John G. Nordling (Faculty) - Concordia Theological Seminary

Dr. Nordling joined our faculty in 2006. He is a graduate of Concordia University, Portland (A.A., 1977), Valparaiso University (B.A., 1980), and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (M.Div., 1985). Dr. Nordling has completed two academic degrees in Classics-the first, at Washington University in St. Louis (M.A., 1985), and the second, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D. dissertation: "Indirect Discourse and Rhetorical Strategies in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum and Bellum Civile," 1991). From 1990-1994 he served as pastor at Grace English Ev. Lutheran Church and School in Chicago, IL. Dr. Nordling taught in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Valparaiso University (1994-1999) and in the Department of Classics at Baylor University (1999-2006). He has written Philemon for the Concordia Commentary Series (Concordia Publishing House, 2004). He has been married to Sara Anne Nordling since 1985.

Books

Philemon. Concordia Commentary Series. St. Louis, MO: Concordia, 2004. 379 + liii pages. ISBN: 0-7586-0272-3.

Articles in Development

"The Gospel in Philemon." Forthcoming in Concordia Theological Quarterly.

"A More Positive View of Slavery: Establishing Servile Identity in the Earliest Congregations." Has been accepted by Bulletin for Biblical Research.

"Philemon in the Context of Paul's Travels." Has been accepted by Concordia Theological Quarterly.

Scholarly Articles

"The Catechism: The Heart of the Reformation." Logia 16.4 (Reformation 2007) 5-13.

"Caesar's Pre-Battle Speech at Pharsalus (B.C. 3.85.4): ridiculum acri fortius... secat res." Classical Journal 101.2 (December-January 2005/06) 183-189.

"The Preaching of Augustine," in J.A. Maxfield, ed., The Pieper Lectures, vol. 8: Preaching through the Ages. (St. Louis, MO and Northville, SD: Concordia Historical Institute and The Luther Academy, 2004) 35-63.

"Bibliographical Addendum," in F. Cairns and E. Fantham, eds., Caesar against Liberty? Perspectives on his Autocracy. Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar 11; Classical and Medieval Tests, Papers and Monographs 43 (Cambridge, UK: Francis Cairns Publications, 2003) 201-220.

"Large Catechism III, 66, Latin Version." Concordia Journal 29.3 (July 2003) 235-239.

"Why Should I Learn Latin when Everything has been Translated into English?" Logia 11.2 (2002) 27-33.

"A Lutheran Goes to Rome." Logia 8.1 (1999) 39-43.

"Christ Leavens Culture: St. Paul on Slavery." Concordia Journal 24 (1998) 43-52.

"Onesimus Fugitivus: a Defense of the Runaway Slave Hypothesis in Philemon." Journal for the Study of the New Testament 41 (1991) 97-119; republished in C.E. Evans and S.E. Porter, eds., New Testament Backgrounds (Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997) 263-283.

Devotional Writings

"The Prayer that Jesus Gave." For the Life of the World 3 (April 1999) 6-7.

"The Pastoral Office is Not an Option." Journal of English District Pastors 8 (Spring/Summer 1996) 4-7.

"The Ph.D. in the Parish." Logia 4.4 (1995) 88-91.


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