Dr. Kim Ian Parker
Position
Professor
Academics
Ph.D. McMaster University, 1988
Contact
Office: 5005 Arts & Administration
Telephone: (709) 864-8594
Email: kparker@mun.ca
Webpage:
Research Interests
Hebrew Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Enlightenment thought, political philosophy.
Current Research
- A study of the rise of historical-critical interpretation of the Bible in the 17th century
- Political readings of biblical narratives
- The theological writings of John Locke
Courses Taught
1000 The Religions of the World (also as research/writing version)
1010 Religion in the Modern World
1020 Christianity in Western Civilization
1050 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew I
1051 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew II
1200 The Bible in Western Religion and Culture (also at the Harlow campus)
2050 The Old Testament (also as research/writing version)
3030 The Torah
3031 The Book of Genesis
3060 The Prophets of Israel
3090 The Writings
3091 The Problem of Justice in the Old Testament
3272 Bible, Culture, and Interpretation
3820 Religion and the Arts (at the Harlow Campus)
4211 Genesis 1-11
4218 Seventeenth-Century Biblical Criticism
4902 Advanced Readings in the Hebrew Bible
6100 Methods and Theories in Religious Studies
6110 Thesis Writing
6120 Studies in Religious Texts
- Biblical Narratology; Biblical Poetics; Postmodernism and the Bible; Biblical Poetics; Genesis 1-11 (Hebrew); Genesis 1-50
6902 Special Topics in the Hebrew Bible
- Advanced Biblical Hebrew; Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives; Interpretations of Israelite History; The Book of Genesis; The Book of Job
6908 Special Topics in the History of Western Religious Thought
- Locke and Religion; Nietzsche and Religion; Theological-Political Issues in 17th Century Europe; Political Readings of Biblical Narratives
Student Supervision
M.A. Theses
Cober, Lucas (in progress). Research topic: 橳he Eyes of the Blind shall be Open: Blindness in the Biblical Tradition.
Mason, Eli (in progress). Research topic: Fearful Symmetry: Narrative Parallelism in Yahweh檚 Demons.
Pomeroy, Trevor (2014). 楢s Commander of the Army of the Lord I have Now Come: Joshua 5:13-6:27 as War Narrative in Context.
Worsley, Emily (2013). 榃here were you when I laid the Foundations of the Earth?: Creation as Unfinished in God檚 Speech to Job.
Walters, Lisa (2010): Christianity and Conservatism on Parliament Hill.
Aucoin, Lael (2010). Reclaiming Dinah: A Feminist-Literary Analysis of Genesis 34:1-17.
Keating, Raelene (2009). The Tower of Babel: A Literary Examination of Genesis 11:1-9.
Sheedy, Matt (2008). Locke檚 Inheritors: The Theological Underpinnings of the Letter Concerning Toleration and its Modern Implications for the Moral Dilemma of Religious Toleration.
Walsh, Catherine (2004). Prophet in a Righteous Land: George W. Bush檚 Rhetoric and the Hebrew Bible.
Sherwood, Ian (2004). Job檚 楻estoration: An Ascetic Misinterpretation of the Epilogue of the Book of Job.
Carter, Ben (2003). Feuerbachian Imagination and the Reversal of Hegelian Ontology in The Essence of Christianity (1841).
Gilroy, Daniel (2002). The Genesis and Ecology Debate.
Meade, Sonya (1997). 楤less God and Die: An Examination of the Role of Job檚 Wife in the Masoretic Text of Job.
Bungay, Roy (1996). 淣arrative Structure and Character Development in 2 Samuel 11.
Duke, Pat (1995). The Numinous Experience and Self-Understanding in 1QH. (Co-supervised with Dr. David J. Hawkin)
Lambe, Tony (1994): Genesis 38: Literary Design and Context.
Publications
2014
- An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament (New York: Linus Publications, 2014).
- 淪pinoza, Locke, and Biblical Criticism, in Conscience and Scripture: Locke and Biblical Hermeneutics, ed. by Luisa Simonutti (New York: Springer Press, 2014), 41 ms pages, in press.
