Episode: In this episode, Matt sits down with Carol Newsom to discuss the Dead Sea Scrolls, her research on the Bible and ecology, the development of the self in the Bible and other early Jewish literature, glass beading, weaving, and much more!
Guest: (from the Candler website) Carol Newsom is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament at Candler School of Theology and a senior fellow at Emory's Center for the Study of Law and Religion. Newsom came to Candler in 1980, only the second woman to hold a tenure-track position. In 2005, she became the first female faculty member appointed to a chaired professorship.
Newsom's research focuses on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Wisdom tradition, the book of Daniel, and apocalyptic literature. She has written and edited 13 books and scores of articles, book chapters, translations, encyclopedia articles and reviews. She co-edited the acclaimed Women’s Bible Commentary (Westminster John Knox, 3rd ed., 2012), now in its third edition, which explores the implications of and challenges long-held assumptions about the Bible’s portrayal of women and other marginalized groups. She has also written Job and the Contest of Moral Imaginations (Oxford, 2009), and recently, a commentary on Daniel (WJK, 2016) with contributions from Brennan Breed.
Newsom holds honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Copenhagen, Birmingham-Southern College, and Virginia Theological Seminary in recognition of her academic work, most notably her scholarship in Old Testament theology and her innovative work in transcribing, translating and providing commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
She has received several prestigious research fellowships, including grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Henry Luce Foundation, and has won several awards for excellence in teaching and mentoring, including Emory University’s highest award for teaching, the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award.
Help Support OnScript: Click through one of the links above to purchase one of Newsom's books (or others, while you're in there) and the OnScript Podcast gets a whopping 2.5% or so (at no loss to you). Each bit helps us keep this operation going. Or visit our Donate Page if you want to join the big leagues and become a regular donor. Don't let us stop you from doing both.
Brent Strawn - Honest To God Preaching
Garrick Allen - Words Are Not Enough
Ervine Sheblazm - Abraham's Bosom, Paul, and the Decline of Postmodernism
N. T. Wright and Michael Bird - Jesus and the Powers
David Tombs – The Crucifixion of Jesus: Torture, Sexual Abuse, and the Scandal of the Cross
Nathan MacDonald - The Tabernacle and Priestly Power
Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries in 2023 (Pt 1)
Sandra Glahn - Nobody’s Mother (Live Event!)
Jason Staples - The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism
Carmen Imes - Being God’s Image
Kristine Garroway - Growing Up in Ancient Israel
Jenny Matheny - The Violence of Judges and Ruth’s Response
Lisa Powell - The Disabled God
Erin Raffety - From Inclusion to Justice
Matthew Novenson – Paul, Then and Now
Wolf Gruner - Jewish Resistance in Hitler’s Germany
Matt Lynch - Flood and Fury (on Old Testament Violence)
Stanley Porter and Bryan Dyer - Origins of New Testament Christology
Ted Smith - The End of Theological Education
Brandon Smith - The Trinity in the Book of Revelation
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Hello Heaven Podcast
Devoted To Prayer
Cast The Word
Let Me Be Frank | Bishop Frank Caggiano’s Podcast | Diocese of Bridgeport, CT
The Bible Recap
BardsFM