Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Program Manager, CBTE
Research Interests
To continue to broaden my understanding of Ancient Near Eastern contexts through an investigation into primary and secondary sources, to contribute to both the academic and faith-based worlds.
Publications
Books
Larry Perkins and Joel Korytko, The Society of Biblical Literature Commentary on the Septuagint: Exodus (Atlanta: SBL Press), forthcoming.
Death of the Covenant Code: Evaluating the Translation of Laws with Capital Punishment in Old Greek Exodus 21:1–23:19 in Light of Graeco-Egyptian Law (Leiden: Brill, 2023)
Articles
“θάνατος/θανατόω,” in The Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint: Volume 2 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck), forthcoming.
“Does Greek Exodus 22:24(25) Permit the Charging of Interest? A Reexamination of ἐκδανείζω,” Proceedings of the Montreal Septuagint Colloqium, McGill University, CSB 2024, SBLSCS; SBL Press, forthcoming.
“The Rhetorical Function of Terms for Slaves in Exodus 21:26-27 and its Implications for the Septuagint Pentateuch.” Theological and Ethical Transformations in Ancient Bible Versions. CBET: Peeters, 2025.
“Does Greek Exodus 22:24(25) Permit the Charging of Interest? A Reexamination of ἐκδανείζω,” Proceedings of the Montreal Septuagint Colloqium, McGill University, CSB 2024, SBLSCS; SBL Press, forthcoming.
“Slaves to the Septuagint: Applying Greek Legal Terminology for Slaves to Ex. 21.7,” Themes and Texts, Exodus and Beyond. Bloomsbury: T&T Clark, 2024.
“The Death Penalty in OG Exodus in Light of Graeco-Egyptian Legal Formulations,” JSCS 54 (2021): 75–92.
Reviews
Jean Maurais, Characterizing Old Greek Deuteronomy, (JSJSupp 202; Leiden: Brill, 2022), RBL, 2025.
Presentations
“How LXX Exodus Adapts the Covenant Code towards Graeco-Egyptian Law.” The Septuagint in Modern Research Seminary, McGill University, May 2025.
“The Rhetorical Function of Terms for Slaves in Exodus 21:26-27 and its Implications for the Septuagint Pentateuch.” SBL Annual, 2025
“Does Greek Exodus 22;24(25) Permit the Charging of Interest? A Re-examination of ἐκδανείζω.” Montreal Septuagint Colloquium, McGill University, CSBS 2024.
“How Greek Exodus 22:7(8), 10(11) Might Indicate a New and Earlier Reading of the Hebrew Text.” SBL Annual, 2024.
Response to Jean Maurais, “Exploring the Significance of the Septuagint for the Study of the Bible.” Northwest, 2023.
“A Plea to Return to Documentary Sources.” SBLCS Commentators Segment, SBL Annual, 2023.
“When does Translating Change the Meaning of Scripture? How the Translator of Greek Exodus (and Jesus?) Aligns Biblical Law to Fit His Culture.” In the Book Symposium, Northwest, 2022.
Guest lecturer for Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman World at the Oxford Center for Hebrew & Jewish Studies.
Guest lecturer for the Logos at Oxford conference.
Guest presenter at international SBL sessions for SBLCS authors and the IOSCS.
Guest presenter for Northwest Baptist Seminary faculty on the use of Greek documentary source databases.
Presenter on current dissertation research with faculty and students at the University of Oxford.