Curriculum Vitae

Sessional Instructor, Huron at the University of Western Ontario, 2013-present
Sessional Instructor, McMaster University, 2016-present
Sessional Instructor, St. Peter’s Seminary, London Ontario, 2021-present
Sessional Instructor, King’s at the University of Western Ontario, 2014

Doctor of Philosophy, Religious Studies (Early Christianity & Judaism), McMaster University, 2013
Master of Arts, Religious Studies, McMaster University, 2007
Bachelor of Arts, Biblical Studies, Briercrest College, 2004
• Distinction on Comprehensive Exams (graduate)
• Awarded Class Valedictorian (undergraduate)
• Awarded numerous competitive graduate scholarships, including Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada Scholarship ($17,500 Masters and $80,000 Doctoral), Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000 Masters and $17,500 Doctoral, declined), and The Abby Goldblatt Memorial Scholarship ($1,000), “Awarded annually to a graduate student who achieves academic excellence”

Ancient Languages
Intermediate Hebrew I, McMaster University, 2016
Intermediate Hebrew, Huron University College, 2019
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew I & II, McMaster University, 2016-2022
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew I & II, Huron University College, 2013-2019, 2021-2022
Introduction to Greek Grammar I & II, Huron University College, 2015-2020, 2022-2023
Readings in New Testament Greek, Huron University College, 2017, 2020
Biblical Studies
Introduction to the Bible as Scripture, Huron University College, 2018-2021
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, Huron University College, 2017, 2022-2023
Introduction to Sacred Scripture, St. Peter’s Seminary, 2021-2022
Major Letters of Paul, Huron University College, 2019, 2022, 2024
New Testament Writings, Huron University College, 2019-2020, 2023-2024
Studies in the Gospels, Huron University College, 2021
Synoptic Gospels, St. Peter’s Seminary, 2024
The Bible in the Church, St. Peter’s Seminary, 2021-2022
The Johannine Literature, St. Peter’s Seminary, 2024
The Letters of Paul, St. Peter’s Seminary, 2022-2023
The New Testament, McMaster University, 2020
The Pentateuch/Five Books of Moses, St. Peter’s Seminary, 2024
Religion, Religion(s) & Ancient World
Basic Issues in Religion, King’s University College, 2014
Death & the Afterlife in Early Judaism and Christianity, McMaster University, 2014
Paul and the Roman Empire, Independent Focus Course, Huron University College, 2022

Peer Reviewed
“Born of Woman, Fashioned from Clay: Tracking the Homology of Earth and Womb from the Hebrew Bible to the Psalms of Thanksgiving.” Dead Sea Discoveries 28, no. 2 (2021): 135-178.
“Sexuality and Self-Deprecation in the Thanksgiving Psalms: Questions of Celibacy and the Presence of Women in the Yahad.” In Dead Sea Scrolls, Revise and Repeat: New Methods and Perspectives, edited by Carmen Palmer, Andrew Krause, Eileen M. Schuller, and John Screnock, 279-304. Early Judaism and its Literature 52. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2020.
Adam’s Dust and Adam’s Glory in the Hodayot and the Letters of Paul: Rethinking Anthropogony and Theology. Supplements to Novum Testamentum 168. Leiden: Brill, 2016.
Dictionary and Encyclopedia Entries
“Humility. Judaism. Second Temple and Hellenistic Judaism.” In The Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, edited by Dale C. Allison, Jr., Christine Helmer, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, and Eric Ziolkowski, 547. Vol. 12. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2016.
“קלון (shame).” In Theologisches Wörterbuch zu den Qumrantexten, edited by Heinz–Josef Fabry and Ulrich Dahmen, 534-6. Vol 3. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2016.
“תכמים (filth, bowels, inner self).” In Theologisches Wörterbuch zu den Qumrantexten, edited by Heinz–Josef Fabry and Ulrich Dahmen, 1121-23. Vol 3. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2016.
“מגבל (kneaded, kneading).” In Theologisches Wörterbuch zu den Qumrantexten, edited by Heinz–Josef Fabry and Ulrich Dahmen, 570-72. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2013.
Electronic Resource
with Ken Penner, eds. The Lexham Dead Sea Scrolls Hebrew-English Interlinear Bible. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.
Reviews
On Human Nature in Early Judaism: Creation, Composition, and Condition, by Jeffrey P. García. Journal for the Study of Judaism. 53, no. 4-5 (2022): 1-4.
Dust of the Ground and Breath of Life (Gen 2:7): The Problem of a Dualistic Anthropology in Early Judaism and Christianity, edited by Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten and George H. van Kooten. Dead Sea Discoveries 25, no. 2 (2018): 271-73.
Paul’s Anthropology in Context: The Image of God, Assimilation to God, and Tripartite Man in Ancient Judaism, Ancient Philosophy and Early Christianity, by George H. van Kooten. Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok 76 (2011): 242-44.