Carole R. Fontaine
99 Herrick Circle
Newton Centre, MA 02459
Office: (617) 831-2361
Home: (617) 969-2696
e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Distinguished Taylor Professor of Biblical Theology and History
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Duke University (1979)
Biblical Studies – Old Testament
M.A.R. Yale University, Divinity School (1976)
Old Testament
B.A. Florida State University (1972)
Religion (Degree Awarded Magna Cum Laude)
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Birth date: April 11, 1950
Marital Status: Married (Craig W. Fontaine, Ph.D)
Religious Affiliation: United Church of Christ
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Andover Newton Theological School (1979–Present)
Taylor Professor of Biblical History and Theology (2001-present)
Professor (1990–Present)
Resident Artist, 1993-Present
Associate Professor (1985-1990)
Assistant Professor (1979-1985)
Artist-in-Residence (1995-Present)
Faculty, Joint Doctoral Program, Andover Newton/Boston College (1984-present)
Duties include: Departmental Chair, Faculty Advisor, Advisor to Gays and Lesbians at ANTS (GLANTS),
Theology and Arts Committee. Teaching and research responsibilities: Pentateuch, Wisdom Literature,
Psalms, Second Temple Literature (Megilloth), Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics, Ancient Near Eastern cultural
studies, Interfaith dialogue, Islam, Judaism in Late Antiquity, Bible and Human Rights
OTHER PERTINENT POSITIONS:
Visiting Research Fellow, Dept. of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Fall, 2000
Visiting Professor - Institute for Cultural and Creation Spirituality (1991, 1992)
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Visiting Research Scholar - Brandeis University, Department of Near Eastern Jewish Studies (1988)
Ecumenical Exchanger Lecturer, Boston Theological Institute (1989-1990, 1984-1985)
Visiting Professor - New York University (1983)
Instructor - University of North Carolina (1977, 1979)
Instructor - Duke University (1977)
Area Supervisor and Small Artifacts Registry - Meiron, Israel Excavation Project (1977)
MEMBERSHIPS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, DENOMINATIONAL AND NGO ACTIVITIES:
Member - Society of Biblical Literature
Israelite and Early Christian Wisdom Section Steering Committee (1990-93; 1998-2000)
Consultation of Pedagogy and Teaching of the Bible Steering Committee (1995)
Acting Chair - Israelite and Christian Wisdom Steering Committee (1990-1993)
Secretary-Treasurer, New England Chapter (1984-1987)
Member - Catholic Biblical Association
Member - Phi Beta Kappa
Religion Editor - World Book Encyclopedia (2004-present)
Editorial Board - Journal of Biblical Literature (2004-2007)
Editorial Board - Catholic Biblical Association (2002-2008)
Editorial Board Consultant - Catholic Biblical Association (2008-present)
Editorial Board - Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal (http://www.utoronto.ca/wjudaism ; (1998Present)
Co-editor, 3 volumes - A Feminist Companion to the Bible Commentary, Second Series (1996-2000)
Editorial Board - Biblicon: A Journal of Bible in Society (1995-1999)
Editorial Board - Semeia (1989-1994)
Editorial Board - Biblical Archaeologist (1982-1988)
Book Review Editor - Andover Newton Quarterly (1979-1980)
Staff Artist - Semeia (1990-1998)
Illustrator - Almond Press (1984)
Illustrator - Centering: Publication of The Center for the Ministry and Laity (1986)
Facilitator and Webmistress, Interfaith Committee for the Support of Protected Persons in Ashraf, Iraq
(www.carolefontaine.com)
Scholar/Theologian in Residence, Pass-A-Grille Community Church (UCC), St. Petersburg Beach, FL, November
2008; February, April, 2009
Melcher Book Award Committee, UUA, 1998-2004
Society of the Larger Ministry Steering Committee, UUA, 2002
Director, St. Lawrence Foundation Grant for UU Religious Education in the Universalist Tradition, 2001-02
Director, St. Lawrence Foundation Grant for UU Religious Education in the Universalist Tradition, 2002-03
Board of Trustees, International Network for the Rights of Female Victims of Violence in Pakistan
(www.inrfvvp.org) 2001-2005
Board of Trustees, The Interreligious Center on Public Life (2001-2008)
Board, The Women’s United Nations Report Network (WUNRN)
Director, Boston WUNRN Workshop Project
Board, WFAFI (Women’s Forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran)
Board, WAFE (International Federation of Women Against Fundamentalism and for Equality), 2006-2009; Vice
President, 2010 - present
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS:
Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology, 2008-2009
Lilly Foundation Grant for Theological Research (2002-2003)
Zion Foundation Travel Grant, 1977
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS:
Only When Women Sing: Poems on Human Rights (Lulu Publishing, 2009) www.lulu.com
With Eyes of Flesh: The Bible, Gender, and Human Rights. Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008.
Smooth Words: Women, Proverbs and Performance in Biblical Wisdom. (New York and Sheffield, UK: Sheffield
Academic Press/Continuum, 2002)
A Feminist Companion to the Song of Songs, Second Series, eds. Athalya Brenner and Carole R. Fontaine. Sheffield
Academic Press, 2000.
The Feminist Companion to Reading the Bible: Approaches, Methods, Strategies. Ed. with Athalya Brenner. Sheffield
Academic Press, 1997.
Claudia V. Camp and Carole R. Fontaine, eds., Women, War and Metaphor: Language and Society in the Study of the
Hebrew Bible. Semeia 61 (1993).
Traditional Sayings in the Old Testament: A Contextual Study. The Bible and Literature, 5, Sheffield, U.K.: Almond
Press, 1982.
ESSAYS AND ARTICLES:
“Proverbs”, pp. 601-626 in Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha, eds. Gale Yee, Hugh
Page, Jr. and Matthew Coomber (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014).
“Golden Do’s and Don’ts in Leviticus 19: a Human Rights-based Approach Reading.” pp 97-118 in Leviticus – Numbers:
Text@Contexts Series, ed. Athalya Brenner and Archie Chi-Chung Lee (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013).
“The Sharper Harper (1 Sam 16:14-23: Iconographic Reflections on David’s Rise to Power”. The Fate of King David: The
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Past and Present of a Biblical Icon: Festschrift for David Gunn on his 65 Birthday, ed. Claudia V. Camp et al.
(New York: T&T Clark, 2010).
“Biblical Interpretation, Feminist”, in Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity, 2010.
