TWO ACADEMIC JOBS:

LECTURER IN BIBLICAL
STUDIES (OLD TESTAMENT)

Applications are invited from enthusiastic, exceptionally gifted and highly motivated teachers.

The Uniting Church has established a Centre for Leadership Development to resource the development of effective leaders, lay and ordained, for healthy, missional churches throughout South Australia. The Centre seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Biblical Studies (Old Testament) to play a key role in the development of leaders who have an advanced knowledge and understanding of the Old Testament and who can interpret the Scriptures in the contemporary missional context. The Centre is part of the Adelaide College of Divinity and the Flinders University School of Theology. A position description together with the method of application is available from the Principal, Rev Dr Andrew Dutney, at andrew.dutney@flinders.edu.au

Applications close 18 July 2008. Appointment effective from
January 2009.

(From the SOTS list.)

Author's Subject: JOB: Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Münster
Date Written: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:56:22 -0400
Date Posted: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:56:22 -0400

The Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (www.uni-muenster.de),
Germany, seeks to fill the position of an

Assistant Professor (W1) for Jewish studies with option for tenure track (W2)
at the next possible date. The job holder will be expected to cover the full range of Jewish studies in research and teaching, the desired focus being on Rabbinic Judaism. He or she will contribute actively to the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures". Teaching requirements include all degree programs concerned. Moreover, the job holder will be expected to cooperate with the Center of Religious Studies. The teaching obligation initially amounts to four semester periods per week and later to five.

The junior professorship is a fixed-term three-year position. It may be extended by another three years on the basis of a positive evaluation after this period. After a total of six years, following positive evaluation, it will be changed over into a W2 tenure track professorship.

The successful candidate holds a university degree and has an outstanding ability for academic work which is usually proven by an appropriate dissertation's quality.

We explicitly encourage women to apply. The applications of women with equal aptitude, qualification and academic achievements will be given priority, provided there are no prevailing reasons to the contrary that arise from a competing candidate's personality. Severely handicapped candidates with equal qualifications will be preferred.

The closing date for applications including a CV, certificates, a publication list and information about previous teaching activities is 30 June 2008. Please submit applications to the Dean of the Faculty of Theology:

Dekan des Fachbereichs 01 ? Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät
Universitätsstr. 13-17
48143 Münster
Germany

In addition, please e-mail your application in electronic form to ekanat.fb1@uni-muenster.de.

Publications should be handed in on request only.
Website: http://www.uni-muenster.de/de/index.html

(From the H-JUDAIC list).