EDUCATION

Ph.D. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1994

M.Div. Claremont School of Theology, 1985

B. A. University of California at San Diego, 1978 (Physics)

ORDINATION

The United Methodist Church, New Mexico Annual Conference

Deacon, 1985; Elder, 1987

DISSERTATION

The Role of YHWH as Deceiver in True and False Prophecy

EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Old Testament, Earlham School of Religion, 1997 to present

Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Earlham School of Religion, 1991-1996

Visiting Lecturer, "Literature and Religion of the Hebrew Bible: Through the Babylonian Exile," Princeton University, Fall 1990

Teaching Fellow, Introduction to the Old Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary, Fall, 1988 and 1989

Assistant to the OT Editor, REB Oxford Study Edition, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1990

Assistant Pastor, Pennington United Methodist Church, Pennington, NJ, 1988-1991

Pastor, Carrizozo and Capitan United Methodist Churches, Carrizozo, NM 1985-1987

Mathematics Teacher (grades 7-12) and Math Department Chair, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM 1980-1982

CHURCH TEACHING EXPERIENCE

"Surviving Terror: Trauma and Faith in the Book of Ezekiel," two lectures at St. John's United Methodist Church, Albuquerque, NM, Sept 18-19, 2004.

Instructor for Course of Study School, "COS 111: Pastor as Interpreter of the Bible," Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Fall 2004, Fall 2005.

Pulpit Supply for local churches and retirement homes of various denominations, 1991 to present

United Methodist Women's School of Christian Mission Study Leader for "Jesus and Courageous Women," New Mexico Annual Conference, July 2001. United Methodist Women's School of Christian Mission Study Leader, St. John's United Methodist Church, Albuquerque, NM, 7 Sept 1998 (The Formation of the Canon) and 9 Sept 1999 (History of Biblical Interpretation)

Albuquerque District Lay Speaker's School, New Mexico Annual Conference, 1994

Lay Speaker's School, New Mexico Annual Conference, August 1993

United Methodist Women's School of Christian Mission Study Leader for "Amos," New Mexico Annual Conference, July 1992

HONORS

Outstanding Young Woman of America, 1986

Wilshire Preaching Award, Claremont School of Theology, 1985

MEMBERSHIPS

Society of Biblical Literature, 1983 to present

SBL Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible Section, Steering Committee member, 1993-present; Co-chair, 1996 to present (formerly Feminist Theological Hermeneutics of the Bible Group)

American Academy of Religion, 1987-1999 American Schools of Oriental Research, 1994-1996

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND CONFERENCES

Wabash Center Summer Grant, Summer 1999 (anon-competitive $7,000 grant to all participants in the Wabash Center Teaching Workshop designed to be used during the summer following the completion of the Workshop for participants to focus on work that advanced development as teacher-scholars)

Participant, Workshop on Teaching and Learning for Theological School Faculty, Wabash (IN) Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, 1998-1999

Participant, Eleventh Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies, Oxford, England, August 2005.

Participant, Tenth Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies, Oxford, England, August 1997.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Fall 1995

Scholar-in-Residence, The Tantur Ecumenical Institute, Jerusalem, Fall 1995

Participant, NEH Summer Institute, "The Image and Reality of Women in Ancient Near Eastern Societies," Brown University, Providence, RI, June 14-July 18, 1995

Participant, Great Lakes Colleges Association summer Course Design and Teaching Workshop with an emphasis on feminist, globalization and ethnic-minority concerns, Summer 1992

United Methodist Scholarship for First Year Seminarians, 1983

PUBLICATIONS

Books

A God So Near: Essays in Biblical Theology in Honor of Patrick D. Miller. Edited by Brent A. Strawn and Nancy R. Bowen. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2003.

Articles

"A Fairy Tale Wedding?: A Feminist Intertextual Reading of Psalm 45." In A God So Near: Essays in Biblical Theology in Honor of Patrick D. Miller. Edited by Brent A. Strawn and Nancy R. Bowen. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2003, pp. 53-73.

"The Search for the Historical gebira." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 63 (2001) 597-618.

"The Daughters of Your People: Female Prophets in Ezekiel 13:17-23." Journal of Biblical Literature 118 (1999) 418-431.

"See the Salvation of YHWH: Lectionary Studies in Exodus." Quarterly Review 19 (1999) 195-218.

"Canon and the Community of Women: A Feminist Response to Canonical Criticism." In A Gift of God in Due Season: Essays on Scripture and Community in Honor of James A. Sanders. Edited by Richard D. Weis and David M. Carr, 245-260. JSOTSupp225. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.

