Curriculum Vitae


2025-present

Jerome Institute, Warner, NH

Founder and Director 


2024-2025

Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, Ontario, Canada

Sessional Faculty in Classics and Early Christian Studies


2019-2024

Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts, Warner, NH

Adjunct Professor of Greek and Latin

 

2014-2025

Kolbe Academy, Napa, California

Greek and Latin Instructor

Education

 

2017: Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen––PhD magna cum laude

  • History and Literature of Ancient Christianity
  • Dissertation: John Knox: The Life and Works of a New Testament Scholar
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerd Lüdemann, Göttingen
  • Second Assessor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wehnert, Braunschweig
  • Third Examiner: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Feldmeier, Göttingen

 

2008: California State University, Long Beach––MA

  • Religious Studies
  • Concentration: New Testament, Comparative Religion
  • Exams: Theories and Methods in Religious Studies, New Testament
  • Supervisors: Dr. F. Stanley Jones, Dr. Diana Steigerwald, Dr. Jon R. Stone

 

2005: Baptist Bible College West

  • Biblical Studies
  • Concentration: Biblical Exegesis, Theology

 

2008-2013: Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany

  • Research Assistant for Gerd Lüdemann

Research and Teaching Interests

 

  • Ecclesiastical Languages and Texts

  • Christian Origins

  • Biblical Theology

  • Ancient Church History and Theology

  • Exegesis of the Bible

  • Christian Paideia

  • New Testament

  • Apostolic Fathers


Publications

 

BOOKS

 

2021When the Earth was Flat: One Boy's Life at the Edge of the Millennium.

 

2019He Whom a Dream Hath Possessed: The Life and Works of the American John Knox, Peter Lang.

 

 

CHAPTERS AND ARTICLES

 

2024: "Supporting Homeschool Families," in the Cardinal Newman Society's, Our Catholic Mission,

Winter Issue.


2021: "Those Who Have Eyes to See: The Divine Origins of the Modern Plot Twist," in René Girard, Theology, and Pop Culture, Fortress Academic, 57-69.

 

2017: "Codex Z in Galatians: Employing and Inventing Readings in the Fourth Century," in Biblische Notizen, Nr. 175, 83-93.

 

 

ONLINE ARTICLES

 

2024: "What 'Christian' Really Means," in Prime Matters, July 27.


2022: "The Enemy Next Door," in Prime Matters, Nov. 1.

 

2022: "The Hidden Origins of Victim Culture," in Prime Matters, Sep. 8.

 

2020: "The Death of Jesus: A Lenten Meditation," in Faith and Culture, Apr. 1.

 

2018: "When Evening is Dawn: A Meditation for Advent," in Faith and Culture, Dec. 11.

 

2017: "The Challenge of Marcion," Review Article of Judith Lieu, Marcion and the Making of a Heretic, and Sebastian Moll, The Arch-Heretic Marcion. In Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies, Mar. 1. 

 

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

2022: Matthias Klinghardt, The Oldest Gospel and the Formation of the Canonical Gospels

 

2017: Dieter T. Roth, The Text of Marcion's Gospel.

 

2017: Pierre Manent, Beyond Radical Secularism: How France and the Christian West Should Respond to the Islamic Challenge.

  • In St. Austin Review, Mar/Apr.

 

2015: Stephen C. Carlson, The Text of Galatians and Its History.

Translations (German to English)

 

2014: Martin Tamcke, "'Thieving Kurds': A Stereotype among Syriac Christians Concerning their Coexistence with the Kurds." In Religious Minorities in Kurdistan: Beyond the Mainstream, vol. 68 of, Studies in Oriental Religions, Khanna Omarkhali ed. Wiesbaden, Harrasowitz Verlag, 339-352.

 

2013: Martin Tamcke, "Isaac of Nineveh as Moral Theologian: Then and Now." Presented at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, March.

 

2012: "Use of the Book of Isaiah in Catholicos Timotheos' Dialogue with Caliph al-Mahdi." Presented at Georg August Universität, Göttingen, Nov.

Academic Presentations

 

2019: "An Honest Mistake: The Text and Reception of Philemon," at the Magdalen College Annual Conference on Classical Reception, Feb. 23, Warner, New Hampshire.

