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      Curriculum Vitae
       Todd Russell Hanneken, Ph.D.
      Professor
      Department of Theology
      St. Mary’s University
      One Camino Santa Maria
      San Antonio, Texas 78228
      thanneken@stmarytx.edu
      https://palimpsest.stmarytx.edu/thanneken/
      Education
      2003–2008
      University of Notre Dame, Ph.D. (Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity)
         					
         
       
      1997–2000
      Harvard Divinity School, M.T.S. (Scripture and Interpretation, James L. Kugel)
      1993–1997
      University of Chicago, B.A. (Jewish Studies, John J. Collins)
      1994–1995
      Hebrew University of Jersualem (Ulpan and One Year Program)
      1989–1993
      St. Louis University High
      Teaching
      2020–
      Full Professor, St. Mary’s University
      2012–2020
      Associate Professor, St. Mary’s University
      2008–2012
      Assistant Professor, St. Mary’s University
         
            - “Introduction to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testaments”  (undergraduate)
 
            - “Pentateuch”  (undergraduate and graduate variants)
 
            - “Wisdom Literature in the Hebrew and Greek Bibles”  (graduate)
 
            - “The Law of Moses”  (graduate)
 
            - “The Forbidden Books”  (undergraduate)
 
            - “Theological Capstone Seminar: Eschatology”  (graduate)
 
            - “The Interpretation of the History of Israel”  (graduate)
 
            - “Introduction to Theology”  (undergraduate)
 
            - “Honors Theology”  (undergraduate honors program)
 
         
       
      2007–2008
      Instructor, University of Notre Dame
         
            - “The Afterlife and the End of the World”  (upper-level undergraduate)
 
         
       
      2005–2006
      Teaching Assistant for Michael A. Signer, University of Notre Dame
         
            - “Jews and Christians Throughout History” 
 
            - “Post-Holocaust Literature and Theology” 
 
         
       
      2000–2003
      Faculty, Department of Religious Studies, Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, California
         
            - “Introduction to Catholic Christianity”  (freshmen)
 
            - “Hebrew Scriptures”  (freshmen)
 
            - “World Religions”  (seniors)
 
         
       
      1998
      Teaching Assistant for Gary A. Anderson, Harvard University
         
            - “Adam and Eve in Jewish and Christian Traditions” 
 
         
       
      Publications
      Monographs
      in progress
       Todd R. Hanneken,  David T. Gura, and  Federico Gallo,  Latin Jubilees and the Testament of Moses (Latin Moses): Jewish Writings Attributed
            to Moses in a Fifth-Century Christian Collection. 
      2021
       Todd R. Hanneken,  
Theological Questions. Atla Open Press 81. Chicago: Atla. 
10.31046/atlaopenpress.81. 
 
      2012
       Todd R. Hanneken,  
The Subversion of the Apocalypses in the Book of Jubilees. Early Judaism and Its Literature 34. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. 
10.2307/j.ctt32c027. 
 
      Peer-Reviewed Articles
      2024
       Morteza Maali Amiri,  David W. Messinger, and  Todd R. Hanneken, “Colorimetric Characterization of Multispectral Imaging Systems for Visualization of
         Historical Artifacts.”  
Journal of Cultural Heritage 68 pp. 136–148. 
10.1016/j.culher.2024.05.014. 
 
      2023
       Todd R. Hanneken, “The Origin and Development of the Prohibition of Eating on Blood.”  
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 85 pp. 595–617. 
10.1353/cbq.2023.a908815. 
 
      2023
       Todd R. Hanneken, “What to Think About When Thinking About Digitization of Manuscripts.”  
Digital Philology 12 pp. 256–284. 
10.1353/dph.2023.a911846. 
 
      2022
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Three Priorities for Digitally-Enabled Research and Teaching in Manuscripts of Biblical
         Literature.”  In 
New Approaches to Textual and Image Analysis in Early Jewish and Christian Studies, edited by  Garrick Allen,  Sara Schulthess,  Paul Dilley and  Peter Phillips. Digital Biblical Studies 5. Leiden: Brill pp. 5–24. 
10.1163/9789004515116_003. 
 
