About
I am a scholar of ancient Judaism and Christianity, with primary research interests in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the intersection of angelology and religious identity. I currently serve as an associate professor of biblical studies at Acadia Divinity College, which is the Faculty of Theology of Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Education
Ph.D., McMaster University, 2016
M.A.(Th), Acadia University, 2006
M.Div., Acadia University, 2005
B.Sc., Mount Saint Vincent University, 2001 Publications
Most Recent (see above CV for full listing):
“What Angel or Prince Is Like Your Redemptive Help? Revisiting the Assistance of 1QM 13:14.”
Dead Sea Discoveries 32 (2025): 231–61.
https://brill.com/view/journals/dsd/32/2/article-p231_4.xml
Review of
“Son of Man” Volume One: Early Jewish Literature, by Richard Bauckham.
Bulletin for Biblical Research 34 (2024): 266–68.
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/biblical-research/article-abstract/34/2/266/391796/Richard-Bauckham-Son-of-Man-Volume-1-Early-Jewish?redirectedFrom=fulltext
“Little Ones, Angels, and the Face of the Father: Matthew 18:10 in the Context of Second Temple Period Judaism.” Pages 219–35 in
The Cradle of Christianity: Judaism, Jesus, and the New Testament: Essays in Honor of Craig A. Evans. Edited by Thomas R. Hatina and Stanley E. Porter. Texts and Editions for New Testament Study 18. Leiden: Brill, 2024 (co-authored with H. Daniel Zacharias).
https://brill.com/display/book/9789004695146/BP000020.xml
“Divine Wisdom and Knowledge on Steroids: גבורה in Biblical Tradition and at Qumran.”
Journal of Ancient Judaism 15 (2024): 65–97.
https://brill.com/view/journals/jaj/15/1/article-p65_3.xml
“With God (and the Angels) on Our Side: A Comparison of Celestial Assistance in the War Scroll and 2 Maccabees.” Pages 141–75 in
The Dead Sea Scrolls in the Context of Hellenistic Judea: Proceedings of the Tenth Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies (Aberdeen, 5–8 August 2019). Edited by Pieter B. Hartog and Andrew B. Perrin. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 142. Leiden: Brill, 2022.
https://brill.com/display/book/9789004522442/BP000014.xml
Review of
Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism, by Annette Yoshiko Reed.
Review of Biblical Literature (2021).
https://www.sblcentral.org/API/Reviews/13852_71749.pdf
“Sectarian Identity and Angels Associated with Israel: A Comparison of Daniel 7–12 with 1QS, 11QMelchizedek, and 1QM.” Pages 169–98 in
The Dead Sea Scrolls, Revise and Repeat: New Methods and Perspectives. Edited by Carmen Palmer, Andrew R. Krause, Eileen Schuller, and John Screnock. Early Judaism and its Literature 52. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2020.
https://cart.sbl-site.org/books/063554P
Angels Associated with Israel in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Angelology and Sectarian Identity at Qumran. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2/509. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019.
https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/angels-associated-with-israel-in-the-dead-sea-scrolls-9783161553035?no_cache=1
“Claiming Israel’s Angels as their Own: The Angelic Realm and the Religious Identity of the Qumran Sect.”
The Bible and Interpretation, July 2019,
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/claiming-israels-angels-their-own-angelic-realm-and-religious-identity-qumran-sect.
“Angels.” In
Oxford Bibliographies in Biblical Studies. Edited by Christopher Matthews. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019,
https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195393361/obo-9780195393361-0079.xml?rskey=51gsDE&result=17, co-authored with Joseph L. Angel.
Memberships
Canadian Society of Biblical Studies
International Organization of Qumran Studies
Society of Biblical Literature