Biography:
After completing my DPhil under Professor Markus Bockmuehl working on the regression motif in Paul’s letter to the Galatians, I served as Tutor in Biblical studies at London Seminary alongside my work as Associate Minister of Oxford Presbyterian Church and as Director of B-Less, a small charity placing postgraduate students as mentors and encouragers among undergrads. In 2022, I accepted a part time Research Associateship at Keble College, Oxford, combining tutorial teaching, supervising Masters coursework projects, and service as an examiner with a new research project focusing on Luke’s interaction with the Old Testament.
Research Area:
Biblical Studies: New Testament
Research Interests:
Pauline letters, with a particular interest in the theme of regression in Galatians. Luke-Acts, with a particular interest in Luke’s interaction with Old Testament narratives.
Current Projects:
My current research project concentrates on Luke’s use of Old Testament ‘partner narratives’ as a rhetorical device in his telling of the story of Jesus and the early church. Engaging in an important and energetic cross-disciplinary conversation about the nature and use of allusion in ancient literary cultures, as well as in the study of reception history, and wider strands of Old and New Testament scholarship, this fascinating project has already generated three conference papers and substantial sections of a monograph which I hope to complete by the end of 2026.
Educational Background:
Keble College, University of Oxford (2014-2019): DPhil Theology (New Testament): Forward to the Past – Regression in Galatians
Calvin Theological Seminary (2011-2015): Master of Theological Studies, GPA: 3.97
Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge (1992-1996): Manufacturing Engineering, BA (First Class), MEng (Distinction)
Recent Publications:
Scholarly Books:
- Regression in Galatians: Paul and the Gentile Response to Jewish Law. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2020.
Popular Books:
- Galatians Reconsidered: Jews, Gentiles and Justification in the First and the Twenty-First Centuries. Apollos, London, 2022.
Scholarly Articles:
- Returning to the stoicheia tou kosmou: Enslavement to the Physical Elements in Galatians 4.3 and 9? Journal for the Study of the New Testament 2018, Vol. 40(4), 434–452.
- Personhood and Habituation in Paul. Bulletin of Ecclesial Theology, 2023 Vol 10(1), 13-27.
