Biblical and Theological Studies Department
Education
Ph.D., Wheaton College, 2009
About Christopher B. Ansberry
In his Confessions, Augustine recounts the profound effect of Cicero’s Hortensius on his intellectual life: “in Cicero’s exhortation to philosophy there was one thing that I loved especially, namely that his words aroused me and set me on fire not to be a lover of this or that sect, but of wisdom itself, whatever it may be; to love it and seek it and gain it and keep it, to embrace it with all my strength.”
This is my passion: to search for wisdom wherever it may be found in God’s word as well as God’s world. My hope is that my students will share this passion and be transformed by the theological witness of the Old Testament.
Courses Taught
- Elementary Hebrew I
- Elementary Hebrew II
- The Old Testament in Its Cultural Environment
- Old Testament Literature and Interpretation
- Psalms
- Israelite Wisdom Literature
- Old Testament I: Pentateuch and Historiographic Books
- Old Testament II: Prophets, Psalter, and Wisdom Books
Membership in Professional Societies
- Society of Biblical Literature
- Institute for Biblical Research
- Evangelical Theological Society
Areas of Research
- Old Testament Ethics
- Israelite Wisdom Literature
- Old Testament Theology
- Biblical Criticism
- Theological Interpretation of Scripture
Publications
Books
Be Wise, My Son, and Make My Heart Glad: An Exploration of the Courtly Nature of the Book of Proverbs. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 422. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2010.
Christopher Ansberry and Christopher Hays, eds., Strange Bedfellows? Evangelical Faith and Historical Criticism. London: SPCK; Downers Grove: IVP Academic (forthcoming, 2013).
Proverbs. Evangelical Exegetical Commentary 16. Digital Version: Logos Bible Software. Abridged Print Version: Publisher TBA (under contract).
Proverbs: A Commentary. Hearing the Message of Scripture: A Commentary Series on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan (under contract).
Articles/Chapters
“What Does Jerusalem Have to Do with Athens? The Moral Vision of the Book of Proverbs and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics,” Hebrew Studies 51 (2010), 157-73.
“The ‘Revealed Things’: Deuteronomy and the Epistemology of Job,” in For Our Good Always: Studies on the Message and Influence of Deuteronomy. Edited by J. S. DeRouchie, J. Gile, and K. J. Turner. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, (forthcoming, 2013).
“Pseudepigraphy and the Pentateuch,” in Strange Bedfellows? Evangelical Faith and Historical Criticism. London: SPCK; Downers Grove: IVP Academic (forthcoming, 2013).
Christopher Ansberry and Jerry Hwang, “No Covenant before the Exile? The Deuteronomic Torah and Israel’s Covenant Theology,” in Strange Bedfellows? Evangelical Faith and Historical Criticism. London: SPCK; Downers Grove: IVP Academic (forthcoming, 2013).
Christopher Ansberry and Christopher Hays, “Faithful Criticism and a Critical Faith,” in Strange Bedfellows? Evangelical Faith and Historical Criticism. London: SPCK; Downers Grove: IVP Academic (forthcoming, 2013).
Professional Presentations
“A Response to Caryn Reeder,” North Park Theological Seminary Symposium on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture, Chicago, IL, 2012
“The Unique Theological Contributions of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job: A Critical Review of Craig Bartholomew and Ryan O’Dowd’s Old Testament Wisdom Literature: A Theological Introduction, Old Testament Wisdom Literature Consultation, Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Milwaukee, WI, 2012
“Assimilation and Innovation: Anthropology and Epistemology in the Book of Job,” Wisdom in Israelite and Cognate Traditions Section, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2011.
“Job: The Paradigm of Righteousness? An Exploration of the Righteous Person in Job’s Final Soliloquy,” Justification and the Old Testament Section, Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Atlanta, GA, 2010
“The Discourse Setting of the Book of Proverbs and Its Hermeneutical Significance,” Wisdom in Israelite and Cognate Traditions Section, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2009
“What Does Jerusalem Have to Do with Athens? The Moral Vision of the Book of Proverbs and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics,” Old Testament Wisdom Literature Consultation, Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2009
“The Performance Context of the Book of Proverbs and Its Literary-Theological Significance,” Old Testament Wisdom Literature Section, Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Providence, RI, 2008
“The King in the Wisdom Literature: A Reappraisal,” Old Testament Wisdom Literature Section, Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, San Diego, CA, 2007