Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, PhD
Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible; Bible Department Chair; Associate Director, Institute of Mennonite Studies
About Jackie
Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, PhD, who joined bg真人’s Teaching Faculty in July 2022, has taught courses on the Old and New Testaments, methods of biblical interpretation, exegetical studies, and introductory Greek and Hebrew, among other topics.
An active scholar, presenter and speaker, she is currently writing Numbers for the Believers Church Bible Commentary series (Herald Press) and 鈥淚saiah and the Environment鈥� for the Bible Odyssey website (Society of Biblical Literature). She contributed a piece titled 鈥淟and鈥� to Biblical Themes in Science Fiction (Society of Biblical Literature, 2023).
Publications
- Numbers, Believers Church Bible Commentary series, Herald Press (under contract).
- 鈥淚saiah and the Environment,鈥� Bible Odyssey website, Society of Biblical Literature (under contract).
- 鈥淟and,鈥� in Biblical Themes in Science Fiction, Society of Biblical Literature, 2023.
- 鈥淩eading the Apocrypha,鈥� in Education with the Grain of the Universe: A Peaceable Vision for the Future of Mennonite Schools, Colleges, and Universities, Cascadia, 2017, 141鈥�150.
- 鈥淔allen Angels, Divine Journeys, and the Meaning of Life: Apocalyptic Literature Beyond Biblical Canons,鈥� in Apocalypses in Context: Apocalyptic Currents Through History, Fortress, 2016, 61鈥�85.
- 鈥淔inding Asherah: The Goddesses in Text and Image,鈥� in Image, Text, and Exegesis: Iconographic Interpretation and the Hebrew Bible, Bloomsbury, 2014, 71鈥�90.
- 鈥淧eace and Violence in the Book of the Watchers,鈥� in Struggles for Shalom: Peace and Violence Across the Testaments, Wipf and Stock, 2014, 114鈥�124.
- 鈥淒igging for Treasure in Your Own Backyard: Reflections on Missional Experiments in the Netherlands,鈥� Missio Dei 15, Mennonite Mission Network, 2007.
- 鈥淎mong Mennonites, Among Christians: Reflections on a Community,鈥� in Hiram USA: Essays from the Hill. Hiram, OH, 2007, 121鈥�126.
- 鈥淟oving God as an Act of Obedience: The Shema in Context,鈥� in Take This Word to Heart: The Shema in Torah and Gospel. Herald Press, 2005, 11鈥�51.
- 鈥淣aming God,鈥� in Women鈥檚 Concerns Report 169, Mennonite Central Committee, Sept.鈥揙ct. 2003, 5鈥�6.
Awards
- Fellowship Grant, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, for a project entitled “Re-centering Biblical Studies,鈥� (2020鈥�2022)
- Karl V. Schultz endowed faculty scholarship, Bluffton University (2019鈥�2021)
- Civic Engagement Day Lectureship, Bluffton University (2019鈥�2020)
- 2nd Place, Three Minute Thesis Competition, Emory University (2015)
- ORDER Fellowship, Emory University (2010鈥�2011)
- Graduate School Fellowship, Emory University (2007鈥�2012)
- Bible Department Award, bg真人 (2002)
- Church Leadership Award, bg真人 (1999鈥�2001)
- Distinguished Student Leadership Award, Hiram College (1997)
- Yuksel Ismail Scholarship in Humanities, Hiram College (1997)