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.

Accreditations

PhD

McMaster Divinity College

Hamilton, ON

MTS

McMaster Divinity College

Hamilton, ON

BEd

Nipissing College of Laurentian University

North Bay, ON

BA

Brock University

St. Catherines, ON

Associate Professor Emerita of Old Testament

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