About
I am Assistant Prof in Hebrew Bible at the University of Nottingham (UK), researching queenship and royal female power in the Hebrew Bible. Former JRF in Theology at Merton College, Oxford. Certified nerd. Education
- PhD in Theology, University of Nottingham (2015-18)
- MSt in Theology, University of Oxford (2014-15)
- BA Hons in Theology, University of Nottingham (2010-13)
Work Shared in CORE
Articles
Other Publications
Books
- Casting Down the Host of Heaven: The Rhetoric of Ritual Failure in the Polemic Against the Host of Heaven. OtSt 78. Leiden: Brill, 2020. (https://brill.com/view/title/56994)
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- “Josephus’ Adaptation of the Athaliah Narratives.” Vetus Testamentum (2021): pre-print online [open access, co-authored with Joseph Scales].
- “Zephaniah.” Pages 499-510 in The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets. Edited by Julia M. O’Brien. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
- “Pharaoh’s Daughter (Exodus 2): The Adoptive Mother’s Sacrifice.” Feminist Theology 29.2 (2021): 102-112.
- “Athaliah and the Theopolitics of Royal Assassination.” Semitica 62 (2020): 111-127.
- “Athaliah and Alexandra: Gender and Queenship in Josephus.” Journal of Ancient Judaism 11.2 (2020): 233-250. [co-authored with Joseph Scales]
- “Bereaved Mothers and Masculine Queens: The Politics of Maternal Grief in 1-2 Kings.” Open Theology 6 (2020): 407-422 [open access]. https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/opth/6/1/article-p407.xml
- “Jezebel.” Bible Odyssey (2020). https://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/people/main-articles/jezebel
- “Military Coups in Ancient Israel and their Implications for Conceptions of YHWH’s Divine Army.” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 34 (2020): 30-42.
- “The Host of Heaven and the Divine Army: A Reassessment.” Journal of Biblical Literature 138 no. 4 (2019): 741-755.
- “Jehu’s Slaughter of Judah’s Royal Family at Beth-Eked (2 Kings 10:13-14): A Closer Look.” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 131 no. 4 (2019): 537-548.
- “Nineveh’s Pretensions to Divine Power in Nahum 3:16.” Vetus Testamentum 69 Fasc 3 (2019): 498-504.
- “Reading ‘House of Jacob’ in Isaiah 48:1-11 in Light of Benjamin.” Journal of Biblical Literature 137 no. 2 (2018): 339-357.
- “Reading Micaiah’s Heavenly Vision (1 Kings 22:19-23) and 1 Kings 22 as Interpretive Keys.” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 130 no. 2 (2018): 204-216.
- “The Bird and the Mountains: A Note on Psalm 11.” Vetus Testamentum 67 Fasc 3 (2017): 470-479.
- “On Dying in a City Gate: Implications in the Deaths of Eli, Abner, and Jezebel.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 40 no. 4 (2016): 399-413.
- “Deutero-Isaiah, J and P: Who is in the Image and Likeness of God? Implications for אדם and Theologies of Creation.” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 29 no. 2 (2015): 296-306.
