Adam Stokes: Giants of Ancient America

Adam Oliver Stokes obtained his B.A. in Religion at Duke University and his Masters ofDivinity from Yale Divinity School. His scholarly interest include ancient Americancivilization, the Old Testament and Greco-Roman history and folklore. He is the author ofPerspectives on the Old Testament and Essentials in Classical Literature published by CognellaPress.Adam’s work has been featured in various journals and publications including AncientAmerican magazine, the Classical Outlook, Journal of the Hebrew Scriptures, the Journal ofBook of Mormon Studies and BYU Studies Quarterly. For Ancient American magazine, Adamcontributed several reviews-one on the work of Richard Dewhurst dealing with thearchaeological evidence for the existence of giants in pre-Columbian America. His most recentreview for the magazine examines the work of Mark Lynott on Hopewell Ceremonial mounds inOhio.Adam also serves as a reviewer for the journal Advances in Anthropology. He has taughtcourses on the Old Testament and world religions at Meadville Lombard Theological Seminaryand Alvernia University and he currently teaches Old Testament as an adjunct professor at SaintJoseph’s University. He also teaches classical languages at STEMCivics Charter School inEwing, NJ. He is a native of Baltimore, MD but has lived in Burlington County, NJ for the past5 years with his wife Dafney and two sons.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/earth-ancients--2790919/support.