1988-1999 Dean, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

1998 Guest Professor, Divinity School, University of Chicago

Society of Biblical Literature

Catholic Biblical Association

International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies

Chicago Society of Biblical Research

Member, Board of Directors, Christ Seminary-Seminex, St. Louis, MO; 1974, 1976-77, 1978-87

Member, Advisory Committee on Doctrine and Conciliation, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; 1974-1975

Member, Board of Directors, Lutheran Family and Children's Services, St. Louis, MO; 1971-1977

Chairman, Social Policies Committee, Lutheran Family and Children's Services, St. Louis, MO; 1971-1977

Member, St. Louis Task Force on Soviet Jewry; 1977-1978

Seminary Series Dialogue Group - National Conference of Christians and Jews; 1978-1983

Recipient of Micah Award. American Jewish Committee; April 26, 1983

Chair, Curriculum Steering Committee, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; 1984

Member of Program Committee, Society of Biblical Literature; 1984-1986

Chair, Consultation on Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah, Society of Biblical Literature; 1985-1986

Chair, Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah Group, Society of Biblical Literature; 1987-1990

Chair, Stewardship Committee, Good Samaritan Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL; 1986-1987

Member, Stewardship Committee, Metropolitan Chicago Synod, ELCA; 1987-1989

Accrediting Commission, Association of Theological Schools; 1990-1996

ELCA Consultation on Lutheran/Jewish Relations; 1990

1985-Present Chicago Society of Biblical Research

1986-Present Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series

1986-92 Journal of Biblical Literature

2001-  Associate Editor Catholic Biblical Quarterly

1974-Present Currents in Theology and Mission

1974-86 Managing Editor, Preaching Helps

Book Reviews published in

"Studies in the Greek Texts of the Chronicler," Th.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

"New Evidence for an Old Recension of Reigns," Harvard Theological Review 60: 93-105

1968

"Supplements in the Paraleipomena: A Rejoinder," Harvard Theological Review 61: 492-495

"The Day of the Lord," Concordia Theological Monthly 39: 517-525

"Old Readings in 1 Esdras: The List of Returnees From Babylon (Ezra 2/Nehemiah 7)," Harvard Theological Review 62: 99-107

"The Prophet of God in Society" and "Wait Actively!" in The Concordia Pulpit (St. Louis, Concordia Publishing House), 149-158

1970

"Jeroboam's Rise to Power," Journal of Biblical Literature 89: 217-218

"The Song of Hannah," Concordia Theological Monthly 41: 674-687

1971

"Job's Wife," Concordia Theological Monthly 42: 399-401

"Yahweh Faithful and Free—A Study in Ezekiel," Concordia Theological Monthly 42: 493-501

Response to paper by Gerhard Hasel: "Old Testament Theology—Basic Issues in the Current Debate," Annual Meeting, Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, GA

"Aspects of Intertestamental Messianism," Concordia Theological Monthly 43: 507-517

"The Church Needs the Old Testament," Seminar 5: 4-6

"Archaic Chronologies and the Textual History of the Old Testament," Annual Meeting, Society of Biblical Literature, Chicago, IL

"The Text of Deuteronomy Employed in the Testament of Moses," Studies on the Testament of Moses. Edited by George W. E. Nickelsburg, Jr. (Cambridge: Society of Biblical Literature), p. 78

"Once More: Jeroboam's Rise to Power," Journal of Biblical Literature 92: 582-584

Sermon Studies for Epiphany II and III, Concordia Theological Monthly 44: 62-64

"Archaic Chronologies and the Textual History of the Old Testament," Harvard Theological Review 67: 255-263

Textual Criticism of the Old Testament, Philadelphia: Fortress Press

"The Yahwist Looks at Abraham," Concordia Theological Monthly 45: 43-49

Sermon Study on Isaiah 49: 1-6 in The Minister's Manual, edited by Charles L. Wallis (New York, Harper & Row), 101-102

1975

"Apocalyptic—What Is It?," Academy 32: 9-16

"A Theology for Exiles: The Kingship of Yahweh," Annual Meeting, Soceity of Biblical Literature, Chicago, IL

Sermon Study for the Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost, Preaching Helps 2:65-66

"The Historical Critical Method: A Response," in Responses to Presentations Delivered at Theological Convocation (St. Louis: Evangelical Lutherans in Mission), 24-29

Sermon Studies on the Fourth Sunday After Epiphany, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

Preaching Helps 3: 2, 19-21

"The Bible According to Beck" (A Review of An American Translation by William F. Beck),

Currents in Theology and Mission 3: 104-109

"Interpreting OT Texts for Preaching—Ten Easy Steps," Preaching Helps 3: 11-13

"Ezra and Nehemiah in Recent Studies," Magnalia Dei (Memorial Volume for G. Ernest Wright). Garden City: Doubleday 361-376

"Samaria Papyri" and "Sanballat," Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Supplementary volume.

