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Daniel Keith Falk
Department of Religious Studies Phone: (541) 346-4980 (office); 344-1797 (home)
1294 University of Oregon Fax: (541) 346-4118
Eugene, OR, 97403-1294 USA http://www.uoregon.edu/~dfalk
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Academic Appointments
University of Oregon, Department of Religious Studies
2013 Associate Head, Department of Religious Studies (winter and spring term)
2008–2011 Head, Department of Religious Studies
2009–2010 Interim Director, Harold Schnitzer Family Program of Judaic Studies
2010– Professor of Biblical Studies and Ancient Judaism
2003–2010 Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Ancient Judaism
1998–2003 Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Ancient Judaism
University of Oxford, Oriental Institute
1995–1998 Kennicott Fellow in Hebrew (competitive research post, stipendiary)
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
1995–1998 Junior Research Fellow (stipendiary)
Education
1996 Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Faculty of Divinity
Dissertation: Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Supervisor: Prof. William Horbury
Examination Committee: Prof. Phillip Alexander, Dr. Andrew Chester
1992 Master of Christian Studies, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C.
Subjects: New Testament, Hebrew Bible
Thesis: “Poor” in the New Testament: An Evaluation of Literal, Metaphorical, and Symbolic Views
Supervisor: Prof. Gordon Fee
1987 B.A., Providence College, Otterburne, MB., Canada
Bible/Theology
Academic Awards and Fellowships
Harold Hyam Wingate Fellowship (Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Fall term, 2011)
Oregon Humanities Center Research Fellowship (University of Oregon, Spring term, 2008)
Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship (Sept 1, 2005-Jan 14, 2006)
Williams Fellowship for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching (2003-04)
Richard A. Bray Faculty Fellow (University of Oregon, 2001-02, 2002-03)
Oregon Humanities Center Research Fellowship (University of Oregon, Fall term, 2000)
Kennicott Fellow in Hebrew (Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 1995-1998)
Junior Research Fellow in Qumran (Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Oxford, 1995-1998)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (1995–97)
Kaye Dissertation Prize (competition for doctoral dissertations in biblical history offered every three years, University of Cambridge, 1996)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (1994–95)
Crosse Studentship (University of Cambridge, 1994–95)
George Williams Prize (competition for essays in liturgy, University of Cambridge, 1992)
Overseas Research Student Award (University of Cambridge, 1991, 1992, 1993)
Queens' College Overseas Bursary (University of Cambridge, 1991, 1992, 1993)
Herbert V. Hotchkiss Memorial Scholarship (Providence College, 1987)
Sophomore Class Award (Providence College, 1985)
Visiting Scholar
Visiting Scholar, Wolfson College, Oxford, 09/2011-07/2012
Visiting Scholar, Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Oxford, 01/2012-06/2012
Research grants
Summer Stipend for Humanities and Creative Arts Faculty, 2011 (University of Oregon)
Summer Stipend grant, 2002 (University of Oregon; Nominated, NEH summer stipend)
Junior Professorship Development Grant, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003: University of Oregon
Summer Research Award, 2000: University of Oregon
New Faculty Research Award, 1999: University of Oregon
Travel grants
Jerusalem, 2000 (to present research paper): University of Oregon Religious Studies Department, and College of Arts and Sciences
Oslo, 1998 (to present research paper): Oriental Institute Faculty Fund, Hebrew Centre Fund (University of Oxford)
Jerusalem, 1997 (to present research paper): Oriental Institute Faculty Fund, Hebrew Centre Fund (University of Oxford)
San Francisco, 1997 (to present research paper): Hebrew Centre Fund (University of Oxford)
Provo, Utah, 1996 (to present research paper): Brigham Young University FARMS; Oriental Institute Faculty Fund, Hebrew Centre Fund (University of Oxford)
New Orleans, 1996 (to present research paper): Hebrew Centre Fund (University of Oxford)
Jerusalem, 1995 (research trip): Qumran Project fund (Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies); Perry Fund, Hort Fund (University of Cambridge)
Jerusalem, 1993 (Hebrew language study; research trip): Bethune Baker Fund, Jebb Fund (University of Cambridge)
Toulouse, 1992 (French language study): Alasdair Charles Macpherson Fund, Bethune Baker (University of Cambridge)
Cambridge, 1992 (research grant): Tyndale House Council Grant
Other awards
Rippey Innovative Teaching Award (University of Oregon, 2006–08, 2009–11)
Faculty Vitality Grant, 2001 (joint proposal with Malcolm Wilson; University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences).
