Invited Lectures

Invited Lectures

1. “War and Ritual Time in the Hebrew Bible.” The University of Gloucestershire, March 2026.

2. “War, Memory, and Calendar in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East.” Wheaton College, January 2026.

3. “Response to Nathan MacDonald: The Making of the Tabernacle and the Construction of Priestly Hegemony.” Online book launch, University of Oxford. November 2024.

4. “The Ark at War and Peace.” University of Pennsylvania. October 2024.

5. “Festivals and War in Pre-exilic Jerusalem: What Role Did the Ark Play?” King’s College London. March 2024.

6. “The Ark and Ritual Practice in Jerusalem: A Critical Reappraisal.” University of Cambridge. February 2024.

7. “The Ark between Two Kingdoms: Memories of the Ark in the Pre-exilic Period.” University of Oxford. January 2024.

8. “Between Diet and Sacrifice: The Origins of the Jewish Pig Prohibition Reconsidered.” Humboldt University. April 2023.

9. “Reimagining Biblical Studies Beyond the Hebrew Bible/Second Temple Judaism Divide.” Columbia Hebrew Bible Seminar. October 2022.

10. “Military Victory and Festal Celebration: Tracing the History of War Commemoration in Biblical and Early Jewish Festivals.” Columbia Hebrew Bible Seminar. May 2022. 

11. “Yhwh the Lawgiver: The Extent and Limits of Divine Authorship in the Hebrew Bible.” Stellenbosch University. May 2022.

10. “Response to Yitzhaq Feder: Purity and Pollution in the Hebrew Bible: From Embodied Experience to Moral Metaphor.” Contagion Is it All in Our Minds? Online book launch, University of Haifa. May 2022.

11. “Celebrating War: Festivals and War Commemoration in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Traditions.” Spring Bible and Archaeology Fest. Biblical Archaeology Society. April 2022.

12. “Festal Politics in 1 and 2 Maccabees: Postcolonial Criticism and Ritual Innovation in Hellenistic Judea.” Pennsylvania State University. February 2022.

13. “Response to David Carr: Terms for Teaching about and Discussing the Formation of Non-P/JE Materials in the Pentateuch in the Twenty-First Century.” Columbia Hebrew Bible Seminar. November 2021. 

14. “Butchery and Blood Disposal in Ancient Israel: The Case of 1 Sam 14:31–35.” University of Chicago. October 2021.

15. “Politics and Theology in Second Maccabees: Epiphanies, Prayers, and Martyrs Revisited.” University of St Andrews. November 2020.

16. “Forget-me-not: War Commemoration in Judean Festivals.” Literary Creativity and Forgetting. BRANE panel. October 2020.