The University of Edinburgh

German Language Instructor

Reading German for Biblical and Theological Studies
Advanced Readings in German for Biblical and Theological Studies

New College, University of Edinburgh

PhD Candidate

Graduated with PhD in Hebrew and Old Testament Studies

Briercrest College and Seminary

Assistant Professor of Old Testament

Samuel worked at Briercrest College and Seminary as a Assistant Professor of Old Testament

Briercrest College and Seminary

Adjunct Instructor

Samuel worked at Briercrest College and Seminary as a Adjunct Instructor

Briercrest College and Seminary

Hebrew Teaching Assistant

Samuel worked at Briercrest College and Seminary as a Hebrew Teaching Assistant

Nazarene Theological College

Lecturer in Biblical Studies (Old Testament)

Samuel worked at Nazarene Theological College as a Lecturer in Biblical Studies (Old Testament)

Gymnasium Brake

Teaching Internship (High School)

Teaching of a variety of courses at High school level; preparation and lecture in the subjects of English and music for students in grades 5, 9, and 13.

Framing Jerusalem: The Speech Quotations in Jeremiah 2.20-25

OTSEM conference 2015 (Uppsala)

Framing Jerusalem: The Speech Quotations in Jeremiah 2.20-25

OTSEM conference 2015 (Uppsala)

Interpreting Quoted Speech in Prophetic Literature: A Study of Jeremiah 2.1-3.5

Brill

Framing Jerusalem: The Speech Quotations in Jeremiah 2.20-25

OTSEM conference 2015 (Uppsala)

Interpreting Quoted Speech in Prophetic Literature: A Study of Jeremiah 2.1-3.5

Brill

"The Proof-and-Play of Quoted Speech in the Conflicts of the Joseph Story (Genesis 37-50)" in Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis

Eisenbrauns

In comparison to the other narrative books of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis contains the most instances of quoted speech, of one character repeating the words of another in her/his own speech. Well-known examples of this stylistic phenomenon are the conversation between Eve and the Serpent (3.1-5) or Pharaoh’s quote of Abram (12.19). With a total of 19 instances, the Joseph story records an exceptional amount of quoting activity. While the quotations in Gen 42-44 and Gen 50 involve a wide variety of speakers, audiences, and issues, all of them relate to a specific scenario of conflict. To offer a fresh reading of these passages, this essay reassesses the binary distinction between informational and confrontational quotes which one finds, for instance, in the work of G. Savran. Drawing from the quotation theory of G. Lane-Mercier, it will be demonstrated that the lines between mere recording and strategic usage are not as rigid as often thought. Her discussion and challenge of the presumed differentiation between quoted speech as proof (i.e., information) and as play (i.e., confrontation) is particularly important in this regard. On the basis of Lane-Mercier’s framework, I will show that in the Joseph story these two poles are not mutually exclusive but rather that they merge within the rhetorical design of their controlling frames. What appears as non-biased, informational quoting is, in reality, a strategic means in the conflicts between Jacob, Joseph, Judah and the rest of the family.

Framing Jerusalem: The Speech Quotations in Jeremiah 2.20-25

OTSEM conference 2015 (Uppsala)

Interpreting Quoted Speech in Prophetic Literature: A Study of Jeremiah 2.1-3.5

Brill

"The Proof-and-Play of Quoted Speech in the Conflicts of the Joseph Story (Genesis 37-50)" in Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis

Eisenbrauns

In comparison to the other narrative books of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis contains the most instances of quoted speech, of one character repeating the words of another in her/his own speech. Well-known examples of this stylistic phenomenon are the conversation between Eve and the Serpent (3.1-5) or Pharaoh’s quote of Abram (12.19). With a total of 19 instances, the Joseph story records an exceptional amount of quoting activity. While the quotations in Gen 42-44 and Gen 50 involve a wide variety of speakers, audiences, and issues, all of them relate to a specific scenario of conflict. To offer a fresh reading of these passages, this essay reassesses the binary distinction between informational and confrontational quotes which one finds, for instance, in the work of G. Savran. Drawing from the quotation theory of G. Lane-Mercier, it will be demonstrated that the lines between mere recording and strategic usage are not as rigid as often thought. Her discussion and challenge of the presumed differentiation between quoted speech as proof (i.e., information) and as play (i.e., confrontation) is particularly important in this regard. On the basis of Lane-Mercier’s framework, I will show that in the Joseph story these two poles are not mutually exclusive but rather that they merge within the rhetorical design of their controlling frames. What appears as non-biased, informational quoting is, in reality, a strategic means in the conflicts between Jacob, Joseph, Judah and the rest of the family.