      2016
       Todd R. Hanneken, “New Technology for Imaging Unreadable Manuscripts and Other Artifacts: Integrated
         Spectral Reflectance Transformation Imaging (Spectral RTI).”  In 
Ancient Worlds in a Digital Culture, edited by  Claire Clivaz,  Paul Dilley and  David Hamidoviç. Digital Biblical Studies 1. Leiden: Brill pp. 180–195. 
10.1163/9789004325234_010. 
 
      2015
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Moses Has His Interpreters: Understanding the Legal Exegesis in Acts 15 from the Precedent
         in Jubilees.”  
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 77 pp. 686–706. 
10.17613/M6QJ77X76. 
 
      2015
       Todd R. Hanneken, “The Sin of the Gentiles: The Prohibition of Eating Blood in the Book of Jubilees.”  
Journal for the Study of Judaism 45 pp. 1–27. 
10.1163/15700631-12340066. 
 
      2014
       Todd R. Hanneken, “The Use of the Book of the Watchers in Jubilees.”  In 
The Fallen Angels Traditions: Second Temple Developments and Reception History, edited by  Angela Kim Harkins,  Kelley Coblentz Bautch and  John C. Endres, S.J. Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 53. Washington, D.C.: Catholic Biblical Association of America pp. 25–68. 
10.17613/M6028PC5G. 
 
      2010
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Creation and New Creation in the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Literature.”  In 
God, Grace, and Creation, edited by  Philip J. Rossi. Maryknoll: Orbis pp. 79–93. 
10.17613/M6H12V68S. 
 
      2006
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Angels and Demons in the Book of Jubilees and Contemporary Apocalypses.”  
Henoch 28 pp. 11–25. 
10.17613/M6RJ48T6Z. 
 
      1997
       Todd R. Hanneken, “A Completely Different Reading of Melito’s  Peri Pascha.”  Meqorot: The University of Chicago Journal of Jewish Studies 3 pp. 26–33. 
      Invited Contributions
      Forthcoming
       Todd R. Hanneken, “The Book of Jubilees.”  In The Blackwell Companion to the Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, edited by  Randall D. Chesnutt. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. 
      2022
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM).”  In 
Textual History of the Bible Volume 3D, Science and Technology. Leiden: Brill. 
10.1163/2452-4107_thb_COM_347324. 
 
      2022
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Analysis and Visualization: Overview.”  In 
Textual History of the Bible Volume 3D, Science and Technology. Leiden: Brill. 
10.1163/2452-4107_thb_COM_225893. 
 
      2022
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Greek Manuscripts of the British Library.”  In 
Textual History of the Bible Volume 3D, Science and Technology. Leiden: Brill. 
10.1163/2452-4107_thb_COM_225920. 
 
      2020
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Early Judaism and Modern Technology.”  In 
Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters, edited by  Matthias Henze and  Rodney Werline. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature Press. 
10.2307/j.ctv1bd4n9z.16. 
 
      2020
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Ten-Times-Tested Abraham in the Book of Jubilees.”  In 
Testing and Temptation in Early Jewish and Christian Literature, edited by  Loren T. Stuckenbruck and  Daniel L. Smith. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament II 519. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. 
10.1628/978-3-16-155953-2. 
 
      2020
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Spectral Imaging.”  In 
Textual History of the Bible Volume 3D, Science and Technology. Leiden: Brill. 
10.1163/2452-4107_thb_COM_225866. 
 
      2020
       Todd R. Hanneken, “International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF).”  In 
Textual History of the Bible Volume 3D, Science and Technology. Leiden: Brill. 
10.1163/2452-4107_thb_COM_233273. 
 
      2019
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Texts Associated with Prophets.”  In 
T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism, edited by  Loren T. Stuckenbruck and  Daniel Gurtner. London: T&T Clark. 
10.1111/rsr.15820. 
 
