Charles A. Gieschen

Charles A. Gieschen
Charles A. Gieschen
Nationality	American
Title	Professor of Exegetical Theology and Dean of Academics at Concordia Theological Seminary
Board member of	Associate Editor of the journal Concordia Theological Quarterly ; American Editorial Board of Henoch
Academic background
Education	Princeton Theological Seminary, Concordia Theological Seminary
Alma mater	University of Michigan (Ph.D.)
Thesis	Angelomorphic Christology: Antecedents and Early Evidence (1995)
Influences	Jarl Fossum, Gabriele Boccaccini
Academic work
Discipline	Biblical studies
Institutions	Concordia Theological Seminary
Notable works	The Law in Holy Scripture

Last updated September 18, 2019

Charles A. Gieschen is Christian theologian who currently serves as Professor of Exegetical Theology and Dean of Academics at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His Ph.D. is from the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan where he studied the literature of Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity under Jarl Fossum and Gabriele Boccaccini, and alongside April DeConick.^[1] Gieschen's dissertation, entitled Angelomorphic Christology: Antecedents and Early Evidence, was published by Brill Academic Publishers in 1998.

The Concordia Theological Seminary is a Lutheran seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It offers professional, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees affiliated with training clergy and deaconesses for the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.

Fort Wayne is a city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Allen County, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is 18 miles (29 km) west of the Ohio border and 50 miles (80 km) south of the Michigan border. With a population of 253,691 in the 2010 census, it is the second-most populous city in Indiana after Indianapolis, and the 75th-most populous city in the United States. It is the principal city of the Fort Wayne metropolitan area, consisting of Allen, Wells, and Whitley counties, a combined population of 419,453 as of 2011. Fort Wayne is the cultural and economic center of northeastern Indiana. The city is within a 300-mile radius of major population centers, including Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Louisville, Lexington, and Milwaukee. In addition to the three core counties, the combined statistical area (CSA) includes Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, and Steuben counties, with an estimated population of 615,077.

The University of Michigan, often simply referred to as Michigan, is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The university is Michigan's oldest; it was founded in 1817 in Detroit, as the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, 20 years before the territory became a state. The school was moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto 40 acres (16 ha) of what is now known as Central Campus. Since its establishment in Ann Arbor, the university campus has expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than 34 million gross square feet spread out over a Central Campus and North Campus, two regional campuses in Flint and Dearborn, and a Center in Detroit. The university is a founding member of the Association of American Universities.

He also holds a Master of Theology degree in New Testament from Princeton Theological Seminary, where he studied under James H. Charlesworth and Martinus de Boer,^[1] and a Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Theological Seminary. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the International Enoch seminar. He is the Associate Editor of the journal Concordia Theological Quarterly ^[2] and on the American Editorial Board of Henoch , a journal dealing with the literature of Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity.^[3]

Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) is a private Presbyterian school of theology in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1812 under the auspices of Archibald Alexander, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, and the College of New Jersey, it is the second-oldest seminary in the United States. It is also the largest of ten seminaries associated with the Presbyterian Church.

James Hamilton Charlesworth was the George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature until January 17, 2019 and Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at the Princeton Theological Seminary. His research interests include the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Josephus, the Historical Jesus, the Gospel of John, and the Revelation of John.

The Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), founded in 1880 as the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, is an American-based learned society dedicated to the academic study of the Bible and related ancient literature. Its current stated mission is to "foster biblical scholarship". Membership is open to the public, and consists of over 8,500 individuals from over 80 countries. As a scholarly organization, SBL has been a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies since 1929.

Gieschen teaches courses primarily in New Testament and is a specialist in early Christology. He is also an ordained minister in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, and served at Trinity Lutheran Church in Traverse City, Michigan from 1985–1996,^[4] during which time he obtained his Ph.D.

Christology, literally "the understanding of Christ," is the study of the nature (person) and work of Jesus Christ. It studies Jesus Christ's humanity and divinity, and the relation between these two natures; and the role he plays in salvation.

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), often referred to simply as the Missouri Synod, is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With slightly under 2.0 million members, it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. The LCMS was organized in 1847 at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois, as the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, a name which reflected the geographic locations of the founding congregations.

Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends into Leelanau County. It is the largest city in the 21-county Northern Michigan region. The population was 14,674 at the 2010 census, with 143,372 in the Traverse City micropolitan area.

Scholarly Publications

Thesis

Gieschen, Charles A. (1984). The Hermeneutical Implications of Using Non-Canonical Literature in Biblical Interpretation (M.Div.). Ft. Wayne, IN: Concordia Theological Seminary. OCLC 11103886.
——— (1995). Angelomorphic Christology: antecedents and early evidence (Ph.D.). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan. OCLC 643882533.

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Books

——— (1998). Angelomorphic Christology: Antecedents and Early Evidence. Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums. 42. Leiden, Netherland: Brill. ISBN 978-9-0041-0840-0. OCLC 38014247. - publication of PhD thesis
———, ed. (2004). The Law in Holy Scripture. St Louis, MO: Concordia Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-758-60132-2. OCLC 57434558.