"Quoting Prophet, Quoting God: The Dynamics of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1.7 and 4.10"

Ar.tic.u.late Postgraduate Conference (New College, Edinburgh)

Framing Jerusalem: The Speech Quotations in Jeremiah 2.20-25

OTSEM conference 2015 (Uppsala)

Interpreting Quoted Speech in Prophetic Literature: A Study of Jeremiah 2.1-3.5

Brill

"The Proof-and-Play of Quoted Speech in the Conflicts of the Joseph Story (Genesis 37-50)" in Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis

Eisenbrauns

In comparison to the other narrative books of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis contains the most instances of quoted speech, of one character repeating the words of another in her/his own speech. Well-known examples of this stylistic phenomenon are the conversation between Eve and the Serpent (3.1-5) or Pharaoh’s quote of Abram (12.19). With a total of 19 instances, the Joseph story records an exceptional amount of quoting activity. While the quotations in Gen 42-44 and Gen 50 involve a wide variety of speakers, audiences, and issues, all of them relate to a specific scenario of conflict. To offer a fresh reading of these passages, this essay reassesses the binary distinction between informational and confrontational quotes which one finds, for instance, in the work of G. Savran. Drawing from the quotation theory of G. Lane-Mercier, it will be demonstrated that the lines between mere recording and strategic usage are not as rigid as often thought. Her discussion and challenge of the presumed differentiation between quoted speech as proof (i.e., information) and as play (i.e., confrontation) is particularly important in this regard. On the basis of Lane-Mercier’s framework, I will show that in the Joseph story these two poles are not mutually exclusive but rather that they merge within the rhetorical design of their controlling frames. What appears as non-biased, informational quoting is, in reality, a strategic means in the conflicts between Jacob, Joseph, Judah and the rest of the family.

"Quoting Prophet, Quoting God: The Dynamics of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1.7 and 4.10"

Ar.tic.u.late Postgraduate Conference (New College, Edinburgh)

"Structures of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1-4"

OTSEM conference 2014 (Hamburg)

Framing Jerusalem: The Speech Quotations in Jeremiah 2.20-25

OTSEM conference 2015 (Uppsala)

Interpreting Quoted Speech in Prophetic Literature: A Study of Jeremiah 2.1-3.5

Brill

"The Proof-and-Play of Quoted Speech in the Conflicts of the Joseph Story (Genesis 37-50)" in Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis

Eisenbrauns

In comparison to the other narrative books of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis contains the most instances of quoted speech, of one character repeating the words of another in her/his own speech. Well-known examples of this stylistic phenomenon are the conversation between Eve and the Serpent (3.1-5) or Pharaoh’s quote of Abram (12.19). With a total of 19 instances, the Joseph story records an exceptional amount of quoting activity. While the quotations in Gen 42-44 and Gen 50 involve a wide variety of speakers, audiences, and issues, all of them relate to a specific scenario of conflict. To offer a fresh reading of these passages, this essay reassesses the binary distinction between informational and confrontational quotes which one finds, for instance, in the work of G. Savran. Drawing from the quotation theory of G. Lane-Mercier, it will be demonstrated that the lines between mere recording and strategic usage are not as rigid as often thought. Her discussion and challenge of the presumed differentiation between quoted speech as proof (i.e., information) and as play (i.e., confrontation) is particularly important in this regard. On the basis of Lane-Mercier’s framework, I will show that in the Joseph story these two poles are not mutually exclusive but rather that they merge within the rhetorical design of their controlling frames. What appears as non-biased, informational quoting is, in reality, a strategic means in the conflicts between Jacob, Joseph, Judah and the rest of the family.

"Quoting Prophet, Quoting God: The Dynamics of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1.7 and 4.10"

Ar.tic.u.late Postgraduate Conference (New College, Edinburgh)

"Structures of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1-4"

OTSEM conference 2014 (Hamburg)

“The Role of Silence in the Proclamation of Jeremiah.”

