Dr. Andrew Knight-Messenger

Previous Work Experience

• Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, King’s University College, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

Representative Conferences

• Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting                                                   
  • Paper: “Spare Your Brothers and Do Them No Harm”: Aseneth’s Merciful Response to Violence in Joseph and Aseneth, Boston, Massachusetts, November 20, 2017
• Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting                                    
  • Paper: Women, Violence, and Virtue: Women Who Triumph through Violence in the Early Jewish Novels of Judith and Esther, Ryerson University, Toronto, May 29, 2017
• McMaster Ancient Judaism and Ancient Christianity Seminar
  • Paper: “Order in the Court!”: The Aramaic Court Tales from Qumran, McMaster University, Hamilton, March 29, 2017
•  Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting                                    
  • Paper: Daniel, a ‘Renaissance Man’?: Daniel and His Different Literary Roles within Their Historical Setting, University of Calgary, Calgary, May 29, 2016
•  Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting                                                   
  • Paper: Early Jewish Court Narratives in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Atlanta, Georgia, November 22, 2015
•  Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting                                    
  • Paper: The Book of Tobit and Ancient Court Tales, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, June 1, 2015

Areas of Teaching

• Religious Studies
• Academic Skills
• Writing

Research Specializtion(s)

• Hebrew Bible
• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Early Jewish Literature
• Early Christian Literature