He obtained his doctorate in philosophy from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 2017, and later held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

[11] The Journal of Hellenic Studies noted that Platonic Legislations "proposes a number of interesting ideas" and suggests "novel line[s] of interpretation".

He argues that Jesus' interrogation by Pilate, and Augustine of Hippo's North African sermon on that trial, led to the concept of secularity and the logic of tolerance emerging in early modern Europe.

For The Independent, David Keys considered The Innocence of Pontius Pilate "a groundbreaking book".

[15] Reviewing for The Spectator, Nick Spencer found I Judge No One to be "learned and engaging",[16] while the religious historian and podcaster Tom Holland said: "I can’t think of a book that has made the Gospels seem as fresh and strange to me as this one does.