Mark S. Smith
 | This biblical scholar, professor |
| Board member of | Chairperson, Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Elizabeth M. Bloch-Smith |
| Children | 3 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Johns Hopkins University, Catholic University of America, Harvard Divinity School |
| Alma mater | Yale University (Ph.D.) |
| Thesis | Kothar wa-Hasis, the Ugaritic Craftsman God (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | Marvin H. Pope |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Ancient Near Eastern languages, Religions of the Ancient Near East, Old Testament Literature |
| Institutions | New York University, Princeton Theological Seminary |
Mark Stratton John Matthew Smith (born December 6, 1956) is an American Old Testament scholar and professor.
Early life and education
Born in
Blessed Sacrament School. For grades 7–12, he went to St. Anselm's Abbey School.[citation needed
]
Smith began his university studies at Johns Hopkins University receiving his B.A. in English in 1976.[citation needed] He received his Masters in theology at Catholic University of America in 1978.[citation needed] He received a Masters of Theological Studies, concentrating in biblical studies, at Harvard Divinity School, in 1981.[citation needed]
At Harvard, Smith studied with
W. W. Hallo.[citation needed] While writing his dissertation, he studied at the Hebrew University for a year (1984–1985) under Jonas C. Greenfield.[citation needed
]
Career
After graduate school, Smith focused on the history of
Greco-Roman period. For several summers in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he also studied Dead Sea Scrolls with John Strugnell at the Ecole Biblique. This work issued in the publications of four manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls.[citation needed
]
Smith was the chair of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in the Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, and then came to be professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary.[1]
Smith made many contributions to the study of the Hebrew Bible and
Personal life
Smith has been married since 1983 to the archaeologist Elizabeth M. Bloch-Smith, author of Judahite Burials and Beliefs about the Dead. They have three children named Benjamin, Rachel, and Shulamit.[Roman Catholic.[4]
Fellowships and honors
- Golden Dozen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, New York University, 2007
- Frank Moore Cross Publications Award, American Schools of Oriental Research, 2005
- Golden Dozen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, New York University, 2001
- Fellow, Center for Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1998
- Faculty Merit Award for Research, Saint Joseph's University, 1995
- Morse Fellow, Yale University, 1993
- Dorot Dead Sea Scrolls Fellow (summer), W. F. Albright Institute of Archeological Research, 1990
- Mellon Faculty Fellowship Leave (spring term), Yale University 1989
- Recipient of the Mitchell Dahood Memorial Prize 1988, 1990
- Post-doctoral fellow W. F. Albright Institute of Archeological Research, 1988
- Annual Professor, W. F. Albright Institute of Archeological Research, 1987
- Mary Cady Tew prize for best first-year graduate student, Yale University, 1982
Additional positions
- Member, Catholic Biblical Association of America, Society of Biblical Literature, Colloquium for Biblical Research, Old Testament Colloquium, and Association for Jewish Studies
- Chairperson, Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series
- Co-editor, Forschungen zum Alten Testament Series, published by Mohr Siebeck
Publications
- Books
- Psalms: The Divine Journey. New York, NY; Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press. 1987. ISBN 978-0-8091-2897-6.
- ISBN 978-0-0606-7416-8.
- The Laments of Jeremiah and Their Context: A Literarv and Redactional Study of Jeremiah 11–20. Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series. Vol. 42. Atlanta, GA: Scholars. 1990. ISBN 978-1-5554-0461-1.
- ISBN 978-1-5750-6935-7.
- The Ugaritic Baal Cycle: Volume 1. Introduction with Text, Translation and Commentary of KTU 1.1–1.2. Vetus Testamentum Supplements series. Vol. 55. Leiden, South Holland: Brill. 1994. ISBN 978-9-0041-5348-6.
- Smith, Mark S. (1997). The Pilgrimage Pattern in Exodus. Journal for the Society of Old Testament Supplement Series. Vol. 239. contributions by Elizabeth M. Bloch-Smith. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-8507-5652-1.
- The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts. New York, NY; Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-1951-6768-9.
- Untold Stories: The Bible and Ugaritic Studies in the Twentieth Century. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. 2001. ISBN 978-1-5656-3575-3.
- The Memoirs of God: History, Memory, and the Experience of the Divine. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-8006-3485-8.
- The Rituals and Myths of the Feast of the Goodly Gods of KTU/CAT 1.23: Royal Constructions of Opposition, Intersection, Integration, and Domination. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature. 2006. ISBN 978-1-5898-3203-9.
- God in Translation: Deities in Cross-cultural Discourse in the Biblical World. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck. 2008. ISBN 978-3-1614-9543-4.
- Smith, Mark S., ed. (2009). The Ugaritic Baal Cycle: Volume 2. Introduction with Text, Translation and Commentary of KTU 1.3–1.4. Vetus Testament Supplement series. Vol. 114. Leiden, South Holland: Brill. ISBN 978-9-0040-9995-1.
- Exodus. The New Collegeville Bible Commentary. Vol. 3. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8146-2837-9.
- ISBN 978-0-6642-3242-9.
- How Human Is God?: Seven Questions about God and Humanity in the Bible. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. 2014. ISBN 978-0-8146-3759-3.
- Where the Gods Are: Spatial Dimensions of Anthropomorphism in the Biblical World. ISBN 978-0-300-20922-8.
- The Genesis of Good and Evil: The Fall(out) and Original Sin in the Bible. Westminster John Knox Press. 2019. ISBN 978-0664263959.
References
- ^ "Mark S. Smith". 2016-07-19.
- ^ "Oriental Institute Research Archives - A Bibliography of Ugaritic Grammar and Biblical Hebrew Grammar in the Twentieth Century".
- ^ "Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 4 (2002-2003) - Review Mark S. Smith, The Origins of Biblical Monotheism". Archived from the original on August 8, 2007.
- ^ "Mark S. Smith". Princeton Theological Seminary. 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
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