- 淎 King Like Other Nations: Political Theory and the Hebrew Republic in the Early Modern Age, in The Oxford Handbook to the Bible, ed. by Kevin Killeen (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), 384-396.
2012
- 淟ocke, Religion, Rights, and the Rise of Modernity, LUMEN XXXI (2012), 115-129.
2009
- 淣ewton, Locke, and the Trinity: Sir Isaac檚 Comments on Locke檚 A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans, The Scottish Journal of Theology 62.1 (2009), 40-52.
2008
- 湗Men Being Partial to Themselves: Human Selfishness in Locke檚 Two Treatises (co-author with Greg Forster), Politics and Religion, 1.2 (2008), 169-99.
2007
- 淭hat 楧readful Name, Leviathan: Biblical Resonances in the Title to Hobbes檚 Famous Political Work, Hebraic Political Studies, 2.4 (2007), 424-447.
2006
- 淏uilding the Second Temple, in Biblica: The Bible Atlas, ed. by Barry J. Beitzel (Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2006), 348-361.
2005
- 淎dam the Postmodern Bourgeois Liberal?, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 29.4 (2005), 439-453.
2004
- The Biblical Politics of John Locke (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2004).
1999
- 淢irror, Mirror on the Wall, Must We Leave Eden Once and for All?: A Lacanian Pleasure Trip through the Garden, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 83 (1999), 19-29.
1997
- 淪olomon the Philosopher King? The Nexus of Law and Wisdom in I Kings 1-11, reprinted in Sheffield Old Testament Readers Series, J. Cheryl Exum, ed., The Historical Books: A Sheffield Reader (Sheffield: Sheffield, 1997), 233-248.
1996
- 淛ohn Locke and the Enlightenment Metanarrative, Scottish Journal of Theology 49 (1996), 57-73.
- 淪peech, Writing, and Power: Deconstructing the Biblical Canon, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 69 (1996), 91-103.
1994
- Wisdom and Law in the Reign of Solomon (Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter: Mellen Biblical Press, 1994).
1993
- Liberal Democracy and the Bible, Kim Ian Parker, ed. (Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter: Mellen, 1993).
- 淩eason, Revelation, and Liberal Democracy, in Liberal Democracy and the Bible, ed. by Kim Ian Parker (Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter: Mellen Biblical Press, 1994), 1-18.
- 淟ocke檚 Theologico-Political Argument, in Liberal Democracy and the Bible, ed. by Kim Ian Parker, (Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter: Mellen, 1993), 101-128.
1992
- 淪olomon the Philosopher King? The Nexus of Law and Wisdom in I Kings 1-11, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 53 (1992), 75-91.
1991
- 淭he Limits to Solomon檚 Reign: A Response to Amos Frisch, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 51 (1991), 15-21.
1990
- Text and Tradition: A Guide to the Old Testament (Burlington, ON: Trinity Press, 1990).
1988
- 淩epetition as a Structuring Device in I Kings 1-11, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 42 (1988), 19-27.
Presentations
Invited
- 淢ontesquieu and Locke and the Idea of Consent, Discussant for the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, MA (November 2012)
- 淭he Contribution of the Bible to the Development of Modernity: John Locke and Seventeenth-Century Biblical Exegesis. Paper for the 淏ible in the Seventeenth Century: The Authorised Version Quatercentenary (1611-2011), York, UK (July, 2011).
- 湗A King Like Other Nations: Political Theory and the Hebrew Republic in the Early Modern Age. Paper for the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA (January, 2011).
- 淟ocke, Religion, Rights, and the Rise of Modernity, Paper presented to Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, St. John's, NL (October, 2010).
- 淎thens or Jerusalem?: Strauss, Spinoza, and Genesis. Paper for the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA (January, 2008).
- 淣o Man Can Serve Two Masters: Politics and the Bible in Hobbes Leviathan. Paper for the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL (August, 2007).
