Professional Bio
Andrew Garbarino is a Visiting Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Houston Christian University. His work focuses on literary and comparative approaches to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible with special attention to West Semitic contexts, including Syriac, Ugaritic, and other epigraphic sources. Originally from Houston, Andrew received an AB from Harvard College (2013) and an MDiv (2020) and PhD (2025) from Princeton Theological Seminary. He seeks to serve both the academy and the church through his research and is an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Reformed Church in America (RCA). Andrew has special interest in instruction in biblical languages, including both Greek and Hebrew, with particular attention to the opportunities and challenges of digital pedagogy.
Institution
Houston Christian University
Graduate Student Member
Education:
Harvard College 2013
A.B.
Princeton Theological Seminary 2020
MDiv
Princeton Theological Seminary 2025
Ph.D.
Awards:
2011 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard U
2018 Henry Snyder Gehman Award in Old Testament, PTSem
2020 Bishop Epiphanius al-Maqari Memorial Award
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 Presidential Scholarship, PT Seminary
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 George S. Green Doctoral Fellowship, PT Seminary
2025 CBA Emerging Scholars Fellowship
OT Books
Judges, Psalms, Lamentations
OT/NT Backgrounds #1
OT Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha, Papyrology, Paleography, Qumran/ Dead Sea Scrolls
OT/NT Backgrounds #2
Israel History- Monarchy, Israel History- Exile & Restoration, Israel History- Second Temple Period, Israel History- Hellenistic Judaism, Religion-Syrocanaanite
OT Themes and Topics
History of Scholarship, History of Interpretation (Patristic), History of Interpretation (Reformation and Counter Reformation), Ritual (cult)
Hermeneutics
Bible as literature, Historical Criticism: Textual (OT), Revelation (Nature of), Pastoral Usage, Preaching Usage
Languages (Ancient)
Aramaic, Aramaic (Imperial), Aramaic (Eastern- Syriac), Greek (Hellenistic), Greek (LXX), Greek (NT), Hebrew, Paleo-Hebrew inscriptions, Phoenician-Punic, Ammonite, Ugaritic
Languages (Modern)
French, German, Spanish
Ordination Date
1/29/2022