国产剧麻豆剧

Kara J. Lyons-Pardue, Ph.D.

Professor of New Testament
Full-Time
Co-Director of the Margaret Stevenson Center for Women's Studies

Dr. Kara Lyons-Pardue fulfills her calling to ministry through education with joy. She has taught New Testament and Greek courses at 国产剧麻豆剧 since 2011. Research interests in the Gospels, particularly Mark, and women in Scripture combined in her 2020 book Gospel Women and the Long Ending of Mark (T&T Clark). She contributed the commentary on often-overlooked letter from Paul to Philemon in the New Beacon Bible Commentary on Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon. Dr. Lyons-Pardue earned her Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Princeton Theological Seminary and an M.Div. from Nazarene Theological Seminary. Ongoing curiosity and wonder in reading Christian Scripture, a deep love for God's church, and a commitment to scholarly integrity characterize in her writing, teaching, preaching, and speaking. 

Education

  • Ph.D., 2015, Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton, NJ)
  • M.Div., Magna Cum Laude, 2005, Nazarene Theological Seminary (Kansas City, MO)
  • B.A., Summa Cum Laude, 2002, Northwest Nazarene University (Nampa, ID)

Courses Taught

  • Christian Scripture, New Testament
  • Biblical Greek
  • Jesus and the Gospels
  • The Letters of Paul
  • Apocalypse, Revelation
  • Women in Scripture

SCHOLARLY LANGUAGES: German, French, Greek, Latin, Hebrew

Professional and Community Involvement

  • The Church of the Nazarene, ordained Elder, June 1, 2015
  • Steering Committee member, Christian Theology and the Bible Section, Society of Biblical Literature  (2018 to present)
  • Seminar member, Mark鈥檚 Passion Narrative, Society of Biblical Literature  (Fall 2020 to present)
  • Steering Committee member, Mark鈥檚 Gospel Section, Society of Biblical Literature (2021 to present)
  • Bulletin for Biblical Research board member (2020)
  • Biblical Studies Section chair, Wesleyan Theological Society (2018 to present) 

Awards and Honors

  • 国产剧麻豆剧 Alumni Association Grant, RASP Grants, Wesleyan Center Fellowships & Grants: Spring
  • 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2013
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, 国产剧麻豆剧, 2019-20
  • Sabbatical, Project: Greek translation and research on the Gospel According to Mark 鈥� Fall
  • Semester 2018
  • Outstanding Dissertation Award, Wesleyan Theological Society 鈥� March 2016
  • Goethe Institut Stipendium (scholarship) 鈥� May鈥揓une, 2009 (Berlin)

