Education

Ph.D. (1991), Yale University, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament; Specialization in Hebrew Language and Literature, Israelite Religion, Near Eastern Languages, History of Exegesis, Second Temple Israel, Hebrew Poetry; Dissertation Title: "Ezekiel's Blueprint for the Temple of Jerusalem," Robert R. Wilson, director.

M. A. (1984), Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley California, Old Testament; Thesis: "Jonathan and David: Monarchy Mediated through Sonship," John Endres, S.J., director.

B. A. (1980), University of San Francisco, magna cum laude, Latin major, Theology minor; (1977 78), Oxford University, junior year abroad.


Teaching Experience

University of St. Thomas, Assistant Professor, Fall, 1996-Spring, 1999; Associate Professor, Fall, 1999-present.

Florida State University, Assistant Professor, 1991 1996.


Select Publications

Encountering Ancient Voices: A Guide to Reading the Old Testament (Winona: St. Mary's Press; 2006).

"Layers of Meaning: Priesthood in Jeremiah MT," in The Priests in the Prophets: The Portrayal of Priests, Prophets and Other Religious Specialists in the Latter Prophets, ed. Lester L. Grabbe and Alice Ogden Bellis (JSOTSup 408; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 2004) 149-76.

Ezekiel's Hierarchical World: Wrestling with a Tiered Reality, co-editing with Stephen Cook.  Wrote "Priest, Prophet, and Exile: Ezekiel as a Literary Construct" and co-wrote the introduction.  (SPLSym 31; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2004).

The Whirlwind: Essays on Job, Hermeneutics and Theology in Memory of Jane Morse, co-edited with Stephen L. Cook and James W. Watts (JSOTSup 336; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 2001).  Wrote "The Beauty of the Beast: Leviathan and Behemoth in Light of Catholic Theology," 142-167; co-wrote with S. L. Cook, "Introduction: Jane Morse and the Fuller Sense (Theoretical Framework for a Sensus Plenior)," 13-39.

 "'Should Our Sister Be Treated Like a Whore?' A Response to Feminist Critiques of Ezekiel 23," in The Book of Ezekiel: Theological and Anthropological Perspectives, ed. by J. Strong and M. Odell (SBL Symposium 9; Atlanta: SBL, 2000) 221-238.

"Creation, Fall, and Salvation: Lyra's Commentary on Genesis 1-3," chapter in Nicholas of Lyra; The Senses of Scripture, ed. L. Smith and P. Krey (Leiden: Brill, 2000) 19-44

"Pan-Deuteronomism and the Book of Ezekiel," in Those Elusive Deuteronomists: The Phenomenon of Pan-Deuteronomism, ed. by L. S. Schearing and S. L McKenzie; JSOTSup 268; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1999, 200-15.