Photo of Tim in Apponagansett Friends Meeting House (built 1790).  I have a broken left arm in this picture.

front: Tabitha, Lauren, Emily; back: Abby, Heidi

Timothy W. Seid, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Distributed Learning
Earlham School of Religion

email: seidti@earlham.edu

front: Tabitha, Lauren, Emily
back: Abby, Heidi

 

Education

1976-1979

Grand Rapids School of the Bible and Music, Diploma in Pastoral Ministries

1979-1981 Grace College, B.A. Biblical Studies/Biblical Languages
1982-1984 Wheaton College Graduate School, M.A. New Testament
1984 Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
1985-1996 Brown University, Ph.D. Early Christianity

Ministry

1985-1995 Pulpit Supply in various churches around Rhode Island & Massachusetts including the famous First Baptist Church in America, Providence, R.I.
1997-2000 Pastor, Smith Neck Friends Meeting, So. Dartmouth, Mass.

Positions

1997-2000 Computer Services Manager, Kinko's of Middletown, R.I.
1999-2000 Visiting Scholar, Scholarly Technology Group, Brown University
2000 Content Specialist, Digital Learning Group, Medford, Mass.

Publications

"Synkrisis in Hebrews 7: The Rhetorical Structure and Strategy," in Rhetoric and the Scriptures: Essays from the 1996 Malibu Conference, ed. Stanley E. Porter and Dennis L. Stamps, Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series; Sheffield: JSOT Press, May 1999.

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, s.v. "Custodian, Fat, Flute, Apocalypse of Stephen," Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000.
"Samuel Fisher: 17th Century Quaker Biblical Scholar," Quaker Religious Thought, Fall 2000.

Online Content

"Christianity in Gaza" and "Dorotheos of Gaza" for the Early Church On-line Encyclopedia (Ecole) Initiative at the University of Evansville
Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts Web
Smith Neck Friends Meeting

Newspaper Articles

"Smith Neck Friends Meeting Welcomes Seid As New Pastor," Standard-Times, Oct. 11, 1997.
"Bible Women, Quaker Women: Dartmouth Pastor-Scholar Draws Parallels In New Class," Standard-Times, Jan. 31, 2000.