Chisolm Lectureship

The Chisolm Francis Asbury Palmer Fund, established in 1998, provides an annual lectureship in honor of William Anderton Chisolm for the purpose of educating ministers who would eventually occupy a pulpit. The Chisolm Lecture focuses on areas of the Old Testament.

2006

Susan Ackerman, Professor of Religion and Women’s and Gender Studies and Chair of the Department of Religion, Dartmouth College. Women and Ancient Israelite Household Religion, Yale Divinity School, January 31, 2006.

2004

Baruch A. Levine, Skirball Professor Emeritus of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, New York University. Isaiah’s Response to Assyrian Triumphalism: The Political Message of Israelite Monotheism, Yale Divinity School, October 26, 2004.

2003

John Barton, Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford. Old Testament Theology and the History of Ideas, Yale Divinity School, March 27, 2003.

2000

Carol Newsom, Professor of Old Testament at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. Angelic and Human Desire and the Origin of Evil: 1 Enoch 6-16, Yale Divinity School, October 10, 2000.