- 淢en Being Partial to Themselves: Human Selfishness in Locke's Two Treatises (co-author with Greg Forster). Paper for the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA (August, 2006).
- 淗uman Rights, the Creator, and the Genesis of John Locke檚 Theory of Property. Paper for the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA (January, 2006).
Refereed
- 淎 Learning Community Across Two Campuses (with Catherine Innes-Parker). Presented at the Association of Atlantic Universities Teaching Showcase, St. John's, NL (October, 2006).
- 淪ir Isaac Newton: Biblical Scholar. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, London, ON (2005).
- 淭he Creator and Inalienable Rights. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Jacques Maritain Society, Halifax, NS (2003).
- 淎dam, the Postmodern Bourgeois Liberal. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Edmonton, AB (2000).
- 淢irror, Mirror on the Wall, Must We Leave Eden Once and for All?: A Lacanian Pleasure Trip through the Garden. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, St. John檚, NL (May, 1997).
- 淪peech, Writing, and Power: The Biblical Canon in a Postmodern Age. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Calgary (May, 1994).
- 淛ohn Locke and Modern Critical Discourse: Showdown in Eden. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Ottawa (May, 1993).
- 淟iberalism and the Bible: John Locke, Robert Filmer, and Genesis. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Kingston, ON (May, 1991).
- 淪olomon the Philosopher King? The Nexus of Law and Wisdom in I Kings 1-11. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Victoria, BC (May, 1990).
- 淩epetition as a Structuring Device in I Kings 1-11. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Hamilton, ON (May, 1987).
- 淭he Theologico-Political Teaching of Genesis 1:22. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Halifax, NS (May, 1981).
Other
- Text and Context Symposium III. Presented Paper, 淟ocke and Biblical Interpretation: A Study in Method (April, 2015) (organizer)
- Text and Context Symposium II. Presented Paper, 淛ohn Locke as Biblical Scholar: The Spinoza Connection (April, 2014) (co-organizer of with Jennifer Selby).
- Religion: Public or Private? 淭he Case of the Quebec Charter of Values. Rocket Bakery, St. John檚, NL. (January, 2014)
- Religious Studies Speaker Series. Presented Lecture, 淭he Story of the Fall: Corruption or Confusion? (November, 2013).
- Text and Context Symposium I. Presented Paper, 淲orking with Manuscripts: Locke and Newton (April, 2013) (co-organizer with Jennifer Selby)
- Religious Studies Colloquium Series. Presented paper, 淎 King like Other Nations: Political Theory and the Hebrew Republic in the Early Modern Age (March, 2011).
- Philosophy Department檚 淛ockey Club. Presented a paper on Leo Strauss檚 淎thens and Jerusalem (February, 2011).
- M. Phil program MUN: Presented Paper, 淭he Biblical Theory of Types (October, 2004).
- Religious Studies and Philosophy Colloquium. 淲idening Access to Sacred and Canonical Texts, University of Nottingham, England (July, 2003).
- French Department, MUN: Presented Paper: 淲hat is a Discipline? (February, 2000).
- English/Women's Studies Research Seminar, UPEI. Presented Paper: 淓ve: Between the Pit and the Pedestal (March, 1998).
- Deans and Directors, MUN. Presented Paper: 淭he Hebrew Bible and its Interpreters (May, 1994).
- M. Phil program, MUN. Presented Paper: 淟ocke's Rationalized Christianity (June, 1993)
- M. Phil program, MUN. Presented Paper: 淲riting and Speech in the Bible (May, 1993)
- Joint Seminar for the Humanities, MUN. Presented Paper: 淭he Biblical Politics of John Locke (March, 1990
Funding and Awards
- SSHRC Standard Research Grant (2009-2012)
- SSHRC Vice-President's Research Grant (internal) (2007-2008).
- CFHSS Grant to Wilfrid Laurier University Press (2005-2006)
- SSHRC Standard Research Grant (2001 to 2004).
- SSHRC Vice-President檚 Research Grant (internal) (2001-2004, declined).
- SSHRC Vice-President檚 Research Grant (internal) (1998-2001).