"Can God Be Trusted? Confronting the Deceptive God." In A Feminist Companion to the Latter Prophets. Edited by Athalya Brenner, 354-365. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.

"Companions: Biblical Relationships." Wellsprings: A Journal for United Methodist Clergywomen 8 (1995) 15-17.

"Damage and Healing: Shame and Honor in the Old Testament." Koinonia 8 (1991) 29-36.

Book Reviews

Shorter Review of Poor Banished Children of Eve: Woman as Evil in the Hebrew Bible, by Gale A. Yee. In Interpretation 59 (2005) 214.

Review of The Earth Story in Genesis, edited by Normal C. Habel and Shirley Wurst. InReviews of Biblical Literature, http://www.bookreviews.org. 2003.

Review of A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament, by Bruce C. Birch, Walter Brueggemann, Terence E. Fretheim, and David L. Peterson. In Horizons in Biblical Theology 23 (2001) 93-98.

Review of Missing Persons and Mistaken Identities: Women and Gender in Ancient Israel, by Phyllis A. Bird. In Horizons in Biblical Theology 20 (1998) 160-161.

Review of John Wesley's Conception and Use of Scripture, by Scott A. Jones. In Theology Today 53 (1997) 543-544.

Review of Reimagining God: The Case for Scriptural Diversity, by Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos. In Theology Today 53 (1996) 426.

Book Note of Gender, Power, and Promise: The Subject of the Bible's First Story, by Danna Nolan Fewell and David M. Gunn. In Theology Today 51 (1995) 652.

PAPERS READ

"Recovering from Trauma: Visions of New Creation in Ezekiel 34-48," Eleventh Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies, Oxford, England, August 2002.

"Blessings and Wounds: A Feminist Wrestles with Canon," Feminist Theological Hermeneutics of the Bible Group, National Meeting SBL, Nov. 1998.

"God and Wisdom: Power and Relationship," Tenth Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies, Oxford, England, August 1997.

"Can God be Trusted? Confronting the Deceptive God," Feminist Theological Hermeneutics of the Bible Group, National Meeting SBL, Nov. 1992.

"In Search of the Historical gebira," Women in the Biblical World Section, National Meeting SBL, Nov. 1989.

COURSES TAUGHT

ATST390 Comprehensive Seminar

BIST101 Old Testament Hist. and Lit.

BIST101AC Intro to OT Hist and Lit.

BIST111 Biblical Hebrew I

BIST112 Biblical Hebrew II

BIST113 Hebrew III

BIST203 Travel Seminar: Israel

BIST290 Holy Land Travel Seminar

BIST301 Exegesis of Biblical Narrative

BIST301 Exegesis of Prophets and Psalms

BIST311 Exegesis:OldTestamentNarrative

BIST311 The Art of Biblical Narrative

BIST311EA Exegesis of Biblical Narrative

BIST354 Israel's Wisdom Teaching

BIST362 Israel's Prophetic Traditions

BIST364 Images of God

BIST364EA Israel's Wisdom Teachings

BIST390 Images of God

BIST390 Old Testament Images of God

BIST390 Quakers and the Bible

BIST390 Seminar on Exodus

BIST390 Women in the Old Testament

BIST391 Holy Land Travel Seminar UL

BIST400 Exegesis Prophetic Traditions

BIST400 IS: Biblical Studies

BIST400 IS: Exegesis of Ezekiel

BIST400 IS: Ezekiel

BIST400 IS: OT Hist. and Lit.

BIST400 IS: OT Sacred Themes and Images

BIST500 Master's Thesis

HCST275 Directed Rdg Methodist History

I203 Travel Seminar: Israel

PJST500 MA Thesis

LANGUAGES

Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Greek, Spanish, French, German

UNDER CONTRACT

Ezekiel. Abingdon Old Testament Commentary. Nashville: Abingdon.

Study Notes on Exodus and Deuteronomy. Westminster Discipleship Study Bible. Louisville: WJKP.

"Women, Violence, and the Bible," chap, in Engaging the Bible in a Gendered World: An Introduction to Feminist Biblical Interpretation in Honor of Katharine Doob Sakenfeld. Louisville: WJKP.

"Ruth" and "Esther," entries in A Theological Bible Commentary (one volume). Louisville: WJKP.

"Feminist Hermeneutics," entry for New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon.

Commentary on Psalms 76, 79, 80, 81. The Lectionary Commentary: The Psalm and Hymn Responses for Worship and Preaching. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.