Professor of Religious Studies

Office: 276 Strong Hall
Telephone: (417) 836-5513
Email: JimMoyer@MissouriState.edu

 

I began teaching ancient history in the History Department and then moved on to teach in the Religious Studies Department. My heart and soul go into teaching students and helping them learn about the Bible.   I believe every student has great potential, and I invest a great deal of time in helping each one achieve academic success.   All of this has earned me both teaching and advising awards, and I have coauthored a beginning student textbook, Old Testament Text and Context.  

I went into Biblical Studies because I grew up in a home where the Bible was treasured. Therefore, I was always anxious to learn more about the Bible, and studied it in College, Seminary, and Graduate School. In Seminary, I taught Greek to my peers, and decided that teaching students was a wonderful way to change the world for the better. I finished my Ph. D. at Brandeis University, and studied archaeology in Israel before coming to Missouri State University in 1970. I was able to pioneer Study Away with an excavation to Israel with 17 students in 1972.

 

Courses

Rel 101, Literature and World of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
Rel 397 Psalms
Rel 510 Jeremiah
Rel 630 Judges and Mark
Rel 631 Death and Afterlife in the Bible
Hst 542 Ancient Israel
Rel 510 Genesis
Rel 397 Proverbs