Resume

• 2008

  For the November 2013 meeting in Baltimore

  I organized and moderated a panel of international scholars to discuss the recent monograph of Douglas A. Knight of Vanderbilt University

  \" Law

  Power

  and Justice in Ancient Israel\" (W/JK Press

  2011). \n

  Steering Committee

  Social Sciences and the Interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures (program unit)

  Annual Meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature

  2014 Meeting in Vienna

  Austria. ERI cohosted a special panel with Dr. Saul Olyan of Brown University called \"Taking Stock and Thinking Ahead: The Study of Israelite Religion Now and in the Future

  \" in which six specialists in the area of Israelite religion outlined their accomplishments as a sub-field and addressed the question “where do we need to go from here.”\n\n2013 Meeting at St. Andrews

  Scotland\nJoint Session of Expressions of Religion in Israel and Ritual in the Biblical World\nJuly 08

  9:00 AM to 12:00 PM\nRoom: Theatre B - Maths (14)\nAntje Labahn added as co-chair.\n\n2012 Amsterdam Meeting\nTheme: Permutations of Astarte in Israelite and Mediterranean Religions (continuing the discussion of deities in Israelite and Northwestern Semitic religions inaugurated in 2011)\nBernd Schipper added to Steering Committee\n\n2011 London Meeting\nCo-chair Françoise Mirguet\nTheme: The Dark Sides of the Gods (male deities)\n\n2010 Steering Committee added: Françoise Mirguet (2010-2011) and Rüdiger Schmitt (2010- \n\n\n

  Chair

  Expressions of Religion in Israel (ERI)

  International Meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature

• 2001

  Mark

  Christian

  University of the South

  Sewanee

  Tennessee

  Courses taught at the School of Theology:\nOld Testament Foundations I

  II\nSeminars:\n The Book of Isaiah\n The Old Testament Apocrypha \n The Dead Sea Scrolls\n The Book of Psalms \n Priests and Conflict\nLanguage Courses:\nBiblical Hebrew I

  II

  III

  IV\nModern Hebrew I

  II\n\nCourse taught at the College:\nHebrew I (reading Biblical Hebrew with conversational component in Modern Hebrew)

  Instructor of Hebrew and Old Testament

  University of the South

  Belmont University since 2012.\nProfessional

  multi-style guitarist

  specializing in Jazz in Nashville and Middle Tennessee since 1985.

  Adjunct Professor and Freelance Guitarist

  Greater Nashville Area

  TN

  Belmont University

• 1996

  Vanderbilt University

  Belmont University

  Nashville

  Hebrew Bible (Literature

  Religion

  and Faith of Ancient Israel)\nThemes in Western Religion: Judaism

  Christianity

  and Islam

  Teacher Assistantships

  Vanderbilt University

• 1994

  Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE)

  Modern Hebrew

  Arabic

  Biblical Hebrew

  French

  English

  Akkadian (transliterated)

  Italian

  German

  Latin

  Spanish

  Classical Syriac

  M.A.

  Ph.D.

  Religion

  Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel

  Modern Hebrew study at Rothberg Institute

  Jerusalem; Vanderbilt University

  Nashville; and Siegal College of Judaic Studies

  Cleveland Ohio.

  Vanderbilt University

• 1991

  B.A.

  Religion

  Minor in Biblical Languages

  Belmont University

• Adeus

  Provided to YouTube by CDBaby Adeus · Lori Mechem and Ritmos Picantes Welcome To Brazil ℗ 1997 Cognito Music Released on: 1997-01-01 Auto-generated by YouTube.

  Mark's classical guitar solo on \"Adeus\" at 1:55.

  VIDEO: 1st ever Jazz luncheon held in Nashville

  Vocalists accompanied by musicians Lori Mechem (piano)

  Mark Christian (guitar)

  Scott Chambers (bass)

  and Ralph Henley (drums). \"Intro to Jazz Singing Level 3\" occurs Monday evenings 6:00-8:00 PM at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. Open to the public on the final class evening

  \"Performance Night\" when vocalists perform with a quartet.

  The new monthly program allows jazz fans to enjoy live music and lunch.

  Nashville Jazz Cave's 1st Jazz Luncheon (WKRN.com)

  Music Theory

  Higher Education

  Research

  Classical Guitar

  Music Industry

  Jazz Guitar

  Jazz Improvisation

  Orchestra

  Curriculum Development

  Band Management

  Theology

  Rock Guitar

  Blues Guitar

  Social Media

  Ensemble

  Melodic Slide Guitar (electric and acoustic)

  Music

  Literature

  Musical Direction

  Academic Writing

  Christian