      2019
       Todd R. Hanneken, “The Book of Jubilees in Latin.”  In 
Textual History of the Bible Volume 2, Deutero-Canonical Writings, edited by  Matthias Henze and  Armin Lange. Leiden: Brill. 
10.1163/2452-4107_thb_COM_0208050000. 
 
      2019
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Spectral RTI Technology for the Recovery of Erased Manuscripts from Antiquity.” Technical report published electronically by the National Endowment for the Humanities
         and the Jubilees Palimpsest Project. 
https://palimpsest.stmarytx.edu/AmbrosianaArchive/Reports/WhitePaper-20191130.html. 
 
      2018
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Spectral RTI.”  In 
Textual History of the Bible Volume 3D, Science and Technology. Leiden: Brill. 
10.1163/2452-4107_thb_COM_0208050000. 
 
      2017
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Jubilees.”  In 
Early Jewish Literature: An Introduction and Reader, edited by  Archie T. Wright,  Ron Herms and  Brad Embry. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 
10.17613/M62V2C89M. 
 
      2014
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Integrating Spectral and Reflectance Transformation Imaging Technologies for the Digitization
         of Manuscripts and Other Cultural Artifacts.” Technical report published electronically by the National Endowment for the Humanities
         and the Jubilees Palimpsest Project. 
https://palimpsest.stmarytx.edu/integrating/WhitePaper-20140630.pdf. 
 
      2012
       Todd R. Hanneken, “The Status and Interpretation of  
Jubilees in 4Q390.”  In 
A Teacher for All Generations: Essays in Honor of James C. VanderKam, edited by  Eric F. Mason,  Samuel I. Thomas,  Alison Schofield and  Eugene Ulrich. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 153. Leiden: Brill pp. 407–428. 
10.1163/9789004224087_023. 
 
      Book Review
      2013
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Review of J.T.A.G.M. van Ruiten,  Abraham in the Book of Jubilees: The Rewriting of Genesis 11:26–25:10 in the Book
            of Jubilees 11:14–23:8.”  Journal for the Study of Judaism 44 pp. 438–439. 
      Publications Edited
      2022
       Textual History of the Bible Volume 3D, Science and Technology, edited by  Armin Lange and  Russell E. Fuller. Leiden: Brill. 
https://brill.com/display/title/63028/. 
         
            - 2018–2021 invited contributor
 
            - 2021–2022 joined Marilyn Lundberg as Associate Editor of the print edition
 
            - 2023– editor of the continuously updated online edition and subsequent supplements
               in print
 
         
       
      2009
       Todd R. Hanneken and  Pierpaolo Bertalotto, “Enoch and Jubilees: Short Papers from the Fourth Enoch Seminar at Camaldoli (8–12
         July 2007).”  Henoch 31. 
      1997
       Meqorot: The University of Chicago Journal of Jewish Studies, edited by  Todd R. Hanneken. 
      Popular and Enthusiast Media Coverage and Publications
      2018
      
      2017
       Marek Dospěl, “Biblical Studies in the Digital Age: How Digital Archaeology has Revolutionized Biblical
         Studies.”  
Bible History Daily. 
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/biblical-archaeology-topics/biblical-studies-in-the-digital-age/. 
 
      2017
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Digital Archaeology’s New Frontiers.”  Biblical Archaeology Review. 
      2016
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Seeing Colors Beyond the Naked Eye: Spectral RTI, a New Tool for Imaging Artifacts.”  Ancient Near East Today. 
      2016
       Elaine Ayala, “Eying the Ancients: St. Mary’s Prof., Students to Use Technology to Read What the
         Early Church Tried to Erase.”  San Antonio Express-News. 
      2015
       Steve Moyer, “A Pair of Technologies Sheds New Light on Jubilees Palimpsest.”  
Humanities: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities 36. 
https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2015/julyaugust/curio/pair-technologies-sheds-new-light-jubilees-palimpsest. 
 
