
Donald W Parry
Professor, Asian & Near Eastern Languages
3057 JFSB
422-3491
Research Areas:
Antiquity, Corpus linguistics, Linguistics, Translation
My teaching philosophy: 1) teach students how to read and translate the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), by learning pronunciation, complex verbal forms, significant grammatical concepts, vocabulary, etc.; 2) teach students the significance of Biblical Hebrew in light of the ancient world as well as the Restoration; 3) teach by the Spirit of the Lord; 4) love and appreciate students and acknowledge their importance; 5) mentor students, both during the school year as well as subsequent years. My scholarly research and publication schedule deals with the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible, esp. 1 & 2 Samuel and Isaiah. In order to make judgments and characterizations of textual variants, my text-critical methodology deals with paleography, orthography, phonology, syntax, transcriptional texts, word-word correspondences, MT ketib-qere system, lexical/linguistic analysis, intertextual/contextual readings, textual character, and the four categories—accidental errors, intentional changes, synonymous readings, and My academic service, which impacts the university community and regional, national, and international interfaith groups (i.e., Jewish, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant) comprises: organizer/co-organizer of symposia; advisor for museums/special exhibits; presenter to academics and informed general audiences; service on ad hoc/long term committees; fund raising for BYU; mentoring students/scholars; theses/dissertation committees; television/radio/news outlet interviews, and more.Teaching Experience
Research
scribal interventions/conventions.Service
Citizenship assignments
MW 10:00-11:00AM
3057 JFSB