Together we will explore ten different ways that Scripture speaks of creation with special emphasis on the implied human role in each portrait. We will look at various portraits of creation in Genesis, Psalms, Job, some law, some prophets, Proverbs, and a bit of Paul, John, and Revelation. Begone all notions that there is only a single view of creation in Scripture!
Dr. Diane Jacobson is professor emerita of Old Testament at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, MN where she taught from1982-2010. She also served as director of the Book of Faith Initiative for the ELCA from 2008-2016. She is a rostered deacon of the ELCA. Jacobson has been a frequent speaker throughout the Church, including the 2011 and 2013 Churchwide Assemblies, the LWF 50th Anniversary Assembly in Hong Kong, and numerous synodical assemblies, rostered leaders gatherings, and churchwide consultations.
Jacobson currently serves on the St. Paul Area Synod Caring for Creation Workgroup and the EcoFaith Leadership Team of the NE Minn Synod as well as on the boards of Augsburg University, where she chairs the academic committee. She also served on the consulting board and as a contributor to the Lutheran Study Bible (2009, 2023).
Jacobson is, first and foremost, a lover of Scripture. “I’m in love with this Book,” she says. “My calling is to teach Scripture for the sake of God’s world, and to invite others into the wonders and rewards of exploring the Bible together.”