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Education
- B.A. Humanistic Studies (McGill)
- M.A. Biblical Studies (St. Michael’s – Toronto)
- Ph.D. Biblical Studies (St. Michael’s – Toronto)
Areas of Specialization
- Biblical Studies, Graeco-Roman Religions, Hermeneutics
Courses
Taught
- RLST 1005 – Religion
and Roots
- RLST 2106 – Hebrew Bible
- RLST 2107 – Christian Testament
- RLST 2186 – Person
of Jesus: Historical Context
- RLST 3106 – Christian Church: Origins
and Foundations
- RLST 3136 – Wisdom Literature
- RLST 3137 – Apocalyptic and the
Book of Revelation
- RLST 3156 – Exploring the Dead
Sea Scrolls
- RLST 3157 – Secret Gospels
- RLST 4116 – Biblical Studies I
- Interpretive Methods
- RLST 4117 – Biblical Studies II
- Reading the Text
Current areas of research interest
- The Letter of James; Social Scientific Approaches to Earliest Christianity; Moral World of Antiquity; Emotions in Antiquity; Gender and Family in Earliest Christianity; History of Biblical Interpretation
Recent Publications
- “"BTB Readers' Guide: Clothing and Adornment,"
Biblical Theology Bulletin 40 (2010) 148-59.
- “"Reading the Bible in Occupied France: André
Trocmé and Le Chambon, " Harvard Theological
Review 103 (2010) 309-28.
- “Friendship and Benefaction in James. Emory Studies
in Early Christianity. Blandford Forum, UK: Deo, UK:Deo
Publishing, 2010.
- “"Brokerage: Jesus as Social Entrepreneur."
Pages 167-77 in Understanding the Social World of
the New Testament. Edited by Dietmar Neufeld and
Richard DeMaris; London & New York: Routledge, 2009.
- “"Neither Gold nor Braided Hair" (1 Tim
2:9; 1 Pet 3:3): Adornment, Gender and Honour in Antiquity"
New Testament Studies 55 (2009) 484-501.
- “ What Are They Saying About the Letter
of James? New York: Paulist Press, 2009.
- “The Degraded Poor and the Greedy Rich: Exploring
the Language of Poverty and Wealth in the Letter of James.”
The Social Sciences and Biblical Translation.
Edited by Dietmar Neufeld. Symposium Series 41; Atlanta:
Society of Biblical Literature; Leiden: Brill, 2008.
- “God in the Letter of James: Patron or Benefactor?”
Pages 47-62 in The Social World of the New Testament.
Insights and Models. Edited by Jerome H.
Neyrey, S.J., and Eric C. Stewart; Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson,
2008.
- “Ideological Strategies in James.” Pages 6-26
in Reading James with New Eyes: Methodological
Reassessments of the Letter of James. Edited
by Robert L. Webb and John S. Kloppenborg; Library of New
Testament Series 342; London: T & T Clark, 2007.
- “The Moral World of Greco-Roman Associations”
in Studies in Religion/Sciencesreligieuses
36 (2007) 133-49.
- “ Teachings of Jesus. Ottawa: Novalis, 2005. [Portuguese
Translation: Ensinamentos de Jesus.
São Paulo: Ave Maria, 2008]
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