SUMMARY
I am an experienced researcher who specializes in the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts and texts of the Bible. My recent publications have dealt extensively with paleography and manuscript studies and their intersection with textual scholarship on the Bible.
EDUCATION
2011 – 2015 Doctor of Philosophy (thesis approved without corrections). University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Dissertation title: “A Contextualized Approach to the Hebrew Dead Sea Scrolls Containing Exodus.” Supervisor: Prof. Charlotte Hempel.
2007 – 2010 Master of Divinity. 3.93 GPA with highest honors. The Master’s Seminary, Sun Valley, CA. Thesis title: “On the Feasibility of Eclectic Editions of the Hebrew Old Testament.”
2005 – 2007 Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Languages. 4.0 GPA with highest honors. The Master's University, Santa Clarita, CA.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2025 Research Fellow at the University of Münster. Supervisor: Johannes Schnocks.
2024 – 2025 Research Associate at Duke University/Divinity School and Co-Director (with Brent Strawn) of the National Endowment for the Humanities Scholarly Editions and Translations project “I Shall No Longer Want” (Psalm 23:1): The Critical Edition of the Hebrew Psalter.” *Grant prematurely terminated by US government on 3 April 2025.
2023 – 2024 Visual Exegete for the Scriptura project “Psalms: Layer by Layer.” Additional roles: Grammar and text overseer; head of software development. Supervisor: Elizabeth Robar.
2016 – 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Groningen in the European Research Council project “The Hands that Wrote the Bible: Digital Palaeography and Scribal Culture of the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Principal investigator: Prof. dr. Mladen Popović. Subproject: “Scribes and Their Psalters: Situating Ancient Psalm Collections in Their Scribal Contexts.”
2014 – 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Helsinki’s Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions. Team leader: Prof. em. Anneli Aejmelaeus. Project: “The Early Greek Fragments of Exodus.”
SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS
2024 – 2026 Co-Director (with Brent Strawn) on the National Endowment for the Humanities Scholarly Editions grant project: “‘I Shall No Longer Want’ (Psalm 23:1): The Critical Edition of the Hebrew Psalter.” $300,000 plus $150,000 matching. *Grant prematurely terminated by US government on 3 April 2025.
2022 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship at the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem for five months. Project: “Scribes and their Psalters: Situating Ancient Psalm Collections in Their Scribal Contexts.”
2015 Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Junior Research Fellow at the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem for five months. Project: “Material Reconstructions of the Dead Sea Scrolls Containing Exodus.”
2011 – 2014 Doctoral Researcher Elite Scholarship from the University of Birmingham for tuition, fees, and living expenses in pursuit of a Ph.D.
2006 Zondervan Biblical Hebrew Award for outstanding achievement in the area of Hebrew studies.
ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2025 Lecturer in Old Testament Psalms (Duke Divinity School).
2023 Guest Lecturer on “How to Make an (Authentic) Dead Sea Scroll” in Introduction to Old Testament Scrolls and Manuscripts (Brookes Bible College, 26 September 2023).
2022 Lecturer in Psalms: Songbook for the Ages (Israel Bible Center).
2021 Guest Lecturer on “Qumran and the Isaiah Scrolls” in Advanced Exegesis with Introduction to Biblical Languages (Academy of Leadership and Theology, 1 October 2021).
2020 Guest Lecturer on “Introduction to Manuscript Studies and Textual Criticism for Classicists” in Academic Skills for Classicists (University of Groningen, 10 March 2020).
2016 Invited Lecturer in the Book of Exodus (Agricola Theological Institute).
2015 Invited Lecturer in Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament (University of St. Andrews).
2015 Lecturer in Advanced Biblical Hebrew – From Captivity to Covenant: Exegesis of Exodus (University of Helsinki).
2013 – 2014 Lecturer in Introduction to Biblical Studies – Hebrew Bible (University of Birmingham).
2012 Substitute Lecturer in Dead Sea Scrolls (University of Birmingham).
2012 Substitute Lecturer in Beginning Hebrew (University of Birmingham).
2011 – 2012 Lecturer in Intermediate Hebrew – Exegesis of 1 Kings (University of Birmingham).