      2015
       Todd R. Hanneken, “Researchers Read Previously Invisible Ancient Texts.”  San Antonio Express News. 
      2014
       Carmel Tajonera, “New Technology Unmasks Ancient Scriptural Manuscripts.”  
Gold and Blue: The Magazine of St. Mary’s University. 
https://issuu.com/stmarysu/docs/gold_blue_summer2014-issuu. 
 
      Online Resources and Software
      2025–
       Todd R. Hanneken,  
Jubilees Palimpsest Capture. 
https://github.com/thanneken/jubpalcapture. Python tools for capturing multispectral image data from cultural heritage artifacts
 
      2024–
       Todd R. Hanneken,  
Tei2Edition. 
https://github.com/thanneken/tei2edition. Create a scholarly edition with multiple visualizations from a single TEI file.
 
      2022–
       Todd R. Hanneken,  
Jubilees Palimpsest Process. 
https://github.com/thanneken/JubPalProcess. Python software for processing multispectral imaging data into calibrated color and
         pseudo-color enhancements based on linear transformations.
 
      2021–2022
       Todd R. Hanneken,  
Open Educational Resource (OER) Platform. 
https://thanneken.github.io/TheologicalQuestions/. 
The platform used to create the textbook  
Theological Questions is open source for other instructors to remix, modify, and supplement.
Supplement series includes, “Mary, Mariology, and Marianists”  (2022).
 
      2016–2019
       Todd R. Hanneken and  Bryan Haberberger,  
SpectralRTI_Toolkit. 
https://github.com/thanneken/SpectralRTI_Toolkit. ImageJ plugin to process RTI images from multispectral and raking image data.
 
      2009–
       Todd R. Hanneken,  
The Jubilees Palimpsest Project. 
https://jubilees.stmarytx.edu/. Website for scholars and the public on technologies related to digital archaeology,
         manuscript studies, and the manuscript history of Latin Jubilees, the Testament of
         Moses, and the Arian Commentary on Luke. 
         Includes original scholarship and translations as well as annotated links and bibliography.
 
      Conference Presentations
      2025
      “Priestly Eschatology in the Testament of Moses and Malachi.” 
         							Pseudepigrapha Program Unit,
         							Society of Biblical Literature,
         							Boston, Massachusetts.
         						
      2025
      “Minimal Computing Design Principles.” Multispectral Imaging Rodeo 2025,
         							Rochester, New York.
         						
      2025
      “Component Quality Specifications and Costs: Sensors.” Multispectral Imaging Rodeo 2025,
         							Rochester, New York.
         						
      2024
      “Streamlining Text Encoding Initiative (TEI), International Image Interoperability
         Framework (IIIF), and Mirador: Theoretical and Practical Considerations for Interactive
         Critical Editions.” Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations DH Conference 2024,
         							Washington, D.C.
      2024
      “Priestly Eschatology in Testament of Moses and Malachi.” 
         							Research Report,
         							Catholic Biblical Association Annual General Meeting,
         							Washington, D.C.
      2023
      “Minimal Computing and the Liberal Arts.” Association for Computers and the Humanities 2023 Conference 
         							(all virtual).
         						
      2022
      “What’s Marianist about Open Educational Resources (OER)?” 
         							Poster,
         							Association of Marianist Universities Symposium,
         							St. Louis, Missouri.
         						
      2022
      “How to Respond to the Collective Angst in the Human Heart?” 
         							Plenary, 
         							Association of Marianist Universities Symposium,
         							St. Louis, Missouri.
         						
      2019
      
         							Organizer and moderator of plenary forum,
         							“Biblical Scholarship in Latin America: Celebrating Eighty Years of  Revista Bíblica.” Catholic Biblical Association Annual General Meeting,
         							Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio.
         						
      2019
      “Three Priorities for Digitally-Enabled Research and Teaching in Manuscripts of Biblical
         Literature.” 
         							Digital Humanities in Biblical, Early Jewish, and Christian Studies. 
         							Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, 
         							Rome, Italy.
         						
      2019
      “Deep Digitization: Considerations and Tools for Imaging Cultural Heritage Beyond the
         Basics.” Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations DH Conference 2019,
         							Utrecht, Netherlands.
         						
