PhD (Dunelm), MLitt (St And), BA
Research Fellow (Kirby Laing)
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Biography
After completing my undergraduate studies at Biola University (BA, 2011–2014), I moved to the UK to pursue postgraduate studies, first at St Andrews (MLitt, 2015–2016) and then at Durham (PhD, 2016–2020), where I wrote a thesis on christology and ethics in Paul's letter to the Galatians. I then became lecturer at University of Exeter (2022–2023) and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2023–2024). At Aberdeen I am currently the Kirby Laing Research Fellow in New Testament, a position generously funded by the Kirby Laing Foundation until January 2027, for which I am conducting a research project on ritual and transformation in ancient Judaism.
Latest Publications
Christology and Ethics in Galatians: Love and the Shared Self
Cambridge University PressBooks and Reports: BooksThe Stomach Purifies All Foods: Jesus' Anatomical Argument in Mark 7.18–19
New Testament Studies, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 371–391Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMelchizedek, the Son of Man, and Eschatological Jubilee: The Sin-Forgiving Messiahs in 11QMelchizedek and Mark
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 111–149Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDebating Daniel’s Dream:: The Synoptic Gospels and the Similitudes of Enoch on the Son of Man
Beyond Canon: Early Christianity and the Ethiopic Textual Tradition. Gebreananaye, M., Watson, F., Williams, L. (eds.). Bloomsbury T&T Clark, pp. 23–38, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersGiving the Self through Death:: A Crucified Christ as Gift in Galatians
Suffering and the Christian Life. Bloomsbury T&T Clark, pp. 23–32, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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Research Overview
My current research project for this Kirby Laing fellowship explores the relationship between ritual law and human transformation in select Jewish texts from antiquity (Dead Sea Scrolls, Philo, the letters of Paul, and Hekhalot literature) and places them in dialogue with modern techno-scientific aspirations for radical human transformation (transhumanism) and the differential theo-ethical reactions to these aspirations. I am constructing an innovative interdisciplinary model which combines methods and concepts from ritual studies, theories of technology, and the history of science to facilitate a robust comparison between these ancient and modern discourses, while inquiring how these ancient Jewish texts might contribute to contemporary debates on transhumanism.
My interest in the variegated reception of law and ritual has come to expression in a couple articles on the gospel of Mark. I have published an article in Journal for the Study of the New Testament on the messianic construal of the Jubilee legislation in 11QMelchizedek and Mark's gospel, and I have an article forthcoming in New Testament Studies on the legal dispute over handwashing in Mark 7.1–23 that offers a new interpretation of the phrase 'purifying all foods' in Mark 7.19.
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Christology and Ethics in Galatians: Love and the Shared Self
Cambridge University PressBooks and Reports: BooksThe Stomach Purifies All Foods: Jesus' Anatomical Argument in Mark 7.18–19
New Testament Studies, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 371–391Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMelchizedek, the Son of Man, and Eschatological Jubilee: The Sin-Forgiving Messiahs in 11QMelchizedek and Mark
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 111–149Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDebating Daniel’s Dream:: The Synoptic Gospels and the Similitudes of Enoch on the Son of Man
Beyond Canon: Early Christianity and the Ethiopic Textual Tradition. Gebreananaye, M., Watson, F., Williams, L. (eds.). Bloomsbury T&T Clark, pp. 23–38, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersGiving the Self through Death:: A Crucified Christ as Gift in Galatians
Suffering and the Christian Life. Bloomsbury T&T Clark, pp. 23–32, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersDisjunction in Paul: : Apocalyptic or Christomorphic? Comparing the Apocalypse of Weeks with Galatians
New Testament Studies, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 64–80Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688517000170