Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Hebraic, Judaic and Cognate Studies, 2012, Hebrew Union College — Jewish Institute of Religion

Master of Philosophy in Hebraic, Judaic and Cognate Studies, 2010, Hebrew Union College — Jewish Institute of Religion

Master of Arts in New Testament, 2006, Freed-Hardeman University

Bachelors of Arts in Biblical Studies with Emphasis in New Testament Greek, 2003, Freed-Hardeman University

Teaching Experience

Instructor in Bible, Freed-Hardeman University, 2010–2012

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Freed-Hardeman University, 2012–2018

Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Freed-Hardeman University, 2018–present

Administrative Experience

Program coordinator, Master of Arts (New Testament), 2014–present

Program coordinator, Master of Arts (Old Testament), 2016–present

Director, Graduate School of Theology, 2018–present

Academic Publications

Books

Didymus the Blind and the Alexandrian Christian Reception of Philo. Studia Philonica Monographs 8. Atlanta: SBL, 2017.

Articles and Essays

“Origen’s Use of Philo Judaeus,” in the Oxford Handbook of Origen. Edited by Ronald E. Heine and Katherine Jo Torjesen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

"Philo's Reception in Didymus of Alexandria," in The Reception of Philo of Alexandria. Edited by Courtney Friesen, David Lincicum, and David Runia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

"Logos in Second Temple/Hellenistic Judaism," in The Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Berlin: De Gruyter, forthcoming.

"Logos in Patristics and Orthodox Churches," in The Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Berlin: De Gruyter, forthcoming.

“Vulgate Proverbs,” Pages 271-275 in the Textual History of the Bible. Vol. 1C. Edited by Armin Lange and Emmanuel Tov. Leiden: Brill, 2017.

“Vulgate Psalms,” Pages 104-110 in the Textual History of the Bible. Vol. 1C. Edited by Armin Lange and Emmanuel Tov. Leiden: Brill, 2017.

"Origen in the Likeness of Philo." Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 12 (2017): 1-13.

“The Philonic and the Pauline: Hagar and Sarah in the Exegesis of Didymus the Blind.” The Studia Philonica Annual 26 (2014): 57–77.

“The Inerrancy of Scripture in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.” ΠΝΕΥΜΑΤΙΚΑ 2 (2014): 94–103.

Book Reviews

From Stoicism to Platonism: The Development of Philosophy, 100 BCE –100 CE. Edited by Troels Engberg-Pedersen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pages 256–59 in The Studia Philonica Annual 29 (2017).

A History of Pythagoreanism. Edited by Carl A. Huffman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. The Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 03/17.

Sami Yli-Karjanmaa, Reincarnation in Philo of Alexandria. Studia Philonic Monographs 7. Atlanta: SBL, 2015, in the Review of Biblical Literature, 12/16.

Walter T. Wilson, The Sentences of Sextus. Wisdom Literature from the Ancient World 1. Atlanta: SBL, 2012, in the Review of Biblical Literature, 09/16.

Mark Edwards, Image, Word and God in the Early Christian Centuries. Ashgate Studies in Philosophy & Theology in Late Antiquity. Surrey: Ashgate, 2013, in The Studia Philonic Annual 26 (2014): 244–47.

George Karamanolis, The Philosophy of Early Christianity. Ancient Philosophies. Durham: Acumen, 2013, in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review 4/14.

The Ancient Synagogue from its Origins to 200 CE: A Source Book. Ed. Anders Runesson, Donald D. Binder, and Birger Olsson. Leiden: Brill, 2008, in The Studia Philonica Annual 21 (2009): 131–133.

Conference presentations

“A Little Cain in All of Us: De Cherubim as an Introduction to Philo's ‘Cain Trilogy.’” Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, Boston, MA, 2017.

“Philo or Paul? The Hagar Allegory in Alexandrian Patristic Theology.” Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2016.

“The Reception of Philonic Arithmological Exegesis in Didymus the Blind's Commentary on Genesis.” Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2015.

“Origen in the Likeness of Philo: Eusebius of Caesarea’s Portrait of the Model Scholar.” Christian Scholar’s Conference. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX, 2015.