Meredith J. C. Warren Explained

Meredith J. C. Warren
Occupation:Senior Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies at the University of Sheffield
Education:B.A. (2004), M.A. (2006), Ph.D. (2013)
Alma Mater:McGill University
Main Interests:the Gospel of John, the Book of Revelation, Meals in the Greco-Roman World, Early Judaism, Ancient Romance Novels, Pseudepigrapha, Senses in Antiquity

Meredith J. C. Warren (born in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Senior Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies at the University of Sheffield.[1] She is known for her views on the New Testament and early Judaism as well as for her media appearances for such outlets as The Washington Post, and BBC radio. She is a Metis citizen of the Manitoba Metis Federation.[2]

Education and career

Warren obtained her Bachelor of Arts (2004) and Master of Arts (2006) from McGill University. She earned a PhD in 2013 from McGill in religious studies, specializing in New Testament, early Judaism, and ancient Mediterranean religions. She was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec, before taking her position at Sheffield University, where she directs the Sheffield Centre for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies and is co-editor in chief of its flagship journal, the Journal of Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies. She serves as an associate editor for the Enoch Seminar Online Reviews.[3]

Warren's scholarly publications include several books and articles on Jesus, food, gender, anti-Judaism, feminism, the senses, and clothing in early Christianity and early Judaism.Warren has contributed to The Washington Post and The Independent on the subject of the Historical Jesus. She has been interviewed by BBC Radio and the Star on the New Testament and Jesus. She has also given interviews on NPR and to The Guardian about the changes to the Lord's Prayer in 2019.[4] [5]

Warren served as an adjunct professor of Religious Studies at McGill University from 2007 to 2015. In 2015 she was appointed as a lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies at the University of Sheffield's Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies. Warren was honored with a Senate Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching by the University of Sheffield in 2019.[6] In 2020 she was elected to the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (Society of New Testament Studies).[7] Her co-authored textbook, Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean, won the Frank W. Beare Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies in 2023.

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Dictionary, Lexicon, and Encyclopedia Entries

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Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Twitter: @DrMJCWarren . 11 November 2020.
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  4. Web site: Reading Into Changes To The Lord's Prayer. NPR.org. en. 2019-06-10.
  5. News: Led not into temptation: pope approves change to Lord's Prayer. correspondent. Harriet Sherwood Religion. 2019-06-06. The Guardian. 2019-06-10. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  6. Web site: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/staff/news/senate-awards-2019-1.842928 . University of Sheffield, "Colleagues awarded for their excellence in teaching and learning" . 11 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Reinhartz . Adele . https://twitter.com/adele_reinhartz/status/1289204338603094016?s=20 . Twitter . 11 November 2020.
  8. Book: My Flesh is Meat Indeed: A Non-Sacramental Reading of John 6: 51–58 . 2015 . 9781451496697. 2 October 2018 . Warren. Meredith J. C.. Fortress Press .
  9. Book: Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature . 978-1628372380. Warren. Meredith J. C.. 3 May 2019. SBL Press .
  10. Web site: Dressing Judeans and Christians in Antiquity . 2014 . 2 October 2018 .

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