2010 – 2011 Private Instructor in Beginning Greek (two separate courses).
PUBLICATIONS
Monographs
Scribes and the Psalter: Situating Ancient Psalm Collections in Their Scribal Contexts. FAT. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, forthcoming 2025.
A Contextualized Approach to the Hebrew Dead Sea Scrolls Containing Exodus. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah. Leiden: Brill, accepted for publication subject to revision.
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Ryan Sikes and Drew Longacre. “Restoring the ‘ayin Section of Psalm 37: A Text-Critical and Poetic-Structural Analysis.” Textus, forthcoming.
“The Materiality of Ancient Hebrew Psalm Collections.” Advances in Ancient, Biblical, and Near Eastern Research 3, no. 2 (2023): 159–176. https://aabner.org/ojs/index.php/beabs/article/view/1032.
Drew Longacre and Brent Strawn. “A New Identification of a Psalm Manuscript from Qumran: 4Q85 + 4Q98c.” Dead Sea Discoveries 30, no. 2 (2023):152–159. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685179-bja10037.
Hila Dayfani, Drew Longacre, and Antony Perrot. “New Identifications of 4QpaleoGen-Exodl (4Q11) Fragments.” Revue de Qumrân 34, no. 1 (2022): 137–150. https://doi.org/10.2143/RQ.34.1.3290894.
“The 11Q5 Psalter as a Scribal Product: Standing at the Nexus of Textual Development, Editorial Processes, and Manuscript Production.” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 134, no. 1 (2022): 85–111. https://doi.org/10.1515/zaw-2022-0004.
“Paleographic Style and the Dead Sea Psalm Scrolls: A Hand Fitting for the Occasion?” Vetus Testamentum 72 (2022): 67-92. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-bja10019.
“Comparative Hellenistic and Roman Manuscript Studies (CHRoMS): Script Interactions and Hebrew/Aramaic Writing Culture.” Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin 7, no. 1 (2021): 7–50. http://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.8898.
“Disambiguating the Concept of Formality in Palaeographic Descriptions: Stylistic Classification and the Ancient Jewish Hebrew/Aramaic Scripts.” Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin 5, no. 2 (2019): 101–128. http://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.739.
“Reconsidering the Date of the En-Gedi Leviticus Scroll (EGLev): Exploring the Limitations of the Comparative Paleographic Method.” Textus 27 (2018): 44–84. https://doi.org/10.1163/2589255X-02701004.
“Two Selective Greek Texts of Exodus: A Comparative Analysis of Rahlfs 896 and 960.” Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies 51 (2018): 83–104.
“Developmental Stage, Scribal Lapse, or Physical Defect? 1QIsaa’s Damaged Exemplar for Isaiah Chapters 34–66.” Dead Sea Discoveries 20, no. 1 (2013): 17–50.
Contributions to Edited Books
“The Same Strokes for Different Folks: The Ornate Rectilinear Formal Scripts and Early-Roman Jewish Material Book Culture.” Pages 323–372 in Missing Pieces: Essays in Honour of Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar. Edited by Arjen Bakker, George J. Brooke, Bärry Hartog, Hindy Najman, Mladen Popović, and Pierre van Hecke. STDJ 152. Leiden: Brill, 2025.
“Qumran and the Scrolls from the Judean Desert.” Pages 35–46 in The State of Old Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research. Edited by H. H. Hardy II and M. Daniel Carroll R. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2024.
“Exodus in the Second Temple Period.” Pages 6–30 in Exodus and the New Testament. Edited by Seth Ehorn and Sarah Whittle. London: T&T Clark, 2022.
“Methods for the Reconstruction of Large Literary (Sc)rolls from Fragmentary Remains.” Pages 110–141 in The Hebrew Bible Manuscripts: A Millenium. Edited by Élodie Attia and Antony Perrot. Textual History of the Bible Supplements 6. Leiden: Brill, 2022.
“The Parting of the Ways of Old and New Testament Textual Criticism: Deconstructing a Disciplinary Division.” Pages 87–111 in Written for Our Instruction: Essays in Honor of William Varner. Edited by Abner Chou and Christian Locatell. Dallas: Ad Fontes Press, 2021.