Entries “Happiness”, “Scoffer”, “Book of the Dead”, “I Will Praise the Lord of Wisdom”, “Mouth” in The New
Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible, Abingdon.
Advent Worship Companion: Lectionary Year C (Lulu Publishing, 2009) www.lulu.com .
““Be Men, O Philistines!” (1 Sam 4:9): Iconographic Representations and Reflections on Female Gender as Disability in
the Ancient World”, pp. 61-72 in Hector Avalos, Sarah J. Melcher, and Jeremy Schipper, This Abled Body:
Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies (Semeia Studies, 55; Atlanta: SBL, 2007).
“Song? Songs? Whose Song?: Reflections of a Radical Reader”, pp. 294-305 in Hawkins, Peter S. and Lesleigh Cushing
Stahlberg (eds.), Scrolls of Love: Ruth and the Song of Songs (New York: Fordham University Press, 2006).
“Song of Life: A Liturgy”, pp. 107-23, 160-64, 206-10 in Norman Habel, ed., Seven Songs of Creation: Liturgies for
Celebrating and Healing Earth. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2004.
“The Proof of the Pudding: Proverbs and Gender in the Performance Arena”, JSOT 29.3 (2004), 179-204.
“Watching Out for the Watchmen (Song 5:7): How I Hold Myself Accountable”. pp. 102-21 in The Meanings We
Choose: Hermeneutical Ethics, Indeterminacy and the Conflict of Interpretations, JSOTSSup 411, ed. Charles H.
Cosgrove (London: T and T Clark, 2004).
“Roland Murphy, Feminist Mentor: Rightly Did the Maidens Love Him”, Biblical Theology Bulletin 33 (2003), pp. 11417.
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“Hannah’s Dragon and Other Curiosities of the 14 Century: A Travel Journal”, Women in Judaism, 2003
(http://www.utoronto.ca/wjudaism/contemporary/contemp_index1.html )
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Documentary: Queen of Sheba: Behind the Myth, by the BBC for the Discovery Channel (2002)
“’Go Forth Into the Fields’: An Earth-centered Reading of the Song of Songs”. Pp. 126-42 in Norman Habel and
Shirley Wurst, eds., The Earth Story in the Wisdom Traditions (Earth Bible, 3), (Pilgrim Press, 2001).
“The Voice of the Turtle: Now it’s my Song of Songs”, pp. 169-85 in A Feminist Companion to the Song of Songs,
Second Series, ed. Athalya Brenner and Carole R. Fontaine. Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.
“Preface”, pp. 13-15 in A Feminist Companion to the Song of Songs, Second Series, ed. Athalya Brenner and Carole R.
Fontaine. Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.
Entries for the Book of Proverbs. Dictionary of Women in Scripture, ed. Carol Meyers. Scribner's Sons, 2000.
“Wisdom Traditions in the Hebrew Bible”, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 33 (2000), pp. 101-118.
“Forgotten Voices of Earth: The Blessing Subjects in Gen 49". Pp. 200-210 in Norman C. Habel and Shirley Wurst, eds.,
The Earth Story in Genesis. Earth Bible, 2. Sheffield Academic Press and Pilgrim Press, 2000.
“The Strange Face of Wisdom in the New Testament: On the Reuse of Wisdom Characters from the Hebrew Bible”.
Pp. 205-229 in Athalya Brenner and Jan Willem van Henten, eds., Recycling Biblical Figures: Papers Read at a
NOSTER Colloquium in Amsterdam, 12-13 May 1997 (Leiden: Deo Publishing, 1999).
“Asherah”, “Images of Women : In the Hebrew Bible”, “Wisdom: in the ANE and Israelite Religion”, “Wisdom: An
Overview”. Pp. 68-69; 460-62; 1033-34; 1030-33, respectively, in MacMillan's Dictionary of Women in World
Religion. Ed. Helene Potter. New York: MacMillan, 1999.
‘“A Heifer From Thy Stable”: On Goddesses and the Status of Women in the Ancient Near East’, reprinted in A. Bach
(ed.), Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader (New York: Routledge, 1999), pp.159-78.
“Tricksters in the Bible”. The Witness 81 (1998): 8-11.
“ ‘Many Devices’ (Qoh 7.23-8.1): Qoheleth, Misogyny and the Malleus Maleficarum.” Pp. 137-68 in A Feminist
Companion to Wisdom and Psalms, Second Series, Vol. 2, ed. Athalya Brenner and Carole R. Fontaine. Sheffield
Academic Press, 1998.
“Tricksters in the Bible”. The Witness 81 (1998): 8-11.
“More Queenly Proverb Performance: the Queen of Sheba in Targum Esther Sheni”. Pp. 216-233 in Wisdom, You are
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My Sister! Studies in Honor of Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm., on the Occasion of his 80 Birthday. Ed. Michael
Barré. CBQMS, 29.
“Does Jacob Deserve Prime Time?: True Confessions of a Talking Head.” Biblicon 1(1997): 35-42.
Translation. With Üte Oestringer. “Beauty in the Old Testament”, by Claus Westermann. Pp. 584-602 in A Feminist
Companion to Reading the Bible: Approaches, Methods, Strategies, ed. Athalya Brenner and Carole R. Fontaine.
FCB. Sheffield, U.K.: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.
“Translator's Preface to Claus Westermann, “Beauty in the Old Testament”. Pp. 582-83 in A Feminist Companion to
Reading the Bible: Approaches, Methods, Strategies, ed. Athalya Brenner and Carole R. Fontaine. FCB. Sheffield,
U.K.: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.
“Response to Athalya Brenner's “Identifying the Speaker in the Text: Isaiah 50". Pp. 151-55 in The Feminist
Companion to Reading the Bible: Approaches, Methods, Strategies, ed. Athalya Brenner and Carole R. Fontaine.
FCB. Sheffield, U.K.: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.
“The Abusive Bible: On the Use of Feminist Method in Pastoral Contexts.” Pp.84-113 in A Feminist Companion to
Reading the Bible: Approaches, Methods, Strategies. Ed. with Athalya Brenner. Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.
“Disabilities and Chronic Illness in the Bible: A Feminist Perspective.” Pp. 286-301 in A Feminist Companion to the
Hebrew Bible in the New Testament, ed. Athalya Brenner. FCB, 10. Sheffield, U.K.: Sheffield Academic Press,
1996.
“The Song of Songs: Translation, Introduction and Study Notes.” Revised New American Bible, ed. Joseph Fitzmeyer.
