St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College Sydney, Australia

DR JOHN A L LEE

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts (Sydney 1966)
Doctor of Philosophy (Cambridge 1970)
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities (2005)

Subject area

Advanced New Testament Greek

Status

Sessional / Visiting (Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie University)

RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Research activity

Current research

The Complutensian Lexicon of the New Testament (1514): A New Edition. Auxiliary Thelo.

Books

A Lexical Study of the Septuagint Version of the Pentateuch (Septuagint and Cognate Studies, 14). Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1983; Repr. 2006.
A History of New Testament Lexicography (Studies in Biblical Greek, 8). New York: Peter Lang, 2003.
Greek Accents in Eight Lessons. Sydney: Ancient History Documentary Research Centre, Macquarie University, 2005.

Books edited

Bernard A. Taylor, John A. L. Lee, Peter R. Burton, and Richard E. Whitaker, eds., Biblical Greek Language and Lexicography: Essays in Honor of Frederick W. Danker. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004.

Chapters in books

Sebastian P. Brock and John A. L. Lee, ‘A Memorandum on the Proposed LXX Lexicon Project’, in Septuagintal Lexicography (Septuagint and Cognate Studies 1, 1972, ed. R.A. Kraft) 20–4.
‘More Light on the Greek Text of Daniel’, in New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, Vol. 2 (Macquarie University, 1982, ed. G.H.R. Horsley) 123–4.
‘MSS of Psalms and Genesis in the Greek OT’, in New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, Vol. 3 (Macquarie University, 1983, ed. G.H.R. Horsley) 97–8.
‘Sunistemi: A Sample Lexical Entry’, in Melbourne Symposium on Septuagint Lexicography (Septuagint and Cognate Studies 28, 1990, ed. T. Muraoka) 1–15.
‘Translations of the Old Testament: I. Greek’, in Handbook of Classical Rhetoric in the Hellenistic Period 330 BC–AD 400, ed. Stanley E. Porter (Leiden: Brill, 1997) 775–83.
‘A Lexical Study Thirty Years On, with Observations on “Order” Words in the LXX Pentateuch’, in Emanuel: Studies in Hebrew Bible, Septuagint and Dead Sea Scrolls in Honor of Emanuel Tov, ed. Shalom M. Paul, et al. (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2003) 513–24.
‘The Present State of Lexicography of Ancient Greek’, in Biblical Greek Language and Lexicography: Essays in Honor of Frederick W. Danker, ed. Bernard A. Taylor, John A. L. Lee, Peter R. Burton, Richard E. Whitaker (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004) 66–74.

Articles in refereed journals

‘A Note on Septuagint Material in the Supplement to Liddell and Scott’, Glotta 47 (1969) 234–42.
‘Aposkeue in the Septuagint’, Journal of Theological Studies 23 (1972) 430–7.
‘A Neglected Sense of meros’, Antichthon 6 (1972) 39–42.
‘Equivocal and Stereotyped Renderings in the LXX’, Revue Biblique 87 (1980) 104–17.
‘The Future of zen in Late Greek’, Novum Testamentum 22 (1980) 289–98.
‘Some Features of the Speech of Jesus in Mark’s Gospel’, Novum Testamentum 27 (1985) 1–26.
‘A Non-Aramaism in Luke 6.7’, Novum Testamentum 33 (1991) 28–34.
‘The United Bible Societies’ Lexicon and its Analysis of Meanings’, Filologia Neotestamentaria 5 (1992) 167–89.
G. H. R. Horsley and John A. L. Lee, ‘A Preliminary Checklist of Abbreviations of Greek Epigraphic Volumes’, Epigraphica 56 (1994) 129–69.
G. H. R. Horsley and John A. L. Lee, ‘A Lexicon of the New Testament with Documentary Parallels: Some Interim Entries, 1’, Filologia Neotestamentaria 10 (1997) 55–84.
‘Hebrews 5:14 and hexis: A History of Misunderstanding’, Novum Testamentum 39 (1997) 151–76.
John A. L. Lee and G. H. R. Horsley, ‘A Lexicon of the New Testament with Documentary Parallels: Some Interim Entries, 2’, Filologia Neotestamentaria 11 (1998) 57–84.
‘Dimitrios Doukas and the Accentuation of the New Testament Text of the Complutensian Polyglot’, Novum Testamentum 47 (2005) 250–90.

