Curriculum Vitae

Present Position

Scholar in Residence
Loma Linda University Church
11125 Campus Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354
Phone: (909) 558-4570
Fax: (909) 558-4186
Email: btaylor@lluc.org

Professional Experience

1967–1969 Pastor/Evangelist, North New Zealand

1970–1978 Pastor/Evangelist, Sydney, Australia

1979–1981 Hebrew Tutor, Hebrew Union College (while pursuing M.Phil. at Hebrew Union College)

1983–1985 Teaching Assistant, Biblical Hebrew for second year rabbinic students

1985 (9 mos) Lecturer, Kettering College of Medical Arts, Biblical Studies (both of the above while pursuing Ph.D. at Hebrew Union College)

1985–1990 Pastor, Upstate New York

Loma Linda University Church

1990–2000 Associate Pastor

1993–1995 Operations manager, Church Media (audio and video)

1995–2000 Executive Producer and Chair of the Church Media Committee

2000–Pres. Scholar in Residence

La Sierra University

1992–Pres. Associate Professor (Adjunct), Greek, Hebrew, OT Prophets, OT Theology, Latin

Loma Linda University

1993–1998 Associate Professor (Adjunct), Gospels, OT Prophets

1998–2007 Professor (Adjunct), Gospels, OT Prophets, OT Theology, OT Thought

2008–2010 Professor (Part Time)

2010–Pres. Clinical Professor

Adventist Colleges Abroad

2000 Professor, Summer Intensive, Greek II, Athens, Greece

Education

B.A. 1966 Avondale College (Aust) Biblical Studies

Addit. Major 1978 Sydney University (Aust) Hebrew

M.A. 1979 Andrews University (MI) Biblical Languages

M.Phil. 1987 Hebrew Union College (OH) Hebraic and Cognate Studies

Ph.D. 1989 Hebrew Union College (OH) Bible: Texts and Versions
Dissertation: “An Analysis of Manuscripts b o c₂ e₂ in 1 Reigns”
(Advisors: Drs. Matitiahu Tsevat, Stephen Kaufman, and Robert Kraft)

Teaching Areas

Primary: Septuagint Studies; Koine Greek; Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew; Latin; Biblical Exegesis; Textual Criticism; OT Theology; OT History; Intertestamental studies

Secondary: NT Studies; Computers and Literary analysis; Biblical and Targumic Aramaic; Syriac; Masoretic Studies

Honors

Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation Fellowship, 1979–1982

General Interfaith Fellowship, 1982–1983

Ilse Hitchman Fellowship, 1983–1984

Julius and Hildegard Lewy Fellowship, 1984–1986, 1988–1989

Rose Skillman Interfaith Fellowship, 1986–1987

Erna and Julius Krouch Scholarship, 1987–1988

Offices in Professional Societies

Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies (CATSS)

1989 Project Consultant, University of Pennsylvania

1996–2003 Septuagint consultant, Gramcord electronic text project

1996–2003 Senior Editor, CATSS Septuagint morphology database

2003–Pres. Director, CATSS Septuagint morphology database

International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS)

1990–1993 Associate Editor, Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (BIOSCS)

1993–1996 Editor for Internet Projects

1994–1998 Secretary, New English Translation of the Septuagint translation committee

1994–2007 Translator, Old Greek sections of Samuel–Kings [= 1–4 Reigns] (1 Reigns 1–31, 2 Reigns 1:1–11:1, 3 Reigns 2:12–21:43) for New English Translation of the Septuagint (Oxford University Press, 2007)

1994–1999 Editor, Septuagint and Cognate Studies Series (SCS)

2003–2007 Editor, Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies

Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)

1998–1999 Co-chair (with Susan Hockey, Oxford University), Electronic Standards for Biblical Language Texts Seminar

1999–2001 Chair, Electronic Standards for Biblical Language Texts Seminar

2004–2005 Co-chair (with John Lee, Macquarie University), Biblical Lexicography Section

2005–2007 Co-chair (with James Aitken, Cambridge University), Biblical Lexicography Section

