Stuart Irvine

Retired Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Part-Time Instructor of Religious Studies

115 Coates Hall

sirvine@lsu.edu 

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Dr. Irvine specializes in ancient Near Eastern literature, particularly the writings of the Hebrew Bible. He arrived at 蘑菇tv in 1986 and retired in the spring of 2021. He continues to teach occasional courses in Religious Studies.

B.A. in Religious Studies, Pomona College (1976)

M.Div. in Religious Studies, Yale Divinity School (1980)

Ph.D in Religious Studies, Emory University (1989)

REL 1004: Old Testament

REL/ANTH 3004: Archaeology and the Bible

REL/ENGL 3124: Literature of the English Bible

REL/ENGL 4236: Art of the Biblical Narrative

REL/HIST 4125: History of Ancient Israel

Recipient of the DAAD Summer Research Grant in Munich (2007)

Recipient of the 蘑菇tv Faculty Travel Grant (2007)

Recipient of the 蘑菇tv Summer Faculty Research Stipend (1990)

Recipient of the DAAD Research Grant in Munich (1985)

Books

Isaiah, Ahaz, and the Syro-Ephraimite Crisis (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990)

(with J. H. Hayes) Isaiah, the Eighth-Century Prophet: His Times and His Preaching (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1987)

 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Chapters

鈥淭he 鈥楻ock鈥� of the King鈥檚 Sword? A Note on tsur in Psalm 89:44," Vetus Testamentum 69 (2019): 742鈥�747

"'Is Anything Too Hard for Yahweh?' Fulfillment and Threat in Genesis 18-19," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 42 (2018): 285鈥�302

"A Note on the Translation and Meaning of Hosea 13:9," Vetus Testamentum 65 (2015): 223鈥�229

"Idols ktbwnm: A Note on Hos 13:2a," Journal of Biblical Literature 133 (2014): 507鈥�515

"Relating Prophets and History: An Example from Hosea 13," in Israel's Prophets and Israel's Past: Essays on the Relationship of Prophetic Texts and Israelite History in Honor of John H. Hayes , ed. Brad E. Kelle and Megan Bishop Moore (New York: T&T Clark, 2007), 158鈥�166

(with Charles David Isbell) "The Jehoash Inscription: An Evaluative Summary," The Bible and Interpretation (2005): n.p.

"The Last Battle of Hadadezer," Journal of Biblical Literature 124 (2005): 341鈥�347

"The Rise of the House of Jehu," in The Land That I Will Show You: Essays in Honor of J. Maxwell Miller, ed. M. Patrick Graham and J. Andrew Dearman (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002), 104鈥�118

"Enmity in the House of God (Hosea 9:7-9)," Journal of Biblical Literature 117 (1998): 645鈥�653

"A Note on Psalm 14:4," Journal of Biblical Literature 114 (1995): 463鈥�466

"Politics and Prophetic Commentary in Hosea 8:8-10," Journal of Biblical Literature 114 (1995): 292鈥�294

"The Threat of Jezreel (Hosea 1:4-5)," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 57 (1995): 495鈥�503

 "The Southern Border of Syria Reconstructed," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 56 (1994): 21鈥�41

"Problems in Text and Translation in Isaiah 10:13bb," in History and Interpretation: Essays in Honour of J. H. Hayes, ed. M. Patrick Graham, William P. Brown, and Jeffrey K. Kuan (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993), 133鈥�144

"Isaiah's She'ar-yashub and the Davidic House," Biblische Zeitschrift 37 (1993): 78鈥�88

"The Isaianic Denkschrift: Reconsidering an Old Hypothesis," Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 104 (1992): 216鈥�230

 

Encyclopedia Entries

"Abel-meholah," in The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, ed. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld et al. (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2006)

"Ninevah," in The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, ed. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld et al. (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2006)

"Tribute," in The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, ed. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld et al. (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2006)