EDUCATION

• Ph.D. University of Toronto, 2009 (Religious Studies, Ancient Christianity)

Dissertation – Lettered Christians:  Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus

Supervisor:  John Kloppenborg External Examiner:  Eldon Epp

• M.St. Christ Church, University of Oxford, 2004 (Jewish Studies)

Thesis – Galilean Social Bandits?  An Examination of Galilean Brigandage from Herod the Great to the Outbreak of the First Jewish Revolt Against Rome (First Class Honors)

Supervisor:  Fergus Millar

• M.A. University of Calgary, 2003 (Religious Studies, Specialization in Western Religions)

Thesis – The Early Roman Emperors and the Christians: An Examination of the Early Emperors’ Ascribed Position as “Persecutors” of the Christians

Supervisor:  Wayne McCready

• B.A. (Hons.) University of Calgary, 2001 (Classical & Early Christian Studies)

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Spring Semester 2000

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TEACHING & RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research focuses primarily on Christianity in the Roman Empire through the reign of Theodosius (I). Within this broad area I am especially interested in Christianity in Roman Egypt. I am presently doing research on evidence of Arianism in fourth-century papyri. I offer courses in Ancient Christianity, Graeco-Roman Religions, and Papyrology

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RECENT TEACHING

• Tulane University, Fall 2009 Teaching:

CLAS 104 – Classical Mythology CLAS 220 – Ancient Christianity CLAS 481/681 – Martyrdom and Persecution in Ancient Christianity

• Instructor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary Summer semester 2004 

RELS 383 - Origins of Christianity 100 BCE - 200 CE

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PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Publications
“Lease of an Olive Garden and Vineyard (P. 11892).” In Aegyptische Urkunden aus den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Griechische Urkunden (=BGU XX) [submitted and forthcoming]

“A Note on the Meaning of the Term μονοκτίστ(ης).” In Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 166 (2008) 22.

“Reconsidering the Dates of Three Christian Letters:  P.Oxy. XVIII 2193, 2194, P.Köln IV 200 and a Reference in the Historia monachorum in Aegypto.” In Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 54.2 (2008) 219-222.

“Petition to a Beneficiarius from Late Third Century A.D. Oxyrhynchus.” In Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 165 (2008) 186-190.

“Social Banditry?  Galilean Banditry from Herod until the Outbreak of the First Jewish Revolt.” In Scripta Classica Israelica 27 (2008) 35-53.

“Beware of Bandits!  Banditry and Land Travel in the Roman Empire.” In Journeys. The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing 8.1 (2008) 1-20.

“P.Vindob. G 26079:  A Parchment Codex Fragment of LXX Ecclesiastes 1:14-17.” In Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 44 (2007) 23-26.

“A Jew in Celsus’ True Doctrine?  An Examination of Jewish Anti-Christian Polemic in the Second Century C.E.” In Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 36.2 (2007) 297-315.

Invited Publications

“Is P.Oxy. XLII 3057 the Earliest Christian Letter?” In Thomas J. Kraus and Tobias Nicklas (eds.), Early Christian Manuscripts: Their Texts and Their World.  Texts and Editions for New Testament Study Vol. IV. (Leiden:  E.J. Brill) [submitted and forthcoming]  

(with Jenn Cianca, Peter Richardson, William Tabbernee) “The Roman Near East”  In William Tabbernee (ed.), Early Christianities in Context (Atlanta:  Society of Biblical Literature) [submitted and forthcoming]

“Travel and Communication in the New Testament” In The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (Nashville:  Abingdon Press) [submitted and forthcoming]

“Christians on the Move in Late Antique Oxyrhynchus” In Philip Harland (ed.), Travel and Religion in Antiquity: Pilgrims, Nomads, and Wanderers (Waterloo:  Wilfred Laurier Press) [submitted and forthcoming]

(with Jenn Cianca)
“The Oratory of St. George in Rihab:  The Oldest Extant Christian Building or Just Another Byzantine Church? Biblical Archaeology Review online archives
http://www.bib-arch.org/online-exclusives/oldest-church.pdf

“Scribes and Ancient Letters:  Implications for the Pauline Epistles” In Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd (eds.), How the New Testament Came to Be, 208-226.  Salt Lake City:  Deseret Book, 2006

Book Reviews

Andrew S. Jacobs, Remains of the Jews:  The Holy Land and Christian Empire in Late Antiquity (Stanford University Press, 2004).  Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire XLI, Spring-Summer/printemps-été 2006, 103-04.

Bart Ehrman, The New Testament:  A Historical Introduction To The Early Christian Writings (3rd Ed.)(Oxford University Press 2004).  Review of Biblical Literature (Oct. 2004) (http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/3823_3777.pdf )

John Dart, Decoding Mark (Trinity Press International 2003). Review of Biblical Literature (Sept. 2004) (http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/4063_3928.pdf)

Clayton Croy, The Mutilation of Mark’s Gospel (Abingdon Press, 2003)  Review of Biblical Literature (July 2004) (http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/3235_3638.pdf)

A. van Aardes, Fatherless in Galilee (Trinity Press International, 2001) Review of Biblical Literature (March 2004) (http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/1528_922.pdf)

 

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PAPERS PRESENTED

“Counting Christians:  Onomastic Considerations and the Christianisation of Fourth-Century Egypt”
Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds Section
November 2009, New Orleans Louisiana

“Onomastic Considerations and the Christianisation of Fourth-Century Egypt”
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies, Being Christian in Egypt Section
May 2009, Carleton University, Ottawa

“Is P.Oxy. 3057 the Earliest Christian Letter?”
Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds Section
November 2008, Boston Massachusetts

“Christian Epistolarity:  Some Observations on the Identification of Christian Papyrus Letters from Oxyrhynchus”
Toronto School of Theology Biblical Seminar
October 2007, Toronto School of Theology

“Christians on the Move:  Travel and Social-Networking in Late Antique Oxyrhynchus”
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Travel and Religion in Antiquity Seminar
May 2007, University of Saskatchewan

“Scriptural Allusions and Reminiscences in Private Christian Letters from Oxyrhynchus”
Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds Section
November 2006, Washington D.C.

“Scribes and Ancient Letters:  Implications for the Pauline Epistles” 
The Thirty-Fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Writing and Compilation of the New Testament
October 2006, Brigham Young University

“Social Banditry?  Galilean Banditry from Herod the Great until the Outbreak of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome”
Toronto School of Theology Biblical Seminar
February 2006, Toronto School of Theology

“A Jew in Celsus’ True Doctrine?”
Presented paper as recipient of the Jeremias Award for top graduate essay in New Testament and Early Christian Studies at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies
May 2005, University of Western Ontario

“Beware of the Bandits!  The Perils of Land Travel in the Roman Empire”
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Travel and Religion in Antiquity Seminar
May 2005, University of Western Ontario

“A Jew in Celsus’ True Doctrine?”
Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Early Jewish-Christian Relations Section
November 2004, San Antonio Texas

Lincoln Blumell and Dr. Wayne McCready
“Religious and Civil Identities at Roman Carthage”
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Religious Rivalries Seminar
May 2003, Dalhousie University

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HONORS & AWARDS

Jackman Fellowship, University of Toronto 2007/2008 ($25,000.00)

Canada Council Research Fellowship (CGS SSHRC), Sept. 2005-April 2008 ($105,000.00)

I received first place in a national graduate essay competition for the 2004/05 academic year that was sponsored by the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies.  The essay submitted was, “A Jew in Celsus’ True Doctrine?”  A non-partisan panel of referees judged the competition. 
See http://www.ccsr.ca/csbs/JeremiasWinners.htm

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