JAMES H. PACE

Home Address:
108 Timberlake Drive
Elon College, NC 27244
(336) 584-5520
Business Address
2266 Campus Box
Elon College, NC 27244-2020
(336) 584-2349

E-MAIL: pacejim@elon.edu

 

ACADEMIC PREPARATION
B.A., Birmingham-Southern College, 1966 (Classics)
M.Div., cum laude, Emory University, 1969 (Theology)
Ph.D., Emory University, 1976 (Religion-Old Testament Studies)

Dissertation Title: The Caleb Tradition and the Role of the Calebites in the History of Israel

 

EMPLOYMENT

1987-Present

 

1983-1987

 

1973-1983

 

 

1972-1973

1971-1972

 

1969-1971

 

 
Professor of Religious Studies
Elon College, Elon College, NC 27244
 
 
Associate Professor of Religion
Chairman, Department of Religion (rotating, 1984-1987)
Elon College, Elon College, NC
 
Assistant Professor of Religion
Tenure Granted, 1980
Chairman, Department of Religion (rotating, 1978-1980)
Elon College, Elon College, NC
 
 
Instructor of Hebrew, Candler School of Theology
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
 
Graduate Assistant to Frederick C. Prussner
Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Assisted in teaching Old Testament courses
 
 
Graduate Assistant to James Maxwell Miller
Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Assisted in teaching Old Testament courses in the Candler School of
Theology and religion courses in the College of Arts and Sciences of
Emory University

Professional Activities

Presentations

March 10, 2000

 

November 20, 1998

 

March 21, 1998

 

 

November 20, 1997

 

November 23, 1996

 

October 5, 1996

 

 

March 16, 1996

 

 

November 19, 1995

 

October 11, 1994

 

March 20, 1994

 

March 21, 1993

 

March 14, 1992

 

November 23, 1991

 

 

  
"The Mudaybic Gate." Presidential Address to the Southeastern Regional
Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta, GA.
 
 
 
"Water Management in Biblical Times." Paper presented to the Near Eastern
Archaeological Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
 
 
"The 1997 Mudaybic Excavations: Field A." Paper presented at the
Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research,Knoxville, TN.
 
 
 
"The 1997 Season at Mudaybic." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Napa, CA.
 
 
 
"The Water Catchment System of Nakhl, Jordan." Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, New Orleans,LA.
 
"The Cisterns of the Kerak Plateau." Paper presented at the North
Carolina Religious Studies Association Annual Meeting, Gardner-Webb
University, Boiling Springs, NC.
 
 
 
"The Water Catchment System of Nakhl, Jordan." Paper presented at the
Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Columbia, SC.
 
 
 
"Water Management on the Kerak Plateau." Paper presented to the Annual
Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Philadelphia, PA.
 
 
"Active Learning in the College Classroom." Workshop on teaching presented to the faculty of Averett College, Danville, VA.

 

"Anyone? Anyone?" Paper presented at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of
the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta, GA.
 
"Genesis: The Creation of a New World for College Students." Paper
presented at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Schools of
Oriental Research, Charleston, SC.
 
"Teaching Archaeology in the Liberal Arts College." Paper presented at the
Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta, GA.
 
 
"Genesis, the Learning Cycle: A Model for Teaching the Old Testament."
Presented at the Conference on Critical Thinking in conjunction with the
National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Kansas City, Missouri.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field Work

June 23-July 28, 1999

 
June 24-July 24, 1997
Project).

July 5, August 5, 1995

Summer, 1982

 

 

Summer, 1979

 

Summer, 1967

 
 
 
Square supervisor of excavations at al-Mudaybic, Jordan (Karak Resources
Project).
 
 
Square supervisor of excavations at al-Mudaybic, Jordan (Karak Resources
 
 
Survey of selected sites on the Karak Plateau, Jordan (Karak Resources Project).
 
Archaeological Survey of the Kerak Plateau (Jordan)
This expedition sponsored by Emory University surveyed and identified all
ancient sites on the eastern plateau of the Dead Sea between the Kerak-Qatranah road and the Wadi el-Hasa. I registered pattern for the expedition.
 
Archaeological Survey of the Kerak Plateau. This expedition surveyed sites on the eastern plateau of the Dead Sea between the Wadi el-Mujib and the Kerak-Qatranah road.
 
Archaeological Expedition to Tell Arad, Israel, under the auspices of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.

 

Publications

"The Water Catchment System of Nakhl, Jordan." Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 42(1998): 331-39.

"The Cisterns of the Al-Karak Plateau." Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. 40(1996): 369-74.

Review of Dora P. Crouch, Water Management in Ancient Greek Cities. New York: Oxford, 1993 in Near East Archaeology Society Bulletin, New Series 41(1996):81-83.

Review of Wolfram Von Soden, The Ancient Orient: An Introduction to the Study of the Ancient Near East. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994 in Near East Archaeology Society Bulletin, New Series 39-40(1995): 113-14.

HONORS/AWARDS
Birmingham-Southern College: Triangle Club (Sophomore Leadership Honorary), Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Honorary), Eta Sigma Phi (Classics), Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, Simpson Classics Medal
Emory University: Theta Phi (Theology)
Elon College: Daniels-Danieley Award for Excellence in Teaching (1986-1987)

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Schools of Oriental Research
Vice-President/Program Chair, Southeastern Region, 1998-1999; President, Southeastern Region, 1999-2000.

Society of Biblical Literature

PERSONAL DATA

                Born: Selma, Alabama; July 14, 1944
                Married to Carol Skinner of Columbus, Georgia
                Two children:  Melissa Lynn, born November 27, 1974
                                    Kevin Joseph, born November 5, 1978