Mary L. Conway

Mary L. Conway has taught courses in Old Testament biblical studies and Hebrew. She has recently published Judging the Judges: A Narrative Appraisal Analysis. Edited by Cynthia L. Miller and J. A. Naudé. LSAWS 15. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2020, which involves an adaptation of Appraisal Theory to Hebrew narrative in order to evaluate characters and determine authorial stance in the book of Judges. A former secondary English teacher, she is particularly interested in literary and linguistic interpretation of the Bible. Her articles include “Monarchy in Judges: Positive or Negative?” in the  Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies, “Daughter Zion: Metaphor and Dialogue in the Book of Lamentations,” which has been published by the Society of Biblical Literature in Daughter Zion: Her Portrait, Her Response, and “’The Wisest Might Err’: A Re-evaluation of Solomon’s Character as Revealed by His Prayer for Wisdom in I Kings 3:1-15” in the Canadian Theological Review. She is currently co-authoring a new commentary on Judges for the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament.

Mary has taught adult classes in her home church for many years on subjects such as: teaching skills for the church, Old Testament book studies, Christian theology and application, and Gender in ministry.