Jennifer Brown Jones
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EDUCATION
2020 Ph.D., Christian Theology (Old Testament), McMaster Divinity College,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2014 M.A. Biblical Exegesis, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
1992 B.S. Accounting, Honors, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020 – Assistant Professor, Liberty University, Rawlings School of Divinity,
Present PhD in Biblical Exposition program: Old Testament Backgrounds (10 sections). Old
Testament Law (4 sections). Prophets I (5 sections). Prophets II (1 section), Old
Testament Writings (2 sections). Graduate programs: Old Testament Orientation II
(2 sections).
2022 Women’s Summer Writing Retreat, Institute for Biblical Research
2017 – Adjunct Professor, Ecclesia College
2020 Old Testament Survey (11 terms); History of the Israelite Kingdom (9 terms);
Pentateuch (2 terms); Old Testament Prophets (1 term)
2017 – 2018 Scholar’s Initiative Greek Psalter Project, Museum of the Bible
2016 – 2017 Guest Lecturer, Renovation Institute, The Chapel, Getzville, NY
Involved in planning, redesigning, and teaching Old Testament Survey I/II
2015 – 2017 Guest Lecturer, McMaster Divinity College
2015 Tutor (Volunteer), Biblical Exegesis Comprehensive Examination Preparation
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
2012 – 2014 Teaching & Research Assistant, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
Supervisor: Dr. Adam Miglio
LANGUAGES
Greek Aramaic German (Reading)
Hebrew Ugaritic French (Reading)
ACADEMIC SUPERVISION
Ph.D. – First Reader
M. Keener: “Shattered Theology: A Trauma Theory Reading of the Book of Job”
Ph.D. – Dissertations in progress
M. Chappell: “Translation Theory and Septuagint Genesis”
J. Nahlen: “Ezra and Nehemiah as Recovery from Trauma”
E. O’Brien: “A Future Hope in Zechariah 9–14”
Ph.D. – Second Reader
2022 E. DiVietro: “Preexilic Traits of the Israelian Prophetic Material in the Book of Kings”
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
In Press Psalms 89-105: A Handbook on the Greek Text. Waco, TX: Baylor University
Press.
In Press “Septuagint/Old Greek Theories.” In Encyclopedia of Biblical Greek Language
and Linguistics. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker.
2022 “Coded Critique, Validating Vestments: Joshua’s Garments in Zechariah 3.” In
Dress Hermeneutics in the Hebrew Bible: Let Your Garments Always Be Bright.
LHBOTS. London: T. & T. Clark.
2022 Translation and Style in the Old Greek Psalter: What Pleases Israel’s God.
Septuagint Monograph Series 1. Leiden: Brill.
2021 “Henry Barclay Swete: Textual Criticism, the Septuagint, and Beyond.” In Pillars
in the History of Biblical Interpretation. Vol. 3. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock.
2021 “The Septuagint and Contemporary Study: A Survey of Current Resources.”
In T & T Clark Handbook to Septuagint Research, edited by William A. Ross and
W. Edward Glenny, 381–96. T. & T. Clark Handbooks. London: Bloomsbury T.
& T. Clark.
2017 “Review of Gunnar Eidsvåg: The Old Greek Translation of Zechariah (2015).”
JHS.
2014 “Lamb.” In The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
2014 “Land and Property.” In The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA:
Lexham Press.
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
2023 “The Warrior’s Divine Dress in Isaiah.” Annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest
Regional Society of Biblical Literature, Newberg, OR, May 21, 2023.
2022 “The Baby and the Bathwater: The Interlinear Paradigm, Polysystem Theory, and
the Greek Psalter.” Annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society,
Denver, CO, November 15, 2022.
2022 “Divine Dress in the Prophets.” Annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest
Regional Society of Biblical Literature, Virtual Meeting, May 14, 2022.
2021 “Sweeter than Honey: A Lyric Reading of Psalm 19.” Annual meeting of the
Society of Biblical Literature. San Antonio, TX, November 21, 2021.
2020 “Creation and Suffering.” Invited presentation for the Doctrine of Creation
Webinar. Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics. November 24, 2020.
2020 “Greek Psalms.” Invited presentation. Cambridge Septuagint Series.
2020 “What Pleases a God: Translation and Style in the Old Greek Psalter.” PhD diss.,
McMaster Divinity College.
2018 – 2019 “Coded Critique, Validating Vestments: Joshua’s Garments in Zechariah 3.”
Annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Regional Society of Biblical Literature,
Tacoma, WA, May 10, 2018. Revised version, Annual meeting of the Evangelical
Theological Society, Denver, CO, November 13, 2018. Expanded version, Annual
meeting of the Pacific Northwest Region of the Society of Biblical Literature.
Ellensburg, WA. May 3–5, 2019.
2018 “Living in Community with the Least of These: Michael Gorman and Jean Vanier
in Conversation.” Annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Denver,
CO, November 19, 2018.
