Overview

I teach in the Theology and Religion department at Exeter on modules relating to Judaism and the Hebrew Bible. My module 'God, Food and Alcohol in Israelite and Jewish Cultures' draws from my PhD research on consumption of food and alcohol in the Hebrew Bible. I also teach 'The Bible: Past and Present' and am a seminar tutor for the Liberal Arts core module 'Being Human in the Modern World.'

I also support postgraduate students with projects on biblical studies and support the teaching of 'Research Methods in Theology', 'Research Proposals in Theology', and 'Approaches to Biblical Studies'.

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Research

My research interests include food and alcohol in Hebrew Bible texts, the archaeology an history of food and alcohol in Iron Age Israel and Judah and interdischiplinary approaches to biblical studies including the use of archaeology, anthropology, ethnography, linguistics, feminism, critical theory and food studies. 

I also am engaged in the research of the role of biblical allusions and receptions in popular culture such as video games, TV and film.

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Publications

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2022

• Welton R. (2022) YAHWEH THE WRATHFUL VINTNER: BLOOD AND WINE-MAKING METAPHORS IN ISAIAH 49:26A AND 63:6, Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies.
• Welton R. (2022) Eating Upon the Mountains: Deviant Consumption and Commensality, Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East, volume 1, no. 1, pages 7-28, DOI:10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1686. [PDF]

2020

• Welton R. (2020) Ethnography and Biblical Studies: ‘A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey’ as a Case Study for Re-contextualising a Familiar Phrase, Biblical Interpretation, volume 30, no. 1, pages 1-20, DOI:10.1163/15685152-00284p13. [PDF]
• Welton R. (2020) He is a Glutton and a Drunkard Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible.

2019

• Welton R. (2019) Isaac rebounds: A video game retelling of the Aqedah, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, volume 44, no. 3, pages 293-314, DOI:10.1177/0309089219862803. [PDF]

2017

• Welton R. (2017) Ritual and the Agency of Food in Ancient Israel and Judah: Food Futures in Biblical Studies, Biblical Interpretation, volume 25, no. 4-5, pages 609-624, DOI:10.1163/15685152-02545p09. [PDF]

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Teaching

Modules taught

• THE1101 - The Bible: Past and Present

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