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Athalya Brenner-Idan (born 17 July 1943 in Haifa,Israel) [1] is a Dutch-Israeli biblical scholar known for her contribution to feminist biblical studies.
Brenner studied at Haifa University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before doing a PhD at the University of Manchester under the supervision of James Barr. [1] She taught for a time at Oranim Academic College.
She is Professor Emerita of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at the University of Amsterdam and Professor in Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University. [2] In the Netherlands,she has held posts at Radboud University and the University of Amsterdam,where she is Professor Emerita. She has also taught at Tel Aviv University,Brite Divinity School,and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She continues to be Extraordinary Professor in the theology faculty at Stellenbosch University as well as a research associate at the Biblia Arabica project of Tel Aviv University. [3]
In 2007,Brenner was described as being at the forefront of feminist biblical studies. Alice Ogden Bellis states in her book I Am:Biblical Women Tell Their Own Stories,that Brenner is "erudite,witty,clever,feisty,and not at all religious." [4]
Brenner was president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 2015. Her presidential address at the society's annual meeting was titled "On Scholarship and Related Animals:A Personal View from and for the Here and Now." [5] Beverly Roberts Gaventa,then Vice-President of the Society of Biblical Literature,introduced Brenner for her presidential address describing her battle with entrenched sex discrimination in the Israeli academy:
"Professor Brenner-Idan undertook her second book,The Israelite Woman:Social Role and Literary Type in Biblical Narrative. Her expectation was that this book,combined with her earlier publications,would secure her promotion to the status of senior lecturer,the equivalent of a tenured associate professor in the American system. The Israelite Woman achieved a great deal in the scholarly world,yet its reception closer to home was anything but welcoming. She was denied promotion on the grounds that 'feminist research was not truly academic,not meaningful,a passing fad and waste of time and energy and money.' When she appealed the decision,a senior administrator dismissively suggested—with a cordial air—that she should consider finding a teaching position in a high school." [3]
She has published dozens of books,articles,and book reviews in the field of Old Testament studies and feminist biblical criticism. She served as editor for the Feminist Companion to the Bible series,the Bible in the 21st Century series,and the Amsterdam Studies in Bible and Religion from Sheffield Academic Press and the Texts@Contexts series from Fortress Press. [1]
She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bonn in 2002.
Tel Aviv University is a public research university in Tel Aviv,Israel. With over 30,000 students,it is the largest university in the country. Located in northwest Tel Aviv,the university is the center of teaching and research of the city,comprising 9 faculties,17 teaching hospitals,18 performing arts centers,27 schools,106 departments,340 research centers,and 400 laboratories.
Israel Finkelstein is an Israeli archaeologist,professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and the head of the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa. Finkelstein is active in the archaeology of the Levant and is an applicant of archaeological data in reconstructing biblical history. He is also known for applying the exact and life sciences in archaeological and historical reconstruction. Finkelstein is the current excavator of Megiddo,a key site for the study of the Bronze and Iron Ages in the Levant.
Israel Knohl is an Israeli Bible scholar and historian. He is the Yehezkel Kaufmann Professor of Biblical studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Senior Fellow at Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. His books deal with the integration of scientific and archaeological discoveries with the biblical account,early Israelite beliefs,a survey of Israelite cult,and how and where the Israelites originated.
Anita Shapira is an Israeli historian. She is the founder of the Yitzhak Rabin Center,professor emerita of Jewish history at Tel Aviv University,and former head of the Weizmann Institute for the Study of Zionism at Tel Aviv University. She received the Israel Prize in 2008.
Harold C. Washington is the professor of Hebrew Bible at Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City,Missouri. He holds both M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Washington's professional output is considerable. Perhaps most significantly,he contributed the introduction and annotations for the books of Proverbs and Sirach in the third edition of The New Oxford Annotated Bible NRSV.
Carole R. Fontaine is an internationally recognized American biblical scholar. She is the John Taylor professor of biblical theology and history at the Andover Newton Theological School and feminist author of six books and over 100 articles,in addition to serving on several editorial boards. She has written extensively on feminist theological topics,including disability,and is an expert in wisdom traditions and women in the ancient Near East.
Nitza Ben-Dov is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of Haifa. Winner of the 2021 Israel Prize
Yael S. Feldman is an American scholar and academic particularly known for her work in comparative literature and feminist Hebrew literary criticism. Feldman is known for her research on Hebrew culture,history of ideas,gender and cultural studies,and psychoanalytic criticism. She is currently the Abraham I. Katsh Professor Emerita of Hebrew Culture and Education in the Judaic Studies Department at New York University and an affiliated professor of Comparative Literature and Gender Studies. She is also a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research,and a visiting fellow at Wolfson College,Cambridge.
Fania Oz-Salzberger is an Israeli historian and writer,Professor Emerita of history at the University of Haifa School of Law and the Haifa Center for German and European Studies (HCGES).
Phyllis Trible is a feminist biblical scholar from Richmond,Virginia,United States. Trible's scholarship focuses on the Hebrew Bible and she is noted for her prominent influence on feminist biblical interpretation. Trible has written a multitude of books on interpretation of the Hebrew Bible,and has lectured around the world,including the United States,New Zealand,Australia,Japan,Canada,and a number of countries in Europe.
Yairah Amit is an Israeli biblical scholar. Amit studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before doing a PhD at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Meir Sternberg. She is currently Professor of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University. In 2012 a Festschrift was published in her honor. Words,Ideas,Worlds:Biblical Essays in Honour of Yairah Amit (ISBN 1-90753-450-4) included contributions from Athalya Brenner,Cheryl Exum,and Yael Feldman.
Carol Lyons Meyers is an American feminist biblical scholar. She is the Mary Grace Wilson Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at Duke University. Meyers' field of research is focused on biblical studies,archaeology in the Middle East,and the study of women in the biblical world.
Gideon Toury was an Israeli translation scholar and professor of Poetics,Comparative Literature and Translation Studies at Tel Aviv University,where he held the M. Bernstein Chair of Translation Theory. Gideon Toury was a pioneer of Descriptive Translation Studies.
Esther Fuchs is an Israeli Jewish feminist biblical scholar. Fuchs is Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Judaic Studies at the University of Arizona.
Beverly Roberts Gaventa is Distinguished Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Baylor University and Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis Emerita at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Jo Ann Hackett is an American scholar of the Hebrew Bible and of Biblical Hebrew and other ancient Northwest Semitic languages such as Phoenician,Punic,and Aramaic.
Moshe Garsiel is professor emeritus of Bible at Bar-Ilan University.
Tal Itzhaki is an Israeli theatre designer and director of the Academy of Performing Arts,Tel Aviv,a translator of plays and prose into Hebrew,and a peace activist.
Gale A. Yee is an American scholar of the Hebrew Bible. Her primary emphases are postcolonial criticism,ideological criticism,and cultural criticism. She applies feminist frameworks to biblical texts. An American of Chinese descent,she has written frequently on biblical interpretation from an Asian American perspective.
Ehud Ben Zvi is a historian of ancient Israel,esp. in the Achaemenid period,a scholar of the Hebrew Bible,with a focus on Social Memory. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History,Classics and Religion at the University of Alberta.
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