Gregory L. Cuéllar is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA. His research reveals a transdisciplinary scope, focusing primarily on the intersections of elite power and master archives as well as religion and migration.

“Cuéllar’s work is incisive, persuasive, and important. … Cuéllar’s task in Empire, the British Museum, and the Making of the Biblical Scholar in the Nineteenth Century is hermeneutically-minded and immanently relevant to the shifting tides of biblical criticism in the twenty-first century.” (Erin J. Beall, Horizons in Biblical Theology, Vol. 44 (1), 2022)

• 1. Introduction: Historicizing the Master Archive.- 2. Mastering Biblical History in the British Museum.- 3. Books and Bodies in the British Museum Reading Room.- 4. The Biblical Critic as Collector.- 5. Biblical Scholar as Imperial State Agent.- 6. Epilogue: Contextualizing a Museum of the Bible.

Gregory L. Cuéllar is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA. His research reveals a transdisciplinary scope, focusing primarily on the intersections of elite power and master archives as well as religion and migration.

“Cuéllar’s work is incisive, persuasive, and important. … Cuéllar’s task in Empire, the British Museum, and the Making of the Biblical Scholar in the Nineteenth Century is hermeneutically-minded and immanently relevant to the shifting tides of biblical criticism in the twenty-first century.” (Erin J. Beall, Horizons in Biblical Theology, Vol. 44 (1), 2022)

• 1. Introduction: Historicizing the Master Archive.- 2. Mastering Biblical History in the British Museum.- 3. Books and Bodies in the British Museum Reading Room.- 4. The Biblical Critic as Collector.- 5. Biblical Scholar as Imperial State Agent.- 6. Epilogue: Contextualizing a Museum of the Bible.

Gregory L. Cuéllar is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA. His research reveals a transdisciplinary scope, focusing primarily on the intersections of elite power and master archives as well as religion and migration.

“Cuéllar’s work is incisive, persuasive, and important. … Cuéllar’s task in Empire, the British Museum, and the Making of the Biblical Scholar in the Nineteenth Century is hermeneutically-minded and immanently relevant to the shifting tides of biblical criticism in the twenty-first century.” (Erin J. Beall, Horizons in Biblical Theology, Vol. 44 (1), 2022)

• 1. Introduction: Historicizing the Master Archive.- 2. Mastering Biblical History in the British Museum.- 3. Books and Bodies in the British Museum Reading Room.- 4. The Biblical Critic as Collector.- 5. Biblical Scholar as Imperial State Agent.- 6. Epilogue: Contextualizing a Museum of the Bible.