Professor, Bible and Theology
Phone: 916.577.2270
Email: mcopland@jessup.edu
My life verse: "For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD, and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.” Ezra 7:10
Expertise
Old Testament; biblical archaeology; biblical backgrounds; Hebrew language and literature; Greek language and literature; Egyptology; Near Eastern archaeology; Classical archaeology; women in the Bible and the Early Church; Islam; Middle Eastern History; Medieval History; the Seven Churches of Revelation
Education
Ph.D., Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology – University of California, Berkeley - 1992
M.A., Hebrew Language and Literature – Institute of Holy Land Studies/Jerusalem University College -1982
M.A., History – San Francisco State University - 1973
B.A., Social Welfare – San Francisco State University – 1968
Courses Taught
B349XL How to Understand and Apply the Bible
BHST251: Archaeology of the Old Testament
BHST252: Archaeology of the New Testament
BIBL101: Christian Foundations I
BIBL215: Introduction to Biblical Languages
BIBL249: Biblical Interpretation
BIBL301: Biblical Literature: Exodus-Deuteronomy
BLG225: Hebrew Language and Literature
CM431XL: Biblical Foundations of Ethics
NT380XL: Life of Christ/Gospels
NT408: Romans
NT408XL: Epistle to the Romans
NT410XL: Acts
OT238: Exodus
OT302: Psalms
OT331XL: Old Testament History
OT341: Deuteronomy
OT358: Conquest and Settlement
OT358: Isaiah
OT363: Minor Prophets of the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C.
OT368: Jeremiah
OT374: History and Literature of the Intertestamental Period
OT401: Genesis
OT404: Wisdom Literature
OT411: Exilic Prophets
OT480: Capstone Course for the Old Testament
Publications
Hargis, Merilyn and Jeff Hargis (1998). Hindsight Tour Guide of Israel and Jordan.
Hargis, Merilyn. On the Road: The Inns and Outs of Travel in First Century Palestine, Christian History and Biography, 59 (1998).
Awards & Honors
Barton Fellowship at the Albright Institute of Archaeology, Jerusalem, 1990
Who’s Who in American Teachers Award 2002-2006
Associations, Board & Committees
Member: Evangelical Theological Society, Biblical Archaeology Society, Near Eastern Studies Society
Board Member: University of the Holy Lands, Becoming What God Intended Ministries