About
Bio
Born in Portland, Oregon in 1979, Daniel Driver earned a BA in English Literature from Wheaton College, IL (2002), and a PhD in Divinity from St Mary’s College, University of St Andrews (2009). He and his wife returned to North America in 2008 with a newborn daughter. Together they live in Toronto, where he teaches Old Testament.
Research Interests
The next project is still under development. It is apt to involve:
- Death and dying in the HB/OT
- The Book of Psalms
- Canonical approaches to Christian Scripture
- The history of the Bible’s reception (Wirkungsgeschichte)
Website Epigraph
| Weh! Steck ich in dem Kerker noch? Verfluchtes dumpfes Mauerloch, Wo selbst das liebe Himmelslicht Trüb durch gemalte Scheiben bricht! Beschränkt mit diesem Bücherhauf, Den Würme nagen, Staub bedeckt, Den bis ans hohe Gewölb hinauf Ein angeraucht Papier umsteckt; Mit Gläsern, Buchsen rings umstellt, Mit Instrumenten vollgepfropft, Urväter-Hausrat drein gestopft— Das ist deine Welt! Das heißt eine Welt! |
Still this old dungeon, still a mole! Cursed be this moldy walled-in hole Where heaven’s lovely light must pass, And lose its luster, through stained glass. Confined with books, and every tome Is gnawed by worms, covered with dust, And on the walls, up to the dome, A smoky paper, spots of rust; Enclosed by tubes and jars that breed More dust, by instruments and soot, Ancestral furniture to boot— That is your world! A world indeed! |
| — Goethe’s Faust | — Tr. via D. L. Jeffrey (here) |
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