Richard Whitekettle, Professor, Religion
616-526-6517
rwhiteke@calvin.edu
Office: Hiemenga Hall 310
Weekly Schedule
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Educational background
Towson University, BS
Westminster Theological Seminary, MAR, ThM
Yale University, MPhil, PhD
Courses
Biblical Literature and Theology (121)
Old Testament Historical Books (212)
Psalms and Wisdom Literature (213)
Prophets (214)
History and Archaeology of Ancient Israel (311)
Birth, Sex, and Death in the Biblical World (Interim)
Research interests
Israelite religion and culture, ancient zoological and botanical thought
Recent publications
"The Raven as Kind and Kinds of Ravens: A Study in the Zoological Nomenclature of Leviticus 11,2-23,” Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 117 (2005) 509-528
"Taming the Shrew, Shrike, and Shrimp: The Form and Function of Zoological Classification in Psalm 8,” Journal of Biblical Literature 125 (2006) 749-765
"Forensic Zoology: Animal Taxonomy and Rhetorical Persuasion in Psalm Fifty,” Vetus Testamentum 58 (2008) 404-419
"Oxen Can Plow, But Women Can Ruminate: Animal Classification and the Helper in Genesis 2,18-24,” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 23 (2009) 243-256
"One if by And: Conjunctions, Taxonomic Development, and the Animals of Leviticus 11,26,” Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 121 (2009) 481-497
"When More Leads to Less: Overstatement, Incrementum, and the Question in Job 4:17a," Journal of Biblical LIterature 129 (2010) 445-448
“A Communion of Subjects: Zoological Classification and Human/Animal Relations in Psalm 104,” Bulletin for Biblical Research 21 (2011) 173-187
“The Leech Sisters: Greed and Sibling Conflict in Proverbs 30,15a,” Biblische Zeitschrift 56 (2012) 93-95
“Freedom from Fear and Bloodshed: Hosea 2.20 (Eng. 18) and the End of Human/Animal Conflict,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 37 (2012) 219-236
Hobbies
Gardening, classical music and jazz, museums, old movies, hanging out in Baltimore and DC, and playing with my imaginary dog
