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 2106 – Hebrew Bible
  
• RLST 2107 – Christian Testament
  
• RLST 3106 – Christian Church I: Origins and Foundations
  
• RLST 3137 – Apocalyptic and the Book of Revelation
  
• RLST 3156 – Exploring the Dead Sea Scrolls
  
• 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

• Friendship and Benefaction in James. Emory Studies in Early Christianity. Blandford Forum, UK: Deo, (forthcoming, 2009).
  What Are They Saying About the Letter of James? Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, forthcoming 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. SBL Symposium Series; Atlanta: Brill, Society of Biblical Literature, 2008.
  
  
• “God in the Letter of James: Patron or Benefactor?” The Social World of the New Testament. 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]