Roger Nam Research Bibliography

Books

The Economies of Yehud (in progress)
Portrayals of Economic Exchange in the Book of Kings. Biblical Interpretation Series 112 (Leiden: Brill, 2012).

Scholarly Articles

“‘The Poorest of the Land’: Perceptions and Identity of the Remnant in Jeremiah.” Journal of Religion and Society 15 (2013, forthcoming).
“Having Dominion: Inner-biblical Exegesis of Genesis 1:26-28 and the Relationship between Humans and the Fish, Birds and Creeping Things.” Quaker Religious Thought (forthcoming).
“The Ma‘hadu Port: A Test-Case for Economic Anthropology and the Interpretation of Late Bronze Age Economies.” Aram: Conference Proceedings of the Thirtieth Aram Conference on Trade and Seafaring in the Ancient Near East (2013, forthcoming).
“Power Relations in the Samaria Ostraca.” Palestine Exploration Quarterly 144 (2012): 155-163.
“Writing Songs, Singing Songs: Orality and Literacy in the Commission of the Levitical Singers (1 Chronicles 25:1-6).” Pages 310-321 in The Interface of Orality and Literacy: Speaking, Seeing, Writing in the Shaping of New Genres. Edited by Annette Weissenreider and Robert B. Coote. Wissenchaftlichen Untersungen zum Neuen Testament I. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010.
“A Different Kind of Impression: The Decorative Function of Cylinder Seals in Ugarit.” Ugarit-Forschungen 40 (2009): 523-531.
“Online Theological Education: Perspectives from First-Generation Asian Americans.” Theological Education 45 (2009): 59-69.
“How to Rewrite Torah: The Case for Proto-Sectarian Ideology in the Reworked Pentateuch (4QRP).” Revue de Qumran 23 (2007): 153-165.

Encyclopedic Entries

"Economics and the Bible." In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Intepretation. Edited by Steven McKenzie and David Garber, Jr. Oxford: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).

Book Reviews

Review of The Yehud Stamp Impressions: A Corpus of Inscribed Impressions from the Persian and Hellenistic Periods in Judah, by Obed Lipschits and David S. Vanderhooft, Near Eastern Arachaeology (forthcoming)
Review of From Qumran to the YahΩad: A New Paradigm of Textual Development for the Community Rule, by Alison Schofield, Biblical Theology Bulletin (forthcoming).
Review of The Surprising Election and Confirmation of King David, by J. Randall Short, Biblical Interpretation (forthcoming).
Review of Tight Fists or Open Hands? Wealth and Poverty in Old Testament Law, by David Baker. Interpretation 62 (2011): 204-205.
Review of Exchange Relationships at Ugarit, by Kevin M. McGeough. Review of Biblical Literature (July 2009).
Review of Jerusalem: Portrait of the City in the Second Temple Period (538 B.C.E.-70 C.E.), by Lee I. Levine. The Biblical Historian (2006).
Review of The Suffering Servant: Isaiah 53 in Jewish and Christian Sources, edited by Bernd Jankowski, Peter Stuhlmacher; translated by Daniel P. Bailey. Review of Biblical Literature (July 2005).

Selected Academic Presentations

"The Economies of Yehud." Lilly Conference on Theological Research (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), February 2013.
"'The Poorest of the Land': Perceptions and Identity of the Remnant in Jeremiah." Kripke Center of Creighton University Symposium of Religion and Economy (Omaha, Nebraska), February 2013.
"Response to Sam Adams, Avraham Faust, David Fiensy, Cynthia Shaefer-Elliot on Household Economies." National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (Chicago, Illinois), November 2012.
“Having Dominion: Innerbiblical Exegesis of Genesis 1:26-28 and the Relationship between Humans and the Fish, Birds and Creeping Things.” American Academy of Religion (Chicago, Illinois) November 2012.
“Having Dominion: Innerbiblical Exegesis of Genesis 1:26-28 and the Relationship between Humans and the Fish, Birds and Creeping Things.” Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (Portland, Oregon), May 2012.
“When Amos Meets Jabez: Towards a Biblical Theology of Wealth and Poverty.” George Fox University Faculty Lecture Series (Newberg, Oregon), March 2012, available at George Fox University iTunes U.
“Three Different Shekels: The Sitze im Leben of Biblical Metrologies.” National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (San Francisco, California), November 2011.
“The Ma‘hadu Port: A Test-Case for Economic Anthropology and the Interpretation of Late Bronze Age Economies.” Aram Society conference on Trade and Seafaring in the Ancient Near East (Oxford, England), July 2011.
“Pentateuch Traditions and the Sectarian Identity of the Yahad.” Old Testament Colloquium, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Marburg, Germany), June 2011.
“Consultation for Economics in the Biblical World: Trade and Commerce.” National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (Atlanta, Georgia), November 2010.
“Feasting at the King’s Table: The Political Economy of the Samaria Ostraca.” National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (New Orleans, Louisiana), November 2009.
“Aged Wine, Fine Oil and the Political Consolidation of an Israelite King.” George Fox University Faculty Forum (Newberg, Oregon), November 2009, available at George Fox University iTunes U.
“‘Go Sell the Oil and Pay your Debt!’ Do 1 and 2 Kings Presume a Market Economy for Ancient Israel?” National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (Boston, Massachusetts). November 2008.
“‘Let Me Give You a Gift!’ The Economics of Polanyian Reciprocity in the Book of Kings,” The Open University Conference on Iron Age Economics in the Land of Israel (Ra’anana, Israel). June 2007.
“Grain, Wine and Oil in the Northern Prophets: The Socio-Economic Background of an Agricultural Metaphor,” National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (Washington, D.C.). November 2006.
“How to Rewrite Torah: Sectarian Ideology in the Reworked Pentateuch,” Biblical Colloquium West (San Diego, California). February 2006.
“The Decorative and Administrative Function of Cylinder Seals in Ugarit,” National Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research (San Antonio, Texas). November 2004.
“Introduction to Ugarit and Its Cylinder Seals,” UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology (Los Angeles, California). October 2004.
“When Bad Laws Happen to Good Kings: The Fiscal Impact of Debt Manumission in Deuteronomy 15, 1-11,” Pacific Coast Regional Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (Davis, California). March 2003.

