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Peter T. Vogt

Bethel Theological Seminary

3949 Bethel Drive

St. Paul, MN 55112

Telephone: (651) 635-8501

E-Mail: p-vogt@bethel.edu

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Education            University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, England

                                    Doctor of Philosophy, 2003

                                    Dissertation:      "Religious Concepts in the Theology of Deuteronomy: A Re-Appraisal of Deuteronomic Theology and the Significance of Torah"

 

                                    Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN

                                    Master of Divinity, May 1997

                                    Concentration: Theology and Old Testament

Summa cum laude

 

                                    The American University, Washington, DC

                                    Bachelor of Arts, December 1989

                                    Major:  International Studies

 

Employment      

 

2001-Present               Instructor and Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN.  Courses include Hermeneutics, Hebrew Study Tools, Genesis-Ruth, 1 Sam-Song of Songs, and Exposition of Deuteronomy.

 

1999                            Part-time Lecturer, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education, Cheltenham, England.  Taught undergraduate course on Biblical Greek, focusing on morphology, syntax, and textual interpretation.

 

1994 - 97                    Teaching Assistant, Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN

                                    Duties included: research, compilation of bibliographical material, proofreading of manuscripts prior to publication, grading of student work, lectures.

 

1995 - 97                    Singles Ministry Intern, Calvary Baptist Church, Roseville, MN 

                                    Duties included: development and implementation of ministry to single adults for large Baptist congregation, formulation and presentation of weekly lesson plans to adult class, planning and execution of retreats and mission projects, teaching elective courses at the Calvary Training Institute, counseling, supervision of ministry volunteers.

 

1993 - 95                    Library Assistant, Bethel Theological Seminary Library

                                    Duties included: providing assistance to Library Cataloger, customer service, online computer research.


1990 - 93                    Division Officer, USS John Rodgers (DD 983), Charleston, SC

                                    Divisions supervised:  Electrical, Gunnery, Missiles.  Duties included: supervision of all maintenance projects of equipment maintained by division, training of personnel, performance evaluation, purchasing and storing all ammunition required for deployment.  Collateral duties included Legal Officer, Public Affairs Officer, and Protestant Lay Leader.

Related

Experience

 

2003 - present             Member, Steering Committee, Biblical Law Study Group of the Evangelical Theological Society.  Assist in planning and program development for professional society study group.

 

1999 - 2001                Chair, Biblical Studies Seminar, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education, Cheltenham, England.  Developed professional training seminars for doctoral candidates, including coordination of internationally-known guest speakers.

 

1999 - 2000                Language Instructor, Cambray Baptist Church, Cheltenham, England.  Taught biblical Greek to congregation members.

 

1997                            Volunteer Chaplain, Bethesda Lutheran Hospital, St. Paul, MN.  Conducted pastoral visits to inpatients and maintained visitation records.

 

1994 - 95                    Prison Fellowship Bible Study Leader, Minnesota Correctional Facility, Lino Lakes.  Led Bible study for adult male offenders.

 

                                    Sunday School Teacher, Southtown Baptist Church, Bloomington, MN.  Prepared lessons and taught senior high Sunday School.

 

1990 - 93                    Protestant Lay Leader, USS John Rodgers (DD 983), Charleston, SC.  Organized and led Sunday worship services at sea for Protestant community, led Bible study, provided counseling to ship's personnel.

 

Publications

 

Forthcoming                 Interpreting the Pentateuch: An Exegetical Handbook.  Grand Rapids: Kregel.

 

2002                            Review of The Elders of the City: A Study of the Elders-Laws in Deuteronomy, by T.M. Willis, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 45,4 (2002): 689-90.

 

1999                            Review of Choose Life! Theology and Ethics in Deuteronomy by J.G. Millar, Deuteronomy: The God Who Keeps Promises, by P.A. Barker, Themelios 25 (1999): 76-77.

 


1997                            (With Herbert V. Klem and Robert V. Rakestraw) "Global Christian Theology: An Annotated Bibliography with Emphasis on Non-White Theologians," Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN, electronic document available at:

                                    http://www.bethel.edu/seminary_academics/gensem/pvogt/GlobalTheology.htm

 

Papers and          

Presentations

 

2002                            "'There Shall Be No Poor Among You': Deuteronomy's Vision and the Christian Church"

                                    Presentation Address, Bethel Theological Seminary, March 28, 2002

 

2000                            "Deuteronomy as Torah"

Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN,  November 16, 2000

 

2000                            "The Theology of Deuteronomy: Centralization or Supremacy?"

                                    Post-Graduate Research Seminar, School of Theology and Religious Studies, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education, Cheltenham, England, January 24, 2000.

 

Honors and         ·    1997 Bethel Theological Seminary Faculty Award: the highest

Awards                         honor,  awarded to the graduating Master of Divinity student with the most outstanding cumulative academic record.

                                    ·    Dr. Karl J. Karlson and Dr. Karl E. Karlson Memorial Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies: awarded to graduating student with greatest potential for doctoral studies

                                    ·    National Hebrew Honor Society (Eta Beta Rho)

                                    ·          Listed in Who's Who Among American College and University Students, 1996

                                    ·    U.S. Navy Achievement Medal

                                    ·    Honor Graduate, The George Washington University Naval Reserve Officer's Training Corps Unit, Washington, DC

·        Dean's List, The American University, Washington, DC

 

Professional            ·    Evangelical Theological Society

Societies and            ·    Society of Biblical Literature

Organizations   ·    Tyndale Fellowship

 

Hobbies and

Interests              Hiking, photography, reading, playing the hammered dulcimer

 

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