Areas of Expertise

History of Biblical Interpretation, Theology, Old Testament, Biblical Exegesis, Protestant Reformation, Ecclesiastical Latin, Political Science, International Security, Arms Control and Nuclear Nonproliferation

Teaching Interests

Intellectual Heritage, Political Science, International Relations, Old Testament, Theology

Research

The Book of Job, Latin Commentaries on the Bible, Theological Ethics, Applied Theology

Representative Publications

  • “The Use of Scripture to Interpret Job in the Sixteenth Century Pulpit” PhD diss., Australian University of Theology, 2025, Submitted.
  • “The Question of a World without Nuclear Weapons” PhD diss., University of California, Davis, 2011, ProQuest (3499576).
  • Chivers, Daniel H., Bethany F. Lyles Goldblum, Brett H. Isselhardt, and Jonathan S. Snider. “Before the Day After: Using Pre-Detonation Nuclear Forensics to Improve Fissile Material Security.” Arms Control Today 38, no. 6 (2008): 22–28.

Education

PhD, University of California, Davis
PhD, Australian University of Theology (in progress)
MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
MA, University of Virginia
BSFS, Georgetown University