Kurtis Peters
Sessional Lecturer |
email
kurtis.peters@ubc.ca
Office Hours
Office Hours: M 1:00-2:00Regions
Topics
About
2014 – PhD in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies from the University of Edinburgh
Teaching
Research
Research Interests
- Ancient Hebrew Language
- Religions of ancient Israel and Judah
- Daily Life in the ancient Near East
- Hebrew Bible/Old Testament as part of the ancient Near East
Projects
Relationship among the gods in early Yahwistic Israel
A narrative reading of Jonadab’s role in the rape of Tamar in 2 Samuel 13
Publications
Publications
What’s Cooking in Biblical Hebrew?: A Study in the Lexical Semantics of Daily Life. Boston: Brill, 2016.
“Jonah 1 and the Battle with the Sea: Myth and Irony.” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 2018. 32.2. 1-9.
Entries in the Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database – Cooking Verbs