Dissertations, Presentations, and Publications

  • Chapter: 鈥淓sther in Dialogue with Mark: Power, Vulnerability, and Kingship鈥� Ch. 13 in Reading Esther Intertextually (Ed. David G. Firth and Brittany N. Melton; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies; T&T Clark; 2022).
  • Chapter: 鈥淨uick Tip: Bite-Sized Expertise: Bible Dictionary Abstracts and Presentations,鈥� Pages 113-114 in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates (Ed. Jocelyn McWhirter and Sylvie T. Raquel; Resources for Biblical Study 99; Atlanta: SBL Press, 2022).
  • Magazine Article: 鈥淭he Fruit of the Spirit in Letter and Life,鈥� Holiness Today (Jan/Feb 2022), 10-13).
  • Book Review: Edmondo F. Lupieri (ed.), Mary Magdalene from the New Testament to the New Age and Beyond. In Catholic Biblical Quarterly (Vol. 83, 2021).
  • Podcast Interview: New Creation Conversations Episode 012 with Scott Daniels, 鈥淒r. Kara Lyons-Pardue on the Gospel of Mark, Women in the Ministry of Jesus, and What We Learn from Philemon鈥�, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-creation-conversations-episode-012-dr-kara-lyons/id1555386782?i=1000520327600 (May 4, 2021)
  • Book Review: Lewis Brogdon, A Companion to Philemon. In Review of Biblical Literature (May 2021); Online.
  • Invited eTalk: For the Mark 16 Digital Humanities project from the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (Lausanne), an audio, visual, and text lecture on Gospel Women and the Long Ending of Mark https://mark16-etalk.sib.swiss/index.php?dir=KaraLyonsPardue#0 (Sept 2020).
  • Chapter: 鈥溾�楲ittle Daughters鈥� and Big Textual Allusions: Reading Three of Mark鈥檚 Stories Featuring Women with Care鈥� in Listening Again to the Text: New Testament Studies in Honor of George Lyons (Claremont Studies in New Testament and Christian Origins; Claremont Press, 2020).
  • Book: Gospel Women and the Long Ending of Mark in the Library of New Testament Studies (T&T Clark, 2020).
    • Review: Elizabeth Shively in Review of Biblical Literature (Feb 2022).
    • Review: Jennifer S. Wyant in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 83 (2022), 519-20.
  • Chapter: 鈥淭wo Mary Magdalenes: Eusebius of Caesarea and the Questionable Reliability of the Gospels' Female Witnesses,鈥� Ch. 6 in Rediscovering the Marys: Maria, Mariamne, Miriam (Ed. Mary Ann Beavis and Ally Kateusz; Library of New Testament Studies, Scriptural Traces; T&T Clark; 2020).
  • Dictionary Entry: 鈥淛esus and the Law,鈥� Global Wesleyan Dictionary of Biblical Theology (Ed. Robert Branson; Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2020).
  • Christian Educational Curriculum: 鈥淭he Kingdom of God is Like ...鈥� for Illustrated Bible Life curriculum (WordAction; Kansas City: The Foundry Publishing), Winter Quarter 2020.
  • Peer-Reviewed Article: 鈥淎 Syrophoenician Becomes a Canaanite: Jesus Exegetes the Canaanite Woman in Matthew,鈥� Journal of Theological Interpretation 13:2 (2019): 235-250.
  • Book Review: Matthew L. Skinner, A Companion to the New Testament: Paul and the Pauline Letters. In Currents in Theology and Mission 46:4 (2019): 42.
  • Book: 鈥淐ommentary on Philemon鈥� in Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition, New Beacon Bible Commentary (Kansas City: The Foundry Publishing, 2019).
  • Book Review: Michael R. Whitenton, Hearing Kyriotic Sonship: A Cognitive and Rhetorical Approach to the Characterization of Mark鈥檚 Jesus. In Biblical Interpretation 27 (2019), 160-162.
  • Christian Educational Curriculum: 鈥淲hat Is Submission?鈥� for Illustrated Bible Life curriculum (WordAction; Kansas City: The Foundry Publishing), Spring Quarter 2019.
  • Magazine Article: 鈥淥ne Jesus Painted by Four Artists,鈥� Holiness Today magazine (Jul/Aug 2018), 18-20.
  • Online Lectionary Commentary: 鈥淢ark 4:35-41鈥� (Proper 7B) for A Plain Account: A Wesleyan Lectionary Commentary; https://www.aplainaccount.org/proper-7b-gospel, June 18, 2018.