Catholic Biblical Association.
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“Response to Hosea.” Pp. 60-69 in A Feminist Companion to the Latter Prophets, ed. Athalya Brenner. Sheffield, U.K.:
Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.
“Hosea.” Reprinted in A Feminist Companion to the Latter Prophets, ed. Athalya Brenner. Pp. 40-59. Sheffield, U.K.:
Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.
“The Social Roles of Women in the World of Wisdom.” Pp. 24-49 in A Feminist Companion to Wisdom Literature, ed.
Athalya Brenner. FCB, 9. Sheffield, U.K.: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.
“Proverb Performance in the Hebrew Bible.” Pp. 393-414 in Wise Words: Essays on the Proverb, ed. Wolfgang Mieder.
Garland Folklore Casebooks, v.6. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1994.
“A Response to 'The Bearing of Wisdom'." Pp. 161-67 in A Feminist Companion to Samuel-Kings, ed. Athalya Brenner,
pp. 143-60. The Feminist Companion to the Bible, 5. Sheffield Academic Press, 1994.
“The Bearing of Wisdom on the Shape of 2 Samuel 11-12 and 1 Kings 3.” Reprinted in A Feminist Companion to
Samuel-Kings, ed. Athalya Brenner, pp. 143-60. The Feminist Companion to the Bible, 5. Sheffield Academic
Press, 1994.
“Wisdom in Proverbs.” Pp 99-114 in In Search of Wisdom: Essays in Memory of John G. Gammie. Ed. Leo G. Perdue,
Bernard B. Scott and William J. Wiseman. Westminster/John Knox, 1993.
“Study Notes to the Book of Proverbs”, with Claudia V. Camp. Pp. 938-85 in HarperCollins Study Bible (NRSV), ed.
Wayne Meeks. (New York: HarperCollins, 1993).
“Commentary on the Book of Qoheleth.” Pp. 153-55 in Women's Bible Commentary, ed. Carol Newsom and Sharon
Ringe. Westminster/John Knox, 1992.
“Commentary on the Book of Proverbs.” Pp. 145-55 in Women's Bible Commentary. Ed. Carol A. Newsom and Sharon
H. Ringe. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox, 1992.
Translation: “Claus Westermann on Original Blessing.” Creation Spirituality VIII(1992) 17-18.
“Wounded Healer on a Shaman's Quest: Job in the Context of Folk Literature.” Pp. 70-85 in The Voice from the
Whirlwind: Interpreting the Book of Job. Ed. Leo Perdue and W. Clark Gilpin. Nashville: Abingdon, 1992.
“The Sage in Family and Tribe.” Pp. 155-64 in The Sage in Israel and the Ancient Near East, ed. John Gammie and Leo
G. Purdue. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990.
Carole R. Fontaine and Claudia V. Camp, “The Words of the Wise and Their Riddles.” Pp. 127-52 in Text and Tradition:
The Hebrew Bible and Folklore, ed. Susan Niditch. Semeia Studies. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1990.
“ ‘A Heifer From Thy Stable’: On Goddesses and the Status of Women in the Ancient Near East”, Ad Feminam, ed.
Alice Bach. USQR 43 (1989): 67-92. Reprinted in The Pleasure of Her Text: Feminist Readings of Biblical and
Historical Studies, ed. Alice Bach. Phildelphia, PA: Trinity Press, 1990.
“The NRSV and the REB: A Feminist Critique," Theology Today XLVII (1990): 273-80.
“The Book of Hosea.” Pp. 349-58 in The Books of the Bible, I ,ed. Bernhard Andersen. New York: Charles Scribners &
Sons (1989).
“Galilee”, “Timothy.” World Book Encyclopedia (1989).
“Toward A Spirituality of Healing.” Today's Ministry VII (1989): 1, 5.
“The Deceptive Goddess in Ancient Near Eastern Myth: Inanna and Inaras”, in Reasoning Among the Foxes: Women
in a World of Male Power, ed. J. Cheryl Exum and Johanna Bos. Semeia 42 (1988): 84-102.
“Proverbs.”Pp. 495-528 in Harper Bible Commentary, ed. James L. Mays. San Francisco: Harper and Row (1988).
“Journey Through the Pit: A Pictorial Account of One Woman's Descent into Shadow and Beyond.” Anima 15 (1988):
53-66.
“Trickster Tumbles.” Semeia 42 (1988): 156.
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“Cain”, “Plain of Esdraelon”, “Jacob”, “Judah.” World Book Encyclopedia (1988).
“Queenly Proverb Performance: The Prayer of Puduhepa (KUB XXI, 27).” Pp. 95-126 in The Listening Heart: Essays in
Wisdom and the Psalms in Honor of Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm., ed K. G. Hoglund, E. F. Huwiler, J. Glass, and R.
W. Lee. JSOT Supp, 58. Sheffield, U.K.: Almond Press (1987). (a)
“Folktale Structure in the Book of Job: A Formalist Reading.” Pp. 205-40 in Directions in Biblical Poetry, JSOT Supp, ed.
Elaine Follis. Sheffield, U.K.: JSOT Press (1987). (b)
“Finding a Voice: Reflections on Owning the Biblical Tradition.” Centering III (1986): 12-17.
“The Bearing of Wisdom (I Kings 3) on the Succession Narrative.” JSOT 34 (1986): 61-77
“Aaron”, “Abel”, “Benjamin”, “Esau”, “Hezekiah”, “High Priest”, “Isaac”, “Joseph”, “Joshua”, “Josiah”, “Lot”,
“Methuselah”, “Noah.” The World Book Encyclopedia, (1986).
“The God of the Promised Land: Shifting Paradigms.” The Evangelical Round Table 1 (1985): 78-86.
“Protestant Prayer: An Ecumenical Perspective.” American Baptist Quarterly IV (1985): 347-53.
“ ‘Brightening Up the Mindworks’: Concepts and Methods of Instruction in Biblical Wisdom and Rinzai Zen." Religious
Education 79 (1984): 590-600.
“Modern `Arrows of the Almighty' (Job 6:4): Perspectives on Pain.” Anglican Theological Review LXVI (1984): 243- 48.
“Modern Look at Ancient Wisdom: The Instruction of Ptahhotep, Revisited." Biblical Archaeologist 44 (1981): 155160.
