Andrew G. Shead
Academic background and interests
Present Position
1992- |
Lecturer, Moore College (Hebrew, Old Testament, Music) |
Qualifications
1986 |
A.T.C.L. ( Trinity College of Music, London ) |
1989 |
B.Th. (Honours 2A) (ACT) |
1990 |
B.Sc.(Med.) (Honours 1) ( Sydney ) |
1996 |
M.Th. (with Merit) (ACT) |
1998 |
Ph.D. (Cantab) |
2000 |
Deaconed (Anglican Church of Australia , Diocese of Sydney ) |
2002 |
Priested (Anglican Church of Australia , Diocese of Sydney ) |
Previous Experience
1990–1991 |
Stipendiary Lay Assistant at St Paul ’s Wahroonga |
1990–1991 |
Tutor, History & Philosophy of Medicine, University of Sydney |
1992–1995 |
Sunday Assistant, St Barnabas’ Broadway |
1995–1998 |
Study leave at the University of Cambridge |
1996–1997 |
Choral Scholar of Queens ’ College, Cambridge |
Professional Activities
1992– |
Board of Studies, Moore College |
1994–1995 |
Secretary, Committee for External Studies, Moore College |
2001 |
Acting Director, Dept. of External Studies, Moore College |
2001– |
Chairman, Library Executive, Moore College |
2001– |
Member of ACT MA Subject Review Committee |
Recent Postgraduate Teaching Experience
Taught units for the MA (ACT and Moore College): Preaching from the Hebrew text of Jeremiah; co-supervised an MTh and a PhD student.
Publications
Books
The Open Book and the Sealed Book: Jeremiah 32 in its Greek and Hebrew Recensions. The Hebrew Bible and Its Versions, 3. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002.
Articles and Essays
‘Effects of Phyllanthus plant extracts on duck hepatitis B virus in vitro and in vivo’. Antiviral Research 18 (1992): 127–38.
‘Homosexuality and the Church: Historical Survey’. Pages 1–63 in Explorations 8: Theological and Pastoral Responses to Homosexuality. Edited by B. G. Webb. Adelaide: Openbook, 1994.
‘Ecclesiastes from the Outside In’. Reformed Theological Review 55 (1996): 24–37.
‘Reading Ecclesiastes “Epilogically”’. Tyndale Bulletin 48 (1997): 67–92.
‘Song of Solomon’. In The Complete Bible Handbook: An Illustrated Companion. Edited by J. Bowker. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1998.
‘The New Covenant and Pauline Hermeneutics’. Pages 33–49 in The Gospel to the Nations: Perspectives on Paul’s Mission. Essays in Honour of Peter Thomas O’Brien on His Sixty-Fifth Birthday. Edited by P. G. Bolt and M. D. Thompson. Leicseter: IVP, 2000.
‘Sabbath’. Pages 745–50 in New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Edited by B. Rosner and T. D. Alexander. Leicester: IVP, 2000.
‘An Old Testament Theology of the Sabbath Year and Jubilee’. Reformed Theological Review 61 (2002): 19–33.
Research
‘Inhibition of the Duck Hepatitis B Virus by Extracts of the Phyllanthus Plant: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies’. B.Sc.(Med.) thesis. University of Sydney, 1990.
‘Ecclesiastes 12:9–14: Reading the Epilogue of Ecclesiastes as an Epilogue’. M.Th. thesis. Australian College of Theology, 1995.
‘Jeremiah 32 In Its Hebrew and Greek Recensions: The Prophet, the Text, Its Translator and His Critics’. Ph.D. thesis. University of Cambridge, 1998.
Current Research
Ongoing research in Hebrew syntax, textual criticism, the Psalter and the Latter Prophets
Co-editing and contributing to a volume of essays on the humanity of Scripture
Researching questions of theology arising from the book of Jeremiah for a forthcoming public lecture series (2007) and book (2008).
Contributing reviews for the journals Biblica (Rome) and Reformed Theological Review (Melbourne)
Doing research for a chapter on the Septuagint of Jeremiah for a forthcoming Handbook to the Septuagint, to be published by T&T Clark in 2008.
Commentary on the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations for the Asia Bible Commentary Series, general editor B. Nichols.
Working on conference presentations on the following areas:
Genesis 2-4
The contribution of Archbishop Cranmer to church music