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Book chapters and journal articles

——— (1994). "The Angel of the Prophetic Spirit: Interpreting the Revelatory Experiences of the Shepherd of Hermas in Light of Mandate XI". Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers. 33: 790–803.
——— (1994). "The Seven Pillars of the World: Ideal Figure Lists in the Christology of the Pseudo-Clementines". Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha . 12: 47–82.^[5]
——— (1997). "The Different Functions of a Similar Melchizedek Tradition in 2 Enoch and the Epistle to the Hebrews". In Evans, Craig A.; Sanders, James A. (eds.). Early Christian Interpretation of the Scriptures of Israel: Investigations and Proposals. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Supplement Series. 148. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 978-1850756798.
——— (2000). "The Divine Name in Holy Baptism". In Wenthe, Dean O.; Weinrich, William C.; Just Jr., Arthur A.; Gard, Daniel; Olson, Thomas L. (eds.). All Theology is Christology: Essays in Honor of David P. Scaer. Fort Wayne, IN: Concordia Theological Seminary Press.
——— (2001). "Preaching Through the Seasons of the Church Year". In Grime, Paul J.; Nadasdy, Dean W. (eds.). Liturgical Preaching: Contemporary Essays. St. Louis: MO: Concordia Publishing House. ISBN 978-0570042853.
——— (2001). DeConick, April D. (ed.). "Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism: A Collage of Working Definitions". Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers. 40: 278–304.^[6]
——— (2003). "The Divine Name in Ante-Nicene Christology". Vigiliae Christianae. 57: 115–158.
——— (2003). "Sacramental Theology in the Book of Revelation". Concordia Theological Quarterly . 67: 149–174.^[7]
——— (2004). "Paul and the Law: Was Luther Right?". In Gieschen, Charles A. (ed.). The Law in Holy Scripture. St Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House. ISBN 978-0758601322.
——— (2004). "The Real Presence of the Son Before Christ: Revisiting an Old Approach to Old Testament Christology". Concordia Theological Quarterly. 68: 103–126.^[8]
——— (2005). "Original Sin in the New Testament". Concordia Journal . 31: 359–375.^[9]
——— (2005). "Confronting Current Christological Controversy". Concordia Theological Quarterly. 69: 3–32.^[10]
——— (2006). "Baptismal Praxis and Mystical Experience in the Book of Revelation". In DeConick, April D. (ed.). Paradise Now: Essays on Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism. Society of Biblical Literature, Symposium Series. 11. Atlanta, SC: Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 978-1-589-83257-2.
——— (2006). "Listening to Intertextual Relationships in Paul's Epistles with Richard Hays". Concordia Theological Quarterly. 70: 17–32.^[11]
——— (2007). "The Lost Tomb of Jesus?". Concordia Theological Quarterly. 71: 199–200.
——— (2007). "The Name of the Son of Man in the Parables of Enoch". In Boccaccini, Gabriele (ed.). Enoch and the Messiah Son of Man: Revisiting the Book of Parables. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-80377-1.
——— (2007). "The Lamb (Not the Man) on the Divine Throne". In DeConick, April D.; Capes, David B.; Bond, Helen K.; Miller, Troy (eds.). Israel's God and Rebecca's Children: Christology and Community in Early Judaism and Christianity: Essays in Honor of Larry W. Hurtado and Alan F. Segal. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press. ISBN 978-1-602-58026-8.
——— (2008). "Christian Identity in Pagan Thessalonica: The Imitation of Paul's Cruciform Life". Concordia Theological Quarterly. 72: 3–18.^[12]]
——— (2008). "The Death of Jesus in the Gospel of John: Atonement for Sin?". Concordia Theological Quarterly. 72: 243–261.^[13]
——— (2009). "Why Was Jesus with the Wild Beasts (Mark 1:13)?". Concordia Theological Quarterly. 73: 77–80.

<i>Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha</i> journal

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James A. Sanders is an American scholar of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and one of the Dead Sea Scrolls editors. He was the first to translate and edit the Psalm Scroll, which contained a previously unknown psalm. Sanders retired in the late 1990s, but still publishes and lectures regularly.

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References

1 2 Gieschen, Angelomorphic Christology, p. xiii.
↑ Concordia Theological Quarterly
↑ Henoch Journal
↑ Trinity Lutheran Church of Traverse City, Michigan webpage ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "The Seven Pillars of the World: Ideal Figure Lists in the Christology of the Pseudo-Clementines" . Retrieved April 20, 2016.
↑ "Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism: A Collage of Working Definitions" . Retrieved April 20, 2016.
↑ "Sacramental Theology in the Book of Revelation" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.
↑ "The Real Presence of the Son Before Christ: Revisiting an Old Approach to Old Testament Christology" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.
↑ "Original Sin in the New Testament" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
↑ "Confronting Current Christological Controversy" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.
↑ "Listening to Intertextual Relationships in Paul's Epistles with Richard Hays" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.
↑ "Christian Identity in Pagan Thessalonica: The Imitation of Paul's Cruciform Life" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.
↑ "The Death of Jesus in the Gospel of John: Atonement for Sin?" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.

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[ReferenceA-1] 1 2 Gieschen, Angelomorphic Christology, p. xiii.

[2] Concordia Theological Quarterly

[3] Henoch Journal

[4] Trinity Lutheran Church of Traverse City, Michigan webpage ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[5] "The Seven Pillars of the World: Ideal Figure Lists in the Christology of the Pseudo-Clementines" . Retrieved April 20, 2016.

[6] "Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism: A Collage of Working Definitions" . Retrieved April 20, 2016.

[7] "Sacramental Theology in the Book of Revelation" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.

[8] "The Real Presence of the Son Before Christ: Revisiting an Old Approach to Old Testament Christology" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.

[9] "Original Sin in the New Testament" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.

[10] "Confronting Current Christological Controversy" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.

[11] "Listening to Intertextual Relationships in Paul's Epistles with Richard Hays" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.

[12] "Christian Identity in Pagan Thessalonica: The Imitation of Paul's Cruciform Life" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.

[13] "The Death of Jesus in the Gospel of John: Atonement for Sin?" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.