Academic History

Ph.D., Biblical Studies (Old Testament), Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, 2001
S.T.B., Pontifical University Teresianum, Rome, Italy, 1991
B.A., French and Religious Studies, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, 1985


Expertise

Old Testament
Catholic Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Hebrew


Selected Publications

The Human and the Divine in History: Herodotus and the Book of Daniel.  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 396; London/New York: T & T Clark International, 2004.

Ezekiel, Daniel (coauthored with Corrine Patton; New Collegeville Bible Commentary Series; Collegeville: Liturgical Press, forthcoming).

"Yhwh as Father, Redeemer, and Potter in Isaiah 63:7-64:11" in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 68 ( July 2006) 397-407.

"Kingdoms, Dominions, and the Reign of God in the Book of Daniel" in The Bible Today (November/December 2004).

"Daniel's Portrait of Antiochus IV: Echoes of a Persian King" in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 66 (July 2004) 378-386.

"The Last Words of Jesus" in Homiletic and Pastoral Review 102 (March 2002) 23-25.


Selected Presentations

"YHWH as Father, Go'el, and Potter in Isaiah 63:7-64:11"
SBL National Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 2004.

"God as Father in Isaiah 63-64"
CBA International Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 2004.

"Agents of God's Kingdom"
SBL Upper Midwest Regional Meeting, St Paul, Minnesota, April 2004.

"The Kingdom of God in the Book of Daniel"
CBA International Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 2003.

"Historical and Literary Reflections on Daniel 11"
SBL Upper Midwest Regional Meeting, St Paul, Minnesota, April 2003.

"The Death of Antiochus IV in the Book of Daniel"
SBL West Coast Regional Meeting, Moraga, California, March 2002.

"Daniel and Herodotus"
SBL Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, November 2000.


Professional Memberships

Catholic Biblical Association of America
Society of Biblical Literature