Education

Ph.D. in Religious Studies, May, 1996

The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Major concentration: history and literature of early Christianity and Judaism
Minor concentration: modern Hinduism
Comprehensive exams:

    history and literature of early Judaism,
    history and literature of early Christianity
    codicology, papyrology, and related studies
    ancient interpretations of the Song of Songs
Dissertation: Lost Keys: Text and Interpretation in Old Greek Song of Songs and its Earliest Manuscript Witnesses
(abstract available in Penn's Scholarly Commons)

M. Div., June, 1974

Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey

Greek and Hebrew track
Senior concentration: hermeneutics

B.A. in Koine Greek, magna cum laude, June, 1970

Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas

Academic Awards and Honors

Mellon Dissertation Fellowship, 1992-1993

The University of Pennsylvania

Pepper Fellowship, 1989-1990

The University of Pennsylvania

Pepper Fellowship, 1988-1989

The University of Pennsylvania

Dean's Fellowship, Spring, 1988

The University of Pennsylvania

The Merle Saunders Schaff Memorial Prize, 1987

The University of Pennsylvania ("best essay demonstrating creative thinking on any subject related to the archaeology of Ancient Israel or to Judaic thought through the Middle Ages")





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