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Pacific NorthWest Region

Pacific Northwest Region

The Pacific Northwest region includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, and Yukon Territory.

2008 Regional Meeting:
May 2-4, 2008
George Fox University
Newberg, Oregon
2008 Call for Papers
2008 Program Draft
2008 Spring Newsletter

Pacific Northwest Website:
www.pnw-aarsbl.org

2007 Pacific Northwest Regional Scholar
Michael Heiser
Mike earned an M.A. in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania (major fields: Syria-Palestine and Egyptology) and the M.A. and Ph.D. in Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His dissertation was entitled “The Divine Council in Late Canonical and Noncanonical Second Temple Jewish Literature.” The dissertation sought to demonstrate the acceptance of divine plurality in Judaism into the Common Era and the Canaanite/Israelite roots of fi rst-century Jewish monotheism’s notion of two powers in heaven. Mike’s paper submitted for consideration as a regional scholar was entitled “Are Yahweh and El Distinct Deities in Deut 32:8–9 and Psalm 82?” The paper was read at the 2006 Society of Biblical Literature’s Pacifi c Northwest regional meeting and was subsequently published online in the scholarly journal HIPHIL. Mike is currently the Academic Editor for Logos Bible Soft ware. He is responsible for targeting and evaluating potential data projects for scholarly products dealing with primary texts related to the languages of the Bible and the ancient Near East, overseeing scholars who are participating in team data projects for Logos, and creating content for the Logos platform. Before coming to Logos, Mike taught on the undergraduate level for twelve years.

Regional Coordinator

Alicia Batten
Department of Religion
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA 98447

battenaa@plu.edu

Additional Information:
To apply to be a Regional Scholar, contact the Regional Coordinator.