Clay and Code

Book Reviews

• Hunter, Joshua A. “Review of Cult and Cosmos: Tilting Toward a Temple-Centered Theology, edited by L. Michael Morales.” Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin 70 (2025): 77–79.

Papers Presented

Professional

• McKinny, C., and Hunter, J. “Before Graphics: Topographic Lists as Religiously Informed Spatial Maps.” AAR Annual Conference (Denver, CO), 2026.
• Hunter, J. “An Aegean, Syrian, and Egyptian Walk Into a Forge: Reanalyzing the Syncretism of Kothar-wa-Khasis in the Mediterranean.” SBL Annual Conference (Denver, CO), 2026.
• Hunter, J. “What hath Caphtorim to do with Mizraim? Analyzing Genesis 10:13–14 in Light of the Keftiu,” Lipscomb University Student Scholar Symposium (Nashville, TN), IBR Students Graduate Symposium (Online), ETS Annual Conference, SBL Annual Conference (both Denver, CO), 2026.
• Hunter, J. “Yṣr and Artisanal Intent in the Hebrew Bible: A Computer-Aided Analysis,” Southeastern Regional ETS Conference, 2026.
• Hunter, J. “Jeremiah and the Tale of Two Potters: Exploring the Egyptian Background of Anthropogeny By Clay,” NEAS Annual Conference (Boston, MA), 2025.
• Hunter, J. “Was Fuzzy Wuzzy Greco-Roman Cultic Clergy? An Iconography of Hair in Ancient Corinth,” NEAS Annual Conference, 2024.
• Hunter, J. “Egyptian Anthropogeny in the Book of Jeremiah? The Imago Dei for a Post-Exilic Israel,” Free Will Baptist Theological Symposium (Gallatin, TN), 2024.
• Hunter, J. “Egyptian Anthropogeny and the Book of Jeremiah: Introductory Remarks,” SCIO Logos: A Workshop on Biblical Texts and Manuscripts (Museum of the Bible, Washington, D.C.), 2024.
• Hunter, J. “Hermeneutics and the Imago Dei,” Southeastern Regional ETS Conference, 2023.
• Hunter, J. “Maimonides and Arminianism: The Great Rabbi’s Views on Free Will and Baptism,” Free Will Baptist Theological Symposium, 2023.
• Hunter, J. “The Egyptian Cult of Isis in Ancient Corinth and 1 Corinthians,” NEAS Annual Conference (Fort Worth, TX), 2023.
• Hunter, J. “Sabbath Rest Instead of Sabbath Slumber: Reclaiming Sabbath Rest From Individualism,” Southeastern Regional ETS Conference, 2022.
• Hunter, J. “Disclosing the Divine Name: Analyzing Exodus 3 in Light of Ancient Near Eastern Secret Names,” NEAS Annual Conference (Denver, CO), 2022.
• Hunter, J. “Ecclesial Individuality and the History of the Free Will Baptist Church Covenant,” Free Will Baptist Theological Symposium (Gallatin, TN), 2021.

Public

• Hunter, J. “Origins of the Alphabet,” Humphrey’s County Historical Society (Waverly, TN), 2025.