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David E. Fredrickson
Professor of New Testament  

David E. Fredrickson Email:
dfredric@luthersem.edu

Personal Website:
www.luthersem.edu/dfredric

Office:
(651) 641-3327    Office: BH 110

 
Courses  

See personal website for course materials.
See academic catalog for general course descriptions.
NT 2210 EN PAULINE TRADITION: ROMANS-ENGLISH Summer Session 2009-2010
LG 6225 GREEK READINGS Spring Semester 2009-2010
NT 2219 GR PAULINE TRAD:PHILIPPIANS(GREEK) Spring Semester 2009-2010
NT 3210 THE GOSPEL OF JOHN January Term 2009-2010
NT 2219 GR PAULINE TRAD: PHILIPPIANS (GREEK) Fall Semester 2009-2010
NT 3211 01 THE GOSPEL AND EPISTLES OF JOHN Fall Semester 2009-2010
LG 1200 GREEK Summer Session 2008-2009
IC 2630 CONFESSING CHRIST Spring Semester 2008-2009
LG 6225 ADVANCED NEW TESTAMENT GREEK Spring Semester 2008-2009
NT 4270 F6 FRIENDSHIP Spring Semester 2008-2009
NT 3210 THE GOSPEL OF JOHN January Term 2008-2009
LG 1200 02 GREEK Fall Semester 2008-2009
NT 2215 PAULINE TRADITION: 1 & 2 COR/PHILIP Fall Semester 2008-2009
NT 3210 S6 THE GOSPEL OF JOHN Fall Semester 2008-2009

Speaking Topics  

David E. Fredrickson is available to speak at your congregation's event or adult forum on the following topics. For other faculty and staff resources, visit our Online Resource Guide

  • Ethics of Sexuality in the New Testament
  • Images of God
  • Paul and Politics
  • Philippians (1-4 sessions)
  • The Gospel of Luke

Resources  

Publications:
    Eucharistic Symbolism in the Gospel of John
Word & World 17/1 (1997) 40–44.
    Free Speech in Pauline Political Theology
Word & World 12/4 (1992) 345–351.
    No Noose Is Good News: Leadership as a Theological Problem in the Corinthian Correspondence
Word & World 16/4 (1996) 420–426.
    Pentecost: Paul the Pastor in 2 Corinthians
Word & World 11/2 (1991) 208–214. (Texts in Context)

Education      

View a detailed curriculum vitae for David E. Fredrickson here. This includes education, professional positions, activities, memberships and publications.

M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Yale University
New Haven, CT
1985, 1987, 1990
Ordained ELCA
1980
M.Div. Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul, MN
1980
B.A. Carleton College
Northfield, MN
1975

Biographical Notes  

David Fredrickson joined the New Testament faculty at Luther Seminary in 1987 and was promoted to associate professor in 1992. Ordained in 1980, he was associate pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Janesville, Wis., for the next three years. Fredrickson received the B.A. degree from [more...]

Faculty Profile  

"Christianity at its best is not about spiritual perfection, but whether my neighbor has enough to eat."

David Fredrickson's approach to the New Testament is theological. "I try to get students to read the texts as giving information about God," he says. "The doctrine of God is probably [more...]

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Faculty Profile  

"Christianity at its best is not about spiritual perfection, but whether my neighbor has enough to eat."

David Fredrickson's approach to the New Testament is theological. "I try to get students to read the texts as giving information about God," he says. "The doctrine of God is probably [read more...]