Popular Articles

“Contest on Mount Carmel.” In Commentary on the Narrative Lectionary, www.workingpreacher.org (June 2, 2013).
“Naboth's Vineyard.” In Commentary on the Narrative Lectionary, www.workingpreacher.org (June 9, 2013).
“Elijah and Mount Horeb.” In Commentary on the Narrative Lectionary, www.workingpreacher.org (June 23, 2013).
“Na'aman Healed of Leprosy.” In Commentary on the Narrative Lectionary, www.workingpreacher.org (October 13, 2013).
"Would, Coulda, Shoulda: Lessons from the First Years of the Tenure Track." (general editor) Academi blog for the Wabash Center of Teaching and Learning www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu (forthcoming)
“Elijah.” In Commentary on the Narrative Lectionary (November 4, 2012) http://www.workingpreacher.org/narrative_lectionary.aspx?lect_date=11/4/2012&tab=7&alt=1 
“Solomon.” In Commentary on the Narrative Lectionary (October 28, 2012) http://www.workingpreacher.org/narrative_lectionary.aspx?lect_date=10/28/2012&tab=7&alt=1
“David.” In Commentary on the Narrative Lectionary (October 21, 2012) http://www.workingpreacher.org/narrative_lectionary.aspx?lect_date=10/21/2012&tab=7&alt=1
“Samuel.” In Commentary on the Narrative Lectionary (October 14, 1012) http://www.workingpreacher.org/narrative_lectionary.aspx?lect_date=10/14/2012&tab=7&alt=1   
“Pacifism in the Scariest Place on Earth.” In God’s Politics: A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends, (October 12, 2012) http://sojo.net/blogs/2012/10/12/pacifism-scariest-place-earth
“Chronicles, Bruno Mars and Disappointment at God.” In Renew 50: Fifty Ideas for Renewing Congregations. e-book from www.workingpreacher.org (2012).

Selected Multimedia Appearances

“Ancient Economies” (November 2012) The Society of Biblical Literature Bible Odyssey Project (forthcoming)
Interview with Bo Sanders (October 2009) Everyday Theology (http://web.me.com/everydaytheology).

Archaeological Fieldwork

Tel Burna, Iron Age II (Director: Dr. Itzhaq Shai), Summer 2013.
Ramat Rahel, Iron Age II (Directors: Drs. Oded Lipschits and Manfred Oeming), Summer 2006.

Fellowships and Awards

Association for Theological Schools, Lilly Theological Research Grant, “‘Our Fields and Vineyards Belong to Others!’ Economic Redistribution in Nehemiah in Light of Recent Epigraphic and Numismatic Finds,” 2012-2013.
George Fox University, Faculty Development Committee, “The Economy of Yehud,” 2012-2013.
George Fox University, Faculty Achievement Award: Graduate Faculty Researcher of the Year, 2010-2011.
Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning, Summer Fellowship, “Studies in Genesis Intertextuality,” 2011.
George Fox University, Faculty Development Committee, “Intertextuality and the Relationship of Humankind among Fish, Birds and Creeping Things,” 2011-2012.
George Fox University, Faculty Development Committee, “The Ma‘hadu Port: A Test-Case for Economic Anthropology and the Interpretation of Late Bronze Age Economies,” 2010-2011.
Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning, Pre-Tenure Theological Faculty Workshop, Fellow, 2010-2011.
George Fox University, Faculty Development Committee, “The Political Economy of the Samaria Ostraca,” 2009.
UCLA, NELC Quality of Graduate Education Fellowship, 2006.
UCLA, Graduate Research Mentorship, 2005-2006.
UCLA, NELC Summer Language Fellowship for Modern Hebrew, 2004.
UCLA, NELC Department Graduate Fellowship, 2003-2004, 2006.
Fuller Theological Seminary, William Sanford LaSor Award in Old Testament, 2003.  
Fuller Theological Seminary, Center for Advanced Theological Studies Full Fellowship, 2001-2003.
The General Assembly Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Academic Excellence Scholarship, 1996.
The General Assembly Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Foreign Student Scholarship, 1995-1996.
UCLA Dean’s List, 1990.