Education

Ph.D. in Biblical Studies, Emory University, 2007

Recent Publications

“That the Good Books May Be Preserved,” in Preserving the Past & Engaging the Future: Theology & Religion in American Special Collections, Chicago: Atla Open Press, 2021, pp. 3–28. (View online for free via Atla Open Press)

“Ezra and Nehemiah in Reception History,” in The Oxford Handbook of the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible, Oxford University Press, 2020, pp. 526–36 (View with Emory login credentials)

Professional Service

Vice President of the Atla Board of Directors

Book Recommendations

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

The Wolf Hall Trilogy by Hilary Mantel

Random fact: The introduction of coffee to Europe coincides with the Protestant Reformation.

Favorite quote: “Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.” -Oscar Wilde