Roger S. Nam

Roger S. Nam (Ph.D., UCLA) is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at George Fox University. He brings a broad range of experiences, as a pastor at Choong Hyun Presbyterian Church in Seoul, Korea (1994-1996), then as a financial analyst for Maxim Integrated Products (1997-200) into his research on the nature of economies in the biblical world. He is the author of Portrayals of Economic Exchange in the Book of Kings (Brill, 2012), and he is currently writing a book on the economies of Judah during the Persian period. He lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon with his wife, Samantha, and their two sons. You can follow his incoherent observations on ancient economies, biblical studies, and occasional pictures of the Portlandia foodie scene on Twitter here.