Nashville: Abingdon 772, 781-782

1977

"The Ordination of Women in the Lutheran Church" (with Gloria Weber), Currents in Theology and Mission 4: 151-157

Sermon Study for Trinity Sunday and the Second Sunday after Pentecost, Preaching Helps 4: 46-48

"A Theology for Exiles—The Kingship of Yahweh," Dialog 17: 128-134

"Going Home—A Theology of Second Isaiah," Currents in Theology and Mission 5: 198-210

Textual Criticism of the Old Testament, Second Printing, Philadelphia: Fortress Press

"The Thrill of Discovery: Reflections on Frederick W. Danker's Contributions to New Testament Lexicography," Currents in Theology and Mission 6: 63-66

Israel in Exile: A Theological Interpretation, Philadelphia: Fortress Press

"Recent Studies in the Covenant"—Invited Address, Kansas-Missouri Section of the Society for

Biblical Literature

"A Book Worth Discussing: Brevard S. Childs' Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture"

Currents in Theology and Mission 7: 57-63

"The Message of P," Kansas-Missouri Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, Columbia, MO

"Jeremiah 23: 1-8. An Expository Article," Interpretation 34: 167-172

"Aspects of Intertestamental Messianism," The Bible in its Literary Milieu, edited by John Maier and Vincent Tollers, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 191-203. Reprinted from Concordia Theological

Monthly 43 (1972) 507-517

"On Whose Authority? Freedom and Responsibility in Biblical Interpretation," Annual Meeting, Society of Biblical Literature, Dallas, TX

"One Thing Is Needful," The Church and Changing Families, Lutheran Human Relations Association of America, Valparaiso, IN

Sermon Studies on the Third and Fourth Sundays of Easter, Preaching Helps 8: 25-27

"The Childs' Proposal: A Symposium," Word and World 1: 106-109

"Hands on the Threshold—I Sam. 5:4 and Judg. 19:27," Kansas-Missouri Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, Columbia, MO

a.k.a. Kazanjian, Paul. "What Parallels?" The Christian Century p. 654, June 3-10

"Twelve Cheers for the Risen Christ," A Sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter, based on Psalm 148, Augsburg Sermons, Old Testament Lessons, Series B; Minneapolis: Augsburg, 116-122

"The Message of P," Die Botschaft und die Boten, Festschrift für Hans Walter Wolff, Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 57-66

Sermon Studies on the Transfiguration of our Lord and on Ash Wednesday, Preaching Helps 9: 104-107

"The Ten Commandments and Human Rights," a major review of a book by Walter Harrelson,

Interpretation 36: 189-198

"The Use of the Old Testament in Parish Ministry," Resource, Series 9, Number 5, January 1982

"Abijah's Campaign Against the North—What Were the Chronicler's Sources?" Kansas-Missouri Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, Liberty, MO

"The Origin and Nature of our Estrangement," Fourth International Consultation on the Church and the Jewish People, sponsored by the Lutheran World Federation; Bossey, near Geneva, Switzerland, August, 1982. Published in The Significance of Judaism for the Life and Mission of the Church, LWF Studies, 1983, pp. 19-39

"A Liberated Lifestyle: Slaves and Servants in Biblical Perspective," Currents in Theology and Mission 9: 212-221

"Liberated Leadership: Masters and 'Lords' in Biblical Perspective," Currents in Theology and Mission 9:282-290

"Religious Documents and Statements on Christian-Jewish Relations," Interfaith Clergy Council of Greater St. Louis, November 11

"From Confessing to Creating," Exegetical Essay, English Synod Convention, Valparaiso University

"How Many in a Thousand?" Annual Meeting, Society of Biblical Literature, New York, December 20

"How Should We Read the Genealogies in Chronicles?" Kansas-Missouri Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, St. Louis, MO, March 21

"Abijah's Campaign Against the North (II Chr. 13)—What Were the Chronicler's Sources?"

Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 95: 210-217

"The Levites in Chronicles," Annual Meeting, Society of Biblical Literature, Dallas, TX,

I Samuel, Word Biblical Commentary, Vol. 10, Waco: Word Books

"Women and Men in the Church," National Lutheran Campus Pastors Staff Conference, August

"Great Love Stories of the Bible," The Pastor's School, Furman University, Greenville, SC, July 4-8

"So You Want to Buy an Old Testament Commentary," Currents in Theology and Mission 11: 237-242

"The Origin and Nature of our Estrangement from the Jews," published in German as "Ursprung und Art unserer Entfremdung," in Die Bedeutung des Judentums für Leben und Mission der Kirche, LWF-Studien

Sermon Study on Jeremiah 15: 15-21, Preaching Helps 11: 41-42

1984 Lutheran Conferences for Worship, Essays on Mark's Gospel, Colorado State University and Trinity Lutheran Seminary/Capital University

"Anti-Semitism as Christian Legacy: The Origin and Nature of Our Estrangement from the Jews," Currents in Theology and Mission 11: 285-301

"The Hebrew Roots of Christian Symbol," Modern Liturgy 11: 10-11

"Historical Allusions in the Genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1-9," Annual Meeting, Society of Biblical Literature, Anaheim, CA November 23

Israel in Exile: A Theological Interpretation, Second printing, Philadelphia: Fortress

Sermon Study on Isaiah 61:10-62:3, Preaching Helps 12: 72-73

"Speaking of Prophets Today," Forum Letter 14, 10 (October 25), 7-8

"Learning Unit on Judges, 1 Samuel," ABIL (Adult Biblical Independent Learning)

"A Valentine for Those Who Fear Yahweh: The Book of Malachi," Currents in Theology and Mission 13: 143-152

"Beginning of the Covenant People," Adult Augsburg Bible Studies, Lutheran Church in America

Sermon Study on Deuteronomy 8:1-10 Preaching Helps 13: 58-59

"Ezekiel: When Only A Radical Word Will Do," lecture series, The Pastor's School, Furman University and Pacific Lutheran University

"Dialog with Gay and Lesbian Lutherans: A Response," Currents in Theology and Mission 13: 304-306

"We Are Like Those Who Dream," speech at AAL Banquet, based on Psalm 126, May 8

"Are We Lovers Anymore? A Response?" Theological Education 24 : 37-39

"Call, Covenant, and Community: The Story of Abraham and Sarah," Third Interfaith Conference on Biblical Studies, Portland, Oregon, May 5

John Milton Lectures on the Prophet Ezekiel, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN October 13

Conference of Bishops of the ELCA, "The Bishops and Prayer," December 14

"Redactional and Text-Critical Issues in the Ark Narrative," Annual Meeting, Society of Biblical

Literature, Boston, MA, December 8

"Call, Covenant, and Community: The Story of Abraham and Sarah," Currents in Theology and Mission 15: 120-127

"Old Testament Studies Today and Tomorrow," Entree 5: 19-21

"Rules Are Not Enough," The Lutheran 1: 10-11

"WORDsearch: State of the Art Concordance," Currents in Theology and Mission 15: 194-196

"Samuel," International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Volume IV, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, pp. 311-312

"Samuel, Books of," International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Volume IV, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, pp. 312-320

Ezekiel: The Prophet and His Message, Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press

"Ezra," Harper's Bible Commentary, edited by James L. Mays, San Francisco: Harper & Row, pp. 372-378

"Nehemiah," Harper's Bible Commentary, pp. 379-386

"1 Esdras," Harper's Bible Commentary, pp. 769-775

Textual Criticism of the Old Testament (Korean edition)

1989

"Biblical Perspectives on Homosexuality," Resource (February)

"Faith and Sight in Exodus 31-33," Lutheran Forum 23 (May): 25-26, 31, 33

Israel in Exile, translated into Japanese

"I Esdras," The Books of the Bible, edited by Bernhard W. Anderson, New York: Scribner's, Vol. II, pp. 13-19

"The God of the Bible Confronts the Politics of Hunger," Address at the World Mission Institute, LSTC, April

"The God of the Bible Confronts the Politics of Hunger," Currents in Theology and Mission 17: 110-117

"By His Wounds We are Healed," The Lutheran April 11

"Ezekiel: When Only a Radical Word Will Do," Spertus College of Judaica

       Israel No Exílio. Sao Paulo: Edicioes Paulinas

"Reflections on Historiography in the Account of Jehoshaphat." New Orleans: Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, November 20

"Prophet-Mystic and Social Justice: A Response." Centennial Meeting of the Chicago Society of Biblical Research. DePaul Univesity. April 20

"'Prophet-Mystic and Social Justice': A Response." Biblical Research 36:69-73

"Celebrating and Sharing the Gift: Reflections on Jacob, Israel's Ancestor." Currents in Theology

and Mission 18: 263-272

"Christology and Incarnation: Fulfillment and Radical Reinterpretation of the Old Testament

Prophets." Ex Auditu 7 (1991): 9-17.

