Dr. Joel M. LeMon, Assistant Professor of Old Testament
Dr. LeMon's research focuses on the Psalms, Hebrew and Ugaritic poetry, and ancient Near Eastern history, literature, and art. LeMon serves regularly as a consultant to the Michael C. Carlos Museum and is a probationary elder in the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. He is also co-editing a volume on methodology in Hebrew Bible scholarship.
Contact
Dr. Joel M. LeMon
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
1531 Dickey Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30322
United States
Phone: 404.727.4181
Fax: 404.727.2494
Email: jmlemon@emory.edu
Education
- PhD, Emory University, 2007
- MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2001
- BA, Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, 1998
Publications
- The Iconography of Yahweh’s Winged Form in the Psalms (2008)
- Common Lectionary Psalms for Preaching and Worship (2008), contributor
- Dictionary of Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings (2008), contributor
- New Interpreter’s One Volume Commentary on the Bible (2008), contributor
- The Wesley Study Bible (2008), contributor
- Bilder als Quellen / Images as Sources (2008), contributor
- Ugarit-Forschungen, Common Lectionary Psalms for Preaching and Worship (2007), contributor
- The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press 2006), contributor