Southeastern California Conference (SECC)

1992–2000 Chair, Constitution Committee (two terms) - during restructuring as SECC corporation

Commitee Memberships

1981–2003 Member, Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies

1988–1990 Member, Conference Executive Committee, New York Conference

1993–2003 Member, Steering Committee, Biblical Lexicography

1994–1998 Member, IOSCS Executive Committee

1996–1998 Member, Steering Committee, Electronic Standards for Biblical Language Texts

1998–Pres. Member, New English Translation of the Septuagint Commentary Series Committee

2003–2007 Member, IOSCS Executive Committee

2005–2006 Secretary, Pacific Union Conference Constitution Committee

Publications

Books and Book Chapters

1992 The Lucianic Manuscripts of 1 Reigns. Vol. 1, Majority Text. Harvard Semitic Monographs 50. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992.

1993 The Lucianic Manuscripts of 1 Reigns. Vol. 2, Analysis. Harvard Semitic Monographs 51. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1993.

1994 The Analytical Lexicon to the Septuagint. A complete parsing guide. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.

1997 Bernard A. Taylor, editor. IX Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. Cambridge, England. Septuagint and Cognate Studies 45. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1997.

“The Lucianic Text and the MT in 1 Reigns,” in: IX Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (SCS 45. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1997) 1–18.

2001 Bernard A. Taylor, editor. X Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. Oslo, Switzerland. SCS 51. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001.

2004 Bernard A. Taylor, John A. L. Lee, Peter R. Burton, Richard E. Whitaker, editors. Biblical Greek Language and Lexicography: Essays in honor of Frederick W. Danker. Eerdmans, 2004.

“Hebrew to Greek: A Semantic Study of σπεύδω for the New English Translation of the Septuagint,” pp. 136–148 in Danker volume listed above.

“Deponency and Greek Lexicography,” 167–176 in Danker volume listed above.

2005 “Semitic Influence on Greek Syntax: The Greek Middle Voice,” in Grammatica Intellectio Scripturae: Saggi filologici di Greco biblico in onore di Lina Cignelli OFM (a cura di Rosario Pierri OFM); Studium Biblicum Franciscanum 68; Jerusalem: Franciscan Press, 2006) 49–68.

2007 Translation of Old Greek sections of 1–3 Reigns for New English Translation of the Septuagint. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

2009 Translation of 1 Maccabees, Judith, Tobit, Esther, Additions to Daniel, English Standard Version Apocrypha. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

2009 Analytical Lexicon to the Septuagint, Expanded Edition: with Word Definitions from Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint by J. Lust, E. Eynikel, and K. Hauspie. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2009.

(2011) First Reader, Additions to Daniel, Common English Bible.

Peer Reviewed Publications

1985 The 1 Reigns/1 Samuel Brooke-McLean Larger Cambridge Septuagint variants database prepared for my dissertation at Hebrew Union College, funded in part by the Heinz Foundation: available from CCAT

1990 “Evaluating Minority Variants within Families of Greek Manuscripts.” BIOSCS 23 (1990) 31–38.

1992 “The CATSS Variant Database: An Evaluation.” BIOSCS 25 (1992) 28–37.

1996 “The Lucianic Text of 1 Reigns: Three Texts Compared and Contrasted.” BIOSCS 29 (1996) 53–66.

1999 “Looking at the Use of Biblical Texts in Dies Domini,” Spectrum 27 No. 3 (1999) 37, 38.

2003 “The NETS Translation of 1 Reigns: Lexical Issues,” BIOSCS 36 (2003) 75–85.

“Solā Scripturā: Lost in Translation,” Spectrum 31 No. 4 (2003) 7–9.

Presentations to Professional Societies

Invited Papers

1995 “Headwords in Lexica,” SBL Annual Meeting, Biblical Lexicography Section, Philadelphia, PA, November, 1995.

1997 “TEI [Text Encoding Initiative] and the Septuagint” (with video demonstration of SGML [Standard Generalized Markup Language]), SBL Annual Meeting, Electronic Standards for Biblical Language Texts Seminar, San Francisco, CA, November, 1997.

