Education & Training
Tony earned degrees from Westmont College, Fuller Theological Seminary, the University of St. Andrews (Scotland), and the University of Sheffield (England).
Tony taught at Sterling and King Colleges, New College (Berkeley), and Fuller Seminary. He was Director of Christian Education at Good Samaritan Church (Cupertino, CA) and Piedmont Church (Piedmont, CA), and teaching pastor at Grace Episcopal Church (St. Helena, CA).
He served as Rector of St. Francis Episcopal Church (Wilsonville, OR) before retiring after nearly 13 years, and is now Rector Emeritus at St. Francis.
"Anthony Petrotta is a rare and beautiful creature: a biblical scholar with a funny bone!"--Dave Denny, author of, among other books, Man Overboard: A Tale of Divine Compassion (Wipf & Stock, Eugene, OR 2013).
Select Publications
Pocket Dictionary of Biblical Studies Terms IVP (with Dr. Art Patzia; 2002).
Lexis Ludens: Wordplay and the Book of Micah Peter Land: NY 1991.
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“A Forsythia for Your Thoughts: Reciprocity in Reading J.B. and Job,” and
"A Test of Balaam: Locating Humor in a Biblical Text," in Probing the Frontiers of Biblical Studies (Pickwick: 2009).
Temple,” in Baker’s Dictionary of Biblical Theology (Baker: 1996).
Several reviews and articles for Radix, including
"Leisurely Thoughts on Being Bored," Radix 34/1
“The Ways we Read,” Radix 36/4;
"The Practice of Remembering: A Lenten Journey," Radix 40/3;
"A Dirt Eye's View of Scripture," Radix 40/4.
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“Ellul as a Reader of Ecclesiastes,” in Jacques Ellul and the Bible,” (Pickwick: 2020)