Kurtis Peters
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About
Lecturer in Religious Studies, UBC, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, 2023-2024
Sessional Lecturer in Religious Studies, UBC, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, 2015-2023
PhD in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, University of Edinburgh, 2014
Teaching
Research
Research Interests
- History and Religion of Ancient Israel
- Hebrew Bible
- Hebrew Language
- Use of the Bible in Modern Contexts
Research Areas
- Hebrew (Language)
- Near Eastern Languages
- Hebrew Bible Studies
- Near Eastern Studies
- Historiography
- Religions
Publications
Books
Hebrew Lexical Semantics and Daily Life in Ancient Israel: What’s Cooking in Biblical Hebrew? Biblical Interpretation Series 146. Leiden: Brill, 2016.
Samuel Hildebrandt, Kurtis Peters, and Eric Ortlund, eds, From Words to Meaning: Essays on the Interplay of Hebrew Language and Old Testament Theology in Honour of David J. Reimer. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2021.
Refereed Journal Articles
“Theology in Knead of Language: Bread, Ovens, and the Politics of Hosea 7.4-9” (for From Words to Meaning)
“Jonah 1 and the Battle with the Sea: Myth and Irony.” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 32.2, 2018.
“Food and Cooking Vocabulary in the Hebrew Bible” in T&T Clark Handbook to Food in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel, edited by Janling Fu, Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, and Carol Meyers, 481-493. London: Bloomsbury, 2021.
“Together in Guilt: David, Jonadab, and the Rape of Tamar” in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 45.3, 2021: 309-319.