Carl D. Evans
Professor Emeritus
Department of Religious Studies
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Contact Information
206 Savannah Branch Trail
Irmo, SC 29063-7835
Home (803) 749-6738
Cell (803) 315-5481
Email: [email protected]
Education
1975
1971
1966
1963
Ph.D., University of Chicago (Old Testament)
M.A., University of Chicago (Old Testament)
B.D., Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
B.A., Kansas Wesleyan University
Academic positions
2009
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, University of South Carolina
2007-
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of South Carolina
1995-2007 Chair and Assoc. Prof., Department of Religious Studies, USC
Concurrent appointments:
1992-1995 Graduate Director, Department of Religious Studies, USC
1987-1988 Visiting Professor of Old Testament Studies, Lutheran
Theological Southern Seminary
1985-1986 Adjunct Professor of United Methodist Studies, Lutheran
Theological Southern Seminary
1982-1983 Adjunct Professor, D. Min. Program, Drew University
1979-1980 Visiting Professor of Old Testament Studies, Lutheran
Theological Southern Seminary
1987-1988 Visiting Professor of Old Testament Studies, Lutheran
Theological Southern Seminary
1979-95
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University South Carolina;
1974-79
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of South Carolina
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Professional associations and offices
Society of Biblical Literature
1995-96 President, Southeastern Region
1994-95 Vice-President/Program Chair, President-Elect, Southeastern
Region
1987-92 Program Chair: Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament, Southeastern
Region
Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion
1996-97 Chair, Executive Committee
1994-97 Executive Committee
American Academy of Religion
American Schools of Oriental Research
South Carolina Academy of Religion
President, 1985-86
Scholarly and professional publications
Books
Encountering the Other: What Scripture Tells and Doesn’t Tell (manuscript is in
the editing stage)
Co-editor (with William W. Hallo and John B. White), Scripture in Context:
Essays on the Comparative Method, Pittsburgh Theological Monograph Series 34
(Pittsburgh: Pickwick Press, 1980); Republished (WIPF & Stock Publishers,
2004).
Journal Articles, Chapters in Books, Entries in Encyclopedias, etc.
“The Concept of Diaspora in Biblical Literature,” in Encyclopedia of the Jewish
Diaspora, ed. M. Avrum Ehrlich, (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2009), Vol. 1,
pp. 1-4.
“Gleanings about Night from Wiesel’s Memoirs,” CrossCurrents 57/3 (Fall 2007),
pp. 323-327.
“S.C. Christian Action Council,” in The South Carolina Encyclopedia, ed. Walter
Edgar, (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2006).
“Christian-Jewish Congress of S.C.,” The South Carolina Encyclopedia, ed. Walter
Edgar, (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2006).
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“The Church’s False Witness Against the Jews,” selected for www.religiononline.org (2002). First published in The Christian Century (see next item).
“The Church’s False Witness Against the Jews,” in Rebecca Alpert (ed.) Voices
from the Religious Left (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2000)
reprinted from The Christian Century 99 (May 5, 1982), pp. 530-533.
“The Patriarch Jacob: An ‘Innocent Man’,” in H. Shanks (ed.) Abraham & Family:
New Insights into the Patriarchal Narratives (Washington, DC: Biblical
Archaeological Society, 2000), pp. 121-130 (reprinted from Bible Review, Spring
1986).
“Cult Images, Royal Policies, and the Origins of Aniconism,” in L. Handy and S.
Holloway (eds), The Pitcher is Broken: Essays in Memory of Gosta W. Ahlstrom
(Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995), pp. 192-212.
Articles in David Noel Freedman, editor-in-chief, The Anchor Bible Dictionary
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1992): “Asa” (1: 468-70); “Jeroboam ben Nebat”
(3: 742-45); “Manassah (King of Judah)” (4: 496-99); “Rehoboam” (5: 661-64).
“Toward a Fraternity of Faiths,” The Carolinian (Fall 1987).
“The Jewish-Christian Encounter: Exploring the Past and Understanding the
Present,” Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 6/4 (Summer
1988), pp. 3-12.
“RELG 383: The Jewish Christian Encounter” course syllabus in Michael Shermis
(ed.), Jewish-Christian Relations: An Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide
(Bloomington: Indiana University, 1988), pp. 176-180.
“The Patriarch Jacob -- An ‘Innocent Man’: Moral Ambiguity in the Biblical
Portrayal,” Bible Review 2/1 (1986), pp. 32-37.
Periodical profiles in Charles H. Lippy (ed.) Religious Periodicals of the United
States (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986): Biblical Archaeologist (pp. 47-51);
The Perkins School of Theology Journal (pp. 413-16); Semeia (pp. 473-76).
“Naram-Sin and Jeroboam: The Archetypal Unheilsherrscher in Mesopotamian
and Biblical Historiography,” in W.W. Hallo, J.M. Moyer, and L. Perdue (eds.),
Scripture in Context II: More Essays on the Comparative Method (Winona Lake,
IN: Eisenbrauns, 1983), pp. 97-125.
“The Church’s False Witness Against Jews,” The Christian Century 99 (May 5,
1982), pp. 530-33.
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“Judah’s Foreign Policy from Hezekiah to Josiah,” in Carl D. Evans et al (eds.),
Scripture in Context: Essays on the Comparative Method, Pittsburgh Theological
Monograph Series 34 (Pittsburgh: Pickwick Press, 1980), pp. 157-78. Republished
(WIPF & Stock Publishers, 2004).
