Donald D. Binder
9315 Richmond Highway • Lorton, VA 22079 •
(o) 703-550-9449 (h) 703-339-1075
Ph.D., New Testament Studies
December,
1997
Southern
Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
Master of Divinity May,
1989
cum laude
Virginia Theological
Seminary
Alexandria, Virginia
Special Studies: Archaeology, Saint George's Anglican College,
Jerusalem; Clinical Pastoral Education, Walter Reed Army Medical
Center, Washington, D.C.
Bachelor of Science, Psychology
May, 1984
with honors and distinction
The
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Melvin M. Mark. Honor's Thesis: An Initial
Validation Study of an Attribution Tendency Scale, 1984.
Areas of Specialization
Pauline Epistles, Pauline Ethics, Synoptic Studies, Johannine
Studies, Quest for the Historical Jesus, Catholic Epistles, Deutero-Pauline Epistles, The
Apocalypse, Exegetical Methods, Social Scientific Criticism, Rhetorical Criticism,
Hellenistic Judaism, The Dead Sea Scrolls, Greco-Roman History, Ancient Near Eastern
Archaeology, Hermeneutics, Biblical Greek, the Use of Computers in Higher Education.
Areas of Competence
The Hebrew Scriptures, Church History, History of Eastern
Religions, Comparative Study of Religions, Ethics, Christian Theology, Homiletics,
Liturgics, Pastoral Care, Education Theory, Parish Administration, Philosophy of Religion,
Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, French, German.
Professor of New Testament
1998-2001
Anglican School of Theology
5100 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75206
Supervisor: The Very Reverend Richard Carlisle, PhD
214-821-1048
Adjunct Assistant Professor of New Testament
1998-2000
Southern Methodist University
Department
of Religious Studies
P.O. Box 750202
Dallas, Texas 75275-0202
Supervisor: Dr. Richard Cogley
214-768-2095
Instructor of New Testament
1996
Southern Methodist University
Perkins
School of Theology
P.O. Box 750133
Dallas, Texas 75275-0133
Supervisor: Dr. Victor Paul Furnish
214-768-2432
Designed and taught an advanced-level class, "Paul
in His Social Context," to M.Div. and M.T.S. students. Course Description: "An
examination of the Pauline letters, with special attention to their social context within
the Mediterranean world of the first century. Class work will involve a study of current
socio-historical and sociological methodologies and an exploration of how these have been
used to illuminate Paul's handling of various matters within the early churches, including
social status, ethnic and gender relations, slavery, and religious ritual."
Instructor of New Testament
1990-93
The Diocese of Southeast Florida
Diocesan School for Christian Studies
525 Northeast 15th Street
Miami, Florida 33132
Supervisor: The Reverend Canon Frederick Masterman
305-373-0881
Designed and taught courses on the Synoptic Gospels, the Johannine Writings, and the
Pauline Epistles to graduate students.
Ecclesiastical Experience
Rector
2001-Present
Pohick Episcopal Church
9301 Richmond Highway
Lorton, Virginia 22079
703-550-9449
Oversee the spiritual welfare of the parish.
Assistant to the Rector, Chaplain
1994-2001
St. John's
Episcopal Church
848 Harter Road
Dallas, Texas 75218
Supervisor: The Reverend Terence N. Jordan
214-321-6451
Taught weekly
adult education classes on the Bible, led confirmation instruction, served as Chaplain
to the attached prep school, taught in the Upper School, functioned pastorally and liturgically on a daily basis.
Assistant to the Dean
1989-1993
Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral
464 Northeast 16th Street
Miami, Florida 33132
Supervisor: The Very Reverend Donald W. Krickbaum
305-374-3372
Taught weekly adult education classes on the Bible and various aspects of the
Christian faith, led adult and youth confirmation classes, coordinated cathedral
administration and program development, designed and organized diocesan liturgical events,
served as pastoral counselor, installed computer system, functioned liturgically on a
daily basis.
Into the Temple Courts: The Place of the Synagogues in the Second Temple Period
(Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 1999).
Review of Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus: A Re-Examination of the
Evidence, by Jonathan L. Reed, and Crossing Galilee: Architectures of Contact
in the Occupied Land of Jesus, by Marianne Sawicki, Interpretation,
forthcoming.
Review of Ephesos: Metropolis of Asia, Helmut Koester, ed., Journal of
Biblical Literature, 117, no.2 (1998): 379-380.
Review of "From Jesus to Christ," Esprit, 56, no. 3 (1998): 8.
"In the Aftermath of the Storm," Virginia Seminary
Journal, 44 no. 4 (1992): 43-45.
Poster Presentation of Donald D. Binder, Into the Temple Courts: The Place of the
Synagogues in the Second Temple Period, Society of Biblical Literature Annual
Meeting, Orlando, Fl., Nov. 1998.
Respondent to paper presented by Dr. Ramsey MacMullen at Southern Methodist
University, October 1996.
Episcopal Church Foundation Fellowship, SMU Academic Scholarship,
Bell-Woolfall Fellowship, John Hick's Fellowship, Penn State University Scholars' Program,
Psi Chi Honor Society, Penn State President's Freshman Award, Penn State University Honors
Medallion, Valedictorian of High School.
 | Ordained Priest, Episcopal Church of the United States of American, 1989-present.
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| Society of Biblical Literature, 1994-present.
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| Association of Anglican Biblical Scholars, 1994-present.
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| Episcopal Society for Ministry in Higher Education, 1988-present.
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Dossier
An up-to-date dossier, including recommendation letters, is available from Graduate
Program in Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University, P. O. Box 750133, Dallas,
Texas 75275-0133, Attn: Lucy Cobbe, 214-768-2432. Recommendation letters are from:
| Dr. Victor Paul Furnish, University Distinguished Professor of
New Testament (emeritus), Southern Methodist University.
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| Dr. Joseph B. Tyson, Professor of New Testament (emeritus), Southern Methodist
University.
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| Dr. C. Clifton Black, II, Professor of New Testament, Princeton
Theological Seminary.
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