David Tabb Stewart Assistant Professor of Religion in the Department of Religion and Philosophy PhD, University of California, Berkeley MA, University of Utah BS, University of Oregon Location: RAC 113 Phone: 512-863-1431 Religion Home Page

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD Assistant Professor, Religion and Philosophy, Southwestern University, 2001-present Contributing Assistant Professor, Modern Languages and Literature (Hebrew), Southwestern University, 2003-present Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, and U.C. Davis, 2000-01 Lecturer, Stanford University, 2000 Lecturer, San Francisco State University, 1997   CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS Brown Scholars' Young Investigators Award, Southwestern University, 2005 Selected for Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 9th ed. 2005. Brown Research Fellowship, Southwestern University, 2004-05 Cullen Research Grants, Southwestern University, 2002-03, 2003-04, summer 2004; Curriculum Development Grant, 2002-03 Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellow, 1998-99 Outstanding Teacher at San Francisco State University, 1997   RESEARCH AREAS Biblical priestly literature, especially Leviticus Biblical and ancient Near Eastern law History of sexuality, gender, and alterity in the biblical world and ancient Near East Construction of narratives by and about participants in New Religious Movements, especially Jesus Movement groups and the Branch Davidians   REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS "Leviticus" Forthcoming 2005. In Qu(e)rying the Bible (ed. Robert Goss, Deryn Guest, and Mona West; London & New York: Continuum). with James T. Richardson. 2004. "Mundane Materialism: How Tax Policies and Other Governmentl Regulations Affected Beliefs and Practices of Jesus Movement Organizations," 491-506. In Regulating Religion: Case Studies from around the Globe (ed. James T. Richardson; New York: Kluwer/Plenum). ed. 2003. Waco Ten Years After (Brown Working papers in the Arts and Sciences, v. 3: Special Issue; Georgetown, TX: Southwestern University). "A Brief Comparison of the Israelite and Hittite Festival Calendars," 2076-2080. In Jacob Milgrom, Leviticus 23-27 (Anchor Bible 3B; New York: Doubleday).   MORE INFORMATION SU profile