WORKS IN PROGRESS:
The Gazelle, the Tree, and the Goddess: Essays on Intimacy, Empathy and Ecology in the Song of Songs and Today
BOOK REVIEWS:
Review of The Bible: NOW I Get It! A Form-Critical Handbook by Gerhard Lohfink, tr. Daniel Coogan in ANQ 20
(1980): 116-17.
Review of Wisdom as a Hermeneutical Construct: A Study in the Sapientializing of the Old Testament, BZAW 151, by
Gerald T. Sheppard in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 43 (1981): 116-17.
Review of Biblical Affirmations of Woman by Leonard Swidler in Journal of Ecumenical Studies 17 (1980): 168-69.
Review of Israelite Wisdom: Theological and Literary Essays in Honor of Samuel Terrien, ed. John G. Gammie, Walter
A. Brueggemann, W. Lee Humphreys, and James L. Ward in Andover Newton Quarterly 20: 162-63.
Review of Those Who Ponder Proverbs: Aphoristic Thinking and Biblical Literature, The Bible and Literature, 2, by
James G. Williams in JAAR LI (1983): 309-10.
Review of The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Dictionary by Manfred Lurker, tr. Barbara Cummings,
rev. and picture edited by Peter A. Clayton in CBQ 44 (1982): 657-58.
Review of Design for Kingship: The Deuteronomistic Narrative Technique in I Kings 3, by Helen A. Kenik, in Interp 39
(1985): 426-28.
Review of Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction in Method, by John A. Barton, in JAAR LIII (1985): 476-77.
Review of Context and Meaning in Proverbs 25-27, by Raymond van Leeuwen. Proverbium 7 (1990): 283-85.
Review of Ancient Israelite Religion: Essays in Honor of Frank Moore Cross, ed. Patrick D. Miller, Jr., Paul D. Hanson,
and S. Dean McBride, in Princeton Seminary Bulletin 11 (1990): 301-302.
Review of Gender, Power and Promise: The Subject of the Bible's First Story, by Danna Nolan Fewell and David Gunn.
Shofar 14(1996):181-84.
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Review of Roots of Wisdom: the Oldest Proverbs of Israel and Other Peoples, by Claus Westermann. Bible Review XII
(1996): 14-17.
Review of QuickVerse 4.0 CD-ROM Collection. Biblicon 2(1997): 76-78.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERFAITH STUDIES:
‘Children at War’, reprinted in Tine Junge and Christel Tajo-Hjenner, eds., Human Rights: Close Up. Denmark:
Gyldendal Education
“Women, Fundamentalism and Iran.” Presenter. Conference for International Women’s Day, sponsored by WAFECanada, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, March 8, 2011.
Panelist. International Women’s Day Conference: Women: Policy and Prospects in the Current MidEast Context,
sponsored by WAFE-International, Auvers-sur-Oise, France, February 27, 2011.
“‘Here comes this Dreamer’: Reading Joseph the Slave in Multicultural and Interfaith Contexts”. Genesis:
Texts@Contexts, ed. Athalya Brenner, Archie Chi-chung Lee, and Gale Yee (Fortress Press, 2010).
Carole R. Fontaine, Jila Kazerounian, and Esmat Kargar Zadeh, “Iranian Women at Risk in Iraq: 1325 and the Long Road
to Non-Violence”. Article published to the WILPF Literature Repository, an online resource on Women, Peace
and Security, http://www.peacewomen.org/pages/anniversary/1325--10-literature-repository, 2010.
Only When Women Sing: Poems on Human Rights (Lulu Publishing, 2009) www.lulu.com .
“Voices from Within: Resources on Women and Fundamentalisms”. Keynote Speaker. Women’s Struggle Against
Fundamentalism: A seminar about fundamentalism and its impact on women in the world, with focus on Islamic
fundamentalism and Iran, sponsored by the Iranian Women's Society of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, November
26, 2009.
‘Here Comes This Dreamer: Reading Joseph the Slave in Multicultural and Interfaith Communities’, paper read for the
Contextual Criticism Section, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2008.
‘Remarks at the Opening of Ramadan’, Musée de Louvre, Paris, France, September, 2008.
‘The Woman and the Stone’, poem, p. 15 in Feleknas Uca, European Parliament publication, Under Their Skins:
Women’s Stories from Around the Globe (Brussels: European United Left/Nordic Green Left Parliamentary Group,
2008).
‘Children at War’, Poem, used as theme for Amnesty International Chapter exhibit, ‘Children at War’ at the University
of York, U.K. March-April, 2008.
“Voices from Within: Confronting Fundamentalisms from Inside the Faith”, Lecture, House of Lords, British Parliament,
April 2007, sponsored by WAFE.
“Women in the New World Order at the United Nations: Can Anybody Hear Us?”, lecture for ecumenical series at
Mount Holyoke College, April 10, 2006.
“One God, Three Faiths”: Overview of Judaism, Christianity, Islam for lecture series by
Central Square Congregational Church, Bridgewater, MA., March 12, 2006
Respondent, International Women’s Day Conference: Women’s Leadership, sponsored by WAFE-International, Paris,
France, February 25-26, 2006.
“Visual Metaphors and Proverbs 5:15-20: Some Archaeological Reflections on Gendered Iconography”. Pp. 185-202
in Ron Troxel, Kelvin G. Friebel and Dennis R. Magary, eds., Seeking Out the Wisdom of the Ancients: Essays
Offered to Honor Michael V. Fox on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2005.
Congressional Briefing at the Capitol: Panelist, “Human Rights in an Islamic State” for The Women’s Freedom Forum,
Washington, DC, November 2005.
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Boston Women’s United Nations Report Network Workshop: Religion and Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights: From Exclusion to Inclusion. Two days of international and peace and justice speakers at ANTS;
conference attendance: 72. October 4-5, 2005.
“Women’s Rights in Bible and Qur’an”, L’Femme, L’Islam et L’Integrisme Conference, Auvers-sur-Oise, France, August
27, 2005.
“Confronting the Other Within”, Interfaith Retreat with Steven Copeland and Ali Asani, Adelynrood Retreat Center,
August, 2005.
“Remarks”. National Conference for a Democratic Iran. Daughters of the American Revolution Hall, Washington, DC.
May 18, 2005.
“Dishonoring the Qur’an”. National Press Club: Panelist for the Women’s Freedom Forum on Human Rights and Islam,
May 18, 2005. (Tape available through C-Span).
