mriedel@div.duke.edu
Qualifications
University of Oxford, UK
2010: D. Phil, Byzantine History
Thesis title: "Fighting the Good Fight: The Taktika of Leo VI and its influence on Byzantine cultural identity"
Thesis supervisor: Dr. Catherine Holmes, University College, Oxford
Examiners: Prof Dame Averil Cameron, Prof Jonathan Shepard
Classical Arabic language with Dr. Yahya Michot
Modern Russian with Marina Bogdanova and Natalia Keys
Byzantine Greek and Medieval Latin with Dr Ida Toth
University of Oxford, UK
2004: M.St (Distinction), Byzantine History
Dissertation title: "Warfare Between Byzantines and Arabs in the Taktika of Leo VI the Wise: or, Why can't a Roman be more like a Saracen?"
Thesis Advisor: Dr. James Howard-Johnston, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Coursework: Sigillography, Numismatics, Archaeology of Constantinople, General Byzantine History.
Classical Syriac language with Dr David Taylor
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ USA
2003: Th.M, Old Testament
Thesis title: "The Presence of God as a Portent in Exile: Ezekiel's use of Exodus Theology in Visions of Glory"
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jacqueline Lapsley
Coursework:
Wisdom Literature, Dr. Raymond van Leeuwen
Interpretation of Job, Dr. Choon-Leong Seow
Romans 9-11, Dr. Thomas W. Gillespie (retired, 2004)
Old Testament, Women, and Cultural and Ecclesial Diversity, Prof Katharine D. Sakenfeld
Biblical Theology and the Practice of Ministry, Prof Dennis T. Olson and Dr. Beverly Gaventa
Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA USA
2002: M.Div, General
Coursework:
Aramaic with Dr. Kirk Lowery
Isaiah with the late Prof. J. Alan Groves
Hebrew with Dr. Mike Kelly
Ecclesiastes with Dr. Peter Enns
History of the Reformation with Dr Carl Trueman
The Doctrine of God with Dr Sinclair Ferguson
Université de Nancy II, Nancy, France
1990: Certificat Pratique de Langue Française, 1er degré
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA USA
1989: B.A.
Major: Philosophy
Minor: German
Languages
Modern: French and German (fluent); Greek, Spanish, Italian and Russian (read/elementary)
Ancient: Classical Syriac, Byzantine/Koine Greek, Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic,
Medieval Latin, Classical Arabic (read)