Curriculum Vitae for Matthew J. Saunders

PhD, The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD); In Progress (2022-Present)

• Department of Near Eastern Studies; Major: Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitics; Minor: Assyriology; Current GPA: 4.0; Degree expected 2027/2028.
• Sample of coursework: Archaic Aramaic (Fall 2022); Pentateuch (Fall 2022); Prophets and Prophecy (Fall 2022); Seminar in Near Eastern History: Mesopotamia (Fall 2022); Intro to Middle Egyptian (Fall 2022); Seminar in Ancient Israelite Religion (Spring 2023); Seminar in the Minor Prophets (Spring 2023); Advanced Akkadian (Spring 2023); Seminar in Near Eastern History: Mesopotamia (Spring 2023); Independent Study: Middle Egyptian (Spring 2023); Northwest Semitic Epigraphy (Fall 2023); Book of Ezekiel (Fall 2023); Akkadian Literary and Religious Texts (Fall 2023); Elementary Sumerian (Fall 2023); Seminar in Near Eastern History: Egypt (Fall 2023); Intro to Coptic (Fall 2023, audit); Advanced Ugaritic (Spring 2024); The History of Hebrew (Spring 2024); Advanced Akkadian [Canaanite Amarna Letters] (Spring 2024); Seminar in Near Eastern History: Late Period Egypt (Spring 2024); Elementary Sumerian II (Spring 2024); Intro to Coptic (Spring 2024, audit); The Evolution of Hebrew Linguistic Thought (Fall 2024); Advanced Akkadian (Fall 2024); History of Ancient Syria/Palestine (Fall 2024); Kings, Prophets, and Scribes: The Creation of Israel in the Deuteronomistic History (Fall 2024); Middle Egyptian Texts (audit; Fall 2024). Current: The Book of Job (Spring 2025); History: Ancient Syria-Palestine II (Spring 2025); Advanced Akkadian (Spring 2025); Independent Study: Dissertation Research (Spring 2025); The Talmud as Read in the Middle Ages: The Sugya of Kavod HaBriot (Spring 2025, audit); Geographic Information Systems in Archaeology (Spring 2025, audit); Old Egyptian (Spring 2025, audit).

MA, Trinity International University, Divinity School (Deerfield, IL); 2018-2021

• Department of Old Testament and Semitic Languages; Major: Biblical and Near Eastern Archaeology and Semitic Languages; Additional Coursework: Old Testament and Semitic Languages (all but thesis); Degree earned May 2021.
• Sample of coursework: Egypt and the Bible (Spring 2018); History of Israel (Spring 2018); Israel Study Tour (Spring 2018); Hebrew Exegesis (Summer 2018); Biblical Archaeology (Spring 2019); Guided Research: Qumran Hebrew Literature and Archaeology (Spring 2019); Guided Research: Northwest Semitic Epigraphy (Spring 2019); Extra-Biblical Aramaic (Spring 2019); Old Testament Studies I: Pentateuch & Former Prophets (Spring 2019); Israel Study Tour (Spring 2019); Biblical Aramaic (Spring 2019); Old Testament Studies II: Latter Prophets and Writings (Spring 2019); Field Work in the Middle East: Abel Beth Maacah (Summer 2019). 

•  Major: Theology; Degree earned May 2020; Thesis: “An Examination of the Masorah of Ruth in Codex Leningradensis“
• Sample of coursework: History of Doctrine (Fall 2017); Issues in Old Testament Studies (Spring 2018); Issues in New Testament Studies (Spring 2018); The Arminian Theological Tradition (Spring 2018); Research Methodology (Fall 2018).

•  Major: History; Minor: Theological Studies; Degree earned 2018.
• Sample of coursework: History of American Christianity (Spring 2014); World Geography (Fall 2014); Beginning Hebrew I (Fall 2014); History of Western Civilization I and II (Fall 2014; Spring 2016); Beginning Biblical Hebrew II (Spring 2015); Renaissance and Reformation (Spring 2015); Hebrew Exegesis I and II (Fall 2015; Spring 2016); Beginning Koine Greek I and II (Fall 2015; Spring 2016); Masterpieces of World Literature II (Spring 2016); Creeds and Councils of the Early Church (Spring 2017); Free Will Baptist History (Spring 2017); Jacksonian Era 1814-1850 (Spring 2017); Genesis and Exodus (Spring 2017); Historiography (Summer 2017).