Instructional Associate Professor of Religion
Research Interests
Broadly speaking, my interests focus on Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity. In particular, my research concentrates on orality studies, performance criticism, memory studies, and media criticism of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Literature of the Second Temple period.
Biography
After finishing my B.A. at Liberty University (1999), I received my first M.A. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2003) and my second from McGill University (2005). I matriculated at Florida State University in 2007 and completed my Ph.D. in 2012. Before joining the faculty at the University of Mississippi in 2014, I was an Adjunct Professor of Religion at Florida State University for two years.
“Oral Tradition and the Dead Sea Scrolls” in Oral Tradition 33/1 (2019): 3-22.
“Traditional History and Cultural Memory in the Pesharim” in Journal for the Study of Judaism 50 (2019): 348–370.
“‘Sectual’ Performance of in Rule Texts” in Dead Sea Discoveries. 25 (2018): 15–38.
“Role of Performance and Performance of Role: Cultural Memory in Hodayot” in Journal of Biblical Literature. 137 (2018): 359–382.
Courses Taught
- Rel 300 Comparative World Religions
- Rel 310 The Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism
- Rel 312 New Testament and Early Christianity
- Rel 351 Philosophy of Religion
- Rel 360 Science and Religion
- REL 366 Sex, Gender, and the Bible
- Rel 370 Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Rel 372 Rise of Christianity
- Rel 375 Christianity in America
- Rel 386 Religion and Film
- Rel 395 Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature
Education
Ph.D. Religion, Florida State University (2012)