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Studying Humanity’s Search From the Clay to the Stars

I am a scholar specializing in interdisciplinary approaches to the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern Religions. I interlace archaeology, philology, and psychology with a digital humanities methodology to analyze how the ancients perceived the divine.

Archaeology

I utilize the material remains of cultic sites and figurines to understand how ancient people worshipped and what attributes they ascribed to their deities. Likewise, historical geography allows an analysis of how the worship of these deities overlaid the physical world.

Philology

I utilize philology to conduct textual analysis of ancient Near Eastern cultic texts and deity lists. Such texts often intertwine theology and history, thereby allowing one to study how humans saw the cult in their history and culture.

Psychology

I utilize the cognitive science of religion and cognitive archaeology to understand how and why worship of deities develops within human cultures and why certain deity attributions (e.g., the god of the storm, the god of the sea), develop in certain cultures but not others.

Where I Will Be In 2026

  • September 19, 2026

    • Institute for Biblical Research Students Graduate Symposium
      • “What hath Caphtorim to do with Mizraim? Analyzing Genesis 10:13–14 in Light of the Keftiu”

  • November 17-24, 2026

    • Evangelical Theological Society National Conference
      • “What hath Caphtorim to do with Mizraim? Analyzing Genesis 10:13–14 in Light of the Keftiu”
    • Society of Biblical Literature National Conference
      • “What hath Caphtorim to do with Mizraim? Analyzing Genesis 10:13–14 in Light of the Keftiu”
      • “An Aegean, Syrian, and Egyptian Walk Into a Forge: Reanalyzing the Syncretism of Kothar-wa-Khasis in the Mediterranean”
    • American Academy of Religion National Conference
      • “Before Graphics: Topographic Lists as Religiously Informed Spatial Maps,” in collaboration with Chris McKinny

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