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Dr. David Schreiner

dschreiner@wbs.edu
(601) 366-8880
Lexington, KY

David Schreiner, PhD

Associate Dean & Associate Professor of Old Testament

Biography

Dr. David B. Schreinerand his wife, Ginny, have three daughters, Maddie, Bailey, and Lily. They currently live outside of Lexington, Kentucky. His hobbies include camping and being active. 

Dr. Schreiner grew up as the son of a United Methodist Minister in the West Ohio Conference. He attended Indiana Wesleyan University where he played varsity soccer and graduated with a degree in Biblical Literature and a minor in Criminal Justice. Subsequent to his time in Marion, IN, he moved to Wilmore KY where he attended Asbury Theological Seminary. From 2004-07 he obtained a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies, eventually receiving the Ichthus Award for Old Testament studies. He then matriculated in Asbury’s Ph.D. program in Biblical Studies as the recipient of the Ph.D. Scholarship in Biblical Studies. He graduated in 2012 with a Doctorate of Philosophy and an emphasis in the Old Testament. 

 
Dr. Schreiner came to Wesley Biblical Seminary as an Adjunct Professor in 2009. In 2017, he was hired as an Assistant Professor of Old Testament, and at the end of the 2019-20 academic year he was promoted to Associate Professor of Old Testament and Associate Dean. Dr. Schreiner has published widely in the field of Biblical Studies. Topics include biblical archaeology, history of interpretation, and the exegesis of a number of Old Testament passages. In addition to contributing articles, chapters, and monographs, he also contributes to biblical scholarship through critical books reviews, academic presentations, and functioning as the co-director of the Hebrew Bible study group in the Southeast Region of the Society of Biblical Literature. He is an active member in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Institute of Biblical Research, and the American Schools of Oriental Research. 

Education

  • Ph.D., Asbury Theological Seminary
  • M.A., Asbury Theological Seminary
  • B.A., Indiana Wesleyan University

Books

  • Pondering the Spade: Discussing Important Convergences between Archaeology and Old Testament StudiesWipf and Stock, 2019
  • Commentary on 1 & 2 KingsCo-authored with Lee Compson
    Series: Kerux: An Integrative Commentary for Proclamation--Old Testament
    Kregel, TBD
  • 1 & 2 KingsSeries: The Bible in God's World
    Cascade, TBD
  • The Omride Wars in Assyrian, Biblical, and Levantine SourcesCo-authored with Kyle R. Greenwood
    Lexham Press, TBD

Selected Works

  • “What Are They Saying About Khirbet Qeiyafa?”Trinity Journal 33 (2012)
  • "The Election and Divine Choice of Zion/Jerusalem"Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament 1.2 (2012)
  • “Why נִיר In Kings?”Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 39.1 (2014)
  • "Zerubbabel, Persia, and Inner-biblical Exegesis"Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament 4.2 (2015)
  • “We Really Should Stop Translating נִיר in Kings as ‘Light’ or ‘Lamp’”: A Response to Deuk-il Shin"Tyndale Bulletin 68.1 (2017)
  • “‘But He Could Not Warm Himself’: Sexual Innuendo and the Place of 1 Kgs 1:1–4,”Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 32.1 (2018)
  • “Double Entendre, Disguised Verbal Resistance, and the Composition of Psalm 132,”Bulletin for Biblical Research 28.1 (2018)
  • “The Annihilation of the Egyptian and Neo-Assyrian Armies: A Proposal of Inner-biblical Typology and Some Literary Critical Implications”Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 130.4 (2018)
  • “'Now Reoboam, Son of Solomon, Reigned in Judah': Considering the Structural Divisions of Kings and the Significance of 1 Kgs 14:21"The Journal of Inductive Biblical Studies 7.1 (2020)

Chapter Contributions

  • With Bill T. Arnold. "Graf and Wellhausen, and Their Legacy." Pages 252-73 in A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 3: The Enlightenment through the Nineteenth Century Edited by Alan J. Hauser and Duane F. Watson

Edited Volumes

  • “On the State of the Old Testament: Essays and Reviews in Response to Brent A. Strawn’s The Old Testament is Dying" The Asbury Journal 73.2 (2018)

Research Interests

1 & 2 Kings, Biblical Archaeology, History of Interpretation, Old Testament Exegesis