Trinity College Dublin

Alumnus, School of Religions and Theology

Thesis Title: Of Persepolis and Jerusalem: Towards an Evaluation of Iranian Influence on Jewish Apocalyptic Traditions

About

Education:
+PhD, Trinity College Dublin, School of Religions and Theology 2005-2010
--Dissertation: "Of Persepolis and Jerusalem"
+MA Film Studies, University College Dublin, 2002-2003
--Dissertation: "Seven Films of the Apocalypse"
+BA Communication and Theatre Arts, (Minors in Biblical Studies and Music), Gordon College, 1999-2002
--Dissertation: "Profanity and the Christian Filmmaker"
--Independent ("Pike Scholar") project: "Film adaptations of the Biblical Text"

Professional Association Memberships:
-Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars (http://aabs.org)
-Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (www.persianatesocieties.org)
-Biblical Association for the Church of Ireland (http://bibliahibernica.wordpress.com)
-British Institute of Persian Studies (www.bips.ac.uk)
-European Association of Biblical Studies (www.eabs.net)
-Irish Biblical Association (http://irish-biblical-association.com)
-Hekhal: The Irish Society for the study of the Ancient Near East (http://hekhal.wordpress.com)
-Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)
-Society of Old Testament Studies (www.sots.ac.uk)

My primary research interests are:
+Iranian Influence on Second Temple Judaism (particularly Apocalyptic Traditions) — ideology, mythology, and praxis
+Achaemenid Persian Empire, history, and ideology — particularly related to Judaean populations
+Apocalyptic Literature — development and backgrounds
+Prophecy/Prophetic Literature — relation to ANE forms
+Bible and Film — using film to understand the biblical texts
+Theology/Biblical hermeneutics — particularly in the contexts of Fundamentalism and the Anglican Communion