Stanley B. Greenfield Faculty Grant Award (library research material, University of Oregon), 1999, 2010, 2013
Nominated, Mortar Board Professor of the Month (University of Oregon), 1998-1999
Publications
Monographs
2007 The Parabiblical Texts: Strategies for Extending the Scriptures Among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Companion to the Qumran Scrolls 8; Library of Second Temple Studies 63; London/New York: T&T Clark [Continuum].
1998 Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Studies in the Texts of the Desert of Judah 27; E.J. Brill.
Edited Books
2012 The Scrolls and Biblical Traditions. Proceedings of the Seventh Meeting of the IOQS in Helsinki. Edited by George J. Brooke, Daniel K. Falk, Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar and Molly M. Zahn. Studies in the Texts of the Desert of Judah 103. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
2010 Qumran Cave 1 Revisited: Texts from Cave 1 Sixty Years after Their Discovery. Proceedings of the Sixth Meeting of the IOQS in Ljubljana. Edited by Daniel K. Falk, Sarianna Metso, Donald W. Parry, and Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar. Studies in the Texts of the Desert of Judah 91. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
2008 Seeking the Favor of God, Volume 3 – The Impact of Penitential Prayer on Judaism and Christianity. Edited by Mark J. Boda, Daniel K. Falk, and Rodney A. Werline. Society of Biblical Lierature Early Judaism and its Literature 23. Atlanta/Leiden: Society of Biblical Literature/Brill.
2007 Seeking the Favor of God, Volume 2 – The Development of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism. Edited by Mark J. Boda, Daniel K. Falk, and Rodney A. Werline. SBLEJL 22. Atlanta/Leiden: Society of Biblical Literature/Brill.
2006 Seeking the Favor of God, Volume 1 – The Origins of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism. Edited by Mark J. Boda, Daniel K. Falk, and Rodney A. Werline. SBLEJL 21. Atlanta/Leiden: Society of Biblical Literature/Brill.
2000 Sapiential, Liturgical and Poetical Texts from Qumran. Proceedings of the Third Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies, Oslo 1998. Published in Memory of Maurice Baillet. Edited by Daniel K. Falk, Florentino García Martínez, and Eileen M. Schuller. Studies in the Texts of the Desert of Judah 35. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
Articles in Journals and Books
2013 “Daily Prayers (4Q503).” Pp. 1927-1938 in Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Not Included in Scripture, Vol. 2, edited by Louis Feldman, James Kugel, and Lawrence Schiffman. Jewish Publication Society/University of Nebraska Press.
2013 “Festival Prayers (1Q34 + 34bis, 4Q507, 4Q508, 4Q509 + 4Q505).” Pp. 1939-1959 in Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Not Included in Scripture, edited by Louis Feldman, James Kugel, and Lawrence Schiffman. Jewish Publication Society/University of Nebraska Press.
2013 “Words of the Luminaries (4Q504, 4Q506).” Pp. 1960-1984 in Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Not Included in Scripture, edited by Louis Feldman, James Kugel, and Lawrence Schiffman. Jewish Publication Society/University of Nebraska Press.
2011 “Petition and Ideology in the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Pp. 135-159 in Prayer and Poetry in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature: Essays in Honor of Eileen Schuller on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday. Edited by Jeremy Penner, Ken M. Penner, and Cecilia Wassen. STDJ 98. Leiden: Brill.
