Educational Background
 
B. A. in Religious Studies, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1981

M. Div. in New Testament, Southern Seminary, Louisville, KY, 1985

University Study, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, 1987. Studied with Christopher C. Rowland (Jesus College) and John Drury (King's College).

Ph. D. in New Testament (History, Literature, and Language), Southern Seminary, Louisville, KY, 1989.  Dissertation: "A Socio-Narratological Character Analysis of the Pharisees in Luke-Acts"  Director of Dissertation: R. Alan Culpepper.

Yale University NEH Summer Seminar: "The Sacred, Secular, and Profane: Bible and Literature in Bakhtinian Perspective." Yale University, June - August, 1995.

David B. Gowler  | Pierce Program in Religion  | Oxford College