Education
He holds a Bachelor in Biblical Studies (1994), an Master of Arts in Biblical Studies (1995), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical Studies (1999), all from the University of Sheffield.
He holds a Bachelor in Biblical Studies (1994), an Master of Arts in Biblical Studies (1995), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical Studies (1999), all from the University of Sheffield.
He was appointed Lecturer in New Testament Studies at the University of Bristol in 2001 and then Senior Lecturer in Biblical Interpretation in 2007. His main area of research is the reception history of the Bible. His publications include Canon and Exegesis: The Canonical Approach and the Sodom Narrative (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002).
New Directions in Qumran Studies: Proceedings from the Bristol Colloquium on the Dead Sea Scrolls, 8-10th September 2003 (London: Continuum, 2005).
Company-edited with J.G. Campbell and L.K. Pietersen. And The Way the World Ends? The Apocalypse of John in Culture and Ideology (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2009).
Company-edited with J. Økland.