Torrey Seland, prof.,
dr.art.
Former
professor in Biblical Studies at Volda University College;
from Aug. 1. 2005, Professor of New Testament Studies at the
School of Mission and
Theology, Stavanger, Norway.
Misjonsmarka 12
4024 Stavanger
Norway.
Mailbox: torreys at(=@)gmail.com
Recent
publications:
'Identitet og Dialog i 1 Peters brev,' in Birger
Løvlie, Ralph Meier & Arne Redse, Danning, Identitet og
Dialog. Festskrift til Jan Ove Ulstein og Per Magne Aadnanes
(Trondheim, Tapir akademisk forlag, 2009), 173-181.
'Aliens in Mission. Missional Practices in the Emerging Church of 1 Peter,'
in Bulletin for Biblical Research 19.4 (2009):587ff.
"Lær meg din
vei..." Kristen trosopplæring i går og i dag. En
historisk oversikt.
Kyrkjefag Profil nr. 10.
Tapir Akademisk Forlag, Trondheim 2009.
Co-authored with Oskar Skarsaune, Oddvar J. Jensen, Ottar Berge
& Birger Løvlie.
Last updated: Jan. 30. 2010.
www.torreys.org
- my gateway to the web.
An useful instrument
I find the WWW a very useful instrument for both my professional
duties and private interests of leisure time.
Hence, on this site you will find some information about my
profession as a biblical scholar, some info about my family, and
several links to various pages containing stuff related to my
various interests and hobbies. You are the one to decide which
pages to view.
Fields of scholarly
interest
As a biblical scholar, my fields of interest are the life,
ideology, literature and social world of the Jews and the early
Christians in the first century C.E. Diaspora settings. More
narrowly defined, I am especially focusing on the life and role
of Diaspora Judaism as demonstrated in and by the works of
Philo of
Alexandria; the life and thought of the early Christians as
witnessed by the 1. letter of Peter; and then as witnessed in and
by the works of Paul. Most of my recent publications deal with 1
Peter and/or the works of Philo.
On my CV
page, you will find a list of my publications, and some
further info about my professional career.
Hobbies?
As to my hobbies, I probably have too many. I like to work on my
genealogical database, using the program of Family Tree Maker to
arrange the information. And sometimes I even have a look at my
stamps, but I'll probably have to leave most of that to my
retirement :-)
- the latest hobby I have picked up is golfing! Here is the link
to where it all started: Volda
Golf Club, and here is another to the course close to where I
reside during my vacations: Kvinesdal & Omegn Golf Club
- speaking about vacation, here is the wonderful location where I
probably will have to do some (hobby)-work in most of my
vacations in the years to come: Eplehaien
Vacation.
On visiting Vasa, Finland, March 19. 2002, I had the privilege of seeing a volume of the first Finnish translation of the Bible, published in 1642. It is now kept in the Tritonia Library, Vasa.
As a scholar, I also enjoy being a member of several scholarly societies, especially the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Studiorum Novi Testamenti societas (SNTS), and the The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, Trondheim, the oldest scientific society in Norway.
Resource Pages
Finally, I would like to direct your attention to my Resource Pages for Biblical
Studies, containing several pages, some articles, and
hundreds of links related to texts and items for understanding
the social world and literature of the early Christians.You might
also want to visit my weblog page on
Philo and the New Testament, called Philonica et
Neotestamentica.
Though the pages are primarily intended as a resource for
serious, scholarly studies of the early Christian writings and
their social world, they might, hopefully, also be helpful to
persons not having a scholarly background.
Go to Resource Pages for Biblical
Studies.
Have a look, and remember to bookmark the pages.
Professional
links:
Society of Biblical
Literature.
Studiorum Novi Testamenti societas (SNTS)
Norsk Faglitterær
forfatter og oversetterforening.
The Royal Norwegian Society of
Sciences and Letters.