Department of History Staff

Dr. Barker earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Tennessee in History and Religious Studies. He also earned a Master of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt Divinity School and a Ph.D. in New Testament and Early Christianity from Vanderbilt University.

New Testament, Early Christianity, Ancient Writing Materials and Processes, Interrelations of the Gospels, and Tatian's Diatessaron

Judaism
Christianity
Jesus in Film
The Life of Jesus
The Making of the Bible
Christians, Jews, and Pagans
Graduate Teaching Practicum
The New Testament
Introductory Greek
Intermediate Greek
Senior Seminar