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Coffman has written popular articles on responsible consumption and agriculture, translates recipes for the award-winning new Nordic chef Mikkel Karstad and served as copy-editor and translation consultant on the forthcoming cookbook &#8220;SAOY: The Forgotten Flavors of Royal Cambodian Home Cuisine&#8221; by Chef Rotanak Ros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristofer Phan Coffman \u201916 M.Div. holds a tenure-eligible New Testament faculty position. Coffman completed his Ph.D. in Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Culture at the University of Minnesota and is the first person of Cambodian descent to receive a PhD in Biblical Studies. 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