésus et ses disciples dans l'évangile de Marc. Catholic Biblical Quarterly. Forthcoming.

  • Review of Ronald E. Heine, Reading the Old Testament with the Ancient Church: Exploring the Formation of Early Christian Thought. Review  of Biblical Literature. www.bookreviews.org (2008)

  • Review of William Loader, The New Testament with Imagination: A Fresh Approach to its Writings and Themes.  Catholic Biblical Quarterly 70 (2008)

  • Review of Roger David Aus, Imagery of Triumph and Rebellion in 2 Corinthians 2:1417 and Elsewhere in the Epistle: An Example of Greco-Roman and Judaic Traditions in the Apostle Paul. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 68 (2006): 751–52
  • Review of Robert C. Hill, trans., Diodore of Tarsus: Commentary on Psalms 151. Review  of Biblical Literature. December, 2005. www.bookreviews.org (2005)
  • Review of Paul Barnett, The Birth of Christianity: The First Twenty Years. Review of Biblical Literature. November, 2005.  www.bookreviews.org. (2005)
  • Review of Seán P. Kealy, John’s Gospel and the History of Biblical Interpretation. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 66 (2004): 652–53
  • Review of Wim Weren and Dietrich-Alex Koch, eds., Recent Developments in Textual Criticism: New Testament, Other Early Christian and Jewish Literature. Papers Read at a NOSTER Conference in Münster, January 4—6, 2001. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 66 (2004): 502–504
  • Review of Steve Moyise, ed., The Old Testament in the New Testament: Essays in Honour of J.L. NorthReview of Biblical Literature. February, 2002.  http://www.bookreviews.org. (2002)


Related Professional Writing

Bi-monthly column for the Aberdeen American News, primarily on religion and public life. April 2005–present.

Presentations

Receiving the Implanted Word:  The "Christianizing" a Stoic Concept in the Letter of James Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. Chicago, Il., November, 2012
A Coptic Psalms Testimonia Collection and Early Egyptian Monasticism Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. Chicago, Il., November 2012
Jesus Traditions and the Role of the Jerusalem Church Catholic Biblical Association Annual Meeting. Worcester, Mass., August 2011
Nature, Human Nature, and Natural Law in the Letter of James Catholic Biblical Association Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, August 2010

“For Whenever I Am Weak Then I Am Strong”: Paul’s Letters and Disability Studies

 

Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. San Diego,  November 2007

 

A Coptic Psalms Testimonia Collection: An Analysis

Catholic Biblical Association Annual Meeting. Santa Clara, Calif., August 2007

The Jews in Pseudo-Gregory of Nyssa’s Testimonies against the Jews

Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. Philadelphia,  November 2005

The Disturbance of the Powers in Matthew 2: Earthly and Heavenly Correspondence

 Catholic Biblical Association Annual Meeting. Collegeville, MN, August 2005 

The Birth of Jesus in Ps.-Gregory of Nyssa’s Testimonies against the Jews

 Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. San Antonio, November, 2004

 

 “The Heifer Has Given birth and Not Given Birth": Canonical and Non-canonical Transmission of Traditions about Jesus’ Birth

Society of Biblical Literature Upper Midwest Regional Conference. St. Paul, April 2003
“And As Many As Came Were Healed": Assessing the Role of Health Care in the Spread of Early Christianity

Society of Biblical Literature Upper Midwest Regional Conference, St. Paul, April 2003
The Title Kyrios in the Letter of James


 Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Denver, November 2001

“Are Any Among You Sick?"  The Health Care System in the Letter of James

Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Denver, November 2001

“They Shall Look Upon the One Whom They Have Pierced": A Glimpse into the Exegetical Work of the Early Jerusalem Church"

 Society of Biblical Literature Upper Midwest Regional Conference. St. Paul, April 2001


Jesus as a Teacher: Implications for Historical Jesus Research

Society of Biblical Literature Upper Midwest Regional Conference. St. Paul, April 1999

The Matthean Infancy Narrative and the Question of Genre

Society of Biblical Literature Midwest Regional Conference. Milwaukee, February 1998

Christians as the Third Race: The Meaning of Triton Genos in the Preaching of Peter

North American Patristics Society General Meeting. Chicago, May 1997

“Humble and Riding on a Donkey": Assessing Symbolic Actions and Historical Jesus Research

Society of Biblical Literature Midwest Regional Conference. Wheaton, Il., February 1997

“There is No One Who is Righteous": Paul’s Use of a Jewish Testimonia Collection in Romans 3:10–18

Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. New Orleans, November 1996

“‘By the Mouths of All his Prophets’: The Epistle of Bamabas and the Testimonia Hypothesis”

 North American Patristics Society General Meeting. Chicago, May 1996

“‘The Fate of Judas in Matt 27:3–10: Use of a Christian Testimoniurn?” SBL Upper Midwest Regional Conference. St. Paul, April 1996

 

 

Selected Community Presentations

"Understanding the Book of Revelation." Four week continuing education course. Aberdeen SD June 2010
“Understanding Islam," Various community and church presentations
Aberdeen, SD, Fall 2001-present
“Passion Narratives,” “Scriptural Views of War,” “Development of Doctrine,” “Catholic View on Homosexuality,” “Faith and Reason"

 Newman Center Lenten Series. Aberdeen, SD, 2000–2006

 

“Scriptural Views of Health and Healing”


Presentations to Saint Luke’s Hospital Pastoral Ministry Team. Aberdeen, SD, Fall 2000

Adult Catechetical Program (R.C.I.A.) St. Mary’s Parish, Aberdeen, SD 2000–2001

Selected College Committee Service

  • Faculty Assembly President, Fall 2000–Spring 2002

  • Faculty Assembly Vice President, Fall 1999–Spring 2000; Fall 2004–Spring 2005

  • Faculty Development, Chair, Fall 2005–present

  • Promotion and Tenure, Chair, Fall 2001–Spring 2004

  • Curriculum Committee, Chair, Fall 1999–Spring 2000; Fall 2010

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Spirit of the Mission Award. Presentation College. 2005–2006

  • Presidential Excellence Award. Presentation College. 2002–2003

  • Teaching Excellence, Presentation College, 1999–2000

  • Rookie of the Year, Aberdeen Rural Firefighters, 2002

Professional Societies

  • Catholic Biblical Association

  • Society of Biblical Literature