{"id":596,"date":"2015-06-19T10:20:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T15:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunergoi.com\/?page_id=596"},"modified":"2020-05-21T17:02:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T21:02:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/?page_id=596","title":{"rendered":"About Scott Redd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The title: \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03af is the plural form of a Greek word used by the Apostle Paul to refer to his <i>helpers, fellow-workers, <\/i>or<i> co-laborers<\/i> in the gospel mission (Rom 16:3, 9, 21; 2 Cor 2:18; Phil 2:25; 4:3; Col 4:11; 1 Thess 3:2; Phlm 1; 24).<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>The editor: Scott<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-721 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sunergoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Portrait-Crop.jpg?resize=249%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Portrait Crop\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sunergoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Portrait-Crop.jpg?resize=249%2C300&amp;ssl=1 249w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sunergoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Portrait-Crop.jpg?resize=768%2C926&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sunergoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Portrait-Crop.jpg?resize=850%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sunergoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Portrait-Crop.jpg?w=1653&amp;ssl=1 1653w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sunergoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Portrait-Crop.jpg?w=1494&amp;ssl=1 1494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/> Redd, husband of one, father of five, philologist, president and associate professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0began my\u00a0career at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burson-marsteller.com\/\">Burson-Marsteller<\/a> office in downtown Washington, D.C., where\u00a0I\u00a0was involved in media consultation and crisis management for multiple national and international corporate clients.<\/p>\n<p>In the late nineties, I felt called\u00a0to leave the business world to pursue a Master of Divinity at RTS in Orlando, Fla., and then went on to complete my\u00a0doctoral dissertation in the <a href=\"http:\/\/semitics.cua.edu\/\">Department of Semitic Language and Egyptian Languages and Literatures<\/a> at the Catholic University of America. During\u00a0my\u00a0doctoral studies, I taught and ministered in two churches in two different Presbyterian denominations.<\/p>\n<p>After a while, however, I returned to my\u00a0alma mater <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rts.edu\/orlando\/\">RTS\u00a0Orlando<\/a>, where I\u00a0taught Old Testament and served as Dean of Students, before moving to Washington, D.C., in 2012. I have also taught at Catholic University of America, the Augustine Theological Institute in Malta, the International Training Institute in the Mediterranean basin, and for <a href=\"http:\/\/thirdmill.org\/\">Third Millennium Ministries<\/a>. As a writer, I dabble here at\u00a0<em>sunergoi<\/em> as well as various publications, including\u00a0<em>The Washington Post<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The New York Times,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/author\/scott-redd\"> First Things<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/author\/Scott-Redd\">The Gospel Coalitio<\/a>n, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reformation21.org\/scott-redd\/\">Reformation 2<\/a>1, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithstreet.com\/onfaith\/author\/scott-redd\">OnFaith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alliancenet.org\/christward\/author\/Scott-Redd\">The Christward Collective<\/a>,<\/em> and the<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/le\/2014\/september-online-only\/wandering-gospel.html?share=mBxeEVMPRPnHWxTbO\/+e3Ek9jXjY\/78R\"> Leadership Journal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have also published work in print including\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Constituent-Postponement-Biblical-Abhandlungen-Morgenlandes\/dp\/3447101997\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1464014324&amp;sr=1-2\">Constituent Postponement in Biblical Hebrew Verse<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/store.tifwe.org\/collections\/all\/products\/wholehearted-a-biblical-look-at-the-greatest-commandment-and-personal-wealth\">Wholehearted: A Biblical Look at the Greatest Commandment and Personal Wealth<\/a><\/em>, as well as chapters in\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/World-Essays-Honor-Richard-Pratt\/dp\/1596387289\/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1464013842&amp;sr=1-2-spell&amp;keywords=for+the+world+richart+pratt\">For the World: Essays in Honor of Richard L. Pratt, Jr<\/a>.,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Biblical-Theological-Introduction-Old-Testament-Promised\/dp\/1433533464\/ref=sr_1_2?s=dmusic&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1464014141&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=biblical+theological+introduction+to+the+old+testament\">A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: The Gospel Promised<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My\u00a0interests include literary approaches to the Bible, linguistics and the biblical languages, ancient Near Eastern backgrounds to Scripture, and Old Testament theology. I care deeply about the teaching of Scripture and its application to all situations in life, particularly in the context of a learning and worshiping community. Due to this interest, I continually find myself drawn to the learning community of the seminary as well as that of the church.<\/p>\n<p>This space provides an avenue for casual writing and archiving so expect sporadic activity and depth.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The title: \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03af is the plural form of a Greek word used by the Apostle Paul to refer to his helpers, fellow-workers, or \n<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/?page_id=596\"> [...]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_excerpt -->","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-596","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5ESBE-9C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1822,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions\/1822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}