Vita

I have taught at Heritage Christian University in Florence, Alabama since 2006. I completed my PhD in the History of Biblical Interpretation at Hebrew Union College (Cincinnati) in 2010. My dissertation is published as Hebrew Scripture in Patristic Biblical Theory. 

My wife, Jodi, and I have six kids, ranging from a college junior to a kindergartner (as of New Year's Day, 2025). 

Employment
Professor of Christian Scripture, Heritage Christian University (Florence, AL)
Associate Minister, Sherrod Ave. Church of Christ (Florence, AL)

Publications

Here is a list of some of my publications. At academia.edu, I try to (remember to) make available most of my academic articles and references to my academic books. The following list includes those along with my non-academic books. 

Books, academic

2025 (forthcoming), The Apocrypha through History: The Canonical Reception of the Deuterocanonical Literature. Oxford: Oxford university Press. (see here)

2025 (forthcoming), Satan and Friends: A Minimalist Approach for Believers. Abilene, TX: ACU Press. 

2021, Translation of the Seventy: History, Reception, and Contemporary Use of the Septuagint. Abilene, TX: ACU Press. 

2017, with John D. Meade, The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity: Texts and Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

2012, Hebrew Scripture in Patristic Biblical Theory: Canon, Language, Text. Leiden: Brill. 

Books, non-academic (ecclesial)

2024, Gospel of Life: A Study Guide on John's Gospel. Nashville: Gospel Advocate. 

2024, The Book of Daniel: Explorations in Christian Scripture. Florence, AL: HCU Press. 

2023, Approaching Christian Scripture Faithfully: Twenty Attempts. Florence, AL: Cypress. 

2022, The Gospel of Luke: Explorations in Christian Scripture. Florence, AL: HCU Press. 

2021, The Christian Life: Chapters for Bible Teachers. Florence, AL: Cypress. 

2021, Jesus the Christ: Chapters for Bible Teachers. Florence, AL: Cypress. 

2021, The Sermon on the Mount: Explorations in Christian Practice. Florence, AL: HCU Press. 

2019, The Book of Exodus: Explorations in Christian Theology. Florence, AL: HCU Press.

Articles, academic (recent)

2024, "The Hexapla in the Church According to Jerome," in The Forerunners and Heirs of Origen's Hexapla, ed. John D. Meade (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht), 267–304. (open access)

2024, "Suddenly and then Gradually: The Growth of the Septuagint and Its Canon," Journal of Biblical Literature 143: 303–22. 

2023, "What Were the 'Scriptures' in the Time of Jesus?" in Israel's Scriptures in Early Christian Writings: The Use of the Old Testament in the New, ed. Matthias Henze and David Lincicum (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans), 23–46. 

2023, "Deuterocanonical Books in Latin Tradition," in The Oxford Handbook of the Latin Bible, ed. H. A. G. Houghton (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 91–105. 

2022, "1.1.1.2 Hebrew and Greek Texts in Judaism and Christianity: Antiquity and Late Antiquity: Christian Scholarship," in Textual History of the Bible, vol. 3A: History of Research, ed. Russell Fuller and Armin Lange (Leiden: Brill). 

2022, "Daniel and the Diadochi," Journal of Biblical Literature 141: 301–16.