Marie-Louise Craig

Major Doctor Marie-Louise Craig

Lecturer in Biblical Languages & Biblical Studies

PhD (CSU), BTh Honours (CSU), BTh (CSU), DipTh (ACT), BA (UQ), BMus Sch Mus A (UQ)

Contact Details

📞 07 3514 7413

✉️ mcraig@ministryeducation.org.au

Profile

Marie-Louise Craig began her career as a music teacher and musician. In 1986 she was ordained and, for 31 years, served as a Salvation Army Officer in congregational ministry with her husband, Major Gary Craig.

From 2013 to 2016, she taught Hebrew as a sessional lecturer at St Francis College, Milton and at the Nazarene Theological College, Thornlands. In 2017, she accepted a permanent position at St Francis College.

Marie-Louise has seven children with her husband Gary. She has continued to play music and has played in or conducted musical orchestras, Salvation Army brass bands, school bands and orchestras.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

Pioneers and ‘no through roads’: The story of the early Hebrew-English lexicons. In J. Loopstra & M. Sokoloff (Eds.), Foundations for Syriac Lexicography V: Colloquia of the International Syriac Language Project. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2012, pp. 21-42.

Lexicography: Pre-Modern Period. In G. Khan, S. Bolokzy, S. E. Fassberg, G. A. Rendsburg, A. D. Rubin, O. R. Schwarzwald & T. Zewi (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (Vol. 2). Leiden: Brill, 2013, pp. 514-520.

Take one Hebrew lexicon, add fresh theology and mix well: The impact of theology on Hebrew-English lexicons. In R. A. Taylor & C. E. Morrison (Eds.), Reflections on Lexicography: Explorations in Ancient Syriac, Hebrew, and Greek Sources. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2014, pp. 147-210.

Leaving Judgement to God: Jonah’s Struggle. In Things that Make for Peace: Traversing Text and Tradition in Christianity and Islam. Rees, A. (ed.). 1st ed. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2020, p. 75-90.

Honours dissertation

The emergence of Hebrew-English lexicons: From Udall to Parkhurst. (Bachelor of Theology Honours Thesis), Charles Sturt University, Canberra.

Doctoral Thesis

Hebrew-English Lexicons of the British Isles: From John Parkhurst (1762) to Benjamin Davies (1872). (PhD), Charles Sturt University.

Articles in Anglican Focus

What would you rather? To be followed or pursued? (Oct 2018)

But what if she’s said ‘No’? Backstories to the Bible by Cathy Laufer (Book Review) (Nov 2018)

Can you spot the difference? God can! (March 2021)

There is nothing new under the sun, and Mother God still loves us (October 2021)

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