Research Interests

Early Christianity (to 10th century), Early Judaism (Second Temple to 10th century), Jewish-Christian Relations in Antiquity, Christian and Jewish Biblical Interpretation.

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Education

Ph.D. in Divinity, University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam College, 2001.
M.A. in Theology, Loyola University of Chicago, 1995.
B.A. in Classical Languages and Literature, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1992.

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Previous Teaching

1) Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Department of Classics (2004-06)
2) The University of Illinois at Chicago; Dept. of Classics & Mediterranean Studies (2002-04)

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Book (Thesis) Accepted for Publication

The Dialogue of Timothy and Aquila: Critical Greek Text and English Translation of the Short Recension with an Introduction including a Source-critical Study. Cambridge PhD thesis. Accepted by Mohr-Siebeck Press, Tübingen, in the series Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum. Being revised, due at publisher end of 2006/early 2007.

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Publications:

Articles
1) “The Christian-Jewish Dialogues through the Sixth Century (excluding Justin).” In volume one of Jewish Believers in Jesus: A History from Antiquity to the Present, edited by Oskar Skarsaune and Reidar Hvalvik. (Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 2007), 581-639. (30,000 words). See list of publisher's errata.

2) Review Article on Jewish Christianity, including original research and reviews of Stephen G. Wilson, Leaving the Fold: Apostates and Defectors in Antiquity and Huub van de Sandt (ed.), Matthew and the Didache: Two Documents from the Same Jewish-Christian Milieu?, Journal of Jewish Studies 57 (2006), 163-67.

3) “Jewish Biblical Interpretation and Genuine Jewish-Christian Debate in The Dialogue of Timothy and Aquila.” Journal of Jewish Studies, 51 (2000), 281-96.

4) “Hebrew and Aramaic in The Dialogue of Timothy and Aquila.” In Hebrew Study from Ezra to Ben-Yehuda, edited by William Horbury (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1999), 106-21.

Forthcoming Publications: Articles Accepted and at Publisher
“Jewish Biblical Interpretation.” In The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, Abingdom Press, Nashville. Due out 2007.

Editorial Work
1) Epiphanies in the Ancient World, edited by Nanno Marinatos, Lawrence Lahey, et al. Illinois Classical Studies 29 (2004). Champaign, Illinois; 234 pages.
2) Origen’s Hexapla and Fragments, edited by Alison Salvesen (Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 1998), extensive copy editing and editing (cf. pp. vi-vii).

Work in Progress
1) “Two Overlooked Early Sources Bearing on the Terminology of Jewish Christianity and Some Implications.” Treats two third-century descriptions of Jewish Christianity.
2) Irenaeus, Christian writer (2nd century). Two substantial fragments treating Biblical Interpretation; previously unpublished Greek text.