2011 “Religious Life at Qumran.” Pp. 253-85 in Celebrating the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Canadian Collection. Edited by Peter W. Flint, Jean Duhaime and Kyung S. Baek. Early Judaism and its Literature. Society of Biblical Literature/Brill.
2010 “The Contribution of the Qumran Scrolls to the Study of Ancient Jewish Liturgy.” Pp. 617-51 in The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls, edited by Timothy H. Lim and John J. Collins. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2010 “Divergence from Genesis in the Genesis Apocryphon.” Pp. 193-203 in Qumran Cave 1 Revisited: Texts from Cave 1 Sixty Years after Their Discovery. Proceedings of the 6th Meeting of the IOQS in Ljubljana, edited by Daniel K. Falk, Sarianna Metso, Donald W. Parry, and Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar. Studies in the Texts of the Desert of Judah 91. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
2009 “Dating the Watchers,” Henoch 31: 23–29. (peer-reviewed journal)
2009 “Anatomy of a Scene: Noah’s Covenant in Genesis Apocryphon 11.” Pp. 21–39 in Northern Lights on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Proceedings of the Nordic Qumran Network, 2003–2006, edited by Anders Klostergaard Petersen et al. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 80. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
2007 “Scriptural Inspiration for Penitential Prayer in the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Pp. 127–157 in Seeking the Favor of God. Volume 2: The Development of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism, edited by Mark J. Boda, Daniel K. Falk and Rodney A. Werline. Society of Biblical Literature Early Judaism and its Literature 22. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.
2003 “Qumran and the Synagogue Liturgy.” Pp. 404–434 in The Ancient Synagogue From its Origins Until 200 CE, edited by Birger Ollson and Magnus Zetterholm. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell.
2003 “Text and Artifact: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran.” Pp. 165–79 in Between Text and Artifact: Integrating Archaeology in Biblical Studies Teaching, edited by Milton Moreland. Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and Biblical Studies 8. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.
2001 “Psalms and Prayers.” Pp. 7–56 in Justification and Variegated Nomism. Vol. 1. The Complexities of Second Temple Judaism, edited by D. A. Carson, et al. Mohr Siebeck/Baker.
2000 “Reconstructing Prayer Fragments in DJD VII.” Pp. 248–255 in The Dead Sea Scrolls: Fifty Years after Their Discovery 1947-1997. Proceedings of the Jerusalem Congress, July 20-25, 1997, edited by Lawrence H. Schiffman, Emanuel Tov, and James C. VanderKam. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society in cooperation with the Shrine of the Book, Israel Museum.
2000 “Qumran Prayer Texts and the Temple.” Pp. 106–126 in Sapiential, Liturgical and Poetical Texts from Qumran. Proceedings of the Third Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies, Oslo 1998. Published in Memory of Maurice Baillet, edited by Daniel K. Falk, Florentino García Martínez, and Eileen M. Schuller. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
1999 “Prayer in the Qumran Texts.” Pp. 852–76 in Cambridge History of Judaism, Volume 3, The Early Roman Period, edited by William Horbury, W. D. Davies, and John Sturdy. Cambridge University Press.
1999 “Biblical Adaptation in 4Q392 Works of God and 393 Communal Confession.” Pp. 126–146 in The Provo International Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls: Technological Innovations, New Texts, and Reformulated Issues, edited by Donald W. Parry and Eugene Ulrich. Leiden: Brill.
1999 “392-393. Introduction.” Pp. 23–24 in Qumran Cave 4.XX. Poetical and Liturgical Texts, Part 2, edited by Esther G. Chazon et al. Discoveries in the Judaean Desert 29. Oxford University Press.
1999 “392. 4QWorks of God.” Pp. 25–44 in Qumran Cave 4.XX. Poetical and Liturgical Texts, Part 2, edited by Esther G. Chazon et al. Discoveries in the Judaean Desert 29. Oxford University Press.
