Scholarship

Book Reviews

“Reading Paul as Christian Scripture: A Literary, Canonical, and Theological Introduction (Review).” Religious Studies Review (forthcoming). 

“Paul and His Rivals: Apostleship and Antagonism in the Corinthian Correspondence (Review).” Religious Studies Review (forthcoming). 

“Paul: Apostle of Grace (Review).” Religious Studies Review (forthcoming). 

“The Commentarial Impulse: Interpretation and Actualization in the Pauline Tradition (Review).” Religious Studies Review (forthcoming). 

“Counting Paul: Scientificity, Fuzzy Math, and Ideology in Pauline Studies (Review).” Religious Studies Review 52.1 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1111/rsr.70243 

“The Life of Thecla: Apocryphal Expansion in Late Antiquity (Review).” Religious Studies Review 52.1 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1111/rsr.70248 

“A Room with a Pauline View (Review).” The Expository Times, 137.9 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1177/00145246261452

“Those for Whom the Lamp Shines: The Making of Egyptian Ethnic Identity in Late Antiquity (Review).” Religious Studies Review 50.4 (2025). https://doi-org.proxy.lib.duke.edu/10.1111/rsr.17468

“The Apostle to the Foreskin: Circumcision in the Letters of Paul (Review).” Religious Studies Review 50.4 (2025). https://doi-org.proxy.lib.duke.edu/10.1111/rsr.17496

“The Apostle and the Empire: Paul’s Implicit and Explicit Criticism of Rome (Review).” Religious Studies Review 50.1 (2024). https://doi-org.proxy.lib.duke.edu/10.1111/rsr.16974

“Divination and Philosophy in the Letters of Paul (Review).” Religious Studies Review 50.1 (2024). https://doi-org.proxy.lib.duke.edu/10.1111/rsr.17035

“Isaiah’s Servant in Paul: The Hermeneutics and Ethics of Paul’s Use of Isaiah 49–54 (Review).” Religious Studies Review 49.2 (2023). https://doi-org.proxy.lib.duke.edu/10.1111/rsr.16450

“The Curse Motif in Galatians: An Investigation into Paul’s Rhetorical Strategies (Review).” Religious Studies Review 49.2 (2023). https://doi-org.proxy.lib.duke.edu/10.1111/rsr.16449

“The Origin and Persistence of Evil in Galatians (Review).” Religious Studies Review 49.2 (2023). https://doi-org.proxy.lib.duke.edu/10.1111/rsr.16448

Conference Presentations

“Enslaved to Corruption: Cosmic Sin and Personal Transgression in Romans and Contemporary Ecclesiastical Corruption,” Romans and Christian Theology Conference, Princeton, NJ, October 23–25, 2026 (Upcoming). 

 “Patron of Salvation; Ancient Associations, Divine Patronage, and Christology in 1 Thessalonians,” British New Testament Society Conference, Maynooth, Ireland, 25 August, 2024

“Gentiles and the Politeia of Israel: The Jewish Politeia in Ephesians, Philo and Josephus,” British New Testament Society Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 24 August, 2024

Lectures

“Isaiah’s Servant in Matthew,” Guest Lecture for Prof. J. Ross Wagner’s “The Old Testament in the New” (OT 817/NT 817), Duke Divinity School, 8 November, 2022