Dominick Hernández

Departments	Talbot School of Theology Talbot en Español
Biola Affiliations	Faculty
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Degrees

Ph.D., Bar-Ilan University
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary
M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University
B.A., West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Biography

Dr. Dominick Hernández currently serves as an Associate Professor of Old Testament and Semitics at Talbot School of Theology, ��պ��. Dominick completed his Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible at Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan, Israel), where he was trained in Semitic Philology. He is the author of Proverbs: Pathways to Wisdom (Abingdon), Illustrated Job in Hebrew (GlossaHouse), Engaging the Old Testament: How to Read Biblical Narrative, Poetry, and Prophecy Well (Baker, forthcoming), The Prosperity of the Wicked: A Theological Challenge in Job and Ancient Near Eastern Literature (Gorgias Press, forthcoming) and has forthcoming commentaries on Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah (Cascade), and Song of Songs (Eerdmans). Dominick teaches on an array of topics including biblical wisdom, ancient Near Eastern literature, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. You can learn more about Dominick Hernández at his website: .

Affiliations

Society of Biblical Literature
Institute for Biblical Research
Evangelical Theological Society
World Union of Jewish Studies
National Association of Professors of Hebrew
Bulletin for Biblical Research - Editor
Institute for Biblical Research board member

Awards

Presidential Doctoral Fellowship - Bar-Ilan University– 2011-2015
Outstanding Teacher Education Senior- West Chester University School of Education– 2003
National Collegiate Health and Physical Education Award Winner– 2003
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholarship Recipient– 2003
West Chester University Foundation Scholarship Recipient– 2002
Kinesiology Award- West Chester University 2001
Board of Governors Scholarship Recipient- West Chester University- 1998-2002

Publications

Articles

Evil or Agitated': The Meaning of רשעים in Job 3:17,” in Ve-‘Ed Ya’aleh: Essays in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Presented to Edward L. Greenstein, eds. Peter Machinist et al., Society of Biblical Literature, 2021, 789–808.
“The Double-Edged Sword of Biblical Languages: The Case of Job’s ‘Repentance’,” Hernández, Dominick, Adam Howell, Benjamin L. Merkle, and Robert L. Plummer, Hebrew for Life, eds., Baker Academic, 2020, pp. 110-15.
“The Expression of Moral Judgments through Imagery in Job and Ancient Near Eastern Literature,” Hernández, Dominick, Takayoshi Oshima, Teaching Morals in Antiquity: Wisdom Texts, Oral Traditions, and Images, ed. Mohr Siebeck, 2019, pp. 150-63.
“Coele-Syria,” Hernández, Dominick, Daniel M. Gurtner and Loren T. Stuckenbruck. T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism, vol. 2, eds. T&T Clark, 2019, pp. 154-56.

Books

Cómo leer los Proverbios (Spanish Edition), Editorial CLIE, 2022

Upcoming Books

The Prosperity of the Wicked: A Theological Challenge in Job and Ancient Near Eastern Literature. Gorgias Press, Forthcoming, November 30, 2022
Engaging the Old Testament: How to Read Biblical Narrative, Poetry, and Prophecy Well. Baker Academic, Forthcoming.
Song of Songs in the New International Commentary of the Old Testament (NICOT). Eerdmans, Forthcoming.
Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah in the Bible in God’s World Series. Cascade, Forthcoming.

Presentations

Review of M. Daniel Carroll's The Lord Roars: Recovering the Prophetic Voice for Today in the Old Testament Theology unit, The Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. November 2022.
Session Chair: The Hispanic/Latino Reflection Group, The Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. November 2022.
“True Wisdom in Job: A Diatribe against Existing Values?” The 18th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Israel. August 2022.
Society of Biblical Literature, San Antonio, TX, “Vestiges of Ancient Near Eastern Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible and Late Second Temple Period Jewish Literature,” November 2021.
The Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX “The Problem with Poverty as Punishment: Traditional Wisdom under Scrutiny,” November 2021.
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, “‘Evil or Agitated’: The Meaning of Reshaʻim in Job 3:17,” November 2019.
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. “Childlessness and Infertility in Job and Ugaritic Literature,” November 2018.
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, “Mythopoetic Imagery Relating to the Firstborn of Death and the King of Terrors,” November 2017.
17th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Israel, "Faithful or Fickle Judah?—Hosea 12:1-3 in Philological Perspective," August 2017.
Teaching Morals in Antiquity Conference, Universität Leipzig, Germany, “The Expression of Moral Judgments through Imagery in Job and Ancient Near Eastern Literature,” November 2016.