Academic CV

Recent Academic Position

Sept 2014–Oct 2017 Research Assistant, Canada Research Chair in Dead Sea Scrolls Studies, Langley, BC CANADA

Education

Trinity Western University, Langley, BC

Master of Arts in Biblical Studies
Completed April 2018 (Graduation in November 2018)

Thesis title: “The Relation of Ra 2110, or P. Bodmer XXIV, to Origen’s Hexapla: A Study in the Textual History of the Greek Psalter.”

Supervisor: Dirk Büchner
Second Reader: Robert J. V. Hiebert

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC

Master of Divinity in Christian Ministry
Master of Arts in Old Testament
Graduated December 2013

Thesis title: “The Evidence for Literary Coherence in Text-Critical Variants in Ezekiel 16: A Text- Critical and Literary-Critical Evaluation of the Masoretic and Septuagintal Texts.”

Supervisor: Tracy J. McKenzie Second Reader: Mark F. Rooker

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences Graduated May 2006, cum laude

Academic Teaching Experience

2009–2014 Teaching Assistant for Tracy McKenzie, Ph.D. (with a 1 year moratorium due to sabbatical). Taught occasional classes in Hebrew grammar or exegesis.

2012-2013 Teaching Assistant for Robert Cole, Ph.D.Publications

Articles

1. “School of Hillel.” In The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Edited by John D. Barry. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.

2. “Tigris River.” In The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Edited by John D. Barry. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.

Academic Projects

Sept 2014–Apr 2018—Transcribing and analyzing Ra 2110 (olim Bodmer XXIV; now in the Museum of the Bible’s Collection as MS.170) under the guidance of Robert J. V. Hiebert.

Oct 2015–Oct 2017—Analyzing and providing textual commentary on 11QPsa in The Complete Edition of the Great Psalms Scroll and various other poetic works among the Dead Sea Scrolls (Dead Sea Scrolls Editions [unpublished]) under the directorship of the late Peter W. Flint, Kyung Baek, and Andrew Perrin.

Sept 2014–Oct 2015—Proofreading Accordance Bible modules of the Mishnah and 1QapGen under the guidance of Martin Abegg.

Academic Presentations

“The Textual History of Ra 2110 and Its Relation to Origen’s Hexapla.” At the Greek Bible program unit of the Society of Biblical Literature’s 2017 Annual Meeting.

“Papyrus Bodmer XXIV: Textual History.” At the Logos Conference 2016 at Oxford University.

“Elissaie revivens: Variations of the Account of Elissaie’s Resurrection of the Shunamite’s Son in the Lucianic and Vaticanus Texts.” At the 2016 Graduate Student Biblical Studies Symposium at Trinity Western University.

Languages

Ancient:

Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek – able to read and teach with full professional proficiency

Latin and Syriac – able to read with professional working proficiency

Modern:

English – native language

French, German, and Spanish – able to read with limited working proficiency (somewhere in the intermediate level)

Honors and Awards

Sept 2014–Oct 2017—Research Assistant for Canada Research Chair in Dead Sea Scrolls Studies

Memberships

Society of Biblical Literature, The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies

Research Interests

Textual History of the Septuagint, Septuagint Studies, Textual Criticism of the Old Testament/ Hebrew Bible, Composition and Textual History of the Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, the Psalter, Ezekiel.

References

Dirk Büchner: dirk.buchner@twu.ca

Robert J. V. Hiebert: robh@twu.ca