2000 “Hebrew to Greek: A Semantic Study of σπεύδω for the New English Translation of the Septuagint,” SBL Annual Meeting, Biblical Lexicography Section, Nashville, TN, November, 2000.

2001 “Deponency and Greek Lexicography,” SBL Annual Meeting, Joint Biblical Lexicography Section/IOSCS Session, Denver, CO, November, 2001.

2003 “The NETS Translation of 1 Reigns: Lexical Issues,” SBL Annual Meeting, Biblical Lexicography Section, Atlanta, GA, November, 2003.

2004 “Vulgate Lexicons Old and New,” SBL Annual Meeting, Biblical Lexicography Section, San Antonio, TX, November, 2004.

2005 “Semitic Influence on Greek Syntax: The Greek Middle Voice,” SBL Annual Meeting, Biblical Lexicography Section, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2005.

2007 “Headwords redivivus: Why They Matter,” SBL Annual Meeting, Biblical Lexicography Section, San Diego, CA, November, 2007.

2009 “The Rahlfs-Hanhart Septuagint Text: An Analysis,” SBL Annual Meeting, IOSCS Session, New Orleans, LA, November, 2009.

2010 “Greek Deponency: The Historical Perspective,” SBL Annual Meeting, Greek Language and Linguistics Section, Atlanta, GA, November, 2010.

Platform Presentations

1985 “Analysis of Manuscript Families in the Septuagint: A Method Based upon the Study of the ‘Lucianic’ Manuscripts in 1 Reigns.” SBL Annual Meeting, IOSCS Session, Anaheim, CA, November, 1985.

1987 “The Majority Text of the Lucianic Manuscripts for 1 Reigns: an Update on the Method and the Results.” SBL Annual Meeting, IOSCS Session, Boston, MA, November, 1987.

1988 “Lucian and the Old Greek in 1 Reigns: A Statistical Analysis,” SBL Annual Meeting, IOSCS Session, Chicago, IL, November, 1988.

1989 “Evaluating Minority Variants Within Families of Greek Manuscripts,” SBL Annual Meeting, IOSCS Session, Anaheim, CA, November, 1989.

1990 “The CATSS Variant Database: An Evaluation,” SBL Annual Meeting, IOSCS Session, New Orleans, LA, November, 1990.

1991 “נצדק redivivus,” SBL Annual Meeting, IOSCS Session, Kansas City, MO, November, 1991.

1992 “The Old Testament and Apocalypticism: Then and Now,” Andrews Society for Religious Studies, San Francisco, CA, November, 1992.

1992 “The Lucianic Majority Text and the MT in 1 Reigns,” SBL Annual Meeting, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible Section, San Francisco, CA, November, 1992.

1993 “The Creation of The Analytical Lexicon to the Septuagint: Α–Ω,” SBL Annual Meeting, IOSCS Session, Washington, DC, November, 1993.

1994 “The Lucianic Text and the MT in 1 Reigns,” SBL Annual Meeting, IOSCS Session, Chicago, IL, November, 1994.

1995 “The Lucianic Text and the MT in 1 Reigns,” IXth IOSCS Congress, Cambridge, England, July, 1995.

1996 “The Lucianic Text of 1 Reigns: Three Texts Compared and Contrasted,” SBL Annual Meeting, IOSCS Session, New Orleans, LA, November, 1996.

2006 “Genesis in a New Key,” LLUC/LLU Mind and Spirit colloquium, January.

Other

Hobbies

Amateur Radio (AB6TD)

1995–2004 Chief Examiner (FCC exams), LLU Amateur Radio Club

1996–1997 President, LLU Amateur Radio Club

Computing

Textual and literary analysis of manuscripts, Greek morphology, utilizing Unicode to exchange documents with ancient language fonts, use of speech recognition software

Running

2007, 2008 LA Marathon

2007–Pres. Saddleback, Long Beach (4×), Surf City (3×), Mission Inn (2×), San Francisco, half marathons

2008–2010 Race Director, Loma Linda Holiday Classic