papers

upcoming

Egypt as Garden in the (Post-)Achaemenid Conceptualization of Space and History
European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Conference (July 10th-13th), research unit “Comparing Ancient Chronographic Historiographies from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Judah, and Greece in the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods” (with José Rafael Saade)

Philology as Leisure in the Novella of Ruth
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting (November 11th-21st), program unit “Philology and Biblical Studies”

Are All Texts Rivers? The Ending of MT Esther and the Multitextuality of Prose Fiction in the Hellenistic Period
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting (November 11th-21st), program unit “Hebrew Scriptures and Cognate Literature”

2023

Rethinking the Ending of Esther in Light of Demotic Egyptian Papyri
Tagung der Fachgruppe für Altes Testament der WGTh, Berlin (March 4)

Multiple Endings, Not Redactions in MT Esther; Handout
Alttestamentliche Sozietät, Theologische Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (January 4)

2022

A “véritable cycle romanesque?” The Relationship between P. Krall and P. Spiegelberg Reconsidered
14th International Demotic Congress, Heidelberg (September 6)

2021

Group Writing as Text-Making Technique.
Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities Scholars’ Colloquium, Online (November 5)

Mouvance and the Storyteller’s Art in Manuscripts of a Demotic Novella
Early Text Cultures reading group (Oxford), “Writing Orality” series (February 18)

2020

The Visual Possibilities of Narrative in the Demotic Battle for the Prebend of Amun
Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities Scholars’ Colloquium, Online (November 7)

Finding God in Nineveh: A Case Study in Judean and Egyptian Prophetic Imagination
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Online. (November 21st-24th)

When Storytelling Becomes Canonical: Changing Fortunes of the Novella in Hellenistic and Roman Judea and Egypt
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Online. (November 21st-24th)

Between the Cosmopolitan and the Vernacular: Private Literature in the Post-Iron Age Southeastern Mediterranean
American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Online (November 18th-21st)

Genre Matters: Jonah as Novella
Southeastern Commission on the Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Athens GA (March 1)

2018

“Suit the action to the word, the word to the action”: A New Reading of a Northwest Semitic Incantation in Egyptian Script (P. BM 10042, col. XII)
American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting (November 14th-17th)

Envisioning a Compiler at Work: Scribal Features of Papyrus Amherst 63
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Denver CO (November 18th)

2011

“The Earth from Which He Was Taken”: The Shift of Speaker in Genesis 3:22-23
Southwestern Conference on Religious Studies Annual Meeting, Irving TX (March 5th)

lectures (selected)

2022

Egyptian Scribes Writing Northwest Semitic
Guest lecture, Lehrstuhl “Geschichte Israels in der altorientalischen Welt,” Theologische Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (July 28)

The Poetics of Plot in the Egyptian and Judean Novella
Guest lecture, Lehrstuhl “Geschichte Israels in der altorientalischen Welt,” Theologische Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (June 3)

Inside the Academy: Getting a Humanities PhD in the US
Guest lecture, Graduiertenzentrum, Theologische Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (June 1)

2021

Getting the Story Straight: Plot Structure and Eventfulness in Esther
Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Reception Workshop, University of Chicago (May 25)

Literature in Ancient Egyptian Society
Literature Workshop, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (February 13)

2020

Who Are the Samaritans?
Sunday Seminar, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (August 16)

Biblical Hebrew: An Overview
Sunday Seminar, Oriental Institute of the Univeristy of Chicago (May 31)

Judean and Egyptian Novellas of the Achaemenid and Hellenistic Periods
Members’ Lecture, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (April 8)

Mythology of Ancient Egypt
Guest lecture, CLAS 250 Mythology, University of North Carolina Asheville (February 14)

2019

Books without Authors: Who Wrote (And Read) The First Novels?
Brown Bag Lecture, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville (February 14)

2018

Science and Technology of Writing in Ancient Egypt
Teacher Cohort Academy lecture, Education Department of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (July 11)

Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible: A Manuscript-Based Overview
Colloquium for Critical Editions for Digital Analysis and Research Project, OCHRE Data Service, The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (May 4)

2017

Egypto-Judaica: The First Jews in Egypt and the Egyptian Influence on the Bible
Lunch Lecture, KAM Isaiah Israel, Hyde Park, Chicago IL (April 18)

Building the Pyramids
Oriental Institute Community Scholars Lecture, Itasca Public Library, Itasca IL (February 16)

Engineering and Mathematics in Ancient Egypt
Teacher Cohort Academy lecture, Education Department of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (February 17)

2016

Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt
Oriental Institute Community Scholars Lecture, La Grange Public Library, La Grange IL (October 25)

What Can Ancient Egypt Tell Us About the Bible?
Volunteer’s Day, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (March 14)