Education • Parish • Service, Trinity Washington University
Spring 2009
SS 672 - Introduction to Classical Hebrew II
Fall 2008
SS 621 - Prophets of Israel
SS 671 - Introduction to Classical Hebrew I
SS 714 - Sacrifice, Priesthood and Holiness in the Old Testament (STL level)
Spring 2008
SS 672 - Introduction to Classical Hebrew II
Fall 2007
SS 621 - Prophets of Israel
SS 671 - Introduction to Classical Hebrew I
Fall 2006
SS 611 - The Pentateuch
SS 671 - Introduction to Classical Hebrew I
HT 731 - The Book of Psalms and its Interpreters
Spring 2006
SS 632 - Wisdom Literature
SS 672 - Introduction to Classic Hebrew II
SS 800 - Eschatology and the Gospel of John
Fall 2005
SS 611 - The Pentateuch
SS 671 - Introduction to Classical Hebrew I
Introduction to the Old Testament
Education • Parish • Service, Trinity Washington University
Spring 2005
SS 715 - The Psalms
SS 731 - Sacrifice, Priesthood and Holiness in the Old Testament
Spring 2003
SS 746 - Catholic Biblical Interpretation: Recent Pontifical Documents. With Dr. Jody Lewis
SS 672 - Introduction to Classic Hebrew II
SS 765 - Intensive Introduction to Classical Biblical Hebrew (first semester).
Fall 2002
SS 611 - The Pentateuch
SS 671 - Introduction to Biblical Hebrew
SS 754F - Biblical Hebrew Writings: Prose (Deuteronomy)
Summer 2002
at Providence College
BST 511 - The Message of the Old Testament
BST 605 - Introduction to Classical Syriac
Spring 2002
SS 733 - The Psalms in Medieval Christian Commentary
SS 754S - Biblical Hebrew Writings: Poetry
SS 723S - Introduction to Classical Syriac
Fall 2001
SS 611 - The Pentateuch
SS 671 - Introduction to Classical Hebrew I
Spring 2001
SS 621 - Prophets of Israel
SS 672 - Introduction to Classic Hebrew II
Fall 2000
SS 611 - The Pentateuch
SS 671 - Introduction to Classical Hebrew I
PUBLICATIONS:
2003
Review of Johannes C. de Moor, ed.,
The Elusive Prophet: The Prophet as a Historical Person, Literary Character, and Anonymous Artist,
CBQ 65 (2003) 658-59.
Review of Monica S. Devens,
A Concordance to Psalms in the Ethiopic Version,
Review of Biblical Literature [
http://www.bookreviews.org] (2003).
2004
Dionysius bar Salibi's Factual and Spiritual Commentary on Psalms 73-82 (Cahiers de la Revue biblique, 57; Paris: Gabalda, 2004). Reviewed online:
Hugoye and
RBLReview of Samuel Terrien,
The Psalms: Strophic Structure and Theological Commentary,
CBQ 66 (2004) 467-68.
2005
"Tobit and the Psalms," in
Intertextual Studies in Ben Sira and Tobit. Essays in Honor of Alexander A. Di Lella, O.F.M., ed. J. Corley and V. Skemp (CBQMS, 38; Washington DC: Catholic Biblical Association, 2005) 28-42.
Review of Hagit Amirav,
Rhetoric and Tradition: John Chrystostom on Noah and the Flood,
Theological Studies 66 (2005) 714.
Review of Richard J. Bautch,
Developments in Genre Between Post-Exilic Penitential Prayers and the Psalms of Communal Lament,
Hebrew Studies 46 (2005) 101-103.
Edited, with Adrian Schenker: Dominique Barthélemy,
Critique textuelle de l'Ancien Testament, Tome 4. Psaumes (OBO 50/4; Fribourg: Academic Press/Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005). Reviewed online:
RBL2006
Review of John H. Hayes, ed.
Hebrew Bible: History of Interpretation,
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 6 (2006-2007).
"The Text of the Bible and Catholic Biblical Scholarship," in
Nova & Vetera 4 (2006) 132-141.
Review of Hindy Najman and Judith Newman, eds., T
he Idea of Biblical Interpretation: Essays in Honor of James L. Kugel,
Theological Studies 67 (2006) 178-79.
"Discerning the Significance of the Paschal Mystery,"
Faith Alive (Catholic News Service) (# 15, April 10, 2006).
“The Ethiopic Text of Tobit,” in Siegbert Uhlig (ed.),
Proceedings of the XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Hamburg July 20-25, 2003 (Aethiopistische Forschungen 65; Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2006) 620-627.
Review of Renate Egger-Wenzel and Jeremy Corley, eds.,
Prayer from Tobit to Qumran,
Theological Studies 67 (2006) 666-667.
Review of Ivan Dimitrov, et al., eds.,
Das Alte Testament als christliche Bibel in orthodoxer und westlicher Sicht,
Theological Studies 67 (2006) 880-881.
2007
2010
Review of Joseph Mélèze Modrzejewski (ed.), Troisième livre des Maccabées (La Bible d'Alexandrie 15.3; Paris: Cerf, 2008) in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72 (2010) 119-21.
Review of T. Muraoka, A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint (Louvain: Peeters, 2009) in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72 (2010) 809-11.
"Messianism in the Old Testament: The Biblical Roots of Jewish and Christian Expectation," The Bible Today 48/6 (2010): 317-22.
2011
"The Ancient Versions of Judith and the Place of the Septuagint in the Catholic Church, " in G. Xeravits, ed.,
A Pious Seductress, Studies in the Book of Judith (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Series 14; Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, March 2012).
Review of M. Saebo, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: The History of its Interpretation, II: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (Louvain: Peeters, 2009) in The Thomist, forthcoming.
"The Word of God and the Textual Pluriformity of the Old Testament," paper presented at the conference The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church: The Catholic Seminary Professor of Sacred Scripture and the Classroom, St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul Minnesota, June 2011, publication in Letter & Spirit forthcoming.
"Psalm 22 in Syriac Tradition," Letter & Spirit 8, forthcoming.
Membership in Professional Societies:
Catholic Biblical Association of America
Old Testament Colloquium (2006-)
Society of Biblical Literature
Recent Presentations and Academic Papers
March 2011: Verbum Domini and Lectio Divina, Little Flower Parish, Bethesda, MD.
April 2011: Scriptural Allusions in the New Missal Translation, St. Thomas a Becket Parish, Reston, VA.
April 2011: The New Missal Translation and Sacred Scripture, Poor Clares Monastery, Washington, DC.
June 2011: The Word of God and the Textual Pluriformity of the Old Testament, Monsignor Jerome D. Quinn Institute of Biblical Studies, St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, MN.
June 2011: The Numbers Commentary of Dionysius Bar Salibi, Sixth North American Syriac Symposium, Duke University, Durham, NC.
October 2011: Verbum Domini and Lectio Divina, St. Pius V Dominican Laity Chapter, Catonsville, MD
February 2012: Biblical Theology and Hermeneutics: Sacrifice, Priesthood, and Holiness, Kolegium Filozoficzno-Teologiczne, Kraków
Other Professional Service
Catholic Biblical Association of America, Executive Board, Treasurer
Old Testament Abstracts, Abstractor
Biblische Notizen, Advisory Board
RECENT GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2003-2004 Post-doctoral fellowship, University of Fribourg, Swiss National Science Foundation
2005 Lilly Theological Research Grant from the Association of Theological Schools
2008-2009 American Philosophical Society, Franklin Research Grant