Professional

 

2019-Present

Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts, Warner, NH

Adjunct Professor of Greek and Latin

 

2014-Present

Kolbe Academy, Napa, California

Greek and Latin Instructor

Education

 

2017: Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen––PhD magna cum laude

• History and Literature of Ancient Christianity
• Dissertation: John Knox: The Life and Works of a New Testament Scholar
• Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerd Lüdemann, Göttingen
• Second Assessor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wehnert, Braunschweig
• Third Examiner: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Feldmeier, Göttingen

 

2008: California State University, Long Beach––MA

• Religious Studies
• Concentration: New Testament, Comparative Religion
• Exams: Theories and Methods in Religious Studies, New Testament
• Supervisors: Dr. F. Stanley Jones, Dr. Diana Steigerwald, Dr. Jon R. Stone

 

2005: Baptist Bible College West

• Biblical Studies
• Concentration: Biblical Exegesis, Theology

 

2008-2013: Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany

• Research Assistant for Gerd Lüdemann

Research and Teaching Interests

 

• New Testament
• Mimetic theory and biblical exegesis
• Greek and Latin languages and texts
• Religious conversion in the ancient world
• New Testament textual criticism
• Scapegoats: slaves, prisoners, etc. in the New Testament period Christian origins
• Heretics and their use of the New Testament 

Publications

 

 

BOOKS

 

2021: When the Earth was Flat: One Boy's Life at the Edge of the Millennium, Kolbe Academy Press.

 

2019: He Whom a Dream Hath Possessed: The Life and Works of the American John Knox, Peter Lang.

 

 

CHAPTERS AND ARTICLES

 

2021: "Those Who Have Eyes to See: The Divine Origins of the Modern Plot Twist," in René Girard, Theology, and Pop Culture, Fortress Academic, 57-69.

 

2017: "Codex Z in Galatians: Employing and Inventing Readings in the Fourth Century," in Biblische Notizen, Nr. 175, 83-93.

 

 

ONLINE ARTICLES

 

2022: "The Enemy Next Door," in Prime Matters, Nov. 1.

 

2022: "The Hidden Origins of Victim Culture," in Prime Matters, Sep. 8.

 

2020: "The Death of Jesus: A Lenten Meditation," in Faith and Culture, Apr. 1.

 

2018: "When Evening is Dawn: A Meditation for Advent," in Faith and Culture, Dec. 11.

 

2017: "The Challenge of Marcion," Review Article of Judith Lieu, Marcion and the Making of a Heretic, and Sebastian Moll, The Arch-Heretic Marcion. In Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies, Mar. 1. 

 

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

2022: Matthias Klinghardt, The Oldest Gospel and the Formation of the Canonical Gospels. 

• In Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies, Dec. 23.
• https://rbecs.org/2022/12/23/klinghardt/

 

2017: Dieter T. Roth, The Text of Marcion's Gospel.

• In Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies, Sep. 3.
• https://rbecs.org/2017/09/03/the-text-of-marcions-gospel/

 

2017: Pierre Manent, Beyond Radical Secularism: How France and the Christian West Should Respond to the Islamic Challenge.

• In St. Austin Review, Mar/Apr.

 

2015: Stephen C. Carlson, The Text of Galatians and Its History.

• In Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies, Jun. 14.
• https://rbecs.org/category/jordan-almanzar/

Translations (German to English)

 

2014: Martin Tamcke, "'Thieving Kurds': A Stereotype among Syriac Christians Concerning their Coexistence with the Kurds." In Religious Minorities in Kurdistan: Beyond the Mainstream, vol. 68 of, Studies in Oriental Religions, Khanna Omarkhali ed. Wiesbaden, Harrasowitz Verlag, 339-352.

 

2013: Martin Tamcke, "Isaac of Nineveh as Moral Theologian: Then and Now." Presented at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, March.

 

2012: "Use of the Book of Isaiah in Catholicos Timotheos' Dialogue with Caliph al-Mahdi." Presented at Georg August Universität, Göttingen, Nov.

Accepted Presentations

 

2019: "An Honest Mistake: The Text and Reception of Philemon," at the Magdalen College Annual Conference on Classical Reception, Feb. 23, Warner, New Hampshire.

 

2015: "Onesimus: Paul's Son who was a Slave," at the European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Jul. 12-15, Cordoba, Spain.

 

2015: "Codex Z," at the European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Jul. 12-15, Cordoba, Spain.

 

2013: “Community Matters: A Socio-historical View of the Emergence of the Church,” at the European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Jul. 30-Aug. 2, Leipzig, Germany. 

 

2013: “The Significance of Jesus: A Knoxian Approach to Christian Origins and the Role of the New Testament in the History of the Church,” at the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Jul. 7-11, St. Andrews, Scotland. 

 

2012: “Codex Z in Galatians,” at the St. Andrews Graduate Conference for Biblical and Early Christian Studies—Manuscripts and their Texts: Perspectives on Textual Criticism, Jun. 8-9, St. Andrews, Scotland. 

Works in Progress

 

• Onesimus: Paul's Son who was a Slave
• Verba Domini: A Handbook to the Saying and Teachings of Christ
• Heinrich Kreutzberg, Franz Reinisch: A Martyr of our Time. (Translation of, Franz Reinisch: Ein Martyrer unserer Zeit)
• Codex Z: Reconstructing the Archetypal Manuscript behind Codices D F G.