David M. Valeta
Contact Information
Primary Teaching Areas and Opportunities for Student Supervision
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Western Religions
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Court Tale Literature in the Bible and the Ancient Near East
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Humor and Satire in the various Religious Traditions
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Resistance against Imperialism in the Ancient World
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Peace and Justice in the Biblical Traditions
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The books of Daniel and Revelation
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Modern Apocalypticism and Millennialism
Representative Courses
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Apocalyptic from Revelation to the Matrix
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Christian Traditions
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Hebrew Bible
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Jewish and Christian Readings of the First Testament
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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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New Testament and Lost Christianities
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Religious Dimensions of Human Experience
Significant Publications
Books
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Lions and Ovens and Visions, O My! A Satirical Analysis of Daniel 1-6 (Sheffield
Phoenix Press, February 2008)
Articles
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“Recent Research in Daniel 1-6,” in Currents in Biblical Studies (ed. Alan J. Hauser; Sheffield: Sheffield Press, forthcoming June 2008).
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“Polyglossia and Parody: Language in Daniel 1-6,” in Roland Boer, ed., Bakhtin and Genre Theory in Biblical Studies (SemeiaSt 63; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007), 91-108.
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“Knock’em Dead, O God!-Nahum and Habakkuk,” Messenger 156.10, 18-19 (November 2007).
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“Daniel-Tales of Resistance and Judgment,” Messenger 156.4, 20-21 (April 2007).
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“Court or Jester Tales? Resistance and Social Reality in Daniel 1-6,” Perspectives in Religious Studies 32.3, 309-24 (Fall 2005).
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“The Satirical Nature of the Book of Daniel,” in Apocalyptic in History and Tradition (JSPSup 43; ed. Christopher Rowland and John Barton; Sheffield: Sheffield Press, 2003), 81-93.
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“Lions and Ovens and Visions, O My! A Satirical Analysis of the Book of Daniel,” in Apocalypticism and Millennialism: Shaping a Believers Church Eschatology for the Twenty-First Century (ed. L. Johns; Kitchener, Ontario: Pandora Press, 2000), 35-45.
Overview
David Valeta has taught at CU since 2002 in the area of Western Religious Traditions. His academic preparation includes: B.A. in Biblical Studies and Biblical Languages from Geneva College (PA); M.Div. from Bethany Theological Seminary (IL/IN); Ph.D. in Religion from the University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology (CO). In addition to research and teaching interests listed above, he is particularly interested in issues concerning Civil Religion and the interface of Religion, Politics, and Culture in the modern world. He has been part of study seminars to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan and has participated in service projects in Guatemala with Habitat for Humanity and Disaster Relief in New Orleans.
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