AN OBITUARY FOR SIMON PARKER has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, although it seems to have been published previously in the Boston Globe:

Dr. Simon Parker -- professor of Hebrew Bible

Gloria Negri, Boston Globe

Tuesday, June 6, 2006

For 25 years, Simon Parker taught Hebrew Bible and Scripture at Boston University's School of Theology, using his vast knowledge, his wit and his talent for storytelling to make scholarly ancient subjects come alive to graduate and doctoral students.

"Professor Parker taught us that some of the most fascinating nuggets of information (in the Bible) were those things that are mentioned in passing," said Dorie Mansen, of Hudson, N.H., one of his doctoral students. "The most interesting thing he taught us was how to use the text as a lens through which to learn about human history."

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