Jack Poirier is the chair of biblical studies at the newly forming Kingswell Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio (scheduled to open in Fall 2008). Jack earned his doctorate in Ancient Judaism from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, where he wrote a dissertation on “The Tongues of Angels in Classical Jewish and Christian Sources.” He also holds Master’s Degrees from Duke University and Oral Roberts University. Jack’s research interests are broad: he has published articles in the areas of Bible (both Old and New Testaments), ancient Judaism, early Church history, and biblical hermeneutics. His most recent work has been in response to postliberal theology and postmodern hermeneutics. Jack currently lives in Middletown, Ohio, and has two children: Nicholas and Natalie.
Articles in print media (published under the name “John C. Poirier”):
“‘Day and Night’ and the Punctuation of John 9.3“. New Testament Studies 42 (1996) 288-294.
“Why Did the Pharisees Wash their Hands?”. Journal of Jewish Studies 47 (1996) 217-233.
“Romans 5:13-14 and the Universality of Law”. Novum Testamentum 38 (1996) 344-358.
“Jacob Neusner, the Mishnah, and Ventriloquism”. Jewish Quarterly Review 87 (1996) 61-78.
“The First Rider: A Response to Michael Bachmann”. New Testament Studies 45 (1999) 257-262.
“An Illuminating Parallel to Isaiah xiv 12”. Vetus Testamentum 49 (1999) 371-389.
“Montanist Pepuza-Jerusalem and the Dwelling Place of Wisdom”. Journal of Early Christian Studies 7 (1999) 491-507.
“A Reply to Hyam Maccoby”. Journal for the Study of the New Testament 76 (1999) 115-118.
“Some Detracting Considerations for Reader-Response Theory”. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 62 (2000) 250-263.
“On the Use of Consensus in Historical Jesus Studies”. Theologische Zeitschrift 56 (2000) 97-107.
“The Interiority of True Religion in Mark 7,6-8, with a Note on Pap.Egerton 2”. Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 91 (2000) 180-191.
“4Q464: Not Eschatological”. Revue de Qumrân 20 (2002) 583-587.
“Generational Reckoning in Hesiod and in the Pentateuch”. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 62 (2003) 193-199.
“Purity Beyond the Temple in the Second Temple Era”. Journal of Biblical Literature 122 (2003) 247-265.
“The Endtime Return of Elijah and Moses at Qumran”. Dead Sea Discoveries 10 (2003) 221-242.
“The Narrative Role of Semitic Languages in the Book of Acts”. Filología Neotestamentaria 16 (2003) 91-100.
“Authorial Intention as Old as the Hills”. Stone-Campbell Journal 7 (2004) 59-72.
“Memory, Written Sources, and the Synoptic Problem: A Response to Robert K. McIver and Marie Carroll”. Journal of Biblical Literature 123 (2004) 315-322.
“The Q Hypothesis and the Role of Presynoptic Sources in Nineteenth-Century Scholarship”. In Mark Goodacre and Nicholas Perrin (eds.), Questioning Q: A Collection of Essays (London: SPCK, 2004) 13-27.
“Jewish and Christian Tradition in the Transfiguration”. Revue Biblique 111 (2004) 516-530.
“The Ouranology of the Apocalypse of Abraham”. Journal for the Study of Judaism 35 (2004) 391-408.
“The Montanist Nature of the Nanas Inscription”. Epigraphica Anatolica 37 (2004) 151-159.
“The Canonical Approach and the Idea of ‘Scripture’”. Expository Times 116 (2005) 366-370.
“Three Early Christian Views on Ritual Purity: A Historical Note Contributing to an Understanding of Paul’s Position”. Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses 81 (2005) 424-434.
“Symbols of Wisdom in Jas. 1:17”. Journal of Theological Studies 57 (2006) 57-75.
“The Epistemology/Alethiology Double Switch in Postfoundationalist Hermeneutics”. Stone-Campbell Journal 9 (2006) 19-28.
“David’s ‘Hatred’ for the Lame and the Blind (2 Sam. 5.8a)”. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 138 (2006) 27-33.
“Seeing What Is There in Spite of Ourselves: George Tyrrell, John Dominic Crossan, and Robert Frost on Faces in Deep Wells”. Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 4 (2006) 127-138.
“Pentecostal and Postmodernist Hermeneutics: A Critique of Three Conceits”. Journal of Pentecostal Theology 15 (2006) 3-21 (cowritten with B. Scott Lewis).
“The Linguistic Situation in Jewish Palestine in Late Antiquity”. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism 4 (2007) 55-135.
“Why I’m Still Afraid: A Response to James K. A. Smith’s Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?”. Westminster Theological Journal 69 (2007) 175-184.
“Telford Work’s Theological Program: A Review Article”. Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies. Forthcoming.
“Judaism, Christianity, and the Hebrew Bible”. Journal of Ecumenical Studies. Forthcoming.
“God”. In Craig A. Evans (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus (New York: Routledge, 2008).
“Prophecy”. In Craig A. Evans (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus (New York: Routledge, 2008).
“Transfiguration of Jesus”. In Craig A. Evans (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus (New York: Routledge, 2008).
“The Measure of Stewardship: Πίστις in Romans 12.3”. Tyndale Bulletin. Forthcoming.
“Theology as a Pyramid on a Raft”. Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Theologie. Forthcoming.