SST “Speech and Silence” (Durham)

Framing Jerusalem: The Speech Quotations in Jeremiah 2.20-25

OTSEM conference 2015 (Uppsala)

Interpreting Quoted Speech in Prophetic Literature: A Study of Jeremiah 2.1-3.5

Brill

"The Proof-and-Play of Quoted Speech in the Conflicts of the Joseph Story (Genesis 37-50)" in Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis

Eisenbrauns

In comparison to the other narrative books of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis contains the most instances of quoted speech, of one character repeating the words of another in her/his own speech. Well-known examples of this stylistic phenomenon are the conversation between Eve and the Serpent (3.1-5) or Pharaoh’s quote of Abram (12.19). With a total of 19 instances, the Joseph story records an exceptional amount of quoting activity. While the quotations in Gen 42-44 and Gen 50 involve a wide variety of speakers, audiences, and issues, all of them relate to a specific scenario of conflict. To offer a fresh reading of these passages, this essay reassesses the binary distinction between informational and confrontational quotes which one finds, for instance, in the work of G. Savran. Drawing from the quotation theory of G. Lane-Mercier, it will be demonstrated that the lines between mere recording and strategic usage are not as rigid as often thought. Her discussion and challenge of the presumed differentiation between quoted speech as proof (i.e., information) and as play (i.e., confrontation) is particularly important in this regard. On the basis of Lane-Mercier’s framework, I will show that in the Joseph story these two poles are not mutually exclusive but rather that they merge within the rhetorical design of their controlling frames. What appears as non-biased, informational quoting is, in reality, a strategic means in the conflicts between Jacob, Joseph, Judah and the rest of the family.

"Quoting Prophet, Quoting God: The Dynamics of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1.7 and 4.10"

Ar.tic.u.late Postgraduate Conference (New College, Edinburgh)

"Structures of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1-4"

OTSEM conference 2014 (Hamburg)

“The Role of Silence in the Proclamation of Jeremiah.”

SST “Speech and Silence” (Durham)

“The Indirections of Quoted Speech in the Rhetoric of Jeremiah 6.16-21.”

SBL International 2014 (Vienna)

Framing Jerusalem: The Speech Quotations in Jeremiah 2.20-25

OTSEM conference 2015 (Uppsala)

Interpreting Quoted Speech in Prophetic Literature: A Study of Jeremiah 2.1-3.5

Brill

"The Proof-and-Play of Quoted Speech in the Conflicts of the Joseph Story (Genesis 37-50)" in Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis

Eisenbrauns

In comparison to the other narrative books of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis contains the most instances of quoted speech, of one character repeating the words of another in her/his own speech. Well-known examples of this stylistic phenomenon are the conversation between Eve and the Serpent (3.1-5) or Pharaoh’s quote of Abram (12.19). With a total of 19 instances, the Joseph story records an exceptional amount of quoting activity. While the quotations in Gen 42-44 and Gen 50 involve a wide variety of speakers, audiences, and issues, all of them relate to a specific scenario of conflict. To offer a fresh reading of these passages, this essay reassesses the binary distinction between informational and confrontational quotes which one finds, for instance, in the work of G. Savran. Drawing from the quotation theory of G. Lane-Mercier, it will be demonstrated that the lines between mere recording and strategic usage are not as rigid as often thought. Her discussion and challenge of the presumed differentiation between quoted speech as proof (i.e., information) and as play (i.e., confrontation) is particularly important in this regard. On the basis of Lane-Mercier’s framework, I will show that in the Joseph story these two poles are not mutually exclusive but rather that they merge within the rhetorical design of their controlling frames. What appears as non-biased, informational quoting is, in reality, a strategic means in the conflicts between Jacob, Joseph, Judah and the rest of the family.

"Quoting Prophet, Quoting God: The Dynamics of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1.7 and 4.10"

Ar.tic.u.late Postgraduate Conference (New College, Edinburgh)

"Structures of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1-4"

OTSEM conference 2014 (Hamburg)

“The Role of Silence in the Proclamation of Jeremiah.”

SST “Speech and Silence” (Durham)

“The Indirections of Quoted Speech in the Rhetoric of Jeremiah 6.16-21.”

