Carol A. Newsom

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Carol Ann Newsom (born July 4, 1950) is an American biblical scholar, historian of ancient Judaism, and literary critic. She is the Charles Howard Candler Professor Emerita of Old Testament at the Candler School of Theology and a former senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. [1] She is a leading expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Wisdom literature, and the Book of Daniel.

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Life

After obtaining her A.B. from Birmingham-Southern College (1971), Newsom moved to Harvard University, where she earned an M.T.S. from the Harvard Divinity School in 1975 and a Ph.D. from the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations in 1982. In 1980, while completing her doctoral studies, she began teaching at Emory University, in the Candler School of Theology. In 2005, she became Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament. [2] In doing so, Newsom made history as the second woman to hold a tenure-track position at Candler School of Theology and the first female faculty member appointed to a chaired professorship. Along with her teaching at Candler, Newsom was a senior fellow at Emory's Center for the Study of Law and Religion and from 2012 to 2014. In the administrative realm, Newsom served as Associate Dean of faculty development (2002–05) and as Director of the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University from 2012 to 2015. [3] Currently, Newsom is the Charles Howard Candler Professor Emerita of Old Testament at the Candler School of Theology.

In 2011, Newsom was elected President of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), the world's largest organization of biblical scholars. [4] As part of SBL, Newsom has also held positions such as member of the Nominating Committee (1987-1989), Chair of the Nominating Committee (1988-1989), Secretary-Treasurer and Chair of National Program Committee (1992-1995), and vice-president (2010). In October 2016, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research. [5] Newsom's research fellowships have included grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Henry Luce Foundation. Newsom has also served on editorial boards for the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigraph (since 1987), Old Testament Library Westminster/John Knox Press (since 1990), Abingdon Old Testament Commentary Series, Journal of Biblical Literature (1989-1991), Interpretation (1994-1996), New Oxford Annotated Bible (since 1997), Vetus Testament (since 2005, Associate Editor 2005–2010), Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel (since 2009), and the Oxford Bibliographies Online (Biblical Studies) (since 2010). [6]

Publications

Books written

Books edited

Articles, book chapters, and shorter critical text editions and translations

Selected Encyclopedia and Reference Articles

Awards and honors

Newsom has also delivered a number of special lectures: the Kittel Lecture of Yale Divinity School, [13] the Alexander Thompson Lecture of Princeton Theological Seminary, [14] the Thomas Burns Lectureship at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, [6] the Craigie Lecturer of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, [6] the Chisolm Lecture of Yale Divinity School, [13] the Currie Lectures of Austin Presbyterian Seminary, [6] the John Priest Lecture of Florida State University, [15] the Chi Rho Lecture of Central Lutheran Church in Eugene, Oregon, [16] the Horgan Lecturer of Furman University, [6] the Zenos Lecture of McCormick Theological Seminary, [17] and the Harry Lyman Hooker Visiting Professor Public Lecture of McMaster University. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ Newsom, Carol. "Carol Newsom". Candler School of Theology. Archived from the original on 2020-01-07.
  2. ↑ "Carol Newsom, Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Emory University, Center for the Study of Law and Religion. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Announcement of Directorship". Emory University. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Society of Biblical Literature". www.sbl-site.org. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  5. ↑ Hanna, Laurel (November 2, 2016). "Newsom Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Candler School of Theology. Archived from the original on 2017-04-14.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 (PDF). 2015-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20151016082010/http://cslr.law.emory.edu/fileadmin/media/CSLR_Faculty_and_Staff/CV_Newsom.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2021-04-20.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 1 2 "The Biblical Matchmaker: Carol Newsom Retires from Candler | Emory University | Atlanta, GA". candler.emory.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  8. ↑ "Press Release". Birmingham-Southern College Office of Communications. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  9. ↑ "List of Honorary Doctorates since 1929 (Danish)". University of Copenhagen. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Four Emory faculty named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". news.emory.edu. 20 April 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Honorary Members". The Society for Old Testament Study. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  12. ↑ "News Briefs". Candler School of Theology. Archived from the original on 2015-01-16.
  13. 1 2 "YDS Publications and Lectures". Yale Divinity School. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Lecture Announcement and Description". Princeton Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  15. ↑ "John Priest Lecture Overview". Florida State University. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Chri Rho Lecture Series Overview". Central Lutheran Church (Eugene). Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Zeno Lecture Announcement". McCormick Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Visiting Harry Lyman Hooker Professorship". McMaster Faculty of Social Sciences. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
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