Studied theology in Wuppertal, Bochum and Heidelberg (Germany), and Pietermaritzburg (South Africa).

B.A. (Hons.) in Biblical Studies (with distinction), University of Natal, South Africa (1990)

M.A. in Theological Studies: New Testament (with distinction), University of Natal (1992)

Ph.D. in Theological Studies: New Testament, University of Natal (1999).

Since Feb. 2010:  Senior Lecturer and Head of Department, Biblical Studies, Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji Islands.

Sept. 2001 - Jan. 2010: Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Eastern Region Ministry Course within the Cambridge Theological Federation, and Affialiated Lecturer, Divinity Faculty, University of Cambridge, England, UK.

Jan. 2000 - August 2001: Assistant Director, Education by Extension, Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji Islands.

August 1998 - December 2000: Lecturer in New Testament Studies, Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji Islands.

Jan. 1998 - August 1998: Principal Research Training Officer, University of the North, Mankweng, South Africa.

July 1994 - Dec. 1997: Lecturer in New Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of the North, Mankweng, South Africa.

Jan. 1990 - June 1994: Graduate Assistant and leave substitute lecturer (twice, for six and nine months respectively), School of Theology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

External examiner, Oxford Ministry Course at Ripon College Cuddesdon, UK (2005-2009).



External examiner of two B.D. dissertations, Malua Theological College, Samoa (2000).



External examiner for one MTh dissertation, Pacific Theological College (2009).

One PhD dissertation at the Pacific Theological College (2010-; ongoing).

Three MTh coursework dissertations at the Pacific Theological College (2010).

One MA coursework dissertation in the Cambridge Theological Federation (completed in 2007).

Three MTh coursework dissertations (complete) while teaching at the Pacific Theological College (1998-2001).

Two MA thesis supervisions (temporary, incomplete) while working as a leave substitute lecturer at the University of Natal (1992/94).

Theological Consultant: Pacific Conference of Churches project on Church, State, Covenant and the Environment; contracted to do a biblical-theological research paper on covenant and environment in the South Pacific context by mid-August 2008, and to conduct workshop sessions at a church leaders' conference in Suva, Fiji Islands, in late November 2008.

Theological Consultant: Human Rights in a theological curriculum: developing a syllabus for a diploma / degree level course on human rights and theology for theological colleges in the South Pacific (2010).

• Social, economic, and cultural aspects of ancient Christian and Jewish communities.
• Gender & sexuality in antiquity and the present.
• Philo of Alexandria.
• St Paul.
• Biblical hermeneutics.
• The use of computing and educational technology in teaching & learning.

• New Testament exegesis and sociology: a critique of Gerd Theissen's 'Sociology of early Palestinian Christianity'. BA(Hons) dissertation. University of Natal. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. (November 1989). 61pp.
• The Apostle Paul and His Community in Corinth: A Study in Selected Issues of Socio-Economic Context and Practice. MA thesis, University of Natal (January 1992). Internal examiner: Prof. J.A. Draper (University of Natal); external examiner: Prof. C.A. Wanamaker (University of Cape Town). 294pp.
• Sexual Desire, 'Deviant Behaviour', and Moral Discourse in the Writings of Paul and Philo: An Historical-Exegetical Study of the Moral Problematisation of Sexual Desire and Behaviour in First-Century Hellenistic Judaism and Christianity, With Special Reference to the Work of Michel Foucault. PhD dissertation, University of Natal (August 1998). Supervisor and internal examiner: Prof. J.A. Draper (University of Natal); external examiners: Prof. L.W. Countryman (CDSP, Berkeley, USA), Prof. S.E. Fowl (Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, USA). 364pp.

• "Some Witnesses Have ...": The Representation of the New Testament Text in English Bible Versions. TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism 12 (2007), 1-18. (http://purl.org/TC)
• Who Knows? Wikipedia, Teaching and Research. SBL Forum 4 (9). (http://www.sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleId=603)
• Representing 'the Text' in Pacific Bible Translations. Pacific Journal of Theology 26 (2001) 21-54.
• [Three encyclopaedia entries on St Paul; Josephus Flavius; and Philo of Alexandria.] In: Haggerty, G E (ed) 2000. Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland.
• Der Inselstaat ist tief gespalten. Der Überblick: Zeitschrift für Ökumenische Begegnung und Internationale Zusammenarbeit 36 (3/2000): 80-85. [co-author; with Manfred Ernst]
• Philo and Female Homoeroticism: Philo's Use of ΓΥΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ and Recent Work on Tribades. Journal for the Study of Judaism 30 (1999) 140-147.
• 'Pretty Boys' in Philo's De Vita Contemplativa. Studia Philonica Annual 10 (1998) 87-107.
• Philo and the Presence of the Therapeutrides at Lake Mareotis. Neotestamentica 32 (1998) 191-201.
• The Essentialist – Social Constructionist Debate and Biblical Research. In: De Gruchy, S & Germond, P (eds) 1997. Aliens in the Household of God: Homosexuality and Christian Faith in South Africa. Cape Town: David Philip. 270-94.
• Human Sexuality, History, and Culture: Some Methodological Problems of Studying 'Sexuality' in the New Testament and its World. Scriptura 62 (1997) 335-361.
• The Concept of Class and the Social-Scientific Interpretation of the New Testament: Some Observations on the Analysis of Pauline Christianity in the Context of the Society of the Early Roman Principate. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif 38 (1997) 70-84.
• In Fear of Androgyny: Theological Reflections on Masculinity and Sexism, Male Homosexuality and Homophobia, Romans 1:24-27 and Hermeneutics (A Response to Alexander Venter). Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 93 (1995) 32-50.
• Greek 'Homosexuality': Whither the Debate? Akroterion 39 (1994) 46-63. [co-author; with Michael Lambert]
• What Did the ΣΚΗΝΟΠΟΙΟΣ Paul Produce? Neotestamentica 27 (1993) 391-402.