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Lynn Allan Losie, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Biblical Studies; Associate Professor of New Testament, C.P. Haggard Graduate School of Theology
School of Theology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5644
Fax: (626) 815-5468
Email: llosie@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Duke 236
Office Hours: By appointment
Personal Home Page: http://home.apu.edu/~llosie/
Profile
Lynn Allan Losie is a generalist in New Testament studies, teaching courses in the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Pauline Epistles, as well as in the background areas of Greek, early Judaism, and the greater Hellenistic World. His interpretative approaches include traditional historical-critical methods and more recent poststructuralist literary and ideological analyses. He has published articles on the New Testament and is the associate New Testament editor of the Word Biblical Commentary (Thomas Nelson Publisher). Ordained as a Baptist minister, he has also served in pastoral ministry in Southern California and Oregon.
Education
Ph.D. - Theology (New Testament), Fuller Theological Seminary
B.D. - Fuller Theological Seminary
B.S. - Chemistry, Wheaton College

Credentials/Certifications
Ordained minister, First Baptist Church, Forest Grove, Oregon
Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Publications
Losie, L. Paul's Speech on the Areopagus: A Model of Cross-Cultural Evangelism: Acts 17:16-34. In Mission in Acts: Ancient Narratives in Contemporary Context, ed. R. L. Gallagher and P. Hertig. American Society of Missiology Series 34. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis, 2004, 2006 222-39.

Professional Experience
Academic Experience
Assistant Professor of Religion, Undergraduate Division of Religion and Philosophy, Azusa Pacific University

Adjunct Professor of New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary

Adjunct Instructor of Greek, Fuller Theological Seminary

Lecturer in Theology (adjunct), Loyola Marymount University

Ministerial/Para-church Experience
Assistant Pastor, First Baptist Church, Forest Grove, Oregon

Assistant Pastor, Altadena Baptist Church, Altadena, California

Youth Pastor (part-time), Altadena Baptist Church, Altadena, California

Professional Involvement and Accomplishments
Associations, Boards, Committees
Society of Biblical Literature
Expertise
Biblical Hermeneutics
Early Judaism
Hellenistic World
New Testament
New Testament Greek
Courses Taught
Elements of Greek Exegesis (GBBL 500)
The Gospels' Witness to Christ (GBBL 512)
The Gospel of Mark (GBBL 522)
Paul the Apostle and Theologian (GBBL 532)
New Testament Seminar (GBBL 612)
The Church of the First Century (GBBL 622)
The New Testament World (GBBL 632)
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