Bio

Dr. Jeannine Brown is Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota where she also completed her M.Div in 1991. She has a Ph.D. in New Testament from Luther Seminary. Dr. Brown has consulted to two major Bible translation projects (Common English Bible and New Century Version) and has published a large number of scholarly articles. In 2007 she published a major introduction to Biblical hermeneutics. She has also made contributions to three other published books including a section on Matthew’s gospel in The Evangelical One-Volume Commentary on the Bible (rev.). Dr. Brown joined CBT in 2009.

Education

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, B.A.
Bethel Theological Seminary, M.Div.
Luther Seminary, Ph.D.

Publications
Books

“Matthew” in The Evangelical One-Volume Commentary on the Bible. Rev. Ed. Edited by Andrew E. Hill and Gary M. Burge. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, forthcoming (2010).
Becoming Whole and Holy: An Interdisciplinary Proposal from Formation, Interpretation, and Morality.
With Carla Dahl and Wyndy Corbin-Reuschling. Grand Rapids: Brazos, forthcoming (April, 2011).
Scripture as Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007.
The Disciples in Narrative Perspective: The Portrayal and Function of the Matthean Disciples. SBL Academia Biblica. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 2002. Co-published by Brill, 2002.

Articles/Essays

“Creation’s Renewal in the Gospel of John.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72 (April, 2010) 275-90.
With Steven J. Sandage, “Monarchy or Democracy in Relation Integration? A Reply to Porter,” Journal of Psychology and Christianity 29 (2010) 20-26.
“Matthew 22:15-22; Matthew 22:34-46; Matthew 22:1-12. In “Preaching This Week: Commentary and Insights on Lectionary Readings.” On Workinpreacher.org (Oct. 19, 26, and Nov. 2, 2008).
“Genre Criticism and the Bible.” In Words and the Word: Explorations in Biblical Interpretation and Literary Theory, 111-50. Edited by Jamie Grant and David Firth. Nottingham: InterVarsity, 2008.
“Apostle: New Testament.” In Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2008. Currently contracted to write the entry, “Disciples, Discipleship, N.T.”
“Between Text and Sermon: James 2:1-13.” Interpretation 62 (April, 2008) 174-76.
“The Rhetoric of Hearing: The Use of the Isaianic Hearing Motif in Matt 11:2-16:20.” In
Built upon the Rock: Studies in the Gospel of Matthew, 248-69. Edited by Daniel M. Gurtner and John Nolland. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008.
“Just a Busybody? A Look at the Greco-Roman Topos of Meddling for Defining allotrieposkopos in
1 Peter 4:15.” Journal of Biblical Literature 150 (Fall, 2006) 527-46.
“Direct Engagement of the Reader in Matthew’s Discourses: Rhetorical Techniques and Scholarly
Consensus.” New Testament Studies 51 (January, 2005) 19-35.
“Chronology and the New Testament.” In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of Scripture. Grand
Rapids: Baker, 2005.
“Silent Wives, Verbal Believers: Ethical and Hermeneutical Considerations in I Peter 3:1-6 and Its
Context.” Word and World 24 (Fall, 2004) 395-403.
“Shalom: A Biblical/Theological Vision for God’s People.” Written in collaboration with Bethel
Anti-Racism and Reconciliation Commission. 2003: http://www.bethel.edu/about-bu/reconciliation/position/brownj-shalom.html.

Book Reviews

Word and World: Childs, Brevard S. The Church’s Guide for Reading Paul: The Canonical Shaping of the
Pauline Corpus. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008.
Word and World 29 (2009) 300-01: Driggers, Ira Brent. Following God through Mark: Theological
Tension in the Second Gospel. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007.
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 71 (2009) 192-93: Yamasaki, Gary. Watching a Biblical Narrative: Point of View in Biblical Exegesis. London/New York: Clark, 2007.
Religious Studies Review 34 (2008) 107-108: Thomas, Kenneth J. and Margaret Orr Thomas. Structure and Orality in 1 Peter: A Guide for Translators. UBS Monograph Series 10. New York: United Bible Societies, 2006.
Religious Studies Review 32 (2006) 174: Creegan, Nicola Hoggard and Christine D. Pohl. Living on the
Boundaries: Evangelical Women, Feminism and the Theological Academy. Downers Grove, IL:
InterVarsity Press, 2005.
In JETS (2004): Olmstead, Wesley G. Matthew’s Triology of Parables: The Nation, the Nations and
the Reader in Matthew 21.28-22.14. Society of New Testament Studies Monograph Series 127. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2003.
In Religious Studies Review 29 (2003) 92: Black, Stephanie L. Sentence Conjunctions in the Gospel of
Matthew: kai/, de/,to/te, ga/r, ou]n and Asyndeton in Narrative Discourse. JSNTSS 216. London (New York): Sheffield Academic Press, 2002.
In JETS (December, 2002) 676-77: Doriani, Daniel M. Putting the Truth to Work: The Theory and Practice
of Biblical Application. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: P & R Publishing, 2001.

Papers

Response to John Christopher Thomas, “Driving Miss Daisy and the Theological Interpretation of Scripture,” Institute of Biblical Research Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana, November 21, 2009.
“Hebrew and Greek Acquisition in a Technological Age,” Co-Presented with Peter Vogt. Evangelical
Theology Society. San Diego, California. November 16, 2007.
“Genre in Biblical Hermeneutics: What Can We Learn from Literary and Rhetorical Genre Theory?” Evangelical Theology Society. San Diego, California. November 15, 2007.
Response to Al Wolters, “No Longer Queen: The Theological Disciplines and Their Sisters,” at Scripture
and the Disciplines Conference, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, May, 2004.
“Disciples in Narrative Perspective: Do the Matthean Disciples Understand?” Society of Biblical LiteratureAnnual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia. November 23, 2003.

Additional Information
Member

• Society of Biblical Literature
• Institute of Biblical Research
• Evangelical Theological Society

Editorial and Translation Projects

• Member of the Committee on Bible Translation for 2011 NIV revision (2009-present)
• Associate Editor of Dictionary of Jesus and Gospels, 2d ed. (2009-2012)
• Editorial board member for the Bulletin for Biblical Research (2010-2012)
• Translation Consultant for the Common English Bible (2008-09)
• Translation review of Matthew and Mark for New Century Version revision project (2004)
• Consulting Editor for Leith Anderson, Jesus (Bethany, 2005)

Awards

• Lilly Collaborative Research Grant, 2009-10.
• Bethel Faculty Alumni Grant, 2005 and 2008.
• Faculty Excellence Award, Bethel Seminary, May, 2003.

Personal

Dr. Brown is married to her husband Tim; together they have two daughters.