 John
Barclay Burns, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Contact Information
Office: Robinson Hall B447
Email: jburns@gmu.edu
Phone: 703 993-1291
Office Hours:
MW | 9:30-10:15 am and 1:45-2:45 pm |
and by appointment
Fall 2008 Courses:
RELI 211 Religions of the Near East (3)
Reli 211 001
| MWF | 10:30-11:20 | 72076
Reli 490 001 Sacred Language (3)
Reli
490 001 | MW | 3:00-4:15 pm | 72094
RELI 642 Sacred Language, Scripture, and Culture (3)
Prereq: graduate standing or permission of the instructor
Reli
642 001 | MW | 3:00-4:15 | 72096
Areas of interest:
Professor Burns is from Scotland and was educated at the universities
of St.
Andrews and Glasgow.
His Ph.D. is from St. Andrews. Dr. Burns served as a Presbyterian minister
in Scotland, Canada and Fairfax, VA, before joining the faculty at George
Mason University in 1986. His research interests include the religion
of Ancient Israel, mythology in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near
East, Scripture and sexuality.
His publications include, Chronicles
and its Synoptic Parallels in Samuel, Kings and Related Biblical Texts
(Liturgical Press, 1998), Devotee or Deviate: The Dog ( keleb) in Ancient
Israel as a Symbol of Male Passivity and Perversion,Journal of Religion
and Society (2000) ,Lot's Wife Looked Back: The Enduring Attractions
of Sodom for Biblical Commentators,JRS (2002). He regularly reviews
books on the religion and archaeology of Ancient Israel.
He is currently preparing encyclopedia entries on the Phoenician city
of Byblos, Thebes in Ancient Egypt and Middle and New Kingdom Egypt. Off
campus, Dr. Burns is an active member of several community theatre groups
and serves as an adjudicator for one of the local theatre awards. This
academic year will complete 30 years living in the United States.
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