Graduate Inquiries
If you are interested in any of the research areas I have listed do not hesitate to be in touch with me to find out more about Graduate Studies in this most ancient of fields.
Graduate Research in Old Testament Studies
This field is meant for students who want to pursue graduate work at either the M.A. or Ph.D. levels on texts of the Hebrew Bible found in either the Jewish or Christian Biblical canons. The subjects covered are Ancient Near Eastern history and institutions from 1500 B.C.E. to 200 B.C.E., ancient historiography and ancient and modern Hebrew Bible interpretation.
Fields of interest: Old Testament Studies and Language / Hebrew Bible, Biblical Historiography, Feminist Biblical Studies, Old Testament Theology.
Teaching: Literature of Ancient Israel, Ancient Historiography, Archaeology of Ancient Israel, Women and the Christian Tradition.
Research interests: Oral Narrative Composition and Transmission, Folklore Studies, Historiography in the Biblical Text, Jewish Christian Dialogue, Gender and the Church.
Students are required to show proficiency in Biblical Hebrew which will normally be assessed in terms of their having acquired 12 credits in Biblical Hebrew at the undergraduate level. It is strongly advised that students have at least 6 credits in Biblical Greek, and 3 credits in Biblical Aramaic, although not required. Students will also normally be required to show evidence of having taken basic course work at the undergraduate level in the historical period of the formation of the Hebrew canon as well as courses in exegetical method.
Students will continue work in Biblical Hebrew language through a series of advanced seminar work which will enhance their abilities in exegesis, as well as taking more general seminars in the area of Hebrew bible which will be decided upon in consultation with their supervisor.
If necessary, the student will be asked to take a first level course in Biblical Greek and or Biblical Aramaic.
Students will normally have completed a graduate level degree in Hebrew Bible or Old Testament Theology and will have demonstrated an ability to interpret Hebrew Biblical texts both narrative and poetic.
Biblical Aramaic is normally required but where the student has not gained an adequate knowledge of the language s/he will be required to take an advanced level seminar in the language in addition to the required Ph.D. seminars. Students must demonstrate a familiarity with Koine Greek. Students will have reached a reading knowledge of at least one foreign scholarly language.A second scholarly language will be required for research purposes.
THESES and projects S.T.M. / M.A. / Ph.D. SUPERVISED
- Mathew, Birgen, PhD candidate 2020
- Prudence Neba, PhD candidate 2019
- Shane Dussault, M.A. candidate 2019
- James Newman, “A Tale of two kingships: Royal ideology in Pre-exilic Judah” (2020)
- Prudence Neba, “Ecumenism and interfaith Studies”(S.T.M. 2018/19)
- Robathan, Lucie “Re-imagining strangeness and welcoming difference: Julia Kristeva, the “stranger”, and the UK detention estate” (M.A.2017)
7. Rachel Ko, “The Architectural Phenomenon of ‘Casemate Wall with Abutting Structures at Khirbet Qeiyafa: The archaeology of Architecture and its Implications for Khirbet Qeiyafa’s Identity” (M.A. 2017)Andrew Brockman, (PhD candidate 2016)
8. Brockman, Andrew “The Paranomastic Infinitive in the Creation Story: Translating וּתמֹות תָּמin the Yahwist” (M.A. 2016)
9.Yee, Pauline “The Motherhood of YHWH in Deutero-Isaiah 42:14 and 49:15 ” (M.A. 2016)
10.Laurel Andrews “Contextualizing The Women’s Bible: Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s approach to “Individualism” and its applications for a contemporary feminist agenda” (M.A. 2016)
11. Rosini, Amanda (PhD candidate 2016)
12. Rosenberg, liza PhD. Dissertation: “When Mr. Lamb Took Ms. Jerusalem To Be His “Loftily Wedded Wife: Marriage, Slave-Trading, and Violent Justice in Revelation 17-22” Supervisors: †Dean Ellen Bradshaw Aitken; Professor Patricia G. Kirkpatrick
13. Jang, Youngho (PD Candidate 2014)
14. Sommers, Luke
“A world in which things are not as they should be: How the Deuteronomistic ideology is reinforced in the book of Judges by the portrayal of women and domestic space.” 2011
“The prophetic wedlock texts, the poetics of origins, and the axiom of natural order 2010.
“The Function of King David in the Deuteronomistic history” 2010
17. Hildebrand, Nicole Marie
“The Language of Creation and the Construction of a New Concept of Theodicy : Job 38-42” 2009
18. Rossini, Amanda
“Child Sacrifice as metaphor in the Old Testament. 2009
19. Nemazee, Rowshan
The Politics of Heaven: A Feminist Eschatological Reading of Augustine’s City of God 2008 co-supervisor Ph.D.
20. Leblanc, Simon
Le Deutéronome, la famille et la transmission de la loi en Israël ancien Creator 2003
21. Minott, G.
22. Nemazee, R.
“Ave Crux, spes unica” : the theology of the cross in the life and works of Edith Stein” M.A. 2000