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Darlene Seal, PhD

Assistant Professor of New Testament

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Dr. Darlene Seal is the Assistant Professor New Testament. She holds a PhD in Christian theology and biblical studies: New Testament from McMaster Divinity College, a master’s degree in New Testament from Denver Seminary, and a bachelor’s degree in Christian studies from Ouachita Baptist University. Seal has served as a lecturer in Greek at McMaster Divinity College and as adjunct professor at McMaster Divinity College and Denver Seminary.

In Perspective: Old Testament God vs. New Testament God

Monographs

  • Craig L. Blomberg and Darlene M. Seal, with Alicia S. Duprée. From Pentecost to Patmos: An Introduction to Acts through Revelation. 2nd ed. Nashville: B & H, 2021.

 Essays in Edited Volumes

  • “The Septuagint as Translation: The Intersection of Barr’s Semantics and Septuagint Studies.” In James Barr Assessed, edited by Stanley E. Porter. Leiden: Brill, 2021.
  • “The Postcolonial Criticism of R. S. Sugirtharajah.” In Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 3: Further Essays on Prevailing Methods, edited by Stanley E. Porter and Zachary K. Dawson. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2021.
  • “The Form Criticism of Vincent Taylor.” In Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 3: Further Essays on Prevailing Methods, edited by Stanley E. Porter and Zachary K. Dawson. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2021.
  • Craig L. Blomberg, with Darlene M. Seal. “The Historical Jesus in Recent Evangelical Scholarship.” In Jesus, Skepticism, and the Problem of History: Criteria and Context in the Study of Christian Origins, edited by Darrell L. Bock and J. Ed Komoszewski, 43–66. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019.

Book Reviews

  • Review of Michael Gorman, Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission, in Denver Journal 19 (2016), accessible at www.denverseminary.edu/the-denver-journal/2016.

Encyclopedia Articles

  • (Co-authored with Craig L. Blomberg) “James, Epistle of (Modern Europe and America, 1600–Present).” In The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, edited by Dale C. Allison, Jr., et al., vol. 13. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2016.
  • “Social Identity Theory as a Method for New Testament Study.” Lecture for Modern Methods of New Testament Study (graduate); professor: Dr. Craig L. Blomberg, Denver Seminary (remotely), March 2020.
  • “Interpreting Biblical Poetry and Wisdom Literature.” Lecture for Biblical Interpretation (graduate); professor: Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall. McMaster Divinity College, March 2020.
  • “Social-Scientific Criticism and Social Identity Theory in Study of the Synoptic Gospels.” Lecture in Synoptic Gospels (MA/PhD seminar); professor: Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall. McMaster Divinity College, February 2020.
  • “Hebrews 8–10.” Lecture for Hebrews (graduate); professor: Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall. McMaster Divinity College, November 2019.
  • “Biblical Poetry and Wisdom Literature.” Lecture for Biblical Interpretation (graduate); professor: Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall. McMaster Divinity College, November 2018.
  • “How to Write a Research Paper and Use Resources.” Lecture for Biblical Interpretation (graduate); professor: Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall. McMaster Divinity College, September 2018.
  • “Adjectives and Adverbs: Comparatives and Superlatives.” Lecture for Elementary Greek II (graduate); professor, Dr. Francis G. H. Pang. McMaster Divinity College, February 2018.
  • “Idioms of the Greek New Testament: Chapters 13–14, Commands and Prohibitions; and Dependent Clauses.” Lecture for Using Greek in Preaching Revelation (graduate); professor: Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall. McMaster Divinity College, March 2017.
  • “Gender and Ministry: A Case Study.” Facilitated discussion in Gender and Ministry (graduate); professor: Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall. McMaster Divinity College, February 2017.
  • “Translating Romans 8:29–39.” Facilitated translation discussion in Using Greek in New Testament Exegesis (graduate); professor: Dr. Craig L. Blomberg, November 2013.
  • “Postcolonial and Feminist Interpretation of the Gospel of John.” Lecture for Gospel of John (graduate); professor: Dr. Craig L. Blomberg, November 2013.
  • “Theology of Romans 6.” Facilitated theology discussion in Using Greek in New Testament Exegesis (graduate); professor: Dr. Craig L. Blomberg, October 2013.
  • “Genitive and Dative Cases.” Lecture for Using Greek in New Testament Exegesis (graduate); professor: Dr. Craig L. Blomberg, September 2013.
  • “‘These Things Were Written for Us’: Scriptural Re-Interpretation and Social Creativity in the Corinthian Letters.” Annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Denver, CO, November 2022. Session: Writing Social-Scientific Commentaries (invited).
  • “Shaping Social Identity through Language: A Methodological Proposal and Application to 1 Cor 10:1–22 in its Discourse Context.” Annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Denver, CO, November 2022. Session: Greek Language and Linguistics (invited).
  • “The Intersectionality of Gender and Slavery: Paul’s Social Creativity within an Unchangeable System.” Annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Fort Worth, TX, November 2021 (deferred from 2020). Session: Greco-Roman Backgrounds (invited).
  • “Prophetic Dialogue: Shepherd Allusions in Old Greek Zech 9–14 and Their Role in the Discourse.” Annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in San Diego, CA, November 2019. Session: Septuagint.
  • “Negotiating Christian Identity: A Social Identity Analysis of Paul’s Strategy in 1 Corinthians 10:1–22.” Annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Denver, CO, November 2018. Session: Pauline Literature.
  • “Participation with Christ: A New Status and a New Role for a New Creation People.” Regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society of Ontario/Quebec Region, October 2016.
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