Pamela A. Shellberg

Instructor in New Testament
 pshellberg@bts.edu

B.S., Carthage College
M.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison 
M.A., Marquette University
Ph.D., Marquette University (candidate)

Joined Bangor Theological Seminary in 2009

Recent Publication
“Looking at Oxyrhynchus Parchment 840 through a Johannine Lens,” in Jewish and Christian Scripture as Artifact and Canon, ed. Craig A. Evans. Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity Series. (New York: T & T Clark, in press).

Areas of Interest and Expertise
As a layperson within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Pam’s teaching and research interests include examining the role of scripture in moral deliberations and considering the methods for doing so; hermeneutics and issues of interpretation; and New Testament understandings of the human person. She is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association and also serves as a Trustee of Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.

“Our world is in need, perhaps as in no other time, of leaders in our churches who will be fearless prophets, thoughtful theologians, and compassionate pastors. As Paul and the gospel writers work through first-century challenges of power and pluralism, they mark out paths and provide tools for reflecting on how we can be similarly engaged with our challenges. New Testament expressions of the relationships between faith, religion, and culture challenge us to think more critically about how we take measure of those relationships in our own contexts. And the reverse is also true – a critical look at our contemporary contexts and personal faith experiences provides analogies by which the New Testament can be pressed to yield fresh perspectives and new wisdom.”