Cardiff School of History, Archaeology and Religion

Research Interests

• The translation of ancient classical and religious texts, especially Bible Translation in Antiquity

• The literary and social culture of the Near East in Late Antiquity as the background for the study of Greek and Syriac texts.
• The reception of Greek philosophical and scientific culture, especially the reception and transformation in Late Antiquity of the commentary genre and the translation of technical philosophical and theological language.
• Biblical Exegesis in Greek and Syriac

Selected Publications

• The Earliest Translation of Aristotle's Categories in Syriac. Text, Translation, and Commentary. Brill: Leiden, 2010.
• The Syriac Versions of the Writings of Cyril of Alexandria. A Study in Translation Technique. Peeters: Leuven, 2008.
• ‘Origenism in Sixth Century Syria. The Case of a Syriac Manuscript of Pagan Philosophy’
• ‘Alexander of Aphrodisias’ On the Principles of the Universe in its Syriac Adaptation’
• A Christian Qur’an? An Assessment of Christoph Luxenberg’s Theory on the Origins of the Qur’an

Research Group

• Religion in Late Antiquity

Teaching

• Classical Hebrew 
• Hebrew Texts  
• History and Religion of Ancient Israel
• Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern Judaism
• Classical and New Testament Greek
• Gospel of Matthew in Greek