Website design: www.bostonwunrn.com
Boston WUNRN Lesson Plan: Internet course on the Bible and Human Rights for women developed for NGO reporting
to the United Nations Council on Human Rights. Web-based, international audience.
http://www.wunrn.com/reference/pdf/ants.pdf
“Strange Bed Fellows: Scriptures, Human Rights and the UU Seven Principles”, Journal of Liberal Religion 4 ( Winter),
2003 (http://www.meadville.edu/jlr.htm )
“Ancient Text in a Postmodern World: Reading the Past for the Sake of the Future”. Suffolk University Lowell Lecture
Series on Western Civilization. Oct. 8, 2002.
Hebrew College/Andover Newton, Sources of Human Rights: Religion’s Role in Defining Human Dignity. Breakout
Session Leader. Oct. 6-7, 2002.
“Strange Bed Fellows: Human Rights and the UU Seven Principles”. UUA General Assembly, Quebec City, Canada.
Address for the Panel on Ministerial Education: June, 2002
“How is Holy War Holy?” Sermon. First Parish of Waltham, UUA. Feb. 17, 2002.
Interfaith Dialogue on Women in Leadership Roles, New England Women in Ministry Association. Presenter, January,
2001.
“The Good Samaritan in an Age of Terror”. Sermon, First Baptist Church of Needham. Oct. 21, 2001.
Interfaith Dialogue on Women in Leadership Roles, New England Women in Ministry Association. Presenter, January,
2001.
“Facing the Other: Ruth-the-Cat in Hebrew Medieval Illuminations”. Pp. 75-93 in A Feminist Companion to Ruth and
Esther, Second Series, vol. 3, ed. Athalya Brenner. Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.
“Embracing the Other: Theological Literacy and Jewish Studies”. BTI Newsletter, March, 1998.
“Two People, One Book: On Christian Readings of the Hebrew Bible”. Paper presented for No Cause to Boast:
Christian Representations of Judaism before and After the Holocaust. Sponsored by the National Holocaust
Museum, Hebrew College and Andover Newton. March, 1997.
“Job and Justice.” Lecture for MIT Catholic Christian Fellowship Theology and Dinner program. Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. March, 1995.
“Disabilities in the Bible.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 10 (1994): 108-113.
Moderator. National Conference of Christians and Jews’ Scholars Colloquium. Andover Newton Theological School,
May 4, 1989.
“The Abusive Bible”. Keynote address. “Shall You Betray Me With a Kiss?: Conference on Religion and Clergy Sexual
Abuse.” Boston University School of Theology October 6-7, 1989.
“Theological Implications of the Arms Race.” TSF Bulletin 9 (1985): 5-9.
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“Forum: The Biblical Roots of Peacemaking.” Keynote Speaker. Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of
Christ, 183rd Annual Meeting. Mt. Holyoke, MA. June, 1982.
“ ‘By My Spirit Says the Lord of Hosts’: Theological Implications of the Arms Race.” Paper presented for The People
Versus Nuclear Arms, Trinitarian Congregational Church Lenten Course Security--US/USSR: The Military, Political,
Economic and Theological Contributions and Interactions". Concord, MA. March, 1982.
“Theocracy and Women in Islam.” Paper for Andover Newton Theological School International Club. Fall, 1979.
PAPERS READ, PRESENTATIONS, EXHIBITS:
Keynote Speaker. Florida Conference United Church of Christ Women Pastors’ Retreat. Winter Park, FL, February
2009.
Boston College Certificate Program in Theology and Spirituality, ‘Laments and Pastoral Care’, June, 2008.
Boston College Certificate Program in Theology and Spirituality, “Praying the Psalms” workshop, June 25, 2006-2008,
2011.
Boston College Certificate Program in Theology and Spirituality, “Owning the Psalms in Worship”, June, 2007.
“Best Little Stories from the time of the Pharaohs”, Trustees Lecture for the Bowers Museum of Cultural Arts, July 30,
2006.
“The Book of Coming Forth by Day: How to Be Dead in Ancient Egypt”, Lecture given at the Bowers Museum of
Cultural Arts, July 29, 2006.
“Let the River Run: Ecotheology.” Keynote Speaker. Annual Florida United Church of Christ Ministerial Conference.
St. Petersburg Beach, FL. May, 2006.
UCC District Conference, “Called to Ministry: In Celebration of Women’s Ministries”, presented workshop: The Queen
of Sheba in Three Faiths: Models for Faithful Female Leadership. Weston, MA, November 2, 2005.
“Reclaiming the Bible”. UCC Church of Rockport, MA. April 10, 2005.
“The Bible Regained: Reading with Archaeology”. Sermon. First UU Church of Arlington. Jan 23, 2005.
“The Three Faces of Sheba”. Lecture given at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Arts, May, 2004.
“Come Lie with Me: Gendering the Seducer”. Paper read for the Women in the Biblical World section, National
Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Toronto, 2003.
‘Seeds of Subordination: Reading the Past for the Future’, Theological Opportunities Program, Harvard Divinity School.
Sept. 18, 2002.
‘Going into the Fields: The Song of Songs in Protestant Liturgical Context.’ Paper read for the Song of Songs
Conference, Luce Center for the Study of Scripture and the Literary Arts, Boston University. April, 2002.
“The Bible in the Digital Age”. Animated Slideshow for ANTS Conference on Ministry, Feb., 2001.
Invocation. Mary Wellemeyer Ordination; First UU Fellowhship of Brookline, Nov., 2000.
Chair, Panel on Hebrew and Early Christian Wisdom, National Society of Biblical Literature, Nashville, 2000.
“More Confessions of a Talking Head: A Feminist Gaze at Hollywood”. Paper given, Women in the Biblical World
Section, National Society of Biblical Literature, Nashville, 2000.
“The Queen of Sheba and Multiform Readings in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”. Paper presented, the Wilstein
Institute at Hebrew College, Women in Traditional Religions Conference. June, 2000.
‘The Queen of Sheba in Three Faiths’, paper read for the Wayland Interfaith Council Meeting. July, 1999.
“Paradigm Shift in the World of Biblical Studies”, Animated Slideshow; Engineering Lecture Series, EMC Corp., June,
1999.
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“Return to the Garden: Can Lilith Come Too?” Paper presented for the Rabbi Murray R. Rothman Lecture Series.
Temple Shalom, Newton, Ma., Spring, 1998.
“Rereading the Akedah: Feminist Reflections.” Boston Theological Circle, April 6, 1998.