Book reviews in refereed journals

B. Mandilaras, The Verb in the Greek Non-Literary Papyri, Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sciences, 1973; in AUMLA 42 (1974): 223–4.
R. Sollamo, Renderings of Hebrew Semiprepositions in the Septuagint, Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1979; in JTS 32 (1981): 212–3.
R. Hanhart, Tobit; and Text und Textgeschichte des Buches Tobit, Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1983, 1984; in JBL 105 (1986): 324–5.
Claude E. Cox (ed.), VII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1991; in Australian Biblical Review 42 (1994): 74–5.
R. Sollamo, Repetition of the Possessive Pronouns in the Septuagint, Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995; in JSS 44 (1999): 306–7.
J. W. Wevers, Notes on the Greek Text of Deuteronomy, Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995; in JSS 45 (2000): 177–9.
Georg Walser, The Greek of the Ancient Synagogue: An Investigation on the Greek of the Septuagint, Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament, Lund: Almqvist & Wiksell, 2001; in BIOSCS 36 (2003): 134–9.
T. Muraoka, A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint: Chiefly of the Pentateuch and the Twelve Prophets, Louvain: Peeters, 2002; in BIOSCS 37 (2004): 127–39.

Research projects (last five years only)

Project details

2003 Australian Institute of Archaeology, $10,000. Project ‘A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament with Documentary Parallels.’
2004–06: ARC Discovery Projects Scheme, $23,000, $25,000, $20,000. Chief Investigator Lee, Partner Investigator T. V. Evans, project ‘Linguistic Structures and Identity in a Multicultural Society: Idiolect and Social Dialect in the Zenon Archive,’ administering institution Macquarie University.

Role in team

Chief investigator.

Postgraduate research supervision and examination (last five years only)

Research degree theses examined

‘Reading Between the Lines: Towards an Assessment of the Interlinear Paradigm for Septuagint Studies’, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada, 2005.

Professional standing (last five years only)

Conferences attended

Society of Biblical Literature + various others (see next)

Conference papers

‘Releasing LSJ from its Past’, at Cambridge Colloquium ‘Ancient Greek Lexicography: An Electronic Data-bank and the Design of New Dictionaries’, Faculty of Classics, Cambridge, 2002.
‘Lexicon Complutense Novi Testamenti’, at Language Colloquium in Honour of John A. L. Lee, Macquarie University, 2002.
‘On the Trail of the First Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament,’ SSEC Research Seminar, Macquarie University, 2002.
Panelist, Roundtable Discussion Exploring Software Support for Lexicography, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Toronto, 2002.
Presider at session in Biblical Lexicography Section, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Toronto, 2002.
‘A Breakthrough in Greek Accentuation in 1514’, at Language Colloquium in Memory of G. P. Shipp, Macquarie University, 2003.
‘Definition: Impossible but Necessary’, at Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 2003.
‘The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: Their Evidence for Later Koine Greek’, at Images of Egypt Conference, Macquarie University, 2004.
Presider at session in Biblical Lexicography Section on ‘Today’s Hebrew Lexicons: Exploring the Choice’, SBL Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2004.
Presider at Language and Literature Colloquium, Macquarie University, 2005.
‘Renaissance Greek Grammar and the Complutensian Polyglot’, at Language Colloquium, Macquarie University, 2006.
‘Auxiliary Thelo’, at Buried Linguistic Treasure Conference, Christ Church, Oxford, 2006.
‘A Lexicographical Database for Greek: Can it Be Far Off?’, at Internationale Tagung: Die Septuaginta – Texte, Kontexte, Lebenswelten, Kirchliche Hochschule, Wuppertal, 2006.

Participation in church, government and industry bodies Member, Editorial Committee, St Andrew’s Orthodox Press, 2005- present

Editorial Board member of a refereed journal or publication

Editorial Consultant, New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, 1981–present
Member, Board of Editors, Filologia Neotestamentaria, 1992–present

Referee for journal

FilNT, Antichthon, Phronema, BIOSCS

Role in the organisation of conferences, lecture series and speakers

Co-chair, Biblical Lexicography Section, Society of Biblical Literature 2003–5
Co-convenor, Language Showcase Series of Colloquia, Macquarie University 2005- present

Membership of professional bodies and offices currently held

Member, Australian Society for Classical Studies
Member, Society of Biblical Literature
Member, Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
Member, International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING (last five years only)

Tertiary teaching

Informal courses at Macquarie University: Introduction to Koine Greek, 2003; Greek Accents, 2004. Informal course at University of Sydney: Greek Accents, 2004.
Casual lecturer in Koine Greek at University of Sydney, 2005.
Lecturer in SCD course unit Advanced Koine Greek, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, 2006.
Participant in teaching SCD MA (Theol Stud) course unit Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics, 2004, 2006.

CONTRIBUTION TO INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE (last five years only)

Membership of committees and bodies in the SCD

Member, Council, 1995–2006.
Member, Academic Classification Committee, 2006- present

Membership of committees and bodies in the Member Institution

Member, Council, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College
Member, Admissions Committee, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College
Member, Faculty, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College
Member, Editorial Committee, St Andrew’s Orthodox Press, 2005- present

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, PROFESSION AND CHURCH (last five years only)

Official church appointments

Chair, Committee on the Translation of Liturgical Texts, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, 1990–present.

Pastoral responsibilities

Reader, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, 1990–present.

Membership of community bodies

Committee Member, Kudos Foundation, 2001–present.

Honours and awards

Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities, 2005