Academic History
Ph.D., McMaster University (1991)
M.A., McMaster University (1986)
B.A., University of St. Michael’s College at University of Toronto (1984)

Expertise
New Testament
Early Christianity
Second Temple Judaism
Philosophy of Alexandria
Apocalyptic Literature

Awards & Honors
2002-2003 - University of St. Thomas International Education Grant
2001-2002 - University of St. Thomas Research Assistance Grant
1989-90 - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Stipendium

Selected Publications
“Let the Little Ones Come to Me”: Children and Childhood in early Christianity (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005) forthcoming.

One God, One Law: Philo of Alexandria on the Mosaic and Greco-Roman Law (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2003).

The End of the World: The Apocalyptic Imagination in Film and Television (Winnipeg: J. Gordon Shillingford Press, 2003). ISBN: 0-920486-29-0.

"Ignatius and Onesimus: John Knox Reconsidered" in The Second Century 9, Summer 1992, 73-86.

"Unwritten Law in Philo: A Response to Naomi G. Cohen," in Journal of Jewish Studies, Spring 1992, 38-45.

Selected Presentations
"Goodwill Comes First: Ben F. Meyer's Project and Achievement," AAR\SBL Upper Midwest Regional Meetings, April, 2002, St.Paul, Minnesota.

"What Did Christianity Mean to Children?" SBL Meetings, November, 2002, Toronto

"From Euripides to Heraclitus to the Stoic Socrates," Brock University Conference on Western Ethics, March 14-15, 2003. Invited Paper.

"Authority and Obedience: The Ethics of Jesus" at University of St. Thomas Conference on the 10th Anniversary of Veritatis Splendor, July 10-11, 2003. Invited Paper.

Professional Memberships
Catholic Biblical Association
Society of Biblical Literature