SBL International 2014 (Vienna)

Framing Jerusalem: The Speech Quotations in Jeremiah 2.20-25

OTSEM conference 2015 (Uppsala)

Interpreting Quoted Speech in Prophetic Literature: A Study of Jeremiah 2.1-3.5

Brill

"The Proof-and-Play of Quoted Speech in the Conflicts of the Joseph Story (Genesis 37-50)" in Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis

Eisenbrauns

In comparison to the other narrative books of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis contains the most instances of quoted speech, of one character repeating the words of another in her/his own speech. Well-known examples of this stylistic phenomenon are the conversation between Eve and the Serpent (3.1-5) or Pharaoh’s quote of Abram (12.19). With a total of 19 instances, the Joseph story records an exceptional amount of quoting activity. While the quotations in Gen 42-44 and Gen 50 involve a wide variety of speakers, audiences, and issues, all of them relate to a specific scenario of conflict. To offer a fresh reading of these passages, this essay reassesses the binary distinction between informational and confrontational quotes which one finds, for instance, in the work of G. Savran. Drawing from the quotation theory of G. Lane-Mercier, it will be demonstrated that the lines between mere recording and strategic usage are not as rigid as often thought. Her discussion and challenge of the presumed differentiation between quoted speech as proof (i.e., information) and as play (i.e., confrontation) is particularly important in this regard. On the basis of Lane-Mercier’s framework, I will show that in the Joseph story these two poles are not mutually exclusive but rather that they merge within the rhetorical design of their controlling frames. What appears as non-biased, informational quoting is, in reality, a strategic means in the conflicts between Jacob, Joseph, Judah and the rest of the family.

"Quoting Prophet, Quoting God: The Dynamics of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1.7 and 4.10"

Ar.tic.u.late Postgraduate Conference (New College, Edinburgh)

"Structures of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1-4"

OTSEM conference 2014 (Hamburg)

“The Role of Silence in the Proclamation of Jeremiah.”

SST “Speech and Silence” (Durham)

“The Indirections of Quoted Speech in the Rhetoric of Jeremiah 6.16-21.”

SBL International 2014 (Vienna)

“Leitwörter and Rhetorical Trajectories in Psalms 42-49.”

SBL International 2014 (Vienna)

Framing Jerusalem: The Speech Quotations in Jeremiah 2.20-25

OTSEM conference 2015 (Uppsala)

Interpreting Quoted Speech in Prophetic Literature: A Study of Jeremiah 2.1-3.5

Brill

"The Proof-and-Play of Quoted Speech in the Conflicts of the Joseph Story (Genesis 37-50)" in Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis

Eisenbrauns

In comparison to the other narrative books of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis contains the most instances of quoted speech, of one character repeating the words of another in her/his own speech. Well-known examples of this stylistic phenomenon are the conversation between Eve and the Serpent (3.1-5) or Pharaoh’s quote of Abram (12.19). With a total of 19 instances, the Joseph story records an exceptional amount of quoting activity. While the quotations in Gen 42-44 and Gen 50 involve a wide variety of speakers, audiences, and issues, all of them relate to a specific scenario of conflict. To offer a fresh reading of these passages, this essay reassesses the binary distinction between informational and confrontational quotes which one finds, for instance, in the work of G. Savran. Drawing from the quotation theory of G. Lane-Mercier, it will be demonstrated that the lines between mere recording and strategic usage are not as rigid as often thought. Her discussion and challenge of the presumed differentiation between quoted speech as proof (i.e., information) and as play (i.e., confrontation) is particularly important in this regard. On the basis of Lane-Mercier’s framework, I will show that in the Joseph story these two poles are not mutually exclusive but rather that they merge within the rhetorical design of their controlling frames. What appears as non-biased, informational quoting is, in reality, a strategic means in the conflicts between Jacob, Joseph, Judah and the rest of the family.

"Quoting Prophet, Quoting God: The Dynamics of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1.7 and 4.10"

Ar.tic.u.late Postgraduate Conference (New College, Edinburgh)

"Structures of Quoted Speech in Jeremiah 1-4"

OTSEM conference 2014 (Hamburg)

“The Role of Silence in the Proclamation of Jeremiah.”

SST “Speech and Silence” (Durham)

“The Indirections of Quoted Speech in the Rhetoric of Jeremiah 6.16-21.”

SBL International 2014 (Vienna)

“Leitwörter and Rhetorical Trajectories in Psalms 42-49.”

SBL International 2014 (Vienna)

"Quoted Speech in Context: Quotation and Communication in Jeremiah 2-6"

Biblical Studies Research Seminar (New College, Edinburgh)