      2018
      
         							Organizer and moderator of plenary forum, 
         							“What’s Catholic about Catholic Biblical Scholarship?” Catholic Biblical Association Annual General Meeting,
         							Denver, Colorado.
         						
      2018
      “The Next Generation of Digital Tools for the Study of Manuscripts.” 
         							Recent Developments and the Future of Scholarship and Teaching Ancient Scribal
         Heritage, 
         							Notre Dame, Indiana.
         						
      2017
      “A Historical Taxonomy of Biblical Interpretation: Premodern, Modern, and Postmodern.” 
         							Pedagogy Section, South Texas Jewish Studies Research Triangle,
         							Austin, Texas.
         						
      2017
      “The Jubilees Palimpsest Project.” 
         							Joint session of Digital Humanities and Pseudepigrapha program units,
         							Society of Biblical Literature,
         							Boston, Massachusetts.
         						
      2017
      “Texture Imaging from Capture to Access.” Rochester Cultural Heritage Imaging, Visualization, and Education Conference,
         							Rochester, New York.
         						
      2017
      “Ten-Times Tested Abraham in the Book of Jubilees.” 
         							Testing and Temptation in Second Temple Jewish and Early Christian Texts, 
         							Studienzentrum Josefstal, 
         							Munich, Germany.
         						
      2016
      “The Future of Biblical Scholarship in a Digital Age.” 
         							Plenary, 
         							Catholic Biblical Association Annual General Meeting,
         							Santa Clara, California.
         						
      2016
      “Eating on Blood: What Is It? Who Did It? Why? Why Not?” 
         							Research Report, 
         							Catholic Biblical Association Annual General Meeting,
         							Santa Clara, California.
         						
      2015
      “Anthropological Perspectives on Scribal Culture.” 
         							Human Distinctiveness Seminar, 
         							Notre Dame, Indiana.
         						
      2014
      “The Integration of Spectral and Reflectance Transformation Imaging Technologies.” 
         							Digital Humanities in Biblical, Early Jewish, and Christian Studies Unit, 
         							Society of Biblical Literature, 
         							San Diego, California.
         						
      2014
      “Recent Technological Developments for the Recovery of Text from Unreadable Manuscripts.” 
         							Research Report,
         							Catholic Biblical Association Annual General Meeting,
         							Providence, Rhode Island.
         						
      2014
      “Integrating Spectral and Reflectance Transformation Imaging Technologies for the Digitization
         of Manuscripts and Other Cultural Artifacts.” 
         							Cyprus Institute Workshop: Reflectance Transformation Imaging and Cultural
         Heritage: Current State and Future Potential, 
         							Nicosia, Cyprus.
         						
      2013
      “Jubilees and the Annual Covenant Renewal: New Insight into Use of Sources and History
         of Influence.” 
         							Qumran Unit, 
         							Society of Biblical Literature,
         							Baltimore, Maryland.
         						
      2012
      “Palimpsest Revealed: The Transmission, Suppression, and Restoration of Jubilees and
         the Testament of Moses.” 
         							Pseudepigrapha Unit, 
         							Society of Biblical Literature,
         							Chicago, Illinois.
         						
      2012
      “The Jubilees Palimpsest Project.” 
         							Seminar on Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity,
         							Catholic Biblical Association Annual General Meeting,
         							Notre Dame, Indiana.
         						
      2011
      “The Use of Jubilees in the Damascus Document.” 
         							Bible and the History of Biblical Interpretation Unit, 
         							Association for Jewish Studies,
         							Washington, D.C.
      2009
      “The Use of Jubilees in 4Q390: Adoption and Adaptation of Authority.” 
         							Qumran Unit,
         							Society of Biblical Literature,
         							New Orleans, Louisiana.
         						
      2009
      “The Use of the Book of the Watchers in the Book of Jubilees.” 
         							Seminar on Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity,
         							Catholic Biblical Association Annual General Meeting,
         							Omaha, Nebraska.
         						
