C. Hassell Bullock
Clarence Hassell Bullock (born 1939) is an American professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College in Illinois and former president of the Evangelical Theological Society.
Biography
He received his B.A. in English from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama in 1961. Afterward, he earned a B.D. from Columbia Theological Seminary in 1964, and he then went on to earn his Ph.D. in Old Testament from the Jewish Institute of Religion at Hebrew Union College in 1970.[1]
Since the completion of his formal education, Bullock has served as both a pastor and a professor. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Birmingham in 1972 and since, he has served as the part-time pastor at nine different churches in Illinois as well as the full-time pastor at First United Presbyterian Church of Trussville in Trussville, Alabama. As an educator, Bullock has taught at Bible and theology-related schools in seven different foreign countries, including Israel, Jamaica, Romania, and Japan. In the United States, he has also taught at Birmingham Extension Seminary and Lee College. From 1973 to 2009 he was a professor of Wheaton College, retiring in 2009 as the Franklin S. Dyrness Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies. In 2007-08 he was president of the Evangelical Theological Society.
Bullock has been involved, either as an editor or as an author, in fifteen publications, ranging from essays to books. He has also read eleven papers at professional societies. His latest work is "Psalms 1-72" (Baker Academic, 2015).[2]
Published works
Books
- An Introduction to the Old Testament Poetic Books (1970)
- An Introduction to the Old Testament Prophetic Books (1986, reprinted 2007) ISBN 9780802441423
- Encountering the Book of Psalms: a Literary and Theological Introduction (2001) ISBN 9780801022456
- Psalms (2015-) ISBN 9780801091971
Articles
- "Ezekiel, Bridge Between the Testaments.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 25, 1 (1982): 23-31.
- "Wisdom, the 'Amen' of Torah.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 52, 1 (2009): 5-18.
Chapters
- "Entrée to the Pentateuch through the Prophets: a Hermeneutics of History." In Interpreting the Word of God: Festschrift in Honor of Steven Barabas, eds. Samuel J. Schultz and Morris A. Inch. Chicago : Moody Press, 1976.
- "Interpreting the Songs of Israel : Psalm 2." In The Literature and Meaning of Scripture, eds. Morris A. Inch and C. Hassell Bullock. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1981.
- "Abortion and Old Testament Prophetic and Poetic Literature." In Abortion: a Christian Understanding and Response, ed. James K. Hoffmeier. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House 1987.
- "The Priestly Era in the Light of Prophetic Thought." In Israel's Apostasy and Restoration: Essays in Honor of Roland K. Harrison, ed. Avream Gileadi. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House 1988.
- "The Book of Proverbs." In Learning from the Sages: Selected Studies on the Book of Proverbs, ed. Roy B. Zuck. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 1995.
- "The Shape of the Torah as Reflected in the Psalter, Book 1." In From Creation to New Creation: Biblical Theology and Exegesis, eds. Daniel M. Gurtner and Benjamin L. Gladd. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2013.
References
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