Curriculum Vitae
MARK GEORGE VITALIS HOFFMAN
ADDRESSES
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Personal and Career Goals
I am committed to excellence in teaching, and my interest is to be in a setting where the Bible and especially the New Testament is studied for its theological and personal as well as its historical and literary significance. Within my field, I am also interested in pursuing new models of teaching and developing resources made possible with computer and Internet technologies. I understand my work as a teacher as part of my Christian calling and as my contribution to the larger ministry of the Church.
Educational Background
1978 B.A. University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
1983 M.Div. Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN
1985 M.A. Yale University, New Haven, CT
1987 M.Phil. Yale University, New Haven, CT
1996 Ph.D. Yale University, New Haven, CT
Thesis Topic: Psalm 22 and the Crucifixion of Jesus
Areas of
Teaching Competence
Primary:
New Testament Studies, New Testament and Christian Origins, Koine Greek,
Ancient Biblical Interpretation
Secondary:
Hebrew Bible, Intertestamental Literature, New Testament Ethics, Ancient Christianity,
Second Temple Judaism, Early Rabbinic Judaism
Professional Teaching Experience
1977-1978 Research Assistant, Grader, and Teaching Assistant
for Vernon Robbins, University of
Illinois
School year, 1980-81 Teaching Assistant for David Tiede and Greek
Tutor, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary
School year, 1982-83 Research Assistant for Donald Juel and Greek
Tutor, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary
Summers, 1983-1986 Greek Instructor, Luther Northwestern
Theological Seminary
School year, 1984-85 Teaching Fellow, Yale Divinity School, “New
Testament Interpretation” (Abraham Malherbe)
Fall semester, 1985 Teaching Fellow, Yale College,
“Introduction to the Old Testament” (Marc Brettler)
Spring semester, 1986 Grader and Teaching Assistant, Yale Divinity
School, “New Testament Ethics” (Richard Hays)
Fall semester, 1986 Grader, Yale Divinity School, “Romans”
(Leander Keck)
Spring semester, 1987 Teaching Fellow, Yale College, “New Testament
History and Literature” (Wayne Meeks)
School year, 1987-88 Instructor of Greek and New Testament, Luther
Northwestern Theological Seminary
1999–2001 Mentor for Fisher’s Net (www.fishersnet.net) Online
Courses
Fall Semesters, 2000 & 2001 Assistant Professor, Religion, Concordia
College, Moorhead, MN
2002- Assistant
Professor of Biblical Studies, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (PA)
Presentations and Publications
November, 1988 Presenter,
Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Consultation on Passion
Narrative and Tradition in Early Christianity, “Psalm 22:2 in Luke's Gospel -
The Abandoned Son or the Sun Abandoned?”
1989– Numerous presentations in
Southwestern Minnesota Synod, Eastern North Dakota Synod, Northwestern
Minnesota Synod, Upper Susquehanna Synod, ELCA for: Pastor Conferences, WELCA
Assemblies, Pastor's Retreats, Theological Retreats, Synod Assembly, etc.
Summer 1992 Book
review of Scot McKnight's A Light Among the Gentiles for Word &
World, vol. XII, no. 3
1993–2001 Numerous
presentations for Eastern and Western North Dakota Synods GIFTS Program
1995– Internet
Bible Study publications and other Christian resources accessible at CrossMarks Christian Resources:
www.CrossMarks.com
1997 Psalm
22 (LXX 21) and the Crucifixion of Jesus. Yale University Dissertation,
1996. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms Inc., 1997 (Excerpts
available at: www.crossmarks.com\dissertation\titlepage.htm)
Summers 1997-2000, 2003 Bible Study Presenter, Christikon Bible Camp (MT) and Mount
Carmel Bible Camp (Alexandria, MN)
1999–2002 Presenter
for Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) Parish Nurse Program
October, 1999 Book
Review of Burton H. Throckmorton, Jr.’s Jesus Christ: The Message of the
Gospels, the Hope of the Church for Theology Today, vol. 56, no. 3
2000 Jesus Is. Minneapolis:
Augsburg Fortress, 2000. (Introductory material for ELCA summer outdoor
ministry curriculum)
2002 A
Reading Guide to the Gospel of Mark (self-published)
Winter, 2002 “‘Pray
this Way…’: Teaching the Lord’s Prayer” in Word & World
2002 Northwest
Washington Synod Bishop's Convocation in Vancouver, BC presentations on the
Gospel of Mark
2002- Numerous
presentations in conjunction with the Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Gettysburg (Seminary on Wheels, Lay School of Theology, Seminary Weekend, LTSG
Spring Convocation, Preaching Perspectives workshops)
2003 "Ubuntu:
Do Life!" Augsburg Fortress (Bible study resource for 2003 ELCA youth
gathering)
2003 Bible
study presenter for Upper Susquehanna Synod Assembly
2003 “Speaking
in Parables: Proclamation of the Gospel in the Parables of Jesus”
(self-published CD-ROM study guides)
Church Affiliation and Involvement
Summer, 1980 Hospital
Chaplain, Clinical Pastoral Education, University of North Carolina Memorial
Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC
1981-1982 Intern
Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Longview, WA
1988 Ordained
as a Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
1988-1992 Co-Pastor
of Faith Lutheran Church, Spicer, MN
1992–2002 Associate
Pastor of Hope Lutheran Church, Fargo, ND
1994-1998 Member
of First Call Theological Education Planning Committee for Eastern North Dakota
Synod and Region 3, ELCA
1995-1998 Director
of GIFTS program (Lay Ministry education) of Eastern North Dakota Synod, ELCA
1996 Augsburg
Fortress Publishing House Technology Advisory Panel
1996 Western
Mission Cluster (ELCA) Symposium / Fisher’s Net Team Participant (www.fishersnet.net)
1996– Webmaster for Hope Lutheran, Fargo, ND (www. FargoHope.org), the Eastern North Dakota Synod, ELCA (www.eandsynod.org), and the Luther Seminary Alumni home page (www.luthersem.edu/alums)
1997– CrossMarks
Christian Resources (www.CrossMarks.com)
1998-2000 Luther
Seminary Visioning Task Force Member (Lay Education)
1998–2002 GIFTS
program Advisory Board
2001–2002 Luther
Seminary Alumni Board
2002- Rostered
with West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod, ELCA
HONORS
1974-1978 Edmund
J. James Scholar, University of Illinois
1977 Phi
Beta Kappa, University of Illinois
1978 Graduated
from the University of Illinois Cum Laude with Distinction in Religious
Studies
Summer 1982 Goethe-Institut
Scholarship
1983 Bruce
Prize in New Testament, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary
1983 A.
E. Hanson Prize in Preaching, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary
1983-1987 Yale
University Fellowship
Professional
Associations
1981– Society
of Biblical Literature
1988– Ordained
Minister, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
1988– Catholic
Biblical Association
REFERENCES
Wayne
A. Meeks Yale University
David
L. Tiede Luther Theological
Seminary
February , 2004