Dr. Hélène Dallaire

Associate Professor of Old Testament
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Dr. Hélène Dallaire joined the faculty in 2006 as associate professor of Old Testament. She is an ordained minister with the Evangelical Church Alliance, and is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the American Academy of Religion, and the National Association of Professors of Hebrew.

Dr. Dallaire earned a Ph.D. and an M.Phil. in Hebrew and cognate studies from Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion, an M.A. in biblical literature from Oral Roberts University , and a B.A. in psychology from Ottawa University . She completed additional work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Institute for Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem, McMaster University in Ontario, and Western Pentecostal Bible College in British Columbia.

Prior to coming to Denver Seminary, Dr. Dallaire served five years on the faculty of Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion in the position of director of Hebrew language instruction, one year on the faculty of Alliance Biblical Seminary in the Philippines, and completed 10 years of pastoral ministry at the Word Faith Christian Center in Canada.

Dr. Dallaire regularly presents academic papers at professional conferences on Biblical Literature, Hebrew language and Pedagogy.  For 3 years, she was on the Field test team of the CoHeLeT project (Communicative Hebrew Learning and Teaching) and is currently writing the Introduction to Living Biblical Hebrew (Eerdmans), and the “Joshua” commentary in the revised edition of the Expositor’s Bible Commentary series.   She has contributed chapters and articles in the following books, commentary series and encyclopedia:  A Case for Historic Premillennialism: An Alternative to “Left Behind” Eschatology (Baker), “Esther” in The Evangelical One-Volume Commentary on the Bible (Baker – forthcoming), “Ten Commandments”, “Wisdom”, “Law”, “Blessings”, “Covenant”, “Day of the Lord”, “Sacrifice” in The Dictionary of Everyday Theology and Culture (NavPress).

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Areas of Academic Interest and Research

Hebrew (biblical, mishnaic, modern) grammar, syntax; Hebrew pedagogy - CoHeLeT project (Communicative Hebrew Learning and Teaching); ancient Near Eastern languages and comparative Semitic linguistics; Esther; Joshua; Patriarchal narratives; Old Testament backgrounds; Messianic Judaism.