Dr Joseph Ode Alagi

Email: joalagi@oauife.edu.ng

Office Address: Room 407C, Humanities Block 2, Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University

ORCID Number: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1367-3856

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=GGFeAOYAAAAJ

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joseph-Alagi?ev=hdr_xprf

Qualifications:

B.A (HONS) UI, M.A UI, PhD UI, DIPRS UI

Academic Rank:

Lecturer I

Short Bio/Profile:

Dr Joseph Ode Alagi is a native of Igede Oju Local Government Area of Benue State. He is an Old Testament Scholar with a special interest in Ecology and biblical Languages. he has published several articles that reflect his area of specialisation. He is married, and the marriage is blessed with children.

Area of Specialisation:

Biblical Studies – Old Testament

Research Interest:

Ecology and Biblical languages

M.A. Thesis Title:

An Assessment of Circumcision in Abrahamic Covenant in the Traditional Igede Context

PhD Thesis Title:

Landlessness as Precursor to Migration in the Patriarchal Narratives

Selected Publications:

Alagi, J. O. (2019). A Socio-political Critique of Greed in the Biblical Portrait of Ahab and Contemporary Nigeria, NABISS Conference Paper, 2019

Alagi, J. O., and R. A. Idialu (2024). “Curtailing Farmers-Herders Conflict for Sustainable Development in Nigeria: A Biblical Perspective”. Proceedings of the International Conference Vol. 1. Wesley University Printing Press, Ondo, pp. 207-215, 2024.

Alagi, J. O. (2018). “Prophecy and Environmental Justice in Ancient Israel and in the Nigerian Context”. A Festschrift in honour of Dr. G. L. Lasebikan by the Religious Department, University of Ibadan. Edited by A.O Dada & J. K. Ayantayo. Zenith Book House Ltd, Bodija, Ibadan, 2018, pp 207-221.

Ongoing Research:

BIBLICAL PATRIARCHY AND AFROCENTRIC INTERROGATION OF LANDLESSNESS