Current Approaches to the Computational Analysis of Hebrew Manuscript Data
Presented at From Manuscript to Screen, Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg, January 2025.
Hebrew Bible
The Death of the Gods in the Old Greek Translation of Job
Examines how the Old Greek translator of Job engaged with passages concerning divine mortality, revealing interpretive strategies that reshape the theological landscape of the text.
What has Esther to Do with Qumran?
Investigates previous claims for knowledge of the Book of Esther at Qumran, arguing it is no longer tenable to posit any reference to or knowledge of Esther within the writings from Qumran.
The Transmission History of 2 Kings 21:13b
Examines the Masoretic tradition of 2 Kings 21:13b and the significant variants in other biblical versions that have received virtually no scholarly attention.
1 Samuel 2:13–16 in the Context of Mediterranean Tariff Texts
Comparison with Phoenician and Greek sacrificial regulations of the mid-to-late first millennium BCE provides a socio-linguistic backdrop for understanding 1 Samuel 2:13–16 and for explaining many of its difficulties.
Review: The Poetic Priestly Source by Jason M.H. Gaines
Review of Jason M.H. Gaines, The Poetic Priestly Source (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015).
In and Between the Lines of 1 Samuel 2:11-18
Presented at the International SBL/EABS Conference, Berlin, August 2017.
A Compositional History of Psalm 136
Presented at the Doktorandenkolloquium, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, December 2016.
Let's Read the Vulgate: Some Remarks on the Compositional History of 2 Kings 21:13 and Psalm 41:2
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the SBL, San Antonio, Texas, November 2016.
Wisdom in the Book of Qohelet
NEJS 110b · Brandeis University · Spring 2016
Déjà lu: Parallel Passages in the Hebrew Bible
NEJS 110b · Brandeis University · Fall 2015
Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls
NEJS 117b · Brandeis University · Spring 2015
Theoretical Approaches to Reading the Hebrew Bible
Presented at the Graduate Proseminar, Brandeis University, April 2014.
Jude, Deuteronomy, and the Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon: Dealing with Treason when God Becomes King
Presented at the Graduate Proseminar, Brandeis University, March 2011.