Education


  • University of Edinburgh: PhD in New Testament and Christian Origins

  • University of Edinburgh: MTh in Biblical Studies (Distinction)

  • Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary: MDiv (Summa Cum Laude)

  • University of Central Florida: BA in Sociology (Summa Cum Laude)

Blog Posts

    Publications

    Journal Articles

    “‘Beware the Dogs!’: The Phallic Epithet in Phil 3.2,” New Testament Studies 67 (2021): 105–120. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688520000107

    (If you do not have institutional access, you can read the article for free here.)

    “Just A Flesh Wound?: Reassessing Paul’s Supposed Indifference Toward Circumcision and Foreskin in 1 Cor 7:19, Gal 5:6, and 6:15,” Journal of the Jesus Movement in its Jewish Setting 8 (2021): 30–52. Available here

    “(Un)Making a Theological Mountain Out of a Cardiological Mohel: Heart-Circumcision in Paul’s Epistles,” Journal for the Study of the Jesus Movement in its Jewish Setting (forthcoming).

    Books

    The Apostle to the Foreskin: Circumcision in the Letters of Paul, Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 259 (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2023).

    • Winner of the 2023 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise

    • Book Website


     

    Book Chapters

    “For who has known the mind of the Apostle? Paul, The Law, and His Syngeneis in the Messiah” in Paul within Judaism, ed. Michael F. Bird, et al., WUNT 507 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023). Available here.

    Projects

    My PhD project at the University of Edinburgh, “The Apostle to the Foreskin: Circumcision in the Letters of Paul,” focused on Paul and Circumcision, paying particular attention to the ethnic contexts of Paul’s circumcision discourses.

    Upcoming Talks and Conferences

    Upcoming Papers

    • “Out with the Old and in with the Pneuma: 2 Corinthians 3 and Paul within Judaism Scholarship.” SBL Annual Meeting 2023 (Paul within Judaism Section)


    Past Papers:

    • “Circumcision Recut: Rethinking the Relation between Ethnicity and Circumcision in Second Temple and Pauline Literature.” Presented at the NT & Second Temple Judaism seminar group at the British New Testament Conference, Maynooth, Ireland, September 2, 2017.

    • “The Dogs of Philippians 3: Furthering Recent Proposals.” Presented at the Pauline Epistles seminar at the annual SBL Meeting  in Denver, Colorado on 17 November 2018.

    • “Dogs and Evil Workers and Mutilation! Oh My!: Identifying Paul’s Opponents in Philippians 3.” Presented at the New College (University of Edinburgh) Biblical Studies Seminar on 30 November 2018.

    • “Neither Circumcision Nor Foreskin: Peeling Back the Layers of a Pauline Maxim.” Presented at the Expert Meeting on Male Circumcision, University of Oslo, 10 May 2019.

    • “An Epispasmic Reading of Romans 4: A Response to Karin Neutel on the Foreskin of Abraham.” Presented at the Expert Meeting on Male Circumcision, University of Oslo, 11 May 2019.

    • “Just A Flesh Wound?: Reassessing Paul’s Supposed Indifference Toward Circumcision and Foreskin in 1 Cor 7:19, Gal 5:6, and 6:15.” SBL Annual Meeting (Pauline Epistles), Boston/Online, 3 December 2020.

    • “For who has known the mind of the Apostle?: Paul, The Law, and His Syngeneis in the Messiah.” Paul and Judaism Conference, Ridley College (Melbourne, Austraila), 21 September 2021. Available on YouTube.

    • “’Fore-Skin and Seven Years Ago…’: Re-Addressing Paul’s Past Proclamation of Circumcision (Gal 5:11) in Light of His Previous Occupation in Ioudaismos (Gal 1:13–14).” Pauline Epistles Program Unit, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, USA. 22 November 2021.

    • “Estranged from the Messiah: Schweitzer’s Deadly Sins and the Curious Case of Galatians 5:2–4.”  University of Nottingham Biblical Research Seminar. 15 March 2022.

    • “‘You’re a Shining Star’: DoxaPneuma, and Human Mortality in 2 Cor 3.” Paul Seminar Group. British New Testament Society, University of Saint Andrews, 2022.

    Memberships

    Society of Biblical Literature

    British New Testament Society

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