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Degrees
- PhD University of Edinburgh, 2006
- MTh University of Aberdeen, 1995
- MA University of Nairobi, 1978
- DipTh University of London, 1969
- MA University of Glasgow, 1964
Current positions
- Head of Department, Biblical Studies, Negst2006-8
Other experience
- Team leader, Kambaata translation project, Ethiopia (1980 – 1987
- Translation consultant (occasional) Rendille Translation team, Kenya (1992 – 1998); (2004 – 2007)
- Translation consultant (occasional) Guji Translation team Ethiopia (2001 – 2002)
- Translation consultant (occasional) Gamo Translation team, Ethiopia (2003 – 2008)
Memberships
- Society of Biblical Literature
- Tyndale Fellowship
Language proficiency
- French
- Amharic
Research interests
- Biblical Greek
- Pauline Studies
- Graeco-Romand World
- Language change in 1st century CE
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
(publication in 2008 (?) “Marking Thought and Talk in NT Greek” Milton Keynes: Paternoster
2004 “Underdeterminacy in Greek Participles” in Bible Translator(special edition to honour Paul Ellingworth) Vol.55, No3 July 2004
1988 Palatalisation and Gemination in Kambaata in Journal of Afroasiatic Languages 1.1
1985 “Morphonemics of the Verb in Kambaata” in Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere 2 Koeln.
Selected papers presented
2004 BNTS Intentionality in Paul: a Relevance Theory Approach to 2Cor 8:13