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I received my PhD in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies from Stellenbosch University in 2018 and my MA in Biblical Studies from Trinity Western University in 2015.
My main research investigates ethnic identity and representation in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East. Of particular interest to me is the history and identity of the ancient Kushites/Nubians of North Africa.
I am also interested in the history of the Bible and its role in western identity formation, colonization, and slavery, as well as Black identity movements and their religious underpinnings. Prior to joining Laurier, I was Associate Professor at Burman University in central Alberta, Canada.
Monographs:
- Israel and the Nations: History, Theology, and Ethnicity. Baker Academic (forthcoming 2025)
- Cushites in the Hebrew Bible: Negotiating Ethnic Identity in the Past and Present. Leiden: Brill, 2020.
Articles and Book Chapters:
- Special Issue: “Roots, Religion and Resistance: Unpacking the Spectrum of Black Nationalist Movements.” MDPI Religions (Guest Editor, forthcoming, 2025)
- “‘For the Slave Is the Owner’s Property’: Chattel Slavery and Violence in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish Historical Contexts.” The Afterlives of Slavery (Princeton University Press, forthcoming 2025)
- “(Mis)Representing Cush in the Chronicler’s Historiography: Implications for Identity Formation,” in Multi-levelled Identity Negotiation in the Second Temple Period, edited by Benjamin Gifone, Angelika Berlejung and Ntozakhe Simon Cezula. Tübingen: Mohr Siebek, 2024 (forthcoming).
- “Ethnicity in the Hebrew Bible,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion (forthcoming 2024).
- “The Levites in Exodus 32: Violence and Divine Command Ethics,” in Journal for the Study of Bible and Violence (forthcoming 2024).
- “Coming Home to Zion: Yahweh’s Adoption and Restoration of the Nations.” Pages 189-215 in Adoption in the Hebrew Bible, edited by Cat Quine and Ekaterina Kóslova. London: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2024.
- “Kushites in the Hebrew Bible: Historical and Theological Perspectives.” Pages 219-263 in New Perspectives on Ancient Nubia, edited by Solange Ashby and Aaron Brody. New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2024.
- “Slavery, the Hebrew Bible and the Development of Racial Theories in the Nineteenth Century.” Religions 12, no. 9 (2021): 742.
- “Nineteenth Century Preadamism and Alexander Winchell’s Racial Ideology.” Academia Letters, Article 3400 (2021).
- “Representing Cushites in the Hebrew Bible.” Biblical Archaeology Review 46:5 (2020): 62-64.
- “‘How the West Was Won’: Christian Expansion before and after the Protestant Reformation.” Andrews University Seminary Studies 56 (2018): 115-140.
Other:
- “The Woman in the Wilderness and Other Tales: A Reassessment of Seventh-day Adventist Interpretation of Revelation 12,” in The Great Controversy in Adventist Theology (forthcoming 2025)
- “The Shaking: How Should Adventism Solve Its White Flight Problem,” Spectrum Magazine (Dec 2023)
- “Cushites: Race and Representation in the Hebrew Bible,” The Ancient Near East Today, Vol VIII, No. 12 (2020)
RE 104: Evil and Its Symbols
RE 202: Legacies of the Bible: Liberation and Oppression
RE 207: Studying Religion
RE 407: Beyond the Classroom (research seminar)
RE 622: Textual Studies: Hebrew Bible/Torah
AR 390L: Archaeology and Religion of Ancient Israel
- Madaba Plains Project (MPP), Tell Al-Umayri, Jordan. Summer 2012
- Balu’a Regional Archaeological Project (BRAP), Tell Balu’a, Jordan. Summer 2019
Contact Info:
Office location: DAWB 2-123
Office hours:
Tues 1:30-3:30 or by appointment.