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John C. Holbert
Lois Craddock Perkins Professor of Homiletics  

Member of the Perkins faculty since 1979
jholbert@smu.edu
214.768.3287

Education
Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 1975; M.Div., Perkins School of Theology, 1971; B.A., Grinnell College, 1968

Teaching Specialties
Preaching, Hebrew Bible, literature and preaching

Research Interests
Preaching and the Hebrew Bible, fiction and religion, storytelling

Selected Publications
Preaching the Ten Commandments (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2002); Preaching Job (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1999); Holy Root, Holy Branches: Christian Preaching and the Old Testament (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995); Psalms for Praise and Worship (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995); A Storyteller's Companion to the Bible: Genesis (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1991)

Professional Distinctions
Ordained Elder, Central Texas Annual Conference, United Methodist Church; co-editor of the journal Homiletic; interim senior minister of First United Methodist Church, Fort Worth (1994) and First United Methodist Church, Dallas (1997)