      2009
      “Creation and New Creation in the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Literature.” 
         							Scripture Section, 
         							College Theology Society, 
         							Notre Dame, Indiana.
         						
      2008
      “Apocalyptic Literature, Ideas, and Movements: The Book of Jubilees and the Variety
         of Judaism in Antiquity.” 
         							The Contribution of the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Study of Judaism in Late Antiquity,
         
         							Association for Jewish Studies,
         							Washington, D.C.
      2007
      “Wars from Heaven and Soldiers from Earth: Three Jewish Responses to Violence.” 
         							Violence and Representations of Violence among Jews and Christians, 
         							Society of Biblical Literature,
         							San Diego, California.
         						
      2006
      “Angels and Demons in the Book of Jubilees and Contemporary Apocalypses.” 
         							Pseudepigrapha Group, 
         							Society of Biblical Literature,
         							Washington, D.C.
      2006
      “The Apocalyptic Imagination of God’s Awesome Grandeur: Mercy and Justice in the Apocalypse
         of Peter.” 
         							Scripture Section,
         							College Theology Society,
         							Denver, Colorado.
         						
      2006
      “Angels and Demons in the Book of Jubilees and Contemporary Apocalypses.” 
         							Graduate Enoch Seminar, 
         							Ann Arbor, Michigan.
         						
      2003
      “Moses, Samuel, Elijah and Jesus: Un-interpreting Messianic Expectations in Pseudo-Philo
         51:6.” 
         							Pacific Coast Regional Meeting,
         							Society of Biblical Literature,
         							Berkeley, California.
         						
      Advanced Imaging Training
      2024
      
      2020
      
      2019
      
         							Workshop on Integrated Spectral Reflectance Transformation Imaging (Spectral
         RTI). 
         							University of Texas, Austin, 
         						 	
https://jubilees.stmarytx.edu/2019/201901UTAustin.html.
         							British Library, University College London, Royal Library of Denmark, University
         of Graz,
         							
https://jubilees.stmarytx.edu/2019/201906Europe.html 
      2018
      
         							SpectralRTI Training and SpectralRTI Demonstration. 
         							Rochester Cultural Heritage Imaging, Visualization, and Education,
         							Rochester, New York.
         							
https://jubilees.stmarytx.edu/2018/201806RCHIVE.html 
      Community Lectures
      2024
      “Discovery Imaging and Reimagining Discovery.” 
         							Public lecture panel at the University of Milan, 
         							 
Making the Invisible Visible: Visual History and Digital Imaging in Manuscript Studies, 
         							
https://studistorici.unimi.it/it/making-invisible-visible-visual-history-and-digital-imaging-manuscript-studies,
         							
https://palimpsest.stmarytx.edu/2024/discovery/.
         						
 
      2022
      “Abraham’s Via Dolorosa.” 
         							The Bible and Its Tradition Series, 
         							St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church and online, 
         							
https://labiblia.stmarytx.edu/2022/03/.
         						
 
      2021
      “Eve and Mary.” 
         							The Bible and Its Tradition Series, 
         							Oblate School of Theology and online, 
         							
https://labiblia.stmarytx.edu/2021/05/.
         						
 
      2019
      “The Jubilees Palimpsest Project.” 
         							Faculty Convocation,
         							St. Mary’s University.
         						
      2018
      “What Humanities Scholars Really Want from Digital Imaging: A Report from the Experience
         of the Jubilees Palimpsest Project.” 
         							Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science Seminar Series,
         							Rochester Institute of Technology. 
         							
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Ly9Y7VWBY.
         						
 
      2017
      “Digital Archaeology Tools for Discovery and Access to Previously Illegible Manuscripts.” 
         							Workshop on Late Antiquity, 
         							University of Texas, Austin.
         						
      2015
      “New Light on Lost Writings of Early Judaism and Christianity.” 
         							Source of Light Center, 
         							San Antonio, Texas.
         						
      2014
      “The Forbidden Books of the Prophet Enoch from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Their Influence
         on the Earliest Christians.” 
         							Source of Light Center, 
         							San Antonio, Texas.
         						
