Professor of Old Testament, President
Education:
Diploma Briercrest Bible Institute, 1969
B.R.E. Providence College, 1971
M.Div. Providence Theological Seminary, 1978
Ph.D. Westminster Theological Seminary, 1987
Teaching Fields
Biblical Hebrew
Old Testament History and Theology
Publications
Translation
Job, The New Living Translation, Tyndale Publishers.
Lexical and Dictionary Articles
Contributions to Theological Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis, ed. Willem VanGemeren, Zondervan Publishers, 1997.
Contributions to Dictionary of Biblical Images, ed. Daniel Reid, Intervarsity.
Journal Articles
“The Sources of the Story of Hezekiah in the Book of Isaiah,” Vetus Testamentum XLIII (1993) 462–82.
"The Elihu Speeches in the Greek Translation of Job," Currents 1 (2001) 19-33.
Articles in Didaskalia (ProvPress)
“The Bible and Archaeology,” 5/2 (1994) 56–65.
“Wisdom as the Way to Knowing God,” 4/1 (1992) 15–25.
“Male and Female as the Image of God,” 3/2 (1992) 1–8.
“The Sacrifice of Obedience,” 2/2 (1991) 2–11.
“The Apostolic Preaching of the Resurrection,” 2/1 (1990) 12–22.
"The Exaltation of the Eternal King," 1/2 (1989) 14-22.
Pedagogical Studies
Study Notes for Chronicles, New Living Translation (forthcoming).
“Resist or Surrender,” Journal for Case Teaching 1 (1989) 16–21.
“When Two Fail to Become One,” The Mennonite, 1981.
Commentaries
Job, Cornerstone Biblical Commentaries, Tyndale House Publishers, 2006.
1 & 2 Kings, New International Version Application Commentary, Zondervan (November, 2006).
1 & 2 Chronicles, The Believer's Church Bible Commentary, Herald Press (forthcoming)
Professional Associations And Roles
Ordained Minister (Mennonite Church Canada)
Member of Society of Biblical Literature
Member of Evangelical Theological Society
Chairman of Haggai Institute Canada, Inc.
President Providence College & Seminary
Employment
Kelfield Gospel Chapel, Pastor, 1969–70
Bethel Bergthaler Mennonite Church, Pastor, 1971–82
Winkler Bible Institute, Instructor, 1978–82
Providence College and Theological Seminary, 1984–
Hobbies
Translating Akkadian and Ugaritic texts
Reading P. G. Wodehouse books
Making firewood
Personal Data
August H. Konkel
Born: August 4, 1948, Theodore Saskatchewan
Wife: Esther
Children: Melanie, Blythe, Theodore, Tessa
Course Syllabi
Diversity
The Providence faculty exhibit a diversity of theological backgrounds, including Anglican, Baptist, Mennonite, Pentecostal, Free Church, and others.
The goal of a Providence education is to enable students to understand and support their own traditions better. We offer opportunity for each student to understand their own denominational distinctives in relation to Christians of other backgrounds.
Otterburne, Manitoba, Canada, R0A 1G0
Phone: (204) 433-7488 or (800) 668-7768