1999 “393. 4QCommunal Confession.” Pp. 45–61 in Qumran Cave 4.XX. Poetical and Liturgical Texts, Part 2, edited by Esther G. Chazon et al. Discoveries in the Judaean Desert 29. Oxford University Press.
1995 “Jewish Prayer Literature and the Jerusalem Church in Acts.” Pp. 268–301 in The Book of Acts in its First Century Setting, Volume 4, Acts in its Palestinian Setting, edited by Richard Bauckham. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
1994 “4Q393: A Communal Confession.” Journal of Jewish Studies 45: 184–207.
Forthcoming Articles
“Material Aspects of Prayer Manuscripts at Qumran.” Pp. 15-68 in Literature or Liturgy? Early Christian Hymns and Prayers in their Literary and Liturgical Context in Antiquity, edited by Clemens Leonhard and Helmut Löhr. Mohr Siebeck. (In press; publication spring 2014; 23,500 words).
Encyclopedia and Dictionary Articles
2010 Articles in The Dictionary of Early Judaism, edited by John Collins and Daniel Harlow. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans. “Festivals and Holy Days” (10,000 words); “Moses” (2000 words); “Moses Texts” (1000 words); “Rule of Blessing (1QSb)” (800 words); “Sabbath” (2370 words).
2000 Articles in Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls, edited by Lawrence H. Schiffman and James C. VanderKam. New York: Oxford University Press. “High Priests” (361–364); “Moses” (576–77); “Moses, Texts of” (577–581);
2000 Articles in Dictionary of New Testament Background, edited by Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter. Downers Grove, Ill: Inter-Varsity Press. “Words of Moses (1Q22)” (1281–22); “Testament of Qahat (4Q542)” (1199–1200); “Visions of Amram (4Q543–548)” (1257–1259).
1996 Articles in The New Bible Dictionary. Third edition. Downers Grove, Ill.: Inter-Varsity Press. “Dead Sea Scrolls”; “Essenes”; “Qumran”.
Book Reviews
1. Experientia, Volume 1: Inquiry into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity, edited by Frances Flannery, Colleen Shantz, and Rodney A. Werline (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2008), in Catholic Biblical Quarterly (forthcoming).
2. Normative and Sectarian Judaism in the Second Temple Period, by Moshe Weinfeld (T&T Clark, 2005), in Journal for the Study of Judaism 38,3 (2007): 441–43.
3. Primaeval History Interpreted: The Rewriting of Genesis 1-11 in the Book of Jubilees, by Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten (Brill, 2000), in Dead Sea Discoveries 13 (2006): 117–121.
4. Developments of Genre Between Post-exilic Penitential Prayers and the Psalms of Communal Lament, by Richard Bautch (SBL, 2003), in Review of Biblical Literature (2/5/2005, www.bookreviews.org).
5. Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Measuring Time, by James C. VanderKam (Routledge, 1998), in Dead Sea Discoveries 11 (2004): 127–130.
6. Liturgical Works, by James Davila (Eerdmans, 2001), in Journal of Semitic Studies 49, 1 (2004): 164–165.
7. The Dead Sea Scrolls. Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Texts with English Translations. Vol. 4B. Angelic Liturgy, Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, edited by James H. Charlesworth and Carol A. Newsom (Mohr [Siebeck]/Westminster John Knox, 1999), in Journal of Semitic Studies 49, 1 (2004): 159–161.
8. The Concept of Time in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, by Gershon Brin (Leiden: Brill, 2001), in Journal of Theological Studies 54 (2003): 649–653.
9. The Dead Sea Scrolls. Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Texts with English Translations. Vol. 4A. Pseudepigraphic and Non-Masoretic Psalms and Prayers, edited by James H. Charlesworth and Carol Henry W.L. Rietz, with P.W. Flint, D.T. Olson, J.A. Sanders, E.M. Schuller, and R.E. Whitaker (Mohr [Siebeck]/Westminster John Knox, 1997), in Dead Sea Discoveries 10, 2 (2003): 279–284.