Biography
I am a third year PhD student. I have a BA in Biblical Studies and English Literature. I completed my MA in Biblical Exegesis (New Testament and Old Testament). My dissertation topic is on χάρις and Divine Grace in Pauline Literature and Greco-Roman philosophers (middle-platonism and stoicism). I contend that if we want to disaggregate grace in Paul and Early Christianity, we ought to place Paul in the context of philosophical-ethical discourse. This is especially true since most formulations of grace (whether in Augustine, Aquinas, or Gregory of Nyssa) utlize philosophical ethics to develop their theology/philosophy of grace. The dissertation then will seek to find a "philosophy of grace" in the Platonic and Stoic philosophers. From there, it will compare these philosophies of grace to Paul's understanding of grace.
Research
My areas of interest are all aspects of Paul/Pauline literature and Greco-Roman Philosophy (especially ancient theories of psychology, ethics, and moral transformation).
I have a great interest in the history of ideas and their development.
Publications
“Does Law bring Virtue? Seneca and Paul on Law, Virtue, and Christ.” Scottish Journal of Theology (Nov 2025).
“Gratitude and Justice in Romans 1:16-32.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly (forthcoming)
Review of Sünde als Zielverfehlung bei Paulus: Eine Studie zum stoisch-sokratischen Kolorit paulinischer Hamartiologie. (H. Konig) Forthcoming in Bulletin for Biblical Review.
Teaching and Supervisions
Westminster College, University of Cambridge, Taught Advanced Biblical Greek for Vacation Term for Biblical Study (VTBS) (July 22nd-July 26th 2024)
Presentations
“Anti-imperialistic? Paul and Stoic Cosmopolitanism” Paper delivered at 2025 SBL Annual Meeting (Paul and Politics Program Unit), Boston, MA, 22nd November 2025
“Paul’s Politics in Conversation with Stoic Cosmopolitanism” Paper delivered at New Testament Postgraduate Research Seminar, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 14th October 2025.
“The Concept of Grace in the Platonic Tradition” Paper delivered at DU Metaphysical Society Undergraduate Seminar, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 19th February 2025
“Does Law bring Virtue? Seneca and Paul on Law, Virtue, and Christ” Paper delivered at 2024 SBL Annual Meeting (Pauline Epistles program unit), San Diego, CA, 24th November 2024
“Salvation History and the Telos of Law in Galatians” Paper delivered at Tyndale House, Cambridge, October 9, 2024
“Benefaction, Grace, Ingratitude and Justice in Seneca and Romans 1” Paper delivered at Oxbridge Graduate Conference, University of Cambridge, May 3, 2024
C4 Paul and John
Other Professional Activities
Co-Chair, New Testament Post-Graduate Seminar 2025/2026
