Dr Peter Atkins (BA, MA, PhD)
Teaching Fellow in Old Testament and Hebrew Bible

Address
- Street
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Room B.7
School of Divinity
7 Roxburgh St - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9TA
Availability
I am happy to meet with any student at a mutually convenient time. Please get in touch by email to arrange an in-person or online meeting.
Background
Peter Joshua Atkins is Teaching Fellow in Old Testament and Hebrew Bible at the University of Edinburgh. He is also co-founder and co-chair of the 'Animals and the Bible' research group for the European Association of Biblical Studies.
Prior to his appointment at Edinburgh, Peter completed his doctoral studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Chester. He was also a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Chester and worked as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant on the AHRC-funded project "Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare."
Qualifications
BA (University of Sheffield), MA (University of Sheffield), PhD (University of Chester)
Undergraduate teaching
Prophets and Their Oracles
Intermediate Biblical Hebrew
The Dark Lord: Divine Violence in the Hebrew Bible
Postgraduate teaching
Hebrew Bible in Historical-Critical Perspective
Intermediate Biblical Hebrew (PG)
Approaches to Research in Divinity and Religious Studies (Biblical Studies)
Research summary
Animals and Animality in the Bible
The Book of Daniel
Ecological approaches to the Hebrew Bible
History of Interpretation of the Bible
The History and Reception of Second Temple Literature