User:Alastair Haines

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Alastair lives in Sydney, Australia.

He is a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Theology.

His thesis is on the Song of Songs.

Areas of interest

Ancient Near East background to the Bible

ancient literature (especially Sumerian and Egyptian)

classical literature (especially Hebrew and Greek)

the history, philosophy and sociology of language and

culturally persistent conceptions of gender

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science (Honours, Sydney University)

Pure Mathematics Thesis—The subjunctive conditional

Graduate Diploma of Education (Sydney University)

Bachelor of Theology (Honours, Australian College of Theology)

Old Testament Thesis—The irredeemable offering of Leviticus 27:

its relationship with the other offerings in the chapter and connection with holy war in the hexateuch.

Cambridge Cetificate of TESOL (CELTA)

Hobbies

backgammon (shesh, tavli, tavla, tric trac, gamao)

watching cricket and documentaries (especially nature and history)

reading, web-surfing, swimming