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Perry V. Kea |
Perry V. Kea is Associate Professor of biblical studies and the chairperson of the Philosophy and
Religion Department at the University of Indianapolis. He has been a Fellow of the Jesus Seminar since 1987, in the course of which he has contributed several papers. He has also written for The Fourth R. In addition to his academic interests and responsibilities, Kea is an active United Methodist layperson and has made numerous presentations about the Bible for clergy and lay groups.
Academic Credentials
- B.A., University of South Carolina
- M.A. Vanderbilt University
- Ph.D. University of Virginia
Special Study
- Oxford University, Fall 1989
- National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer 1984
Academic Appointments
- University of Indianapolis, 1983–
Selected Scholarly Writings
- Co-editor (with Andrew K. M. Adam), Perspectives on New Testament Ethics: Essays in Honor of Dan O. Via, 1996.
- "Paul's Letter to Philemon: A Short Analysis of its Values" in above.
- "Writing a Bios: Matthew's Genre Choices and Rhetorical Situation," SBL 1994 Seminar Papers: 574–86.
- "Dan Via as New Testament Critic in the Existentialist Mode, " Perspectives in Religious Studies 18.3 (1991): 249–59.
- "Salting the Salt: Q 14:34-35 and mark 9:49-50, " Forum 6.3–4 (1990): 239–43.
- "The Sermon on the Mount: Ethics and Eschatological Time," SBL 1986 Seminar Papers: 88–98.
- "Perceiving the Mystery: Encountering the Reticence of Mark's Gospel, " Eastern Great Lakes and Midwest Biblical Societies Proceedings 4 (1984): 181–94.
Fourth R Writings
- "New Testament Literary Genres" The Fourth R (July/August, 1993).
- "Finding a Voice for the Black Sayings," The Fourth R (Sept./Dec., 1995)
- "Listening for Luke's Voice," The Fourth R (Sept./Oct., 1996).