“Health Care in Early Israel”. Plenary Session, NE Region AAR. April, 1998.
“Worlds Making Texts, Texts Making Worlds”. Scroll collage for Covenant and Community Art Show, sponsored by
ANTS and Hebrew College. April, 1998.
“Jesus the Healer.” Program for the Foundation for Biblical Research, New Hampshire, June 13, 1998 (film and audio
tape available).
Guest Lecturer. “Healing in the Bible.” Brita Gill-Austern’s class on Pastoral Care, Feb., 1998.
“Ancient Healing Traditions”. Lecture for the CPE Supervisors Association. 1998.
“Ancient Healing Traditions.” Guest Speaker, CPE Day, 1998.
Panelist. Women in the Biblical World Section Panel on A Feminist Companion to Reading the Bible: Approaches,
Methods, Strategies, ed. Athalya Brenner and Carole Fontaine. National SBL Meeting, San Francisco. Nov., 1997.
“Racism and Sexism at ANTS”. Guest Lecture for Racism and Sexism Course. Oct., 1997
“Toward a Spirituality of Healing”. Sermon, First Parish Church of Needham (UUA). Spring, 1997.
“The Strange Face of Wisdom in the New Testament.” Paper given at Masters Classes for the Biblical Institute,
University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. May, 1997.
Jewish Community Center: Author’s Panel. Hebrew College, April, 1997.
“Surviving Pain and Other Acts of Resistance”. Theological Opportunities Program. Harvard University. Oct. 31, 1996.
“Hebrew Hokma and Greek Sophia: A Feminist Perspective.” Guest Lecture for the Women's Spirituality Program.
Interface. Cambridge, MA. Fall, 1996.
“On Gendering Lilith’s Flesh: The Queen of Sheba in the Court of Solomon.” Paper read for the Gender and Religion
Section, International SBL Meeting, Trinity College, Dublin, Aug., 1996.
“Hebrew Hokma and Greek Sophia: A Feminist Perspective.” Guest Lecture for the Women’s Spirituality Program.
Interface. Cambridge, MA. Spring, 1996.
Greenheart Studio Workshop: “Wearable Art for Prayer and Worship” Jan 20, 1996.
Consultant. Women’s Spirituality Program. Interface. Cambridge, MA. Fall, 1995-current.
“Genesis and Mythology.” Guest Lecture in Philosophy Dept. "Perspectives" Course. Boston College. October, 1995.
Gary McCaslin Ordination Service, Oct. 1995 (composed and led “Vows for Ordination”)
Carol Ramsey-Lucas Ordination Service: Composed Prayer of Ordination, 1995.
Artist-in-Residence. ANTS Summer Institute for Theology and the Arts. July 10-14, 1995.
“Remembering Our Foremothers.” Lecture and Art Workshop for Edfest 1995: Christian Education and the Arts.
Episcopal Divinity School, June, 1995.
“Art and Health.” Guest Lecture for PSY P757W. Jan. 19, 1995.
Guest lecturer: Burrows CH: Song of Songs Seminar, 1995.
“Sophia: Old Truth or New Heresy?” Ecumenical Clergy Group. First Parish of Brookline (UUA). November 3, 1994.
“The Multicultural Body: The Art of Frida Kahlo.” Lecture for Summer Institute for Theology and the Arts: Course
taught: “Sacred Paper.” Andover Newton Theological School. July, 1994.
“Owning Feminist Anger: Resources from the Bronze Age.” Theological Opportunities Program. Harvard University.
April 14, 1994.
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“Burnout and Anger: Feminist Perspective.” Guest Lecture. Women's Theological Center. March, 1994.
“Wisdom Controversies: A New Heresy?” First Church of Leominster (UUA). March 13, 1994.
“Israel’s Ethnic Neighbors and Cultural Materialist Readings of the Late Bronze Age.” Guest Lecture, Stanford
University. January, 1994.
Greenheart Workshop: “Art as Meditation: Healing with Color.” January, 1994.
“Art and Meditation.” Speaker, The Forum for Arts and Theology. December, 1993.
“Isaiah of Jerusalem.” Fall Lecture Series, First Congregational Church of Norwood. September-October, 1993.
“Wisdom and the Arts.” Lecture and Exhibit. First Baptist Church of Worcester. March 26, 1993.
Guest Lecturer. “Story, Liturgy and Structure.” Andover Newton Theological School Church History course: “Theology,
Liturgy and the Arts.” Spring, 1993.
“The Original Cult of Love.” Boston Community Church (UUA). February 14, 1993. Slide show.
“Ancient One: Journey to the Goddess.” Gallery Talk and Exhibition (with Fran Smyer). Dana Hall School. October,
1992.
“Archetypal Maskmaking.” Course taught at Grünewald Guild. Plains, WA. August, 1992.
“Theology and the Arts.” Course taught at Plaza Resolana, Santa Fe, NM. July, 1992.
Performance: “Ancient One: A Pilgrimage to the Goddess,” with Fran Smyer. Plaza Resolana. Santa Fe, NM. July,
1992.
“Wisdom Literature.” Course taught for Summer Session for Institute for Culture and Creation Sprituality. Springfield,
MA. June, 1992.
Performance: “Ancient One: A Pilgrimage to the Goddess,” with Fran Smyer. ICCS Summer Session, June 1992.
Panelist: Goddesses and Queens Section. Conference of Women and Goddess Traditions. Women's Studies in
Religion, Claremont School of Theology. May 1992.
Performance: “Ancient One: A Pilgrimage to the Goddess,” with Fran Smyer. Conference of Women and Goddess
Traditions. Women's Studies in Religion, Claremont School of Theology. May 1992.
“Ancient One: Artistic Traditions about Goddesses and Women.” Guest slide show. Women's Studies Program,
Amherst College. April, 1992.
Exhibitor, “Arts at Andover Newton Theological School.” October 25, 1991.Workshop Leader, “Art as Meditation:
Healing with Color.” Greenheart Studio Productions. Andover Newton Theological School, January 11, 1992.
“Suffering and Healing: Biblical Perspectives from Job and the Psalms.” Hartford Seminary “Ministry Days.”
November 1991.
“Response to The Sage in Israel and the Ancient Near East.” Paper presented on panel for Israelite and Christian
Wisdom Section. National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Kansas City, MO. November 22, 1991.
