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Kevin Spawn

Associate Professor of Old Testament

Email: kspawn@regent.edu
Phone: 757.352.4409
Kevin Spawn's Intro Video

Education

  • D.Phil., University of Oxford
  • M.A., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
  • B.A., Gordon College

Courses Taught

  • Old Testament 1
  • Old Testament 2
  • Biblical Hermeneutics

Research Interests

I would welcome working with doctoral students in these and related areas.

  • Old Testament
  • Renewal Biblical Hermeneutics
  • Chronicles
  • Psalm studies
  • Joban studies
  • Semantics of Hebrew prepositions

Published Chapters and Journal Articles

  • "Sources, References to," in The Dictionary of Old Testament—Historical Books: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship, Bill T. Arnold and H. G. M. Williamson, editors (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005) 935-41. ISBN: 0-8308-1782-4.
  • "Pruning God's Olive Tree: Contrasting Ebionism and Marcionism," Tishrei 1.3 (1993) 24-31.
  • "Sacred Song and God's Presence in 2 Chronicles 5-7, the Renewal Community of Judah and Beyond," Journal of Pentecostal Theology [forthcoming].

Published Books

  • "As It Is Written" and Other Citation Formulae in the Old Testament: Their Use, Development, Syntax and Significance, Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) 311 (Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., 2002) xvii + 301 pp. ISBN: 3-11-017161-9.

Published Reviews

  • Old Testament Theology: Israel's Gospel, by John Goldingay (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2003), in Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, 28.1 (2006) pp. 172-74.
  • They Spoke from God: An Old Testament Survey, edited by William C. Williams (Springfield, Missouri: Gospel Publishing House, 2003), in Pneuma The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, 27.1 (2005) pp. 206-8.

Professional Memberships

  • Semantics for Ancient Hebrew Database
  • Society of Biblical Literature
  • Society for Pentecostal Studies
  • Evangelical Theological Society
  • Wolfson College, University of Oxford