Dr. Mitchel Modine
Dr. Mitchel Modine
ADDRESS
Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary
Ortigas Ave. Ext., Kaytikling
Taytay, Rizal 1920
Philippines
Office: 63-2-284-3741 local 276
Fax: 63-2-658-4510
E-mail modine@apnts.org
PERSONAL
Date and Place of Birth—June 23, 1974; Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Status—Married, No Children
Spouse Name—Marnie De Castro Modine
Date of Marriage—July 7, 2009
CREDENTIALS
Licensed Minister—Tennessee District Church of the Nazarene, 2009
EDUCATION
PhD, 2006; MPhil, 2003—Drew University, Madison, NJ
Old Testament/Religion in Ancient Israel
Dissertation Title: “‘Everything Written in this Book:’ The Perceptions of the Exile in the
Book of Jeremiah”
MDiv cum laude, 1999—Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO
BA, 1996—Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN
Majors: Religion and English, Minor: Biblical Languages
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
July 2008-Present—Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Asia-Pacific Nazarene
Theological Seminary, Taytay, Rizal, Philippines
Courses taught:
Advanced Biblical Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew
Doctrine of Holiness
Historical Books
Major Prophets
Minor Prophets
Old Testament Studies
Old Testament Theology
Pentateuch
Second Temple Jewish Literature
Wisdom Literature
Administrative responsibilities:
Bible Department chair
Director of the Master of Science in Theology
DMin Program Coordinator, in collaboration with Nazarene Theological Seminary
Faculty secretary
Member of faculty information technology committee
Member of Mediator journal committee
June 2005—Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO
Course taught: Jeremiah
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Society of Biblical Literature
Wesleyan Theological Society
LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES
Ancient: Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Ugaritic, Akkadian, Egyptian
Modern: German (speaking, writing and reading), French (reading), Tagalog (study
ongoing)
PUBLICATIONS—BOOKS
In Press 2009a—New Beacon Bible Commentary: Jeremiah Vol. 2 (Chapters 26-52).
Co-authored with Alexander Varughese. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press.
In Press 2009b—The Dialogues of Jeremiah: Toward a Phenomenology of Exile.
Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press.
PUBLICATIONS—CHURCH
In Press 2009—“Hope Complete: Ezra/Nehemiah Unit Introduction,” Adult Faith
Connections Leader Winter 2009-10. Kansas City: WordAction Publishing Company
PUBLICATIONS–REVIEWS
2007a—Review of Carol Dempsey, Jeremiah: Preacher of Grace, Poet of Truth, Review
of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] 2007.
2007b—Review of Clark H. Pinnock and Barry L. Callen, The Scripture Principle:
Reclaiming the Full Authority of the Bible, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker
Academic, 2006. Wesleyan Theological Journal 42:2 (Fall 2007).
2004a—Review of Hyun Chul Paul Kim, Ambiguity, Tension, and Multiplicity in
Deutero-Isaiah, Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] 2004.
2004b—Review of Stanley Isser, The Sword of Goliath: David in Heroic Literature,
Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] 2004.
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
March 2009—Wesleyan Theological Society, Biblical Studies Section, Anderson, IN
“Ang Ating Kuya Kristo: Postcolonial Asian Readings of Old Testament Messianic
Texts”
February 2009—Fifth Annual Forum of Asian Theological Seminary, Manila,
Philippines
“‘I Looked out on the Earth and…:’ Asian Seminarians Reflect on Ecological Crisis with
Help from Jeremiah 4”
November 2007—Society of Biblical Literature, Writing/Reading Jeremiah Group, San
Diego, CA
“‘Just the Not-facts, Ma’am:’ Counterfactual Historiography and the Queen of Heaven”
March 2007—Central States Regional Society of Biblical Literature, Gender Studies
Section, St. Louis, MO
“All the Queen’s Women, or What if the Temple Sermon Had Been Written by the
Devotees of the Queen of Heaven?”
March 2007—Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion, Hebrew
Scriptures/Old Testament Section, Nashville, TN
“The Great Turn Turns Twenty-one: A Sketch of Jeremiah Studies since Carroll,
Holladay and McKane”
March 2004—Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion, Hebrew
Scriptures/Old Testament Section, Atlanta, GA
“‘Except in the Matter of Uriah the Hittite:’ The Exilic Dtr and David’s Reputation”
March 2003—Wesleyan Theological Society and Association for Pentecostal Studies
Joint Meeting, Biblical Studies Section, Wilmore, KY
“Holiness as ‘Doxa:’ Social Justice and Jeremiah’s Temple Sermon”
March 2002—Wesleyan Theological Society, Biblical Studies Section, Hobe Sound, FL
“Prophet of Reluctance/Resistance Overcome: A Durkheimian Reading of Jeremiah as
Instructive for a Wesleyan Theology of Mission”
CHURCH EXPERIENCE
August-December 2003—Today’s Faith Seminar, Westwind Community Church of the
Nazarene, Nashville, TN—Topic: Biblical prophets
July 2001-January 2002— Guest Facilitator, Adult Bible Study, Christ Episcopal Church,
Hackensack, NJ—Topics: First Session—Revelation; Second Session—Genesis
April 2001-December 2002—Teaching and Discipleship Pastor, New Beginnings Church
of the Nazarene, Edison, NJ