University of Wisconsin-Madison
Faculty Member, Hebrew and Semitic Studies
Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Assistant Professor of Classical Hebrew Language and Biblical Literature
About
PH.D., Harvard University, June 2005
Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitics
(dissertation completed with distinction)
A.M., Harvard University, November 2002
Hebrew Bible
B.A., University of Notre Dame, May 1998
Theology and Philosophy
(graduated Magna cum Laude)
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS:
•Northwest Semitic languages, their corresponding philology, paleography, and historical development
•Symbolic geography of Transjordan and the Jordan River in the Hebrew Bible
•Formation and structure of the Deuteronomistic History, especially the books of Samuel
•Anthropological and sociological approaches in biblical interpretation
•Israelite prophets and the institution of prophecy
Contact Information
| Address: | 1344 Van Hise Hall |
| Telephone: |
608-262-9785 (office) |









