Full Name: REV. THOMAS HARVEY TRAPP, Doktor Theologie
Concordia Position: Full Professor of Religion and Theology
Installed at Concordia St. Paul on September 12, 1982
Assistant Professor of Theology 1982-1987
Associate Professor of Theology 1987-1992
Full Professor of Theology since 1992
Awarded Tenure 1990
Born 5-4-46 in Detroit, Michigan
Married: to Kathy Hoelzel Trapp
Children: Matthew (4-25-73) JoAnna (4-15-75) Daniel (6-30-79)
EARNED DEGREES:
*AA Concordia College, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1965 (student 1963-1965)
*BA Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1967 (student 1965-1967) (magna cum laude) (Hebrew concentration)
*MDiv Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, 1971 (student 1967-1971) (cum laude) (Biblical Studies)
*DTh Ruprecht Karl Universit?t, Heidelberg, West Germany, 1980 (full-time Fulbright Scholarship student 1971-1973; thesis completed June, 1979; oral exams February, 1980) (cum laude) (Old Testament Studies)
HONORS:
Fulbright Grant from the United States government for study in Germany (1971-1972; 1972-1973)
A book that I translated from German to English for Fortress Press was awarded the best scholarly work in Near Eastern Archaeology by the Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington DC in Nov. 1999. It appeared in 1998. Authors: Othmar Keel, Christoph Uehlinger, Gods, Goddesses and Images of God in Ancient Israel.
OTHER EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR CREDIT (before coming to Concordia):
*Clinical Pastoral Education, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois, March-May, 1969
*Vicarage, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Kansas City, Missouri, 1969-1970
*Goethe Institute German Language Program, Prien-am-Chiemsee, West Germany, August-September, 1971
*Archaeological Excavation: Participant in a joint German-Israeli sponsored archaeological excavation at Tel Masos, Israel, July-September, 1972, arranged through the University of Heidelberg
OTHER EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES (NO CREDIT) (since coming to Concordia)
*Sabbatical: Guest Professor at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1994
PARISH EXPERIENCE:
*Pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Britton, Michigan, November 1973 - June 1982
*Vacancy pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, Woodbury, Minnesota, May 1983 - January 1984
*"Assisting vacancy pastor" of St. Stephanus Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minnesota, September 1986 - May 1987 (confirmation, early communion, Sunday School teachers)
*Assisting pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minnesota, February 1984 ? January 1999 (preaching, Bible Class, education, stewardship, LifeLight Bible study leader)
*Mission pastor at Jehovah Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minnesota January 1999-December 2002
*Mission pastor at Emmaus Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minnesota November 2003-present
LAY SERVICE TO CONGREGATIONS:
1986-1987:
Central Lutheran School Board-chair, St. Paul, Minnesota
1990-1992:
Bethlehem Lutheran Church-chair, Board of Stewardship, St. Paul, Minnesota
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
*Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota:
1982-present
*Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, Guest Instructor:
Summer 1981 (Hosea)
Summer 1982 (Psalms)
*Concordia College, Seward, Nebraska, Guest Instructor:
Summer 1984 (Understanding and Teaching the Bible)
Summer 1986 (Understanding and Teaching the Bible)
*Through Inver Hills Community College: Guest Instructor in Values and Ethics:
Spring 1996 at Minnesota Correctional Facility (Maximum Security-Males) at Oak Park Heights, Minnesota
Spring 1997 at Minnesota Correctional Facility for Women at Shakopee, Minnesota.
WRITINGS (typescript):
*Doctoral Thesis: "Dispute and Display. The Song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32:1-43," submitted to the Theology Faculty of the University of Heidelberg, West Germany, 1979, 320 pp.
*Religion Module (Overview of the Old Testament, New Testament and Church History) for the Concordia School of Adult Learning, 1986, 150 pp.
*Scripture and Life (Revised overview of the Old Testament, New Testament, and Church History) for the Concordia School of Adult Learning and the ?CrossEyes, Tomb Vision, and Holy BlindSpots? seminar participants, 1997, 190 pp.
*"Heart Exam - God's and Ours," study guide and sermon suggestions for a pre-Lenten retreat, 1988, 64 pages
*Old Testament Module - Synodical PELT-Colloquy program; Student Materials: 42pp.; Instructor Materials: 27 pp.; 21 mini-video lectures (Taped at River Forest, Aug. 1990): 65 pp. (all single spaced), Total: 134 pages.
*"Glory Be. As It Was, Is, Will Be. Advent-Christmas" - sermons and worship services for a pre-Advent Retreat, 1992, 34 pages (single spaced).
*"I AM. Jesus Through John's Eyes" - study guide and sermons and worship services for a pre-Lenten retreat, 1995, 90 pages.
PUBLICATIONS:
DEVOTIONS:
April 1998
German devotions and evening prayers for Taegliche Andachten, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO.
May 1998
English devotions and morning prayers for Portals of Prayer, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO.
TRANSLATIONS: (all from German to English)
*Yoshikazu Tokuzen, "Luther Studies in Japan Since 1967" in Christian Presence in Japan. Essays in Honor of William J. Danker, Tokyo: Seibusha, 1981, pp. 115-135.
*Hans Walter Wolff, Confrontations with Prophets, Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1983, 78 pp. (collaborative effort with Margaret Kohl, Munich, West Germany)
*Klaus Koch, "Is there a Doctrine of Retribution in the Old Testament?" chapter 4 in James L. Crenshaw, ed., Theodicy in the Old Testament, Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1983, pp. 57-87
*Hans Walter Wolff, "Prophet and Institution in the Old Testament", 1984 (Acceptance lecture on the occasion of receiving an honorary doctorate at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota), published in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol. 13, 1, 1986, pp. 5-12
*Hans Wildberger, Isaiah 1-12, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, September, 1991, from Jesaja 1-12, Biblischer Kommentar, Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1980, 524 pages
*Hans Wildberger, Isaiah 13-27, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, November, 1997, from Jesaja 13-27, Biblischer Kommentar, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Neukirchener Verlag, 1980, 624 pages
*Hans Wildberger, Isaiah 28-39, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, November, 2002, from Jesaja 28-39, Biblischer Kommentar, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Neukirchener Verlag, 1982, 781 pages
*Othmar Keel and Christoph Uehlinger, Gods, Goddesses and Images of God, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, Publication Date: June 1998, from Goettinnen, Goetter, und Gottessymbole. Neue Erkenntnisse zur Religionsgeschichte Kanaans und Israels aufgrund bislang unerschlossener ikonographischer Quellen. Quastiones Disputatae 134. Herder Verlag. 3rd Edition. 1995, 466 pp., with illustrations.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES:
"Jeremiah: The Other Sides of the Story" in Was ist der Mensch? Beitr?ge zur Anthropologie des Alten Testaments; Hans Walter Wolff zum 80. Geburtstag, M?nchen: Christof Kaiser Verlag, 1992, pp. 228-242.
"What's New About the New Covenant?", forthcoming in a Festschrift for Horace Hummel, St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2000?
SPECIAL INTERESTS:
I have been involved in translations of theological works from German to English, teaching in our evening college programs, and presentations to laity such as 18 years of doing Scripture and Life Bible Studies here at CSP, as well as serving congregations in various capacities during my time at CSP. My wife and I enjoy traveling and have visited some 20 countries, mostly in Europe and the Mideast.
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