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CLAUDE F. MARIOTTINI

Claude F. Mariottini was Professor of Old Testament at Northern Baptist Seminary in Lombard, Illinois from 1988 until his retirement in 2017.  He was appointed Emeritus Professor of Old Testament at the time he retired. He served as Professor of Old Testament at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri from 1983–88.  

Mariottini was born in Brazil. He came to the USA in 1963. He is a graduate of California Baptist University, Riverside, California (B. A., 1968), Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, California (M.Div., 1971), The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky (Ph. D. 1983). He also has done additional graduate work at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California (1971-1973). His Ph.D. thesis, “The Problem of Social Oppression in the Eighth Century Prophets,” was supervised by Joseph A. Callaway and Norman K. Gottwald.

Mariottini pastored churches in California, Kentucky, Missouri, and Illinois. He also served as a missionary with the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention with Brazilians and Portuguese who lived in San Francisco. He was the speaker for the Portuguese Baptist Hour, a weekly radio program in Portuguese.

He served as Vice-President of The National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion (NABPR) in 2000 and in 2001 served as their President.

PUBLISHED WORK

Mariottini has authored Paso a Paso por el Antiguo Testamento, “1 and 2 Chronicles,” in the Mercer Commentary on the Bible, and “Deuteronomio,” in the Comentario Biblico Mundo Hispano, Perspective on the Old Testament and Hebrew (2002), and “1 and 2 Kings,” in The New Interpreter’s Study Bible, “Prayers in 1–2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah” in Praying with Ancient Israel: Exploring the Theology of Prayer in the Old Testament, “The Punishment of the Wicked in Isaiah 66:24” in A Consuming Passion: Essays on Hell and Immortality in Honor of Edward W. Fudge, Rereading the Biblical Text: Searching for Meaning and Understanding (2013), Divine Violence and the Character of God (2022), Job and the Problem of Suffering (Jan 2023), and Isaiah: The Prophet of Hope (March 2023).

UNPUBLISHED WORK

“The Village Pastoral-Agrarian Economy in the Period of the Judges.” A paper presented at the 1981 annual meeting of the AAR/SBL Southeastern meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

“The Problem of Social Oppression in the Reign of Solomon.” A paper presented at the 1982 annual meeting of the AAR/SBL Southeastern meeting, Gainesville, Florida.

“The Emergence of the State in Ancient Israel. A paper presented at the 1986 annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Central States Region, in Columbia, Missouri.

“The Relevance of the Old Testament for Today’s Church.” Convocation address presented at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary on March 29, 1989.

“Differences Between College and Seminary Textbooks.” A paper read at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature - Central States, on Monday, April 8, 1991 in St. Louis, Missouri.

“The Brother Who Went: The Election of the Israel of God.” A lecture presented in chapel service at Northern Baptist Seminary on March 12, 1992.

“Jeremiah's Call to Celibacy.” A paper read at the annual meeting of the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion on April 5, 1992 in Springfield, Missouri.

“Jeremiah as a Model for Ministry.” A paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion on May 28, 1993 in Kansas City, Missouri.

“Translation Problems in the Book of Zephaniah,” A paper read at the annual meeting of The Midwest Region of the Society of Biblical Literature , Conference Center Calvin Theological Seminary, February 14, 1995.

“The Deuteronomic Concern for Women.” Academic convocation on the occasion of promotion to Professor of Old Testament, Northern Baptist Seminary, November 15, 1995.

“The Social Concern of Deuteronomy.” A paper read at the Academic Convocation, Northern Baptist Seminary on March 10, 1998.

“Praying the Psalms: A Response to John C. Endres.” A lecture presented at the Symposium on Theological Interpretation of Scripture held at North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois, on September 26-28, 2002.

“Women and the Deuteronomic Reform.” Presidential address delivered at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, November 2002.

“The Theology of Prayer in the Book of Chronicles.” A lecture presented at the Christian Scholars’ Conference held at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN on June 7–9, 2012.

Mariottini has also published more than 200 articles and book reviews in English, Spanish, and Russian. His academic work has been published in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, The Mercer Dictionary of the Bible, The Holman Bible Dictionary, Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, Jewish Bible Quarterly, Perspective in Religious Studies, Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, Biblical Illustrator, Old Testament Abstracts, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The Journal of Biblical Literature, Biblical Archaeologist, CSB Holy Land Illustrated Bible, and the People’s Bible.