 

2015: "Onesimus: Paul's Son who was a Slave," at the European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Jul. 12-15, Cordoba, Spain.

 

2015: "Codex Z," at the European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Jul. 12-15, Cordoba, Spain.

 

2013: “Community Matters: A Socio-historical View of the Emergence of the Church,” at the European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Jul. 30-Aug. 2, Leipzig, Germany. 

 

2013: “The Significance of Jesus: A Knoxian Approach to Christian Origins and the Role of the New Testament in the History of the Church,” at the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Jul. 7-11, St. Andrews, Scotland. 

 

2012: “Codex Z in Galatians,” at the St. Andrews Graduate Conference for Biblical and Early Christian Studies—Manuscripts and their Texts: Perspectives on Textual Criticism, Jun. 8-9, St. Andrews, Scotland. 

Speaking Engagements


2024: Speaker at Cardinal Newman Society's Virtual College Fair, "From Home to Campus: How

Newman Guide Colleges Foster Faith and Learning," video conference.


2023: Breakout Session at Cardinal Newman Society's Virtual College Fair, "The Miracle of the Great

Books and Why we should Read them in College and Beyond," video conference.


2023: Faculty Address at Magdalen College's Graduation, Warner, NH.


2023: Breakout Session at The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education's Annual Conference, "Seven

Techniques for Promoting Student Engagement in the Classroom," Pittsburg, PA.


2022: Speaker at Kolbe Academy's Virtual College Fair, "Choosing a Faithfully Catholic College,"

video conference.


2021: Guest at Mount Royal Academy, "Pathfinding Students: The Legacy of Classical Education,"

Sunapee, New Hampshire.


2020: Speaker at Virtual Homeschool Conference 2020, video conference.


2020: Speaker at Kolbe Academy's Facebook Friday, "An Unexpected Language Journey," video

conference.


2020: Speaker at Magdalen's In-Home Seminar Series, "How Learning Languages Changed the way I

Think," video conference.


2018: Faculty Address at Kolbe Academy's Graduation, Atlanta, GA.


2015: Speaker at The University of Applied Sciences for Intercultural Theology's Christmas Gala,

"The Buffalo Dance in the Catholic Mass," Hermannsburg, Germany.


2014: Speaker at Kolbe Academy's Homeschool Conference, "Confessions of a Homeschooled and

Homeschooling Father," Sacramento, CA.

Media Appearances


Podcast

2023: The Kolbecast, "Let Latin Conquer You".


2022: The Kolbecast, "Things I would Tell my Students".


2022: Anchored by CLT, "On Nurturing Family Relationships in a Disconnected World".


2022: Girlfriends by Ascension, "Learning and Growing with your Kids".


2022: From the Summit, "Roles and Models in Education".


2021: From the Summit, "When the Earth Was Flat: An Interview with Dr. Jordan Almanzar".


2020: The Kolbecast, "Et Tu, Iordane".


Radio

2024: Trending with Timmerie by Relevant Radio


2024: Does Homeschooling Actually Help, Oct. 7th


2024: Morning Air by Relevant Radio


2024: From Homeschool to College/Keys to Great Decision Making, Oct. 9th


2023: Trending with Timmerie by Relevant Radio


2023: How and Why You Should pick a Catholic College, Sep. 21st


2023: Homeschooling and Mental Health, Aug. 22nd


2023: Homeschooling, Apr. 18th


2023: Why an Authentic Catholic University is so Important, Feb. 21st


2023: Morning Air by Relevant Radio


2023: A Day in a Life of a Homeschooling Family, Aug. 10th


2023: Debunking Homeschool Myths, Apr. 14th


2022: Trending with Timmerie by Relevant Radio


2022: Ways of Homeschooling, Apr. 8th

Works in Progress

  • Onesimus: Paul's Son who was a Slave
  • Verba Domini: A Handbook to the Sayings and Teachings of Christ
  • Heinrich Kreutzberg, Franz Reinisch: A Martyr of our Time. (Translation of, Franz Reinisch: Ein Martyrer unserer Zeit)
  • Codex Z: Reconstructing the Archetypal Manuscript behind Codices D F G