Articles in the Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition (Chicago, 1974): “Amos,
Book of”, Vol. I; “Chronicles, books of the”, Vol. II; “Daniel, Book of”, Vol. III;
“Deuteronomy”, Vol. III; “Ecclesiastes”, Vol. III; “Esther, Book of”, Vol. III;
“Exodus”, Vol. IV; “Ezekiel, Book of”, Vol. IV; “Ezra and Nehemiah, books of”,
Vol. IV; “Genesis”, Vol. IV; “Habakkuk, Book of”, Vol. IV; “Haggai, Book of”,
Vol. IV; “Hosea, Book of”, Vol. V; “Isaiah, Book of”, Vol. V; “Jeremiah, Book
of”, Vol. V; “Job, Book of,” Vol. V; “Joel, Book of”, Vol. V; “Jonah, Book of”,
Vol. V; “Joshua, Book of”, Vol. V; “Judges, Book of”, Vol. V; “Kings, books of”,
Vol. V; “Lamentations of Jeremiah”, Vol. VI; “Leviticus”, Vol. VI; “Malachi,
Book of”, Vol. VI; “Micah, Book of”, Vol. VI; “Nahum, Book of”, Vol. VII;
“Numbers”, Vol. VII; “Obadiah, Book of”, Vol. VII; “Proverbs”, Vol. VIII;
“Psalms”, Vol. VIII; “Ruth, Book of”, Vol. VIII; “Samuel, books of”, Vol. VIII;
“Solomon, Song of”, Vol. IX; “Zechariah, Book of”, Vol. X; “Zephaniah, Book
of”, Vol. X.
Book Reviews
Reviews in Journal of the American Academy of Religion; Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures; Journal of Biblical Literature; Critical Review of Books in Religions;
Journal of the American Oriental Society; Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of
Jewish Studies; and Christian Advocate.
Fellowships and grants
Earhart Foundation, “Encountering the Other: A Social History on Religious and
Cultural Diversity in Ancient Judah,” to support Fall 1999 sabbatical project.
$5,900.
South Carolina Humanities Council, “The Middle Passage: Reorientations in the
Study of African American Religions,” a conference organized with Charles H.
Long and conducted at the University of South Carolina, April 17-19, 1998.
$9,044.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar on “The Greek
Encounter with Judaism in the Hellenistic Period,” Yeshiva University, Summer
1992. $3,500 fellowship.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar on “Law and Religion
in the Bible,” Cornell University, Summer 1992. $3,500 fellowship (declined
because of concurrent award).
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South Carolina Humanities Council, “Partners in Dialogue: the Changing Face of
Interreligious Encounter,” a conference of Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Christians,
Muslims, Bahai’s, Unitarians, and others in Columbia, South Carolina, February 910, 1992. $8,640.
Research and Productive Scholarship Committee, University of South Carolina, for
research in Israel on “Image or Idol: The Case of the Golden Calf.” Spring
semester, 1990. $3,000.
National Endowment for the Humanities, for an invited presentation at a conference
on “Judaic Studies in Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities,” Brown University,
June 21-23, 1986. $350 expenses.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute on “The Judaic Studies
Program in the Liberal Arts College and University,” Brown University, 1985.
$2,500 fellowship.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar on “The Greek
Encounter with Judaism in the Hellenistic Period,” Yeshiva University, 1983.
$2,700 fellowship (declined due to wife’s illness).
Research and Productive Scholarship Committee, University of South Carolina, for
researching Mesopotamian historiographic materials in the Babylonian Collection
of Yale University, 1980. $1,078 grant.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute on “Teaching the Post-Biblical
Foundations of Western Civilization,” Jewish Theological Seminary of America,
1979. $1,500 fellowship plus housing and travel.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar on “Biblical History in
its Near Eastern Setting,” Yale University, 1978. $2,500 fellowship.
South Carolina Committee for the Humanities, Conference on “Lessons of the
Holocaust,” University of South Carolina, 1979. $830 matching funds grant.
Awards
University of South Carolina Education Foundation Faculty Service Award, April
29, 2004
Clara Mohammed School, Community Service Award, June 21, 2003.
American Clergy Leadership Conference award, April 8, 2001: “In recognition of
your steadfast leadership in pioneering the promotion of interreligious dialogue and
harmony in the South Carolina academic and religious communities.”
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Midlands CROP Walk, Founders Award, October 4, 1998: “Commemorating
outstanding leadership and commitment.”
Kansas Wesleyan University, Distinguished Service Award, February 27, 1998.
The South Carolina Christian Action Council, Christian Action in Ecumenism
Award, January 20, 1994: “For significant leadership in interfaith relations which
has effected understanding, respect, and cooperation within the faith community of
South Carolina.”
Louis G. Gregory Baha’i Institute, Ambassador’s Peace Award, September 24,
1994.
Harvest Hope Food Bank, October 7, 1993: “In appreciation of your dedicated
service to the needy of the Midlands.”
Columbia Jewish Federation, Award of Merit, November 26, 1978: “For
outstanding achievement in the field of interfaith relations.”
Community Service
Co-founder and Chairperson (2011-2014), Interfaith Partners of South Carolina,
established in February 2011. The partnership embraces Hindus, Buddhists, Jews,
Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Pagans, Native Americans, Unitarian Universalists, and
Baha’is.
President of the Board, South Carolina Christian Action Council, May 2012 – 2014
Board Member, South Carolina Council on the Holocaust, appointee of the Speaker
of the House, 1995 Past President and Continuing Board Member, Ecumenical Institute of the
Carolinas, a cooperative project sponsored by Furman University, Belmont Abbey
College, Wake Forest University, and Mepkin Abbey.
Co-founder and Chairperson, Partners in Dialogue, an interfaith partnership of
Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Unitarian Universalists, and
Baha’is, 1992-2000.
Co-chair, Program Committee, Eleventh National Workshop on Jewish-Christian
Relations, held in Charleston, South Carolina, Spring 1989.
Co-founder and Board Member, Christian-Jewish Congress of South Carolina,
1977-1989. President 1977- 1981.
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