Frederic Putnam

Dr. Putnam has taught graduate, post-graduate, and undergraduate courses in biblical language and interpretation since 1984, as well as high-school level seminars in Shakespeare, poetry, literature, and philosophy. He teaches the honors courses in biblical studies, as well as electives in poetry, the philosophy of Josef Pieper, and the book of Ecclesiastes, as well as Classical Greek.

He has published several reference works and textbooks on Classical (Biblical) Hebrew, including a co-authored book on the discourse analysis of biblical poetry. His next book-length projects are on biblical theology based on biblical metaphors, the life of Joseph, and a Christian view of education.

An ordained minister, Dr. Putnam and his wife, Emilie, have three daughters, all of whom live in southeast Pennsylvania, along with their grand- and great-grandchildren. He enjoys reading and discussing poems, history, literature, theology, language, and baking, listening to and making music, and swimming in and canoeing on lakes.

He is a popular speaker and lecturer, preaching in local and regional churches, and speaking in schools, camps, and less formal settings, on such topics as reading and interpreting poetry, stories, the Bible, ancient history, the importance of reading, the nature and method of education, and technical aspects of interpreting and translating Biblical Hebrew.

Dr. Putnam is a transplanted New England farmer who knows that Guernseys give the best milk and that hills are made of granite; he is also pretty sure that he has not yet seen a real winter in Pennsylvania.