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Daniel Miller (B.A., M.A. Toronto; M.A.,
Ph.D. Michigan) is Associate Professor, teaching courses in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, comparative world religions and Biblical Hebrew. He received his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan. His research areas are Canaanite-Israelite cultic practices, and ancient West Semitic magic.
Office: DIV
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Work Phone: 822-9600 ext. 2378
dmiller@ubishops.ca
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Michele Murray is Associate Professor in the William and Nancy Turner Chair in Early Christian Studies. She teaches courses in Christian origins, women in religion, and religion and film. She obtained her MA in Second Temple Period Jewish History from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her PhD in Religion from the University of Toronto. Her research areas are Jewish-Christian relations in late Antiquity, and women and magic in Jewish and Christian communities.
Office: DIV 24
Phone: 819-822-9600 ext. 2377
mmurray@ubishops.ca
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Harvey White obtained his doctorate at McGill University. He is an expert in the philosophy of religion. He has also written extensively on Kant, Plato and (more recently) early Greek thought. In 2005, he published What is What-is?-a book on Parmenides' poem. Well schooled in analytic philosophy, Dr. White is also a keen reader of Medieval philosophy. He is currently working on a book length study of Thomas Aquinas.
Office: DIV
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Work Phone: 822-9600 ext. 2337
hwhite@ubishops.ca
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Robert Chadwick teaches the history and archaeology of the ancient Near East. He has been excavating in Jordan since 1994. Since 1998 he has been field supervisor and assistant director of the Wadi Ath-Thamad Project. He is the author of First Civilizations: Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt (1996; second revised edition, 2005), plus a number of articles that have appeared in specialized journals. He has founded and is a leading member of a number of societies devoted to the study of the ancient Near East.
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Laurence Nixon teaches at Dawson College in Montreal, where he is chair of the Religion Department. He has taught summer courses at Bishop's for a number of years, and prior to that he taught during the fall and winter semesters. Moreover, his contributions to the Department extend beyond the courses he teaches. His areas of expertise are the social scientific study of religion, world religions, and religion and the arts.
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