“Multilinear Genealogical Networks: Expanding the Scope of Textual History.” Pages 181–198 in From Scribal Error to Rewriting: How Ancient Texts Could and Could Not Be Changed. Edited by Anneli Aejmelaeus, Drew Longacre, and Natia Mirotadze. De Septuaginta Investigationes 12. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020.
“Exodus: Taitava kääntäjä ja ilmestysmajan arvoitus [Exodus: A Skillful Translator and the Mystery of the Tabernacle].” Pages 98–112 in Sisälle Septugintaan. Edited by Anneli Aejmelaeus, Katja Kujanpää, and Miika Tucker. Translated by Katja Kujanpää. Helsinki: Finnish Exegetical Society, 2018.
“Scribal Approaches to Damaged Manuscripts: Not Just a Modern Dilemma.” Pages 141–164 in The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Study of the Humanities. Method, Theory, Meaning: Proceedings of the Eighth Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies (Munich, 4–7 August, 2013). Edited by Pieter B. Hartog, Alison Schofield, and Samuel I. Thomas. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 125. Leiden: Brill, 2018.
Edited Books
Anneli Aejmelaeus, Drew Longacre, and Natia Mirotadze, eds. From Scribal Error to Rewriting: How Ancient Texts Could and Could Not Be Changed. De Septuaginta Investigationes 12. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020.
Handbook, Dictionary, and Encyclopedia Articles
“Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible in the 21st Century.” In The Oxford Handbook of the Textual Criticism of the Bible. Edited by Sidnie White Crawford and Tommy Wasserman. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025.
“Writing Materials.” In Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online. Edited by David G. Hunter, Paul J.J. van Geest, and Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte. Leiden: Brill 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-7993_EECO_SIM_00003686.
“Exodus, Book of.” Pages 195–199 in T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism, Vol. 1. Edited by Daniel M. Gurtner and Loren T. Stuckenbruck. London: T&T Clark, 2019.
“Appendices A–F.” Pages 577–593 in T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Edited by George J. Brooke and Charlotte Hempel. London: T&T Clark, 2019.
Drew Longacre and Eibert Tigchelaar. “4.1.3.2.1 Hebrew and Aramaic Paleography (Ancient).” In Textual History of the Bible, Vol. 3. Edited by Russell Fuller. Leiden: Brill, online publication 2017.
“Ancient Libraries.” Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2014.
“Masorah.” Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2014.
“Masoretes.” Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2014.
Electronic Publications
“Critical Edition of the Hebrew Psalter.” Work in progress. https://hbcepsalms.manuscriptroom.com/edition.
“Was the New Testament Written in Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek?” Logos Word by Word (29 April 2023). https://www.logos.com/grow/min-was-the-new-testament-written-in-hebrew-aramaic-or-greek/.
“Four Ways Scholars Date Early Hebrew Bible Manuscripts.” Phoenix Seminary Text & Canon Institute (8 Nov 2022). https://textandcanon.org/four-ways-scholars-date-early-hebrew-bible-manuscripts/.
“Autopsy: A Guide to Examining Ancient Manuscripts in Person.” Logos Word by Word (26 Oct 2022). https://www.logos.com/grow/autopsy-guide/.
“The Dead Sea Scrolls: 9 Common Questions, Answered.” The Logos Blog (22 Sept 2022). https://www.logos.com/grow/hall-dead-sea-scrolls/?fbclid=IwAR3VWiEMmA4pKaTTFW0Az1AFS4aI4Yb5eKjlOlI-0UGTIbvtyZdbpY1wJFg.
“The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament” and “Have the Dead Sea Scrolls Changed the Formats of Printed Hebrew Bibles?” Faithlife Bible Study Magazine (January/February 2022). See excerpt at https://www.logos.com/grow/dead-sea-scrolls-new-testament/.
“Two Significant Uses of the Dead Sea Scrolls.” The Logos Academic Blog (28 April 2017).
“Reflections on the Textual Development of the Pentateuch in Light of Documented Evidence.” Ancient Jew Review(13 February 2017). http://www.ancientjewreview.com/articles/2017/1/25/reflections-on-the-textual-development-of-the-pentateuch-in-light-of-documented-evidence.
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