Senior Reseach Fellow
Research interests and supervision
Much of my research concerns the way in which the New Testament uses the Hebrew Scriptures, and the intertextual reading strategies this generates. I convene the annual Jewish Scripture in Early Christianity (JSEC) seminar and have and co-edited a recent JSNT volume on this subject. I recently completed a volume on the use of the Old Testament John’s account of Jesus’ death, and edited a volume on methodologies in the NT’s use of the Jewish Scriptures. I also have a particular interest in the Epistle to the Hebrews, and am working on a project on the thirteenth chapter of that text.
I am a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Tyndale Fellowship.
Supervision
I currently advise and supervise a number of students at both Masters and doctoral levels, on a variety of matters relating to biblical interpretation. I would welcome enquiries from those interested in:
- The use of Jewish Scriptures in the New Testament
- The Epistle to the Hebrews
Qualifications
| MA (History) | 1997 | University of Cambridge |
| MCS (New Testament) | 2004 | Regent College, Vancouver |
| PhD (New Testament and Christian Origins) | 2007 | University of Edinburgh |
| PGCHE | 2010 | University of Birmingham |
Publications
Books
- The Use of the Jewish Scriptures in the Johannine Passion Narrative: That the Scripture May Be Perfected (Interpreting Johannine Literature. Lanham, MD: Fortress Academic, 2024)
- (edited with Steve Smith) Methodology in the Use of the Old Testament in the New (LNTS 240. London: T&T Clark, 2019)
- According to the Scriptures: The Death of Christ in the Old Testament and the New (London: SCM, 2018)
- The Historical Character of Jesus: Canonical Insights from outside the Gospels (London: SPCK, 2013)
- Deuteronomy and Exhortation in Hebrews: An Exercise in Narrative Re-Presentation, (WUNT 2/238. Tübingen: Mohr (Siebeck), 2008)
Book Chapters & Articles:
- “Penuel for the Daughter of Phanuel? The Use of Genesis 32 in Luke’s Presentation Narrative.” Bulletin for Biblical Research 35 (2025): 26-41.
“Something Old, Something New: The Origin of the Song of Moses in Rev 15.3,” in Susan Docherty and Steve Smith (eds.) The Scriptures in the Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature (LNTS 634. London: T&T Clark, 2023): 53-64
“Choose (Intertextual) Life”: Echoes of Deuteronomy 30 in the New Testament – a Case Study,’ in J. Coutts et al (eds.) It’s About Life: The Formative Power of Scripture (Vancouver: Regent Publishing, 2023): 7-29
“Paul’s Use of Exodus: Appealing to the Wilderness Experience,” in Beate Kowalski and Susan Docherty (eds.) The Reception of Exodus Motifs in Jewish and Christian Literature (Themes in biblical narrative 30. Leiden: Brill, 2021): 287-308.
(with Tom Thomas) “Mark’s Story – Little Ones at the Centre?” Expository Times 132 (2021): 302-09.
“Continuity and Discontinuity: The Relationship between the Two Testaments.” Bible in Transmission Spr 21 (2021): 14-17.
“What Are They Saying about Hebrews 13?” in David M. Moffitt & Eric F. Mason (eds.) Son, Sacrifice, and Great Shepherd: Studies on the Epistle to the Hebrews (WUNT 2/510. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020): 191-206.
“Paul donning Mosaic garb? The use of Deuteronomy 32 in Phil 2.12-18” European Journal of Theology 26.2 (2017): 135-43.
“Glossolalia” in Tom Thatcher et al. (eds.) Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media (London: Bloomsbury, 2017)
“Introduction: The Study of the Use of the Old Testament in the New” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 38 (2015): 3-16.
“Who, what & why?: “The worship of the firstborn in Heb 1:6” in Chris Keith & Dieter T. Roth (eds.) Mark, Manuscripts and Monotheism: Essays in Honor of Larry W. Hurtado (London: T&T Clark, 2014): 159-75
“UK Regional Group” in Clare Amos (ed.) The Bible in the Life of the Church: Canterbury Studies in Anglicanism (Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2013): 13-21
“Why Bother Going Outside?: The Use of the Old Testament in Heb 13:10–16” in Bart J. Koet, Steve Moyise & Joseph Verheyden (eds.) The Scriptures of Israel in Jewish and Christian Tradition: Essays in Honour of Maarten J. J. Menken (Leiden: Brill, 2013): 239-52
“Genesis in James, 1 and 2 Peter and Jude” in Steve Moyise & Maarten Menken (eds.) Genesis in the New Testament (London: T&T Clark, 2012): 147-65
“Joseph of Arimathea & Nicodemus” in Chris Keith & Larry Hurtado (eds.) Jesus among Friends and Enemies (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011): 149-69
“Forgotten Ages: Times and Space in Heb 1.2” in The Bible Translator 61.3 (2010): 144-52
“‘For the Bible tells me so’: New Approaches to the Bible Today” in Search 33 (2010): 113-22
“Phil 4:2-3: ‘To agree or not to agree? Unity is the question’” in Expository Times 121 (2010): 533-38
“‘The Forgotten Spirit’: A Pentecostal Reading of the Letter to the Hebrews.” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 18 (2009): 51-66.
“The Irrevocable Nature of Salvation: Evidence from the Book of Hebrews” in Testamentum Imperium 2 (2009): 1-24.
“The Holy Spirit as Gift or Giver? Retaining the Pentecostal Dimension of Hebrews 2:4.” The Bible Translator 59 (2008): 151-58.
“Constructing ‘Janus-Faced’ Exhortations. The Use of Old Testament Narratives in Heb 13,1-8.” Biblica 49 (2008): 401-09.
“More Than Just Numbers: Deuteronomic Influence in Hebrews 3:7-4:11.” Tyndale Bulletin 58 (2007): 161-81
