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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)
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