Philip Y. Yoo curriculum vitae, January 2020

Lecturer Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas College of Liberal Arts The University of Texas at Austin

Mailing Address: Office: 158 W 21st ST STOP A1800 Waggener Hall 401D Austin, TX 78712-1719 (512) 471-6649

email: [email protected] utexas.academia.edu/PhilipYoo

Citizenship: Canadian Permanent Residency: USA (renewable 01/2028)

EDUCATION

University of Oxford, Oxford, UK D.Phil., 2014, Theology and Religion Dissertation: “Ezra and the Second Wilderness: The Literary Development of Ezra 7–10 and Nehemiah 8–10.” Supervised by Hugh Williamson. Examined by John Barton (internal) and Joachim Schaper (external). Pass, no corrections.

Yale University, New Haven, Conn. S.T.M., 2009, Divinity School

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M.Div., 2007, Knox College

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada B.Comm., 2001, University College

APPOINTMENTS

The University of Texas at Austin, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas Lecturer, September 2019–present Postdoctoral Fellow in Religious Thought, September 2016–August 2019

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PUBLICATIONS

Monograph 1. Ezra and the Second Wilderness. Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Reviews: Roy E. Garton, Review of Biblical Literature, 06/2018; Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 42,5 (2018): 168–169; Juha Pakkala, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 12/2018; Katherine Southwood, Journal of Theological Studies 70,1 (2019): 348–350.

Edited Volumes 2. To Gaul, to Greece and into Noah’s Ark: Essays in Honour of Kevin J. Cathcart on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday. Co-edited with Laura Quick, Ekaterina E. Kozlova, and Sonja Noll. Journal of Semitic Studies Supplements 44. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Peer-Reviewed Articles 3. “Delegitimizing a Witness: Composition and Redaction in Joshua 22.” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 18, art. 8 (2018): 1–21.

4. “Once Again: The Yam Sûp of the Exodus.” Journal of Biblical Literature 137,3 (2018): 581–597.

5. “‘After These Things’ and its Composition in Genesis.” Vetus Testamentum 68,4 (2018): 660–672.

6. “Hagar the Egyptian: Wife, Handmaid, and Concubine.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 78,2 (2016): 215–235.

in Exodus 13,18.” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche ישמח ם Armed for Battle?’ On the Meaning of‘“ .7 Wissenschaft 128,1 (2016): 42–48.

8. “On Nehemiah 8,8a.” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 127,3 (2015): 502–507.

9. “The Place of Deuteronomy 34 and Source Criticism: A Response to Serge Frolov.” Journal of Biblical Literature 133,3 (2014): 661–668.

10. “Why Does Joseph Wash His Face?” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 38,1 (2013): 3–14.

11. “The Four Moses Death Accounts.” Journal of Biblical Literature 131,3 (2012): 423–441.

Yoo C.V. i.2020 page 2 of 7 Chapters in Edited Volumes 12. “For He Married a Cushite Woman! On the Text of Numbers 12:1.” Pages 37–48 in To Gaul, to Greece and into Noah’s Ark: Essays in Honour of Kevin J. Cathcart on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday. Edited by Laura Quick, Ekaterina E. Kozlova, Sonja Noll, and Philip Y. Yoo. Journal of Semitic Studies Supplements 44. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.

13. “The Absence of Wisdom in the Wilderness.” Pages 352–374 in Perspectives on Israelite Wisdom: Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar. Edited by John Jarick. Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 618. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015.

Contributions to Reference Works 14. The Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2007–. a. “Helam,” vol. 11 (2015): 734 (84 words) b. “Hepher (Person) 1–3,” vol. 11 (2015): 826 (281 words) c. “Hiddai,” vol. 11 (2015): 1018 (80 words) d. “Hodaviah 1–4,” vol. 12 (2016): 10–11 (373 words) e. “Homan,” vol. 12 (2016): 258 (47 words) f. “Hoshama,” vol. 12 (2016): 389 (122 words)

Book Reviews Review of Megan Warner, “Re-Imagining Abraham: A Re-Assessment of the Influence of Deuteronomism in Genesis.” Review of Biblical Literature (02/2019).