“Psalmdrama: Art as Meditation Workshop.” Redeeming Worship Conference for ICCS. Black Mountain, NC. October
21-26, 1991.
“Feminist Perspectives on Christology.” BTI Ecumenical Evening. March 25, 1991.
“The Whole Story.” Convenor and Workshop Presenter. Installation of Dean Elizabeth Nordbeck. Andover Newton
Theological School, March 1991.
Guest Lecturer; “Wednesday Forum.” Institute for Culture and Creation Spirituality. Oakland, CA. March, 1991.
“Enlivening the Story of Our Faith Community: The Bible in Context.” Massachusetts Conference UCC, Partnerships in
Education Weekend. Andover Newton Theological School. January 25-26, 1991.
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“Spirituality of Healing: Journey into Shadow and Beyond.” “Workshop for Health and Spirituality: Life in
Abundance” Conference. Danvers, MA. October 11-14, 1990.
“Telling the Story, Living the Story, Being the Story.” Keynote address and workshops for the New England Association
of the United Church of Educators' 1990 Annual Conference. Craigville, MA. May 15-17, 1990.
“Woman’s Body, Women’s Healing.” Lecture and slide show, “WomanFest” Program. Wellesley Hills Congregational
Church. March 27, 1990.
“A Feminist Critique of Christian Liturgy.” BTI Ecumenical Exchange Lecture. Episcopal Divinity School. March 21,
1990.
“Glimpse of Liberation in Teaching.” American Baptist Seminaries' Consultation. Convent Station, NJ. February 2-4,
1990.
“Shadows and Beyond.” Slide show presentation. First Congregational Church of Stockbridge. January, 1990.
“The Whole-Brain Bible: A Celebration of God the Potter, God the Song, and God the Holy Poet.” Keynote address for
“Seeds of Promise” Religious Education Event, Maine Conference of the United Church of Christ. Portland, ME.
November 3-4, 1989.
“The Tale of Job: A Feminist Formalist Reading.” Symposium on the Book of Job. National Meeting, Society of Biblical
Literature. Anaheim, CA. November, 1989.
“Biblical Studies on the Edge of the 21st Century: Whence? Whither? Why?” Conference on “Rethinking the Place of
the Bible in the Academy.” Bowdoin College. York, ME. October 13-14, 1989.
“Magic Afoot: On Women's Spirituality.” Talk for Dana Hall School Roundtable. October 26, 1989.
“Sing a New Song: Encounter with the Psalms.” Discalced Carmelite Monastery, RI. June 26-27, 1989.
Exhibitor. “Through the Looking Glass” Exhibit. Sponsored by the Farber Institute and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals.
Boston and New Jersey. June-July, 1989.
“Experiencing the Divine: Women and Religious Symbolism.” Retreat for Old South Baptist Church. Craigville, MA.
April 28-29, 1989.
Exhibitor. “Women Doing Theology.” BTI Celebration of Women in Theology. Harvard Divinity School. April 28, 1989.
“Eve and the Goddess: On Doing Women's History in Ancient Israel.” Syracuse University Jewish Studies Lecture. April
17, 1989.
“The Theological Meaning of Embodiment.” Lenten Conversation Series, St. Paul's Episcopal Mission. Londonderry,
NH. March 8, 1989.
“Goddesses, Queens and Ordinary Women: Reflections on Biblical Women in the Context of the Ancient Near East.”
Workshop for New Hampshire Humanities Council project "In the Beginning: Word, Text, Context." Durham,
NH. March 3, 1989.
“Claiming the Gift of Healing.” Slide show and lecture at Episcopal Divinity School. February 28, 1989. BTI Ecumenical
Lecture Exchange Program.
“Goddesses, Queens and Ordinary Women.” Guest lecture for “Women and the Bible.” Amherst College, February 23,
1989.
“Wisdom and Vocation.” Workshop and Keynote Address for the Maine Conference United Church of Christ Church
Leader's Convocation. Auburn and Portland, Maine. February 11-12, 1989.
“On the Use of Laadan as a Heuristic Model for Doing Feminist Theology,” Faculty Conversation of the Women's
Theological Center. December 12, 1988.
“The Words of the Wise and Their Riddles: A Folklore Analysis of Judges 14.” with Claudia V. Camp. Read for Israelite
and Early Christian Wisdom Section, Annual Meeting of the National Society of Biblical Literature. Chicago, IL.
November 21, 1988.
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“The Church and the Arts.” Presentation for the Annual Meeting Planning Committee, Mass. Conference, United
Church of Christ. Framingham, MA. September 28, 1988.
“Women and Worship.” Talk for the Women's Fellowship of the Metropolitan Community Church, Cambridge, MA.
June 2, 1988.
“Reading the Bible with A Whole Brain.” National Council of Churches “Gathering of Christians.” May 21-25, 1988.
Arlington, Texas.
“How Symbols of the Sacred Shape Religious Experience.” National Council of Christian and Jews. May 5, 1988.
Boston, MA.
“The Words of The Wise and Their Riddles,”with Claudia V. Camp. Conference on the Bible and Folklore, March 29,
1988. Amherst College.
“How Feminism has Impacted My Discipline.” Evenings with Women Faculty. ANTS Women's Resource Center. Oct.
8, 1987.
“Birthing New Visions: Theology and the Arts.” Keynote Speaker. L'Chaim Institute of Renewal. Luther College, Iowa.
June 22-25, 1987.
“Reflections on the Bible and Sexuality.” The Women's Forum. First Parish in Brookline, MA. May 6, 1987.
"The Writings of the Hebrew Bible: The Psalms and Proverbs." Andover Newton Theological School Day on the Hill.
April 28, 1987.
Exhibitor, Andover Newton Arts in Ministry Festival. April 20-24, 1987.
“Imagery and Healing.” Guest Lecture for "The Pastor's Spiritual Life." Andover Newton Theological School. April 13,
1987.
Speaker. Conference on Ministry. Andover Newton Theological School. February 20-21, 1987.
Guest, The Charlie Brennan Show. “Women in the Old Testament.” January 21, 1987. (Tape availabe)
“A Covenant of Friendship: Ordination Sermon for Mark M. New.” January 11, 1987.
“The RSV From A Feminist Perspective: Retrospects and Prospects.” Presentation for the Massachusetts Bible Society
Celebration of the RSV’s 50th Anniversary, October 6, 1986.
“Spiritual Journey.” Orientation Speaker. ANTS Orientation. Sept. 5, 1986.
