Faculty - Princeton Theological Seminary

Frederick William Dobbs-Allsopp, Associate Professor of Old Testament. M.Div.,
Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. His research and
teaching interests include Hebrew poetry (especially Lamentations and Song of
Songs), integration of literary and historical methods of interpretation and postmodern
thought and theology, Semitic languages and linguistics, and comparative study
of Old Testament literature within its ancient Near Eastern context. (Presbyterian)
Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament
Literature and Exegesis. M.Div., Union Theological Seminary, New York; Ph.D.,
Duke University; D.D.(Hon.), Kalamazoo College; D.D.(Hon.), Christian Theological
Seminary. She is particularly interested in Luke-Acts, the letters of Paul, literary
approaches to biblical texts, and New Testament theology. (Presbyterian)
Jeremy Michael Hutton, Assistant Professor of Old Testament. A.M. and Ph.D.,
Harvard University. His research interests include symbolic geography in the Old
and New Testaments, Israelite prophets and the institution of prophecy, the formation
and structure of the Deuteronomistic history, anthropological and sociological
approaches in biblical interpretation, the nature of religious authority, Northwest
Semitic languages, and biblical reading strategies. (Lutheran)
Jacqueline Evangeline Lapsley, Associate Professor of Old Testament. M.A.,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary;
Ph.D., Emory University. Her primary research and teaching interests include
literary and theological approaches to the Old Testament, with a particular interest
in theological anthropology; interdisciplinary connections between the Old
Testament, ethics, and theology; and the history of interpretation. (Presbyterian)
Eunny Patricia Lee, Assistant Professor of Old Testament. M.Div., Ph.D., Princeton
Theological Seminary. Her research and teaching interests include Israel’s wisdom
literature, Old Testament theology, reception history of the prophets, textual criticism,
and the theme of “Israel and the nations.” (Presbyterian)
Dennis Thorald Olson, Professor of Old Testament. M.Div., Luther Seminary; M.A.,
M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. His primary teaching and research interests are in
the Pentateuch, literary approaches to Old Testament interpretation, and Old
Testament theology. (Lutheran)
George Lewis Parsenios, Assistant Professor of New Testament. M.Div., Holy
Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology; Ph.D., Yale University. His research and
teaching interests include the Johannine literature; the interaction between early
Christianity and classical culture; and patristic hermeneutics, particularly in the
interpretation of the Gospel of John. (Greek Orthodox)
Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, William Albright Eisenberger Professor of Old
Testament Literature and Exegesis, and Director of Ph.D. Studies. M.A., University
of Rhode Island; B.D., Harvard University Divinity School; Ph.D., Harvard University;
S.T.D.(Hon.), Hastings College. Her research focuses primarily on biblical narratives
concerning the pre-monarchical period and on feminist biblical hermeneutics.
(Presbyterian)
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