      2014
      “Jubilees.” 
         							Sabbath learning at Congregation Beth Jacob, 
         							Mendota Heights, Minnessota.
         						
      2014
      “Text Study of the Hebrew Fragments of the Book of Jubilees.” 
         							Minnesota Rabbinical Association, 
         							Minneapolis, Minnessota.
         						
      2014
      “The Book of Jubilees: The Oldest Interpretation of the Book of Genesis.” 
         							Source of Light Center, 
         							San Antonio, Texas.
         						
      2013
      “The Origin of Evil: The Interpretation of Genesis in the Book of the Watchers and
         the Interpretation of the Book of the Watchers in Jubilees.” 
         							St. Catherine University, Department of Theology, 
         							St. Paul, Minnessota.
         						
      2010
      “The Significance of Hanukkah for Catholicism and Jewish-Catholic Relations.” 
         							Annual Jewish-Catholic Hanukkah luncheon sponsored by San Fernando Cathedral
         and the Jewish Federation of San Antonio, 
         							San Antonio, Texas.
         						
      2010
      “The Proclaimed Word.” 
         							Diocese of Austin Workshop for Lectors, 
         							Round Rock, Texas.
         						
      2010
      “The Hazard of Gardening in Eden: The Origins of Original Sin.” 
         							Diocese of Austin Theology on Tap, 
         							Austin, Texas.
         						
      2009
      
         							Response to Richard Gaillardetz, 
         							“Church as a Community of Holy Conversation: The Demands of Dialogic Existence.” 
         							Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series,
         							St. Mary’s University,
         							San Antonio, Texas.
         						
      Service
      Academic Service
      2025–
      Pseudepigrapha Program Unit Co-Convener, Society of Biblical Literature
      2021–
      Editorial Board, Textual History of the Bible Handbooks.
      2021–2022
       La Biblia y su Tradición, The Bible and Its Tradition
         								Collaboration to promote love of Scripture in the languages of the Southwest,
         
         								
https://labiblia.stmarytx.edu/.
         							
 
      2021–2023
      Advisory Board, Inscriptions of Israel and Palestine, Brown University.
      2020–2023
      Advisory Board, Low-Cost End-to-End Spectral Imaging System for Historical Document
         Discovery, Rochester Institute of Technology.
      2019
      
         								Expert consultant, PBS WGBH Boston, NOVA episode titled, 
         								“Dead Sea Detectives.” 
         								(focused on technological innovations in the study of the text and authenticity
         of Dead Sea Scrolls).
         							
      2018
      
         								Conference Organizer, 
         								“Recent Developments and the Future of Scholarship and Teaching Ancient Scribal Heritage.” 
         								Notre Dame, May 15-17.
         								
https://jubilees.stmarytx.edu/2018/201805Workshop.html 
      2017–2021
      
         								Program Committee,
         								Catholic Biblical Association.
         							
      2017–2022
      
         								Chair, Technology and Outreach Committee,
         								Catholic Biblical Association.
         							
      2017
      
         								Co-convener, with Olivier-Thomas Venard, 
         								The Bible and Digital Humanities Continuing Seminar, 
         								Catholic Biblical Association.
         							
      2016–2021
      Editorial Board, Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series.
      2016–2019
      Research Support Committee, Catholic Biblical Association.
      2016–
      Advisory Board, SBL Text-Critical Studies Monograph Series.
      2013–2016
      
         								Member, Board of Directors, Source of Light Center for Interfaith Adult Education,
         
         								San Antonio, Texas.
         							
      2012–2024
      Abstractor for  Old Testament Abstracts.
      2009–
      Director, The Jubilees Palimpsest Project.
      2007–2010
      
         								Journal Publishing Commission, 
         								 Henoch: Studies in Judaism and Christianity from Second Temple to Late Antiquity.
         							
      2007
      Editor, Enoch Seminar Conference Papers.
      2005–2007
      
         								Coordinator, with Lawrence Schiffman, James VanderKam, and Alex Jassen, 
         								 New York University, Notre Dame Joint Program: Jewish and Christian Scholars on the
            Origins of Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity.
         							
