Andrew is the Director of The Center for Research of Biblical Manuscripts and Inscriptions, serving also as Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Shepherds Theological Seminary in Cary, NC. He earned his BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois, two MA degrees (Biblical Literature and Biblical Languages) from Shepherds Theological Seminary, and a PhD in Biblical Studies (New Testament and Christian Origins) from the University of Edinburgh. He has taught at Shepherds Theological Seminary since 2011.

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His research and teaching interests revolve around the transmission and interpretation of the texts of the New Testament, ranging from textual criticism and manuscript studies to Greek discourse analysis. Based on his interest in biblical manuscripts, Andrew serves as Project Supervisor of the Green Paul Project for the Museum of the Bible Scholars Initiative and is currently editing the Editio Critica Maior volumes of the Pastoral Epistles for the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung (INTF). Andrew also serves as Assistant Editor for the Society of Biblical Literature’s Text-Critical Studies series.

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Monographs/Edited Volumes

• A Study of the Gospels in Codex Alexandrinus: Codicology, Palaeography, and Scribal Hands (New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents 48; Leiden: Brill, 2014).

• Novum Testamentum Graece: Editio Critica Maior. Die Pastoralbriefe. (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, in preparation).

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Book Chapters

• Smith, W. Andrew. “Papyrus, Codices and Rolls,” in Inscriptions, Graffiti, Documentary Papyri, eds. James R. Harrison and E. Randolph Richards (Ancient Literature for New Testament Studies 10; Grand Rapids: Zondervan), forthcoming.

• Smith, W. Andrew. “To Be or Not To Be: Presence and Absence of Copulative Verbs in Greek and Latin New Testament Manuscripts,” in At One Remove: Versions and Other Indirect Evidence for the New Testament, eds. Hugh Houghton and Peter Montoro IV (Texts and Studies; Piscataway: Gorgias Press), 2020.

• Smith, W. Andrew. “Victorinus of Poetovio and the Patristic Shift from Premillennialism,” in To Seek… to Do… and to Teach: Essays in Honor of Larry D. Pettegrew, eds. Douglas D. Bookman, Tim M. Sigler, and Michael J. Vlach (Cary, NC: Shepherds Press), 2022.

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Articles

• “Clothing” and “Protection.” In The Lexham Theological Wordbook, ed. John D. Barry. Bellingham: Logos Bible Software, 2014.

• “Evaluating a Critical Evaluation of the CBGM: A Review Article.” TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism 24 (2019).

• “Mark 16 and the Eusebian Apparatus: Greek and Latin Solutions.” Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin 8/2 (2022), forthcoming.

• “Mining Manuscript Data in the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room.” Classics@ 18 2020.

• “Purification,” “Upright,” and “Washing.” In The Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students, eds. Mary Ann Beavis and Michael Gilmour. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2012.

• Smith, W. Andrew and Valerie Smith. “P. Duke Inv. 1377 (𝔓136): A Fragmentary Acts of the Apostles Papyrus.” Novum Testamentum 60.3 (2018): 290–310.

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Peter Goeman began serving at Shepherds in 2017 as Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages. Peter is a graduate of both The Master’s University (TMU) and The Master’s Seminary (TMS). At TMU Peter studied business and at TMS he completed his M.Div., Th.M., and Ph.D. degrees, specializing in Old Testament studies. Over the last six years he has been involved in various pastoral ministries while completing his graduate degrees. He is married to Kinsley, and they have two sons. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society.

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For more information on Peter and to visit his blog and podcast, visit www.petergoeman.com.

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Articles

• “Recent Scholarship and the Quest to Understand Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13.” The Master’s Seminary Journal 31, no. 2 (Fall 2020): 243–274.

• “The Reformers and the Original Languages: Calvin and Luther on the Importance of Greek and Hebrew in Theology and Ministry.” The Master’s Seminary Journal 28, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 5-16.

• “The Impact and Influence of Erasmus’s Greek New Testament.” Unio Cum Christo 2, no. 1 (April 2016): 69–82.

• “Implications of the Kingdom in Acts 3:19-21.” The Master’s Seminary Journal 26, no. 1 (Spring 2015): 75–93.

• “The Role of the LXX in James’ Use of Amos 9:11-12 in Acts 15:15-18.” Journal of Dispensational Theology (Fall 2014): 107–25.

• “Towards a New Proposal for Translating the Conjunction כי in Deuteronomy 4:29,” The Bible Translator 71, no. 2 (Aug 2020): 158–178.

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