Humanities Division
Associate Professor
Faculty
Humanities Building 1
232
Spring 2025: by appointment
Humanities Academic Services
Ph.D University of Michigan, Near Eastern Studies
M.A. University of California-Berkeley, Near Eastern Studies (Judaic Studies)
Second Temple Judaism, Early Christianity, History of the Ancient Near East, New Religious Movements, Methods and Theories for the Study of Religion
Second Temple Judaism, Early Christianity, History of the Ancient Near East, Greco-Roman World, New Religious Movements, Methods and Theories for the Study of Religion
History of ancient Judaism and Christianity, New Religious Movements, Canons and Archives
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
Andrew W. Mellon/Center for Environmental Futures Fellowship
Sherl K. Coleman and Margaret E. Guitteau Professorship in the Humanities
Ernest Moll Research Professor in Literary Studies
The Crucified Book: Sacred Writing in the Age of Valentinus. Divinations: Rereading Late Antique Religion. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022.
“Ancient Anatomy, Embryology, and the Gestation of Early Christian Heresy,” Early Christianity 13 (2022): 1-22.
“torah? Torah? Flora: Law and Book in Ptolemy’s Letter to Flora.” In Torah: Functions, Meanings, and Diverse Manifestations in Early Judaism and Christianity. Edited by William Schneidewind, Jason Zurawski, and Gabriele Boccaccini. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2021.