      Select University Service
      2022–
      Marianist Educational Associate.
      2022–2023
      Founded  New Faculty Debut research presentation series.
      2022–2023
      Advisory Council of the Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences,
         elected.
      2021–2022
      Chair, Search Committee, hired LaReine-Marie Mosely and Xavier Montecel.
      2019–2023
      Center for Catholic Studies, Executive Committee and Internal Advisory Board.
      2017–2023
      Chair, Department of Theology.
      2015–2016
      Chair, Search Committee, hired Sara Ronis and Allison Gray.
      Honors
      2024–2025
      Sabbatical, St. Mary’s University.
      2023
      St. Mary’s University Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching.
      2020
      Promotion to Full Professor, St. Mary’s University.
      2016–2017
      Sabbatical, St. Mary’s University.
      2015
      Selected by the  Human Distinctiveness Project as one of thirteen theologians invited from around the world for a three-week transdisciplinary
         seminar at Notre Dame, funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
      2012
      Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor, St. Mary’s University.
      2007
      Kaneb Center Advanced Teaching Scholar Certificate, Notre Dame.
      2006
      Passed Candidacy Exams with High Honors, Notre Dame.
      2005
      Graduate Student Fellow of the American Academy of Jewish Research.
      1997
      Graduation Honors from the Department of Jewish Studies and the College of the University
         of Chicago.
      1995
      Morton-Murphy Student Leadership Award, The University of Chicago.
      Grants
      2025–2026
       Latin Moses: A Print and Interactive Online Scholarly Edition and Translation of Latin
            Jubilees and the Testament of Moses.
         							$11,000 granted by the Catholic Biblical Association.
         						
      2024–2025
       Latin Moses: A Print and Interactive Online Scholarly Edition and Translation of Latin
            Jubilees and the Testament of Moses.
         							$99,960 granted by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
         						
      2020
      
         							with Diane Duesterhoeft, 
         							 Theological Questions Open Educational Resource (OER), 
         							$3500 from Atla (formerly the American Theological Library Association). 
         						
      2020
      
         							with Allison Gray, 
         							 La Biblia y su Tradición, The Bible and its Tradition: Collaboration for Catholic Biblical Literacy in the
            Southwest.
         							$25,000 from the Catholic Biblical Association and Confraternity for Christian
         Doctrine. 
         						
      2016–2019
       The Jubilees Palimpsest Project: Spectral RTI Technology for the Recovery of Erased
            Manuscripts from Antiquity.
         							$325,000 granted by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Digital
         Humanities.
         						
      2016
       The Jubilees Palimpsest Project: Building Sustainable Collaborations for Digital Archaeology.
         							$3500 St. Mary’s University Faculty Research Grant.
         						
      2014
       Student Researcher Training for the Jubilees Palimpsest Project.
         							$3500 St. Mary’s University Faculty Research Grant.
         						
      2013–2014
       Integrating Spectral and Reflectance Transformation Imaging Technologies for the Digitization
            of Manuscripts and Other Cultural Artifacts.
         							$60,000 granted by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Digital
         Humanities.
         						
      2013
       The Jubilees Palimpsest Project.
         							$5097 Edward and Linda Speed Grant.
         						
      Languages
      Classical
      Hebrew (Classical through Mishnaic), Aramaic (Biblical, Targumic, Talmudic, Syriac),
         Ethiopic (Geʿez), Greek, Latin
      Scholarly
      Modern Hebrew, French, German, Spanish, some Arabic (Modern Standard), and Italian
      Computer
      Python, TEI XML, XSLT, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PERL, SQL, JQuery, ImageJ Macro Language
      Professional Affiliations
      2022–
      Marianist Educational Associates
      2018–
      Association for Computers and the Humanities
      2017–
      Rochester Cultural Heritage Imaging, Visualization, and Education
      2016–
      South Texas Jewish Studies Faculty Consortium
      2007–
      Catholic Biblical Association
      2001–
      Society of Biblical Literature