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06618 November 22, 2006
Seminary news
by Jerry Van Marter
PRINCETON, NJ * A Nov. 15 continuing education event at Princeton Theological Seminary [http://www.ptsem.edu/] addressed the issue, "How Computers Are Changing the New Testament."
The presentation examined a series of new electronic editions of the Gospel of John and their effect on readers and students of the texts. The study of ancient copies of the gospels and comparisons of their texts is revolutionizing the way scholars work and think, according to the presenters.
There were three scholars from the International Greek New Testament Project at the University of Birmingham in England: Bruce Morrill, who studied at Kansas State University and Harding University Graduate School in Memphis; David Parker, a teacher at the university who studied at St. Andrews University in Scotland and Cambridge University; and Ulrich Schmid, who studied at the Universities of Tubingen and Munster.
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AUSTIN, TX * Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary [http://www.austinseminary.edu/] has announced the appointment of the Rev. Jacqueline L. Saxon as admissions counselor, effective Nov. 27.
Saxon, who is currently associate pastor of University Baptist Church, Austin, is a 1984 graduate of Howard University and a 2000 graduate of Austin seminary. Before attending seminary, she was a financial analyst with IBM for 12 years.
Saxon has a passion for college ministry, and has served as a volunteer youth director at the Church of the Savior in Cedar Park, TX, and the Community Baptist Church in Port Dickinson, NY.
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LOUISVILLE * Construction is fully underway for a new student housing building at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary [http://www.lpts.edu/].
The new building, on a section of the campus where the rest of the seminary's student housing sits, will enable the seminary to convert Schlegel Hall, an under-utilized dormitory on the academic side of the campus, to academic use. The 40-year-old Schegel Hall will undergo a renovation.
The new one and one-half-story building will be comprised of 24 apartments, four of which have been fitted for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance. Total cost for the new building and renovation of Schlegel (as well as a campus-wide HVAC upgrade) is $5.1 million.
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PITTSBURGH * Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
[http://www.pts.edu/] has named Sharon Taylor as the Donald G. Miller Librarian and director of the seminary's Barbour Library. She begins her new work March 1, 2007.
Taylor has served for the past 17 years as the director of the Franklin Trask Library at Andover Newton Theological Seminary. A native Floridian, she received her bachelor's and master of library science from Florida State University, her M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary, her Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and her Ph.D. from Boston College.
Taylor has served as president of the American Theological Library Association. Her other professional activities include American Academy of Religion, American Society of Church History, and Association for Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, among numerous others. She is an ordained elder in the PC(USA).
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SAN ANSELMO, CA * San Francisco Theological Seminary [http://www.sfts.edu/] will once again host its annual Advent/Christmas service Dec. 1-2 in Stewart Memorial Chapel on the seminary campus. The service will be led by SFTS students, faculty and staff.
The theme for this year's candlelight service is "illumination," taken from Isa. 60:19. The program will feature readings from scripture, special music by the Seminary Singers, congregational carol singing and an instrumental ensemble including strings, trumpet and percussion.
A reception will follow the service outdoors on the Geneva Terrace overlooking Mt. Tamalpais.
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DECATUR, GA * Anna Carter Florence has been promoted to associate professor of preaching and worship and awarded tenure at Columbia Theological Seminary [http://www.ctsnet.edu/].
Florence joined Columbia's faculty in 1998 as assistant professor of preaching and worship and received her Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2000. An ordained minister in the PC(USA), she served as associate pastor of youth at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, MN. She received the Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and the B.A. from Yale University.
In 2007, she will be the "Preaching the Text" contributor for the journal Lectionary Homiletics, and her new book, Preaching as Testimony, will be released soon by Westminster John Knox Press.
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