Jo Cheryl Exum (born May 1946) is a feminist biblical scholar. She is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Sheffield.

Jo Cheryl Exum
BornMay 1946 (age 78)
NationalityBritish[citation needed]
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineBiblical studies
School or traditionFeminism
InstitutionsBoston College
University of Sheffield

Education and career

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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 (ISBN 1907534334) 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

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Books

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References

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  1. ^ "Tate-Willson Lectures feature Professor Cheryl Exum on "The Bible and the Arts" - SMU". www.smu.edu. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Emeritus Professor Cheryl Exum". University of Sheffield. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  3. ^ Frequently Asked Questions
  4. ^ "Sheffield Phoenix Press - About". www.sheffieldphoenix.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  5. ^ Sheffield, University of (3 March 2017). "Professor J. Cheryl Exum - Portrait of a Woman - Staff - The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2019.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Tongue, Samuel (2014). Between Biblical Criticism and Poetic Rewriting: Interpretative Struggles over Genesis 32:22-32. Brill. p. 266. ISBN 9789004271159. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Two new honorary doctors at the Faculty of Theology - Uppsala University, Sweden". www.uu.se. Retrieved 2 February 2016.