Review of Robert K. Gnuse, “The Elohist: A Seventh-Century Theological Tradition.” Review of Biblical Literature (12/2017).

Forthcoming “The Torah Yet to Come: Divine Activity in Isaiah 56–66.” Invited chapter in The History of Isaiah: The Making of the Book and its Presentation of the Past. Edited by Todd Hibbard and Jacob Stromberg. Forschungen zum Alten Testament I. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (anticipated 2020).

“Before and After the Death of Moses: The Literary Transition Between Deuteronomy and Joshua.” Invited chapter in Book-Seams in the Hexateuch II: The Book of Deuteronomy and its Literary Transitions. Edited by Christoph Berner, Harald Samuel, and Stephen Germany. Forschungen zum Alten Testament I. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (anticipated 2020).

Works in Progress “Dinah among Jacob’s Seventy”

From Egypt to Canaan: the Wilderness and the Israelite Mythmakers. Currently under option with Oxford University Press.

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“‘Take Your Only Son Isaac’—What Happened to Ishmael?” Co-written with Grace E. Leake*. TheTorah.com, November 12, 2019. https://www.thetorah.com/article/take-your-only- son-isaac-what-happened-to-ishmael/

“The Enlightened Jesus According to Jefferson.” The Texas Orator, Sept 4, 2018: https://thetexasorator.com/2018/09/04/featureweek-the-enlightened-jesus-according-to- jefferson/

“Ezra’s executive order.” OUPblog, July 5, 2017: https://blog.oup.com/2017/07/ezras-executive- order/

PRESENTATIONS

Conferences “Mind the Gap: From Torah to Torah in Ezra–Nehemiah” for the Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego. November 23, 2019.

“Moving the Mountain of God: Redactional Activity and the Conflation of Sinai and Horeb” for the Pentateuch section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Denver. November 19, 2018.

“Delegitimizing Another Witness: The ‘Altar’ by the Jordan and the Composition of Joshua 22” for the Joshua–Judges section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston. November 19, 2017.

“Dinah among Jacob’s Seventy” for the Genesis section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston. November 18, 2017.

“The Torah Yet to Come: Divine Activity in Isaiah 56–66” for the Formation of Isaiah section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Antonio. November 19, 2016.

“The Burial Reports of the Hero Revisited” for the Pentateuch (Torah) section of the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Seoul. July 7, 2016.

“‘Let Us Make a Covenant’: A Post-Exilic Dispute on Covenant-Making in Ezra 9-10” for the Expressions of Religion in Israel section of the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Seoul. July 5, 2016.

“State-Sanctioned or Critiquing the State? Towards the Formation of the Pentateuch and the

Yoo C.V. i.2020 page 4 of 7 Promulgation of Torah” for the Ideological Criticism section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Atlanta. November 21, 2015.

“‘After These Things’ and the Composition of Genesis” for the Pentateuch section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Chicago. November 20, 2012.

“An Evaluation of ‘Poetry’ in the Primeval History” for the “Literary Features”—Fact or Fiction: Current Trends in Analyzing Literary Figures in Ancient Near Eastern Texts section of the European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Conference, Amsterdam. July 24, 2012.

“An Egyptian Ritual in Genesis 43:31a?” for the Egyptology and Ancient Israel section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Francisco. November 19, 2011.

Departmental Talks “David: Saint or Sinner?” Panelist with Jonathan Kaplan and Brent Landau. The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas, The University of Texas at Austin. March 14, 2019.

“Ezra and the Second Wilderness.” Co-sponsored by the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas, The University of Texas at Austin. October 24, 2017.

“The Enlightened Jesus of Nazareth: Thomas Jefferson’s Quest for the Historical Jesus.” The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas, The University of Texas at Austin. April 27, 2017.

“The Absence of Wisdom in the Wilderness.” Oxford Old Testament Seminar. March 10, 2014.

“The Midianite Origins of the Elohistic Moses.” Oxford Old Testament Seminar. May 27, 2013.

