Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies
On faculty since 2005

706.419.1630
Scott.Jones@covenant.edu

Education

Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 2007

M.Div., Reformed Theological Seminary-Orlando, 2001

B.A., University of Mississippi, 1999

Professional Interests

My research in the last several years has focused on the poetry of the Book of Job. I am particularly interested in the role of metaphor in Joban poetry and in engaging the metaphors of ancient Near Eastern literature to build up fresh ways of seeing biblical texts. I have just recently completed a book entitled Rumors of Wisdom: Job 28 as Poetry.

I am also keenly interested in early biblical interpretation and how it impacts modern theological interpretation of the Bible. I am currently considering the question of the composition of the Book of Job in this light, looking specifically at the interpretation of the Elihu speeches in Jewish antiquity.

Personal Interests

I enjoy family vacations, disc golf, hiking, bike riding, watching British mysteries, and football (American).

Professional Membership

• Society of Biblical Literature
• Catholic Biblical Association
• National Association of Professors of Hebrew

Covenant Activities

I regularly teach the following courses at Covenant College:

• BIB 111: Old Testament Introduction
• BIB 201: Current Issues in Biblical Studies
• BIB 327: Psalms
• BIB 397: The Old Testament World
• HEB 191-192: Biblical Hebrew I-II

Selected Publications and Presentations

• "Moabite Stone," in The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Volume 4. Ed. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld. Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon, 2009.
• "Job 28 and the Deeds of Ancient Mesopotamian Kings." Presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2007.
• "Qohelet's Courtly Wisdom: Ecclesiastes 8:1-9," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 68 (2006): 211-28.
• "Wisdom's Pedagogy: A Comparison of Proverbs vii and 4Q184," Vetus Testamentum 53 (2003): 65-80.
• "Visionaries, Kings, and the Rhetoric of Retribution in Ecclesiastes 8:1-9." Presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2003.