Kurtis Peters

Lecturer in Religious Studies
phone 604 822 4050
location_on Buchanan C212
Focus

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.


Kurtis Peters

Lecturer in Religious Studies
phone 604 822 4050
location_on Buchanan C212
Focus

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.


Kurtis Peters

Lecturer in Religious Studies
phone 604 822 4050
location_on Buchanan C212
Focus
About keyboard_arrow_down

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 keyboard_arrow_down
Research keyboard_arrow_down

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 keyboard_arrow_down

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.