2017 “An Exploration of the Return to Yehud According to Anderson’s Framework for
Religiously Motivated Migration.” Annual meeting of the Canadian Society of
Biblical Studies, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 28, 2017. Revised version,
Annual meeting of the Institute of Biblical Research, Boston, MA, November 17,
2017.
2016 “Theme Variation in Zechariah 2:10–17 (6–13): A Comparative Analysis of Two
Textual Traditions.” Annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies.
Calgary, Ontario, Canada, May 29, 2016. Revised version, Annual meeting of the
Evangelical Theological Society, San Antonio, TX, November 17, 2016.
2014 “‘What Shall I Do with You, Translator?’: The Diminished Imagery in OG/LXX
Hosea 6:1-10.” Annual meeting of the Midwest Region of the SBL Student
Religious Studies Conference. Bourbonnais, IL, February 7, 2014.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming Study Notes: Leviticus–Deuteronomy; Job–Proverbs. Every Woman’s Bible
2020 – Co-Host of Podcast Two Christians and a Jew (http://twochristiansandajew.com/).
2021
2019 – Personal Blog. Life Beyond #Blessed (https://jenniferbrownjones.com).
Present
2020 “What Writing a Dissertation Taught Me About Making Life Work During the
Pandemic” The Well (InterVarsity Blog), April 2020.
2019 “My Son Needed the Love of the Church. I Wasn’t Sure It Was Possible.”
Christianity Today. May 2019.
PRESENT PROJECTS
“An Intertextual Exploration of Speech Ethics Rooted in Proverbs.” Invited contribution to a
forthcoming untitled volume.
“Religious Motivations Behind the Return from Exile.” Paper for SBL annual meeting.
November 2023.
“Restoration of Israel.” Commentary on the postexilic period for Community Bible Study.
Zechariah. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary Series. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
“Zechariah’s Vision for Being Clothed in Christ.” Invited paper for the Herschel H. Hobbs
Lecture Series, Oklahoma Baptist University, October 3-5, 2023.
AWARDS
2020 Principal’s Gold Medal, McMaster Divinity College
2020 Edith Laurence McDermaid Scholarship
2017 Margaret and Stanley Ford Scholarship
2016 William and Ines Watson Memorial Bursary
2016 Flawn Bursary
2015 Holmes Bursary
2014 Samuel J. Schultz Award in Old Testament Studies
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Academy of Religion
Evangelical Theological Society
Institute for Biblical Research
Society of Biblical Literature
The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
2023 – Present Board Member, Research Groups Coordinator
Institute for Biblical Research
2023 – Present Associate Fellow
Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge
2022 – Present Co-Chair, Septuagint Studies Section,
Evangelical Theological Society
2022 – Present Treasurer; Executive Committee Member
Pacific Northwest Region, American Academy of Religion
(previously included the Society of Biblical Literature)
2021 – Present Volunteer Co-Chair
Institute for Biblical Research
2019 – 2022 Treasurer; Executive Committee Member
Pacific Northwest Region, AAR-SBL
2019 – 2021 Volunteer Coordinator
Institute for Biblical Research
2018 – 2021 Steering Committee, Septuagint Studies Section,
Evangelical Theological Society
2019 – 2022 Regional Coordinator
Pacific Northwest Region, Society of Biblical Literature
2018 – 2021 Nominating Committee,
Pacific Northwest Region, Society of Biblical Literature
2017 – 2018 Registration and Membership Team
Institute for Biblical Research, Annual Meeting
2016 – 2018 Steering Committee, Consultation on Septuagint Studies
Evangelical Theological Society
2011 – 2012 Graduate Student Representative
Education Policy and Curriculum Committee, Wheaton College
MINISTRY EXPERIENCE
Present Academic Writer
Community Bible Study
2022 – Present Volunteer
Crosspoint Presbyterian Church, Park City, UT
2021 Volunteer Teacher
Calvary Chapel New Life, Heber City, UT
2018 – 2021 Volunteer and Small Group Leader
Capital Church, Park City and Salt Lake City, UT
2016 – 2017 Renovation Institute, The Chapel, Getzville, NY
2015 – 2016 Sermon Preparation Support, Biblical Research Group, Wheaton, IL
2013 – 2015 Greek Exegesis Adult Community, College Church, Wheaton, IL
Short-term and extended period substitute teaching
2003 – 2008 Women’s Ministry, Coordinator and Teacher, Valley Bible Church,
White River Junction, VT
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
2000 – 2002 Senior Financial Analyst/General Ledger Manager, Hypertherm, Inc.,
Hanover, NH
1996 – 2000 Owner, Accukeep, Inc., Longwood, FL
1994 – 1996 In-Charge/Senior Accountant, KRG&G, P.A., Orlando, FL
1992 – 1994 Staff Accountant, Bookkeeping Center, Gainesville, FL
