David Stringham

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Education

BA in Hebrew with minors in Linguistics and Judaic Studies, University of Texas at Austin MA in Hebrew University of Texas at Austin

MA in Linguistics University of Texas in Arlington ABD PhD Linguistics University of Texas in Arlington Professional Experience

US Navy Communications Technician, Interpreter. Attended language school in Washington D.C. to study modern, conversational Hebrew, taught by Israelis. Certification from World Institute of Translators. Worked at NSA, Langley & Embassy, Nicosia, Cyprus. University of Texas in Austin Taught Beginning Hebrew courses, years 1 and 2. All the other instructors for these courses were Israelis. All Hebrew courses and many of the Judaic Studies courses were taught in Hebrew, with all student discussion in Hebrew as well. These included books from the Hebrew Bible, Bible as Literature, Maimonides’ מורה

) נבוכיםGuide of the Perplexed), modern Israeli poetry, and Israeli Archeology. Also studied Aramaic, Latin, Greek, and Arabic.

World Bible Translation Center (WBTC) Fort Worth, Tx. 31 years as Translation Consultant and Director of Old Testament Translations. Was involved in translation and/or publication of Bibles in 35 different languages. Developed software for text editing, typesetting, and font development for Hebrew, Arabic, Eastern European languages, and a number of languages in India.

University of Texas at Arlington While working at WBTC, I received an MA in Linguistics and successfully defended dissertation proposal for PhD, Verb-initial Sentences in the Semitic Languages: The Interaction of Syntax and Pragmatics. Proposal submitted and approved. Began writing the Dissertation, but went beyond PhD time limit. Courses included a Professional Writing class, which included MLA & APA Publication Standards.

Computer Skills: WINDOWS: WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, DB Development MAC: PAGES, NUMBERS, KEYNOTE, OPENSOURCE DB

WEB MANAGEMENT: iWEB, XML, HTML

PROGRAMMING: C, Object-C, C++, JAVA, ASSEMBLY, BASIC, Pascal, FORTRAN.

Grace College of Divinity: Teaching Online Courses: Summer 2018 & 2019: Taught Grk 301 Beginning NT Greek Summer 2019: Developed and taught MBIB 507 Beginning Biblical Hebrew Summer 2020: Developed and taugh MBIB 506 NT Greek course for Summer 2020 Construction

OEMA: Heavy equipment operator, driver—2017-2018

Whitty’s Design and Handyman Services: Carpenter, Minor-plumbing—2021 Built my own 2700sq ft house from foundation to finish—1987 Pence Construction: Laborer to Carpenter—1965-1970