"Chronicles, Book of 1-2." Anchor Bible Dictionary 1:992-1002.

"Ezra-Nehemiah, Books of." Anchor Bible Dictionary 2:731-742.

"The First Lesson: Advent-Easter." Exploring the Yearly Lectionary: Studies in the Series A Bible

Texts. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress

"Theme for the Day: Luke. Pentecost 14—Christ the King." Select

"Commentary Recommendations for the Old Testament," Currents in Theology and Mission 20 (1993): 45-48

"1 and 2 Chronicles." The HarperCollins Study Bible (New Revised Standard Version). New York: HarperCollins

"The Nations in the Book of Ezekiel." Invited Address—Society of Biblical Literature Annual

Meeting in Washington, DC, November 20, 1993

"The Tower of Babel and Pentecost." Lutheran Woman Today 6: 10-11

"Where Christians Must Stand: What does the Bible Say about Poverty?" Lutheran Women Today 7: 17-19

"Wrong Scroll Claims." Letter to the editor: The Lutheran, May, 1994, p. 65

"Ezekiel and Zion Theology," Panel Discussion for Ezekiel Consultation, Society of Biblical

Literature Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 20

"Review of Japhet's I & II Chronicles," Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah Section, Society of Biblical

Literature Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 20

"Reflections on Historiography in the Account of Jehoshaphat," in Pomegranates and Golden Bells (Jacob Milgrom Volume), ed. David P. Wright, David Noel Freedman, and Avi Hurvitz

(Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1995) 643-657.

"Back to the Future: The Tabernacle in the Book of Exodus." Int 50: 264-276

"Let Me Not Sing the Story of Your Love Off Key." Keynote Address at Annual Meeting of Lutheran Musical Association, Valparaiso University

"Compassion and Justice—but When and How?" Nebraska Synod Leadership Conference, Fall

"Something new under the sun: Computer concordances and biblical study," Christian Century

(November 12): 1034-1037.

"How Many in a Thousand?" in The Chronicler as Historian, ed. M. Patrick Graham, Kenneth G.

Hoglund, and Steven L. McKenzie (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press), pp. 207-282.

"Israel/Today's Believers and the Nations: Three Test Cases," Currents in Theology and Mission 24: 232-237.

"Prophets and Prophecy in the Books of Chronicles," The Bible Today 36, 4:227-232.

"David: Sinner and Saint in Samuel and Chronicles," Currents in Theology and Mission 26: 104-116.

"Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost—Last Sunday after Pentecost" pp. 227-311 in New Proclamation Series A, 1999 (Minneapolis: Fortress)

"Samuel, Books of" pp. 431-435 in Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (Nashville: Abingdon).

"Commentary on Ezra-Nehemiah," in New Interpreter's Bible. (Nashville: Abingdon Press)

"The High Priestly Genealogies: A New Reconstruction" (SBL Annual Meeting, Boston, November 23)

"1 Esdras" in The Access Bible. (Oxford: University Press).

"Let Me Not Sing the Story of Your Love Off Key," Currents in Theology and Mission 27:253-262.

"A Book Worth Discussing: Authority Vested. A Story of Identity and Change in the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod," Currents in Theology and Mission 27:369-373.

"Commentary on "Ezra," "Nehemiah," "1 Esdras," pp. 338-352 and 698-704, in The HarperCollins Bible Commentary. Revised Edition (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco)

"The Ironic End of Joash in Chronicles" pp. 116-127 in For a Later Generation (Nickelsburg Volume) (Philadelphia: Trinity Press International)

"Ezekiel in the Twenty-first Century," pp. 1-21 in The Book of Ezekiel. Theological and Anthropological Perspectives (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature)

"Ezekiel, Book of," pp. 446-448 in Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans)

2001

Letter to the editor, criticizing the work of Neil Altman, Lutheran Partners  17, 1 (2001) 6. 

"Do the References to High Places Suppport the Auld Proposal?" JSOT 2001

Notes for "Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 Esdras," in New Interpreter's Study Bible (Nashville: Abingdon)

1 and 2 Chronicles. Two volumes in Heremeneia Commentary Series (Minneapolis: Fortress) 2006?

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