Victor H. Matthews
{{short description|American Old Testament scholar (born 1950)}}
{{distinguish|Victor J. Matthews}}
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| occupation = Retired Dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs and emeritus professor of religious studies at Missouri State University
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| alma_mater = Brandeis University (PhD)
| main_interests = Biblical Backgrounds, Social World of the Old Testament
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Victor Harold Matthews (born 13 November 1950) is an American Old Testament scholar. He is the retired Dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs and professor emeritus of religious studies at Missouri State University.
Matthews was born in Joplin, Missouri. He obtained a PhD at Brandeis University.{{cite web|title=Dr. Victor H. Matthews|url=http://www.missouristate.edu/relst/victormatthews.aspx|publisher=Missouri State University|access-date=12 August 2015}} In 2015, the fourth edition of Matthews' book, The Cultural World of the Bible, was published.{{cite web|title=Dean, religious studies professor publishes book on the Bible|date=2 June 2015 |url=http://news.missouristate.edu/2015/06/02/matthews_book/|publisher=Missouri State University|access-date=12 August 2015}}
Work
Stephen Pattison notes that Matthews "has led the paradigm shift on shame issues" in Old Testament studies.{{cite book |last1=Pattison |first1=Stephen |author-link1=Stephen Pattison |title=The Shame Factor: How Shame Shapes Society |date=2010 |publisher=Wipf and Stock |page=xi |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3gxTAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR11 |access-date=23 June 2020 |chapter=Shame and the Unwanted Self|isbn=978-1-62189-264-9 }}
Publications
=Books=
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |title=Pastoral Nomadism in the Mari Kingdom |publisher=ASOR |date=1978 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |title=Manners and Customs in the Bible |location=Peabody, MA |publisher=Hendrickson Publisher |date=1988 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |author2-last=Benjamin |author2-first=Don C. |title=Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East |location=New York City, NY |publisher=Paulist Press |date=1991 |isbn=978-0-809-13182-2 |oclc=22907778 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |title=Manners and Customs in the Bible: An Illustrated Guide to Daily Life in Bible Times |location=Peabody, MA |publisher=Hendrickson Publisher |date=1991 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |author2-last=Benjamin |author2-first=Don C. |title=Social World of Ancient Israel, 1250-587 BCE |location=Peabody, MA |publisher=Hendrickson Publisher |date=1993 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |author2-last=Moyer |author2-first=James C. |title=The Old Testament: Text and Context |location=Peabody, MA |publisher=Hendrickson Publisher |date=1997 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |author2-last=Levinson |author2-first=Bernard M. |author2-link=Bernard M. Levinson |author3-last=Frymer-Kensky |author3-first=Tikva |author3-link=Tikva Frymer-Kensky |title=Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East |location=Sheffield |publisher=Sheffield Academic Press |date=1998 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |author2-last=Walton |author2-first=John H. |author2-link=John H. Walton |author3-last=Chavalas |author3-first=Mark W. |title=The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2000 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |title=Social World of the Hebrew Prophets |location=Peabody, MA |publisher=Hendrickson Publisher |date=2001 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |title=A Brief History of Ancient Israel |location=Louisville, KY |publisher=Westminster, John Knox Press |date=2002 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |title=Judges and Ruth |series=New Cambridge Bible Commentary |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2004 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |title=Old Testament Turning Points: The Narratives That Shaped a Nation |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Academic |date=2005 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |author2-last=Benjamin |author2-first=Don C. |title=Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East |location=New York City, NY |publisher=Paulist Press |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-809-14435-8 |edition=3rd revised }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |title=Studying the Ancient Israelites: A Guide to Sources and Methods |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=Apollos |date=2007 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |title=101 Questions & Answers on The Prophets of Israel |location=New York City, NY |publisher=Paulist Press, 2007 |date=2007 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |title=The Hebrew Prophets and Their Social World: An Introduction |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Academic |date=2012 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |title=The Cultural World of the Bible: An Illustrated Guide to Manners and Customs |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Academic |date=2015 |edition=4th revised |isbn=978-0-801-04973-6 }}
- {{cite book |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |title=The history of Bronze and Iron Age Israel |location=New York City, NY |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2019 |isbn=9780190231149 }}
=Articles and chapters=
- {{cite journal |author-last=Matthews |author-first=Victor H. |author-mask=3 |title=Freedom and Entrapment in the Samson Narrative: A Literary Analysis |journal=Perspectives in Religious Studies |volume=19 |date=1989 |pages=245–257 }}
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