Biography
Concordia University Irvine, 1983-84 and since 1986.
Education
- University of California at Irvine, M.A., 1993; Ph.D. 2005
- Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO, M.Div., 1986
- Christ College Irvine, CA, B.A., 1981
Teaching
- Research: Josephus
- First Century Judea
- The Revelation of John
- Exegetical Method
Publications
Books
- A Short New Testament Syntax: Handbook with Exercises. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2018
- Revelation. Reformation Heritage Bible Commentary. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2012.
- The Sicarii in Josephus’s Judean War: Rhetorical Analysis and Historical Observations. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.
Chapters
- “Sicarii.” Page 735 in T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism, vol. 2. Edited by Daniel M. Gurtner and Loren T. Stuckenbruck. London: T&T Clark, 2020.
- “Roman Power and Divine Decree: Impression Management in the Masada Narrative, Bellem Judaicum 7.” Pages 177-192 in Ad Fontes Witenbergenses: Select Proceedings of Lutheranism and the Classics III: Lutherans Read History. Edited by James A. Kellerman, E. J. Hutchinson, and Joshua J. Hayes. Minneapolis: Lutheran Press2017.
- “Flavian Judea.” Pages XX-XX in A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome. Edited by Andrew Zissos. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming.
- “The Means of Grace.” Pages 69-78 in Learning at the Foot of the Cross: A Lutheran Vision for Education. Edited by Joel D. Heck and Angus J. L. Menuge. Austin: Concordia University Press, 2011.
- “A Comparison of the Literary Conventions in Judith with the Ancient Greek Novel.” Pages 163-171 in Hear the Word of Yahweh. Edited by Dean O. Wenthe, Paul L. Schrieber and Lee A. Maxwell. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2002.
Journals
- “The Sicarii in Acts: A New Perspective.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 54 (2011): 547-558.
- “The Irony of Masada.” The Bible and Interpretation, 2009.
Bible Studies
- End Times. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2001.
- An Introductory Course: Mark. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1998.
- Church Year Bible Studies: Series B – Lent-Easter-Ascension-Pentecost. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1996.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Bible, theology, Greek, and Latin courses
- THL 429 Biblical Theology and Exegesis
- THL 529 Lutheran Hermeneutics and Theology of Scripture
- THL 590 Guided Readings
- THL 595 & 596 Thesis I & II
- TEXN 532 Johannine Corpus