Dr. Nathanael E. Schmiedicke
Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies for the Major Seminary
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| Education |
| 2007 |
Completed Ph.D.
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
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| 2006 |
Completed doctoral coursework and qualifying exams with 4.0 GPA
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI |
| 2003 |
Completed M.A. in Theology, specializing in Old Testament Studies
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI |
| 2000 |
B.A., Liberal Arts
Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA |
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English Literature Major
Franciscan University, of Steubenville, OH |
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2008
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Adjunct professor of liberal arts at Villanova University, Villanova, PA. This is the university’s required “Augustine and Culture Seminar” for all freshmen. It is a seminar-discussion method class focused on primary texts (Greeks, Romans, Old Testament/ New Testament, Augustine, Medievals, and Shakespeare) with a heavy emphasis on development of speaking and writing skills. |
| 2008 |
During the summer I taught an intensive, graduate level course on the Pentateuch for the newly formed Aquinas Institute for Sacred Doctrine in Lander, Wyoming. |
| 2007-present |
Assistant professor at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia. Taught classes for seminarians and evening and online courses for lay people in the community. To date, courses include Johannine literature, Patristics, Pentateuch, Luke-Acts, Foundational Course in Sacred Scripture, Wrestling with God, Introduction to Scripture, Catholic Belief, Latin, Biblical Hebrew. |
| 2003-2005 |
Prepared lectures and taught for professors on an as-needed basis for undergraduate and graduate classes. Topics included fundamental theology, faith and revelation, Trinity and Incarnation, Christian ethics, Peace and justice issues, world religions, the Prophets, the Gospels, Genesis 1-3, Hebrew and Greek, and narrative analysis of the Bible. Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. |
| 2001 |
Substitute taught Senior Composition and Creative Writing. Wakefield Academy, The Plains, VA. |
| 2000-2001 |
Instructional assistant for high school students in English Literature, Logic, and American Government courses. Seton Home Study, Front Royal, VA. |
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| Professional Memberships |
Catholic Biblical Association
Society of Biblical Literature |
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| Honors/Awards |
2006-07 Recipient, Raynor Dissertation Fellowship
2003-06 Teaching Assistant: Dr. Patrick Carey
2004 Recipient, Milwaukee Polanki Polish Heritage Scholarship
2002-03 Teaching Assistant: Dr. Irfan Omar
2000 Graduating Class Speaker, Thomas Aquinas College |
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| Book Review |
Brevard Childs. The Struggle to Understand Isaiah as Christian Scripture. Faith and Reason
30 (Autumn-Winter) 2005, 335-337. |
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| Research and Editorial Work for Dr. Patrick Carey’s books: |
Catholics in America: A History. Praeger publishers, 2004.
The Early Works of Orestes A. Brownson, vols. 5 and 6. Marquette University Press, 2005.
The Biography of Avery Cardinal Dulles, forthcoming. |
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Paper given at the March 2009 “First Century Judaism” Conference at Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA: Israel is My Firstborn Son: The Exile and Restoration of Israel as the pre-enactment of the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ.
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Paper given at the 2008 national Society of Biblical Literature conference in Boston: Greater than Our Father Jacob: The Polemic with Vision Mysticism as Seen in the
Meeting of Jesus and Nathanael (John 1:47-51)
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Paper given at the April 2008 “20th Century Judaism” Conference at the University of Dallas: The American Rabbi and the German Pope: The theological dialogue in Rabbi Jacob Neusner’s A Rabbi Talks with Jesus and Benedict XVI’s Jesus of Nazareth.
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Paper given at St. Charles Seminary’s 2008 Marian Day: Of Being Born and Giving Birth: The Immaculate Conception and the Perpetual Virginity of Mary in Scripture and the Fathers of the Church.
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Paper given at the 2006 North American Patristics Society conference in Chicago: The Divine-Human Convention: Figurative Ambiguity in Scripture and God’s Intention in St. Augustine’s De Doctrina Christiana.
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Paper given at the 2005 North American Patristics Society conference in Chicago:“O Mystic Marvel! O Amazing Mystery!” Clement of Alexandria’s Gynecological-Exegetical Argument and the Virginity in Parturition of the Mother of Jesus in Paedagogus I.6. |
