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Daniel L. Hoffman

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Dr. Daniel Hoffman

Lee University

392 Knighthood Trail NW

Dept. of Behavioral & Social Sciences
P. O. Box 3450, 1120 N. Ocoee St.

Cleveland, Tennessee 37312

Cleveland, Tennessee 37320-3450

(423) 339-3209

 (423) 614-8351

Email:  dlh39@aol.com or dhoffman@leeuniversity.edu

Personal Information

Born:  Hamilton, Ohio (U.S.A.)

Height: 6'0"

Date of Birth: January 7, 1957

Weight: 180 pounds

Marital Status: Married 1987 to Linda Winkler

Educational Information

Ph.D. 1992

Ancient History, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

M.A. 1984

Church History and Christian Thought, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS), Deerfield, Illinois.

B.S. Ed. 1981

Miami University in Comprehensive Social Studies Education.

B.A. 1979

Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois in Pastoral Training

 Teaching Experience

1994-present

Assistant Professor of History at Lee University teaching courses including Western Civilization (regular and honors), Humanities, Ancient History, Rome and the Early Church, Renaissance and Reformation, various seminars, and graduate courses in the Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) program.

1986-1994

Social Studies/Bible Department Chair and teacher for 11th and 12th grade students at Charlotte Christian School.

1984-1985

Teaching Fellow with Western Civilization courses at Miami
University.

1981-1982

Bible & Theology teacher at Middletown Christian School, OH.

Recent Related Experience

1998

Education Testing Service Essay Reader/Grader, European History Advanced Placement Exams, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, June 2-8.

1997

Archaeological field work in Jordan at the Iron II site of Mudaybi as part of the Karak Resources Project (KRP) directed by Dr. Jerry Mattingly, June 22-July 27.

Foreign Languages Studied

Latin, French, Spanish, and Greek (koine).

Recent Study Tours and Overseas Travel

May 1997-99

Helped lead a Lee University History Department student study tour of England and Scotland

Jan.-April 1999

Supervised the Lee University Semester in Europe (SIE) Cambridge student study program with travel to Scotland, Wales, and various places in England (London, Bath, Oxford, the Lake District, York, and Stratford) in addition to Cambridge.

June-July 1997

Travel to Austria, Jordan, and Israel with the KRP.

Publications

Monograph

The Status of Women and Gnosticism in Irenaeus and Tertullian. Studies
        in Women and Religion 36. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen, 1995.

Articles

"Tertullian, Women, and Women's Ministry Roles in the Early Church." in
        Fetschrift for Donald N. Bowdle. Cleveland, 1999 (forthcoming).

"Ignatius and Early Anti-Docetic Realism in the Eucharist." Fides et Historia
        30.1 (Spring 1998):forthcoming.

"S. T. Coleridge and the Attack on Inerrancy." in Biblical Authority and
        Conservative Perspectives. Edited by Douglas Moo. Grand Rapids:
        Kregel, 1997, 109-16. Reprinted from Trinity Journal 7 NS (Fall
        1986):55-68.

"The Authority of Scripture and Apostolic Doctrine in Ignatius of Antioch."
        Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 28 (March
        1985):71-79.

Entries in Reference Works

"Baths, Jewish" and "Prisons" in A Dictionary of Biblical Manners and
        Customs. Edited by R. K. Harrison, Marvin Wilson, Scott Carroll, and
        Edwin Yamauchi. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, forthcoming (1999).

"Walter Bauer" and "Suetonius" in Encyclopedia of Historians and
        Historical Writing. Edited by Kelly Boyd. London: Fitzroy Dearborn,
        1998.

"Phoenix" in The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by David Noel
        Freedman. 6 Vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Book Reviews

Review of Merdinger, J. E. Rome and the African Church in the Time of
        Augustine. New Haven: Yale UP, 1997, in Fides et Historia
        (1998):forthcoming.

Conference Papers and Presentations

"Ignatius and Early Anti-Docetic Realism in the Eucharist." North American Patristic Society, Annual Conference, Loyola University of Chicago, May 1998.

"Mudaybi in the Roman/Byzantine Period." Annual Karak Resources Project Meeting, Johnson Bible College, April 1998.

"The Roman/Byzantine Era on the Karak Plateau." Southeastern Commission  for the Study of Religion (ASOR, SBL, and AAR) Regional Conference, Knoxville, March 1998.

"Christianity and Women: Lessons From Tertullian." Southeastern Region Conference of the Evangelical Theological Society, Southern Evangelical Seminary, 1995.

"The Authority of Scripture and Apostolic Doctrine in Ignatius of Antioch." Midwest Region Conference of the Evangelical Theological Society, Cedarville College, 1984.

Awards and Honors

Alumni Merit Scholarship, Moody Bible Institute, 1978.
Delta Epsilon Chi Honor Society Moody, 1979.
Cum Laude Graduate, Miami University, 1981.
T. B. Madsen Award (for the best thesis in Church History), TEDS, 1984.
Magna Cum Laude Graduate, TEDS, 1984.
Graduate Student Achievement Award University, 1985.
Graduate Grant-in-Aid Award, Miami University, 1985-86.
History Department Tuition Waiver Awards, Miami University, 1986-89.
Faculty Research Grants, Lee University, Summer 1995 and 1998.
Who's Who Among College and University Teachers, 1995-97.
Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1995-99.
Appalachian College Association (ACA), John Stephenson Fellowship,
        Summer 1996.
ACA, Mellen Foundation Fellowship, Summer 1997.

Professional Association Memberships

The Conference on Faith and History (since 1983)
The Evangelical Theological Society (since 1983)
The Society of Biblical Literature (since 1986)
The Institute for Biblical Research (since 1992)
The North American Patristic Society (since 1994)
The American Schools of Oriental Research (since 1997)

Areas of Teaching/Research Interest

Ancient History and Archaeology, Early Christianity and Church History, the History of the Bible, Renaissance and Reformation Europe, and Biblical Studies.

May 1999

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