PhD Research

Below is a list of topics on which I have written or presented thus far in my PhD program.

  • A Historical Inquiry into Jesus' Predictions of His Death (2011)
  • Historical Criteria for Evaluating Eyewitness Testimony and Their Relevance for Historical Jesus Studies (2011)
  • Salvation as Metaphor in the Pauline Corpus (2011)
  • Examining the "Spheres of Influence" in the Epistle to the Galatians (2011)
  • Paul and the Purpose of the Torah in Romans: A Biblical-Theological Inquiry (2011)
  • The Use of Genesis 15:6 in Second Temple Jewish Literature (2011)
  • Greco-Roman Household Codes and Their Relation to the New Testament Epistles (2010)
  • The Theological Function of Creation in the Psalter (2010)
  • The Christological Significance of Psalm 22 (2010)
  • A Theology of Psalm 88 (2010)
  • 'Election' in Second Temple Judaism and Its Impact upon the New Testament (2010)
  • The Pharisees and Their Influence upon Second Temple Judaism (2010)
  • The Wisdom of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) (2010)
  • A Theology of Isaiah (2010)
  • Interpretive Issues Arising from the (Dis)Unity of the Book of Isaiah (2010)
  • Motivating the Unmotivated: Casting a Vision of the Church's Mission (2010)
  • Emotional Doubt and Divine Hiddenness (2010)
  • Misbelief Therapy in Counseling Religious Doubt (2010)
  • The Theological Methodology of Stanley J. Grenz (2010)
  • The Resurrection of Jesus and Spiritual (Trans)Formation (2009)
  • The Resurrection of Jesus in the Writings of the Apostle Paul (2009)
  • Ancient Mythology and the Resurrection of Jesus (2009)
  • New Testament Hermeneutics and the Modern Interpreter (2009)
  • The Afterlife in Second Temple Judaism (2009)
  • The Use of Hosea 11:1 in Matthew 2:13-15 (2009)
  • A Theology of Exodus (2009)
  • Scholarship and Ministry in the Life and Thought of Augustine (2009)
  • Augustine and the Flesh (2009)
  • The Church and State in the Thought of Augustine (2009)
  • The Scriptures in Second Temple Judaism (2009)
  • The Presuppositional Apologetics of John M. Frame (2009)
  • Classical Apologetics: A Critique (2009)
  • Reformed Apologetics: A Critique (2009)
  • Apologetic Methodology: A Dialogical Approach (2009)
  • The Israelite Slaughter of the Tribes of Canaan (2008)
  • Religious and Non-Religious Charitable Giving and Volunteerism (2008)
  • Historical Criteria and the New Testament Gospels (2008)
  • A Word Study of historew (2008)
  • Reliability of the New Testament: General Reliability v. Minimal Facts (2008)
  • Atheism and the Problem of Evil (2008)
  • The Early Transmission of Jesus' Teaching (2008)

Other Graduate Research

Below is a list of other miscellaneous topics on which I have written or presented during my Graduate work.

  • The Correlation Between the Wisdom of Ben-Sira and the Teachings of Jesus (2007)
  • The Development of the Interpretive Method of the Antiochene School (2007)
  • A Comparison of the Interpretive Methodologies of Clement of Alexandria and Origen (2007)
  • A Translation of Select Texts in the Septuagint (2007)
  • An Exegetical Study of Galatians 6:1-10 (2006)
  • An Exegetical Study of Philippians 3:10-11 (2006)
  • The Problem of Evil and the Suffering of Christ (2005)
  • The Nature of the Resurrection of Believers: A Study in 1 Cor. 15 (2005)
  • The Deity of Christ in the Gospel of John (2005)