About Me

David completed a Ph.D. in Religious Studies at McMaster University in 2004, the same year he began teaching at Briercrest College and Seminary. As a scholar and a teacher, David’s priorities are studying the New Testament in its first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman context and learning with students what it means to hear and respond to the Bible’s address to us today.

Growing up in Kenya as a child of missionary parents gave David a love for international travel. He and Tenyia were married on a semester break during a year of study in Israel; in 2007 they spent a vacation visiting archaeological sites in Turkey. David returned to Israel in 2009 as one of the leaders of Briercrest College and Seminary’s first Israel Study Tour; in the spring of 2013 he organized and co-hosted another Briercrest study tour to Turkey and Greece.

In his free time (what free time?), David enjoys hiking, playing with his daughter Shoshana, and reading in his back yard under the amazing Saskatchewan sky.

Publications

Edited Volume

Wendel, Susan J. and David M. Miller, eds. Torah Ethics and Early Christian Identity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016. (See here and here for more information.)

Articles and Essays

“Reading Law as Prophecy: Torah Ethics in Acts.” Pages 75-91 in Torah Ethics and Early Christian Identity. Edited by Susan J. Wendel and David M. Miller. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.

“Ethnicity, Religion and the Meaning of Ioudaios in Ancient ‘Judaism.’” Currents in Biblical Research 12.2 (February 2014): 216-265. (Click here for the abstract, and here for the introduction.)

"Ethnicity Comes of Age: An Overview of Twentieth-Century Terms for Ioudaios." Currents in Biblical Research 10.2 (February 2012): 293-311. (Click here for the abstract.)

“The Meaning of Ioudaios and its Relationship to Other Group Labels in Ancient Judaism.” Currents in Biblical Research 9.1 (October 2010): 98-126. (Full article available online here.)

“Seeing the Glory, Hearing the Son: The Function of the Wilderness Theophany Narratives in Luke 9:28-36.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72.3 (July 2010): 498-517. (Full article available online here.)

“Whom Do You Follow? The Jewish Politeia and the Maccabean Background of Josephus’s Sign Prophets.” Pages 173-183 in Common Judaism: Explorations in Second-Temple Judaism. Edited by Wayne O. McCready and Adele Reinhartz. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008. (View on Google Play here.)

“The Messenger, the Lord, and the Coming Judgement in the Reception History of Malachi 3.” New Testament Studies 53.1 (2007):1-16.

Ph.D. Dissertation

Miller, David M. “Luke’s Conception of Prophets Considered in the Context of Second Temple Literature.” Ph.D., Hamilton, ON: McMaster University, 2004. (Online here)

Conference Presentations

“The ‘Prophet like Moses’ and Josephus’s Aristocratic Ideal.” Paper presented in the Hebrew Bible and Political Theory Section at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Antonio, TX, 21 November 2016.

“Maccabean Characterization and Reverse Polemic in Acts.” Paper presented in the Book of Acts Section at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Antonio, TX, 20 November 2016.

“The ‘Prophet like Moses’ and Josephus’s Aristocratic Ideal.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Calgary, AB, 29 May 2016.

“The Maccabean Revolt and the Ambiguous Identity of Gentile Christ-Believers in Acts.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Ottawa, ON, 30 May 2015.

“Deuteronomy 18:15 and Torah Ethics in the Book of Acts.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, St. Catherines, ON, 25 May 2014.

“Ethnicity, Religion and the Meaning of Ioudaios.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Waterloo, ON, 28 May 2012.

“The Mosaic Legislation on Prophets in Ant. 4.218.” Paper presented in the Josephus Section at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, New Orleans, LA, 22 November 2009.

“Josephus and the προφηταί: Exploring the Non-Use of a Label.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Vancouver, BC, 3 June 2008.

“The Infancy Narrative Prophets and the Location of Luke’s Story.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Toronto, ON, 29 May 2006.

“A Response to Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire (Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP, 2004).” Panel response presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Evangelical Theological Association, Toronto, ON, 28 May 2006.

“The Messenger, the Lord, and the Coming Judgement in the Reception History of Malachi 3.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Philadelphia, PN, 21 November 2005.

“The Messenger, the Lord, and the Coming Judgement in the Reception History of Malachi 3.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, London, ON, 30 May 2005.

“Whom Do You Follow? The Jewish Politeia and the Maccabean Background of Josephus’s Sign Prophets.” Paper presented on May 16, 2005 at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, University of Calgary, as part of the conference: Common Judaism Explored. Second Temple Judaism in Context.

“Orality, Written Texts and the Locus of Authority in Luke-Acts.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Toronto, ON, 26 May 2002.