J. Cheryl Exum Explained
Jo Cheryl Exum (born May 1946) is a feminist biblical scholar. She is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Sheffield.
Education and career
Exum studied at Wake Forest University, where she received her BA, and Columbia University, where she received her MA and PhD.[1] Previously, she taught at Boston College.[2] She served as part of the translation team for the New Revised Standard Version.[3] While at Sheffield, Exum served as Director of the university's Centre for the Study of the Bible in the Modern World. In 2004, Exum co-founded Sheffield Phoenix Press, an academic publisher of books in biblical studies, along with David J. A. Clines and Keith W. Whitelam.[4]
Exum held a number of notable leadership positions in academia, including president of the Society for Old Testament Study.[5] She has been the editor of a number of journals in her field. She was the Executive Editor of Biblical Interpretation for more than a decade and co-edited the journal Biblical Reception.[6]
In 2011, a Festschrift was published in her honour. A Critical Engagement: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honour of J. Cheryl Exum included contributions by David Clines, Ellen van Wolde, and Michael Fox. On January 30, 2015, Exum received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology at Uppsala University.[7]
Selected works
Books
- Book: Exum, J. Cheryl . Tragedy and biblical narrative : arrows of the Almighty . Cambridge, England & New York, NY . Cambridge University Press . 1992 . 978-0-5214-1073-1 . 24246582 .
- Book: Exum . J. Cheryl . 3 . Clines . David J. A. . David J. A. Clines . The New Literary Criticism and the Hebrew Bible . Journal for the Study of the Old Testament - Supplement series . 143 . Sheffield, England . JSOT Press . 1993 . 978-1-8507-5424-4 . 29426176 .
- Book: Exum, J. Cheryl . 3 . Fragmented Women: feminist (sub)versions of biblical narratives . Journal for the Study of the Old Testament - Supplement series . 163 . Sheffield, England . JSOT Press . 1993 . 978-1-5633-8018-1 . 28148470 .
- Book: Exum, J. Cheryl . 3 . Plotted, Shot, and Painted: cultural representations of biblical women . Journal for the Study of the Old Testament - Supplement series . 215 . Sheffield, England . Sheffield Academic Press . 1996 . 978-1-8507-5592-0 . 36220021 .
- Book: Exum . J. Cheryl . 3 . Beyond the Biblical Horizon: The Bible and the Arts . Leiden . Brill . 1999 . 978-9-0041-1290-2 .
- Book: Exum, J. Cheryl . 3 . Song of Songs: a commentary . Old Testament Library . Louisville, KY . Westminster, John Knox Press . 2005 . 978-0-6642-2190-4 . 58789333 .
- Book: Exum, J. Cheryl. Between the Text and the Canvas: The Bible and Art in Dialogue. Society for Biblical Literature. 2007. 9781906055912.
Notes and References
- Web site: Tate-Willson Lectures feature Professor Cheryl Exum on "The Bible and the Arts" - SMU. www.smu.edu. 2019-11-26.
- Web site: Emeritus Professor Cheryl Exum. University of Sheffield. 25 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130802004804/http://www.shef.ac.uk/biblicalstudies/people/exum. 2 August 2013. dead.
- http://www.nrsv.net/about/faqs/ Frequently Asked Questions
- Web site: Sheffield Phoenix Press - About. www.sheffieldphoenix.com. 2019-11-26.
- Web site: Professor J. Cheryl Exum - Portrait of a Woman - Staff - The University of Sheffield. Sheffield. University of. www.sheffield.ac.uk. 3 March 2017. en-GB. 2019-11-26.
- Book: Tongue . Samuel . Between Biblical Criticism and Poetic Rewriting: Interpretative Struggles over Genesis 32:22-32 . 2014 . . 266 . 9789004271159 . 27 April 2020.
- Web site: Two new honorary doctors at the Faculty of Theology - Uppsala University, Sweden. www.uu.se. 2016-02-02.
