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Rachel Adelman | |
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| Occupation(s) | Rabbi, Biblical scholar |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Reed College; Matan / Baltimore Hebrew University; Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Hebrew Bible,Midrash,Gender studies |
| Notable works | The Return of the Repressed:Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha (2009);The Female Ruse:Women’s Deception and Divine Sanction in the Hebrew Bible (2015) |
Rachel Adelman is an American rabbi,scholar,and Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Hebrew College in Newton,Massachusetts. [1] [2]
Adelman completed a B.A. at Reed College (Portland,Oregon),majoring in biology with a minor in creative writing,graduating with first-class honors. She then pursued religious and biblical studies:she received an M.A. from the joint women’s program of Matan / Baltimore Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Adelman earned her Ph.D. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Hebrew Literature,specializing in midrash. Her doctoral dissertation was titled "The Poetics of Time and Space in the Midrashic Narrative:The Case of Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer."
Since 2012,Adelman has been a full-time faculty member at Hebrew College,serving as Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible.
Previously,she taught at Matan in Jerusalem,and also held visiting teaching and postdoctoral positions - including a research assistantship in the Women’s Studies in Religion Program at Harvard Divinity School.