Biography
Gastwissenschaftlerin (Visiting Scholar), Theologische Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany, October 2022-April 2023. Research stay funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Research Grant for Doctoral Candidates.
PhD in Theology and Religious Studies, Christ's College, University of Cambridge, 2019-present. Christ's Studentship in Theology.
Master of Philosophy in Theology and Religious Studies (MPhil), Christ's College, University of Cambridge, 2018-2019. Dissertation: Distinction.
Course Certificate, "Historical and Geographical Settings of the Bible," Jerusalem University College, May 2018.
Bachelor of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies, Biola University, 2014-2018. Summa Cum Laude (GPA: 4.0). Epsilon Kappa Epsilon Scholastic Honors Scholar, St. Anne's on the Hill Award, Order of Peter and Paul, and President's Academic Scholarship.
Research
- Conceptions of Covenant
- Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Law and Legal Literature
- Social Structure of Ancient Israel
- Portrayals of Davidic Kingship
- 1-2 Samuel
- Political Reception History of the Hebrew Bible
- Metacriticism of Biblical Scholarship
Publications
Editor, With Marietta van der Tol, Zoran Grozdanov, and Petr Kratochvíl, Christian Identity Within and Beyond the State: European Ecumenical Perspectives. Brill: Leiden. Under contract, anticipated 2023.
“Covenant and Kingship: Reconsidering the Oath of David and Jonathan,” Journal of Biblical Literature (accepted, forthcoming 2023).
Special Issue Co-editor, with Marietta van der Tol, “Old Testament Imaginaries of the Nation in German, Dutch, and Anglo-American Political Thought,” Journal of the Bible and Its Reception 8.2 (2021): 139-141.
“‘We the People of Israel’: Covenant, Constitution, and the Supposed Biblical Origins of Modern Democratic Political Thought,” Special Issue of the Journal of the Bible and Its Reception 8.2 (2021): 247-268.
“Invited Review of ‘A Voice Without End: The Role of David in Psalms 3-14’ by Andrew C. Witt,” Journal of Theological Studies 73, no 1 (April 2022): 275-278.
“Invited Review of ‘An Introduction to Biblical Law’ by William S. Morrow,” Modern Believing 62.3 (2021): 266-268.
Teaching and Supervisions
Lecturer
- David: Israel’s Greatest Hero? – Theology Tripos A2
Supervisor
- Elementary Hebrew – Theology Tripos A1a
- David: Israel’s Greatest Hero? – Theology Tripos A2
- Israel in Exile: Literature, History and Theology – Theology Tripos B2
Other Professional Activities
Co-chair of the Protestant Political Thought project, funded by the DAAD, jointly held between the Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics (POLIS) and the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University.
Society of Biblical Literature, Committee for the Status of Women in the Profession.