  • Online Lectionary Commentary: 鈥淢ark 4:26-34鈥� (Proper 6B) for A Plain Account: A Wesleyan Lectionary Commentary; https://www.aplainaccount.org/proper-6b-gospel, June 11, 2018.
  • Book: Following Jesus: Prophet, Priest, King. Co-edited with Timothy R. Gaines. Kansas City: The Foundry Press, 2018.
    • Contributed chapters, 鈥淚ntroduction鈥� (pp. 11-19) and 鈥淔ollowing Jesus鈥檚 Prophetic Welcome of Women鈥� (pp. 51-67)
    • See publisher鈥檚 site: https://www.thefoundrypublishing.com/following-jesus-9780834136878.html
  • Chapter: (Reprinted) Co-authored with Jason Sturdevant, 鈥淩eading the Bible in a Postmodern Age: The Importance of Context for Interpretation,鈥� Rethinking the Bible: Inerrancy, Preaching, Inspiration, Authority, Formation, Archeology, Postmodernism, and More (2nd Edition; Richard P. Thompson and Thomas Jay Oord, eds.; SacraSage Press, 2018).
  • Book Review: Michael Graves, The Inspiration and Interpretation of Scripture: What the Early Church Can Teach Us. In Currents in Theology and Mission 45:2 (April 2018), 49-50.
  • Christian Educational Curriculum: 鈥淲omen in Romans 16鈥� for Illustrated Bible Life curriculum (WordAction; Kansas City, Mo.: Nazarene Publishing House), Spring Quarter 2018.
  • Blog Article: 鈥淭he Formation of the Bible: Where Did It Come from? How the Sacred Texts Were Compiled,鈥� Invited blog article for the American Bible Society鈥檚 Bible Engager鈥檚 Blog http://blog.bible/bible-engagers-blog/entry/the-formation-of-the-bible-where-did-it-come- from, Nov. 13, 2017.
  • Podcast Interview: Guest Expert on In All Things Charity Podcast (Season 3), Episode 鈥淗ow We Got the Bible,鈥� April 21, 2017
  • Online Lectionary Commentary: 鈥�1 Corinthians 1:1-9鈥� (Epiphany 2A) for A Plain Account: A Wesleyan Lectionary Commentary; http://www.aplainaccount.org/epiphany-2a-2nd-reading, Jan. 9, 2017
  • Online Lectionary Commentary: 鈥淩omans 15:4-13鈥� (Advent 2A) for A Plain Account: A Wesleyan Lectionary Commentary; http://www.aplainaccount.org/advent-2a-2nd-reading, Dec. 4, 2016
  • Christian Educational Curriculum: 鈥淎ncient Sardis,鈥� for Illustrated Bible Life curriculum (WordAction; Kansas City, Mo.: Nazarene Publishing House), Summer Quarter 2016.
  • Christian Educational Curriculum: 8 passage commentaries on Mark for Illustrated Bible Life curriculum, (WordAction; Kansas City, Mo.: Nazarene Publishing House), Winter 2015/16 and Spring Quarter 2016.
  • Dictionary Entry: 鈥淲idow鈥檚 mite,鈥� Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture, co-edited by Michael Gilmour and Mary Ann Beavis (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2012).
  • Video Interview: Resource on Matthew 5:48 for Grace and Peace Magazine https://vimeo.com/32601478, Nov. 2011.
  • Book Review: N. Calvert-Koyzis and H. Weir, eds., Strangely Familiar: Protofeminist Interpretations of Patriarchal Biblical Texts. Biblical Interpretation 19 (2011), 508-510.
  • Chapter: Co-authored with Jason Sturdevant, 鈥淩eading the Bible in a Postmodern Age: The Importance of Context for Interpretation,鈥� in The Bible Tells Me So: Wesleyans Reading the Bible as Scripture (Richard P. Thompson and Thomas Jay Oord, eds.; SacraSage Press, 2011).
  • Book Review: L. H. Cohick, Women in the World of the Earliest Christians: Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life. Koinonia 22 (2010), 154-58.
  • Magazine Article: 鈥溾�楪race and Peace to You鈥�: This Is the Word of the Lord,鈥� Grace and Peace, (Inaugural Issue, April 2010), 38-41.
  • Chapter: 鈥淭he Trustworthiness and Authority of the Bible,鈥� in Postmodern and Wesleyan?: Exploring the Boundaries and Possibilities, Edited by Jay Richard Akkerman, et al. (Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 2009).
  • Editorials: Koinonia Journal, 鈥淎 Quest for Jesus Christ,鈥� Koinonia 20 (2008); and 鈥淣ew Portraits,鈥� Koinonia 21 (2009).

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