Jewish and Christian interpretations of Scripture in antiquity; Jewish translations of the Bible into Greek, Aramaic and Syriac; Jerome's Vulgate; the life and work of Jacob of Edessa (late 7th century); Aramaic incantation bowls; biblical lexicography.

Publications:

'Messianism in Ancient Bible Translations in Greek and Latin” in Redemption and Resistance, eds. M. Bockmuehl and J.N. Carlton Paget (Edinburgh, 2007), 245-61.

'Jacob of Edessa's Life and Work: A Biographical Sketch”, and 'Jacob of Edessa's Version of 1-2 Samuel: Its Method and Text-Critical Value,” in Jacob of Edessa and the Syriac Culture of His Day, eds. R.B. ter Haar Romeny and K.D. Jenner (MPIL; Leiden, 2008), 1-10, 127-144.

'The relationship of LXX and the Three in Exodus 1-24 to the readings of Fb” in Jewish Reception of Greek Bible Versions, eds. N. de Lange, J. Krivoruchko, and C. Boyd-Taylor (Tübingen, 2009), 103-127.

'Keeping it in the Family? Jacob and his Aramean Heritage according to Jewish and Christian Sources”, in The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity, eds. E. Grypeou and H. Spurling. Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series, 18 (Leiden, 2009), 205-220.

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