“Saying and Aphorism.” Panelist for Israelite and Early Christian Wisdom Section (On Traditional Sayings in the Old
Testament). National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, 1986.
“Method in Biblical Studies.” Guest Lecture for Stackhouse STM Seminar on Method, 1986.
“Spiritual Journey.” Presentation for the ANTS Worship and Spiritual Life Committee, April, 1986.
“The God of the Promised Land: Shifting Paradigms.” Paper presented for the Evangelical Round Table:
“Liturgical Workshop on Alternative Worship.” Lutheran Women's Spirituality Group. August, 1985.
Christianity and the Arab/Israeli Conflict". Eastern College, St. David, PA. June, 1985.
“Hagar and Texts of Terror: A Comparative Anthropological Response.” BTI Ecumenical Exchange Lecture. Harvard
Divinity School. April, 1985.
“The Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible.” Weekend Program for the New York Conference of the U.C.C. Lay
Ministry Certification Program. Syracuse, NY. April, 1985.
“Prayer in the Protestant Tradition.” Panelist for the BTI Committee on Jewish-Christian Relations Program, “Jewish
and Christian Perspectives on Prayer.” March, 1985.
“Old Testament and Academic Excellence at Andover Newton Theological School.” Andover Newton Theological
School Faculty Forum, February, 1985.
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“Aphorism, Parable, Story.” Respondent to New Testament Panel, Bible and Literary Criticism Section, at the Society
of Biblical Literature National Meeting. December, 1984.
“A N.C.C. Inclusive Language Lectionary.” Panelist. Andover Newton Theological School Assembly, Fall, 1984.
“The Hero’s Departure.” Orientation Sermon. Andover Newton Theological School Fall Orientation, 1984.
“Praying the Psalms: Encounter with Praise and Lament.” Retreat given for the Sisters of St. Joseph. MontMarie,
Holyoke, MA. April, 1984.
“Implications of Feminist Perspectives for Theological Education.” Panelist. American Baptist Churches Seminary
Professors Consultation. March, 1984.
“The Bearing of Wisdom on the Succession Narrative and I Kings 3.” Paper read for the Israelite and Early Christian
Wisdom Section at the Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting. December, 1983.
“The Bearing of Wisdom (1 Kings 3) on the Succession Narrative.” Paper read for the Biblical Section of the
Northeastern Regional Meeting of the AAR. April, 1983.
“Proverb Performance in the Hebrew Bible.” Andover Newton Theological School Faculty Forum. April, 1983.
“Proverb Performance in the Hebrew Bible.” Paper read for the B.T.I. Joint Meeting of Old and New Testament
Professors. March, 1983.
“Traditional Sayings and the Folk.” Andover Newton Theological School Assembly, Fall, 1982.
Ordinal Sermon for the Rev. Judith Perry Carpenter. Church of the Messiah (Episcopal), Auburndale, MA. St.
Columba's Day, 1982.
“One Earth, One Mind.” Keynote Address, International Day Convocation. Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA. February,
1982.
Guest. The Mark Saven Talk Show. WKVI Radio. Seattle, WA. August 31, 1981.
Convenor and Panelist. Boston Theological Institute’s Program “The Challenge of Ministry in a Covenanted City.”
October, 1980.
“The Implications of Covenant for a Ministry of Justice.” Andover Newton Lay School of Theology. Fall, 1980.
“What Feminist Perspectives Bring to Research in Religion.” Panelist. B.T.I. Women’s Theological Coalition Fall
Orientation, 1980.
“Biblical and Theological Images of the City” Workshop.
“The Bible: Its Setting in History.” Lay Academy II, Wilmington United Methodist Church. January, 1980.
MEDIA AND DOCUMENTARY CREDITS:
Video Ministry of Pass-A-Grille Community Church (UCC), St. Petersburg, FL
Advent: Lectionary Year C, 2009
Advent: Lectionary Year B, 2008
University of British Columbia CBS Radio: Poem “Children at War” read on World Peace Day, Nov. 11, 2008.
Persian Satellite Network (broadcasts into Iran and Iraq): 2005-06
Human Rights speeches from the National Press Club, National Convention on a Free and Democratic Iran,
Congressional Briefing, and the NCRI Conference in Paris.
Discovery Channel/National Geographic/History Channel/BBC 2002-Present
The Queen of Sheba: Behind the Myth (BBC for Discovery Channel)
Time Machine: The Book of the Dead
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Doomsday: The Book of Revelation
The Rivals of Jesus
Hallmark Network
Religion in America, 3 episodes
Arts & Entertainment Network 1996-1999 Seasons
For the series Biography:
Samson & Delilah
Adam and Eve
King David
Solomon and Sheba
Moses (2 hour episode)
Noah
Satan
These episodes are available as a boxed set, Biography: The Old Testament Collection, from FilmRoos, Inc. or Barnes
& Noble, or may be ordered from A & E over the Internet.
For the series Mysteries of the Bible 1996-1999 Seasons
Creation
The Ten Commandments
Cain & Abel
Jacob's Ladder
Job
Mary of Nazareth
Love and Sex in the Hebrew Bible
Some of these episodes are available in boxed sets, Myteries of the Bible, Set 2 & 3; individual episodes may be
ordered from A & E Network through their internet home page.
For the series Ancient Mysteries (now remastered for In Search of History, the History Channel) 1996-1999 Seasons
Altered States of Consciousness
Human Sacrifice
The Black Death
Witches
1001 Arabian Nights
Dragons
For the series Intimate Portraits, shown on the Lifetime Network:
Queen Esther
Editor/Historical Consultant for FilmRoos, Inc. on the following episodes:
Witches, Ancient Mysteries
Job, Mysteries of the Bible
Jacob's Ladder, Mysteries of the Bible
Love and Sex in the Hebrew Bible, Mysteries of the Bible
Queen Esther, Intimate Portraits
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Development Consultant:
Mysteries of the Bible, 1997-98 season, A & E Network
The History of the Jews, The History Channel
The Rise of Christianity, The History Channel
The Learning Channel
Strange Science: Meteorological Folklore
Awards for productions in which I took part:
Ciné Award for Excellence in Television Programming, Ancient Mysteries, 1996 season, Cannes Film Festival, 1996
Ciné Award for Excellence in Television Programming, Mysteries of the Bible, 1996 season, Cannes Film Festival, 1996
Film Roos Emmy Nomination, Biography (Moses), 1996 season.
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