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Susan Ackerman

Professor of Religion, Women's and Gender Studies, and Jewish Studies
Preston H. Kelsey Professorship in Religion
Chair of the Department of Religion
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Departments and Programs

  • Jewish Studies
  • Religion
  • Women's and Gender Studies

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Contact Information

Email: susan.ackerman@dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603-646-2160
Office: 6036 Thornton Hall

Education

A.B. Dartmouth College; M.T.S. Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D. Harvard University

Areas of Expertise

Women and the religion of ancient Israel; feminist scholarship in Hebrew Bible studies

Selected Works

  • When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David, (2005).
  • Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and Biblical Israel, (1998).
  • Under Every Green Tree: Popular Religion in Sixth-Century Judah, (1992).
  • "Digging Up Deborah: Recent Hebrew Bible Scholarship on Gender and the Contribution of Archaeology," Near Eastern Archaeology, 66:4 (2003), 172-184.
  • "Why is Miriam Also Among the Prophets? (And is Zipporah Among the Priests?)," Journal of Biblical Literature, 121:1 (2002), 47-80.

Current Projects

Women and the Religion of Ancient Israel; "The Effect of Josiah's Efforts at Cult Centralization on Women's Participation in the Cult of Yahweh"