“The Source-Critical Assignment of the Divine Name Reconsidered.” Oxford Old Testament Graduate Seminar. January 16, 2012.

“After These Things: An Elohistic Phrase or Redactional Insertion?” Joint Oxford-Cambridge Old Testament Graduate Seminar. May 27, 2011.

“Is There Poetry in Genesis 1–11?” Oxford Old Testament Graduate Seminar. February 14, 2011.

TEACHING

As instructor on record: The University of Texas at Austin Five Books of Moses (Spring 2020)

Yoo C.V. i.2020 page 5 of 7 The Book of Job (Fall 2019) The Bible and its Interpreters (Fall 2016; Spring 2017; Fall 2017; Spring 2018; Fall 2018; Spring 2019; Fall 2019; Spring 2020)

University of Toronto ** indicates doctoral student mentored Introduction to Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations IV: The Biblical World (Spring 2016; with Mark Graham** and Émilie Pagé-Perron**, teaching assistants) Special Topics in Judaism: The Origins of Judaism in the Persian Period 558-332 BCE (Spring 2016) Hebrew Bible and Ancient Jewish Literature (Fall 2015) Introduction to Judaism (Fall 2015; with Nathalie LaCoste**, teaching assistant)

University of Oxford Genesis 1-2 (Hebrew) (Hilary Term 2013) (Beginner) Biblical Hebrew (Michaelmas 2012; Hilary 2013)

As appointed tutor: University of Oxford Biblical Hebrew Tutor for M.Phil. candidate, Faculty of Classics (Michaelmas 2012; Hilary 2013) Biblical Hebrew Tutor for B.A. candidate, Keble College (Hilary 2012)

LANGUAGES

Native: English: Native Limited Working Proficiency: French; Korean Reading Proficiency: Biblical Hebrew; Biblical Aramaic; Koine Greek; German Reading Proficiency with Dictionary: Akkadian; Modern Hebrew Additional language training at the University of Oxford (the University does not keep doctoral-level transcripts): - Biblical Aramaic (one term, with David Taylor) - Aramaic Inscriptions (one term, with Kevin Cathcart) - Phoenician Inscriptions (one term, with Kevin Cathcart) - Ugaritic Grammar (two terms, with Kevin Cathcart) - Historical Hebrew Grammar (one term, with Kevin Cathcart) - Comparative Semitics (one term, with Kevin Cathcart) - Modern Hebrew (two terms, with Gil Zahavi)

SERVICE (selected)

Steering Committee Member. SBL Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah. 2019–present.

Yoo C.V. i.2020 page 6 of 7 Student Co-coordinator. Joint Oxford-Cambridge Old Testament Graduate Seminar, 2013. Old Testament Teachers’ Group. Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. 2012– 2013. Invited Panelist. Faculty of Theology and Religion Graduate Training Workshop, “Introduction to the DPhil in Theology,” 2012.

AWARDS (selected)

Hensley Henson Fund. Faculty of Theology, Oxford. (2012–2013) Graduate Studentship. Oriel College, Oxford. (2012) Cameron Doctoral Fund. Presbyterian Church in Canada. (2011–2012, 2012–2013) Postgraduate Scholarship. Knox College. (2010–2011) Alice K. and William F. Burger Scholarship. Yale Divinity School. (2007–2008, 2008–2009) Two Brothers Fellowship. Yale Divinity School. (2008) Various Awards for Proficiency and Service to Community. Knox College. (2005–2007)

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE (selected)

2014–2015 English Tutor Volunteer. Centre for Asian-Canadian Theology and Ministry, Knox College. 2013 (Spring) Junior Dean. Oriel College, Oxford. 2011–2012 Note Taker. Disability Office, University of Oxford. 2008–2010 Advisor to Senior High Youth Group and Administrative Assistant. First Presbyterian Church of New Haven. 2008 (Summer) Volunteer. Ramat Raḥel Archaeological Project. 2007 (Summer) Assistant to the Director of Degree Programs, Knox College.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Canadian Society of Biblical Studies/ Société canadienne des Études bibliques Society of Biblical Literature Society of Old Testament Studies

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