OC Bible Professor Jim Dvorak adds to his impressive list of scholarship

Dvorak’s recent accomplishments follow his award from OC as a Rowe Distinguished Scholar just a few years ago.

It is one thing to write a publication in a field of study, but it is another thing for that work to also be publicly honored. Oklahoma Christian University’s Division of Bible Chair and Professor Jim Dvorak is one of those rare scholars whose work is both prolific and honored. 

Just last year, Dvorak published the following: the book “The Interpersonal Metafunction in 1 Corinthians 1–4: The Tenor of Toughness,” four contracted entries in the “Baker Encyclopedia of Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics” and a chapter in Stanley E. Porter and Ron C. Fay’s  book “Luke-Acts in Modern Interpretation” titled, “Martin Dibelius on the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles: The Most Literary Writings in the New Testament.”

Just a few years ago, Dvorak, a 1995 OC Bible graduate, was awarded the Jack and Barbara Rowe Distinguished Scholar Award after his 2019 publication of the book “The Epistle of James: Linguistic Exegesis of an Early Christian Letter.” The award honors the past year’s most distinguished faculty.

Dvorak has studied and taught every level of Greek. He aims to engage his audience with a sociolinguistic perspective while providing new insight about the New Testament. Charles Rix reflected on Dvorak and his work.

“Jim is a first-rate scholar and researcher,” Rix said. “There really is no one like him, and we are truly blessed to have him as a part of our OC family.”

To learn more about Divorak’s work, visit his blog, which also lists his extensive list of publications.