Jerry Vreeland
Associate Professor of Semitic Languages and Biblical Literature
"Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold new things have come. . . He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him."
2 Corinthians 5:17, 21
Degrees and Discipline
A. A. (Psychology) Clackamas Community College
B.A. (Psychology) Oregon State University
M. Div. (Pastoral) Western Conservative Baptist Seminary
Th.M. (Old Testament) Western Conservative Baptist Seminary
Ph.D. (Theological Studies, Old Testament) Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
[Trinity International University]
Other Qualifications or Experience
Archaeological Seasons in Israel 1978 (Apheq) and 1984 (Miqneh)
Biblical Archaeology Society member 1983 to present
Israel Exploration Society member 1979, 1983 - 2005
Member of the Evangelical Theological Society 2001 to present
Occasional Speaker at Churches and Para-church organizations 1977 to present
Pastoral Experience 1982- 1983; 1989-1990
Missionary Experience (Campus Crusade for Christ) 1994-2001
Cross-Cultural Teaching Experience: Full Time Faculty for Nairobi International
School of Theology (Fall 1997- Spring 2001)
Author of The Darker Side of Samuel, Saul and David: Narrative Artistry and
the Depiction of Flawed Leadership, vol. 1, First Samuel (Xulon Press, 2007);
And The Darker Side of Samuel, Saul and David: Narrative Artistry and the
Depiction of Flawed Leadership, vol. 2, Second Samuel (Xulon Press, 2008).
Professor, Northwest Baptist Seminary, 2001 to present
Courses Taught
OT Historical Literature
OT Theology
OT Exilic and Prophetic Literature
OT Hymnic and Wisdom Literature
OT Archaeology
OT Critical Issues
Primeval Prologue
Exposition of Genesis; Numbers; Judges; 1 & 2 Samuel; Psalms, Acts
The Joseph Narrative
NT Historical Literature
NT Epistles and Apocalypse
Islamic Thought and Literature
Elementary Hebrew Grammar I - III
Hebrew Syntax and Exegesis I - III
Advanced Hebrew Grammar
Biblical Aramaic
Elementary Arabic
253-759-6104 ext. 123
gvreeland@nbs.edu
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