Short CV
ATHALYA BRENNER-IDAN (ATHALYA BRENNER)
SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE
Last updated: December 2013
Personal Data
- Premarin for sale Name: Athalya Brenner (-Idan)
- buy lasix overnight Date of Birth: 17 July, 1943
- Place of Birth: Haifa, Israel
- Marital Status: Divorced
- Nationality: Israeli and Dutch
- Lives: In Haifa and in Amsterdam
Academic Degrees
- 2002 Honorary PhD, University of Bonn, Germany
- 1979 PhD, Near Eastern Studies/Bible, University of Manchester, England
- 1973 MA, Biblical Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
- 1970 BA, Biblical Studies and English Language and Literature, Haifa University
Academic Appointments
- 2014 Vice President of the Society of Biblical Literature
- 2013-15 Honorary Professor of Biblical Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- 2009-12 Adjunct Professor, MA external program, Department of Jewish Studies, Haifa University
- 2009-11 Adjunct Professor, MA external program, Department of Biblical Studies, Haifa University
- 2007– Professor in Biblical Studies, Department of Hebrew Culture, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- 2008– Research Fellow, University of Amsterdam
- 2008 Retirement from Amsterdam Chair; Emeriat, UvA
- 2006 Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (in the Bible PhD program, one semester)
- 2005 Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (in the Bible PhD program, two months)
- 2001-2004 Distinguished Professor-in-Residence of The Rosenthal Chair, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
- 1997-2008 Professor of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Chair, Department of Theology and Religious Studies (later Department of Art, Religion and Culture), Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam
- 1995-6 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Theology, Delenus Institute, University of Amsterdam
- 1993-7 Professor of the Feminism and Christianity/Judaism Chair, Catholic University of Nijmegen (ending August 1998)
- 1994 Visiting Associate Professor, General Studies, The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
- 1994/5 Visiting Associate Professor, Biblical Studies, Tel Aviv University.
- 1993-4 Adjunct Senior Teaching Fellow, General Studies, The Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
- 1992-3 Visiting Professor of the Belle van Zuylen Chair, Old Testament/Women Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 1991-3 Adjunct Senior Teaching Associate, General Studies, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
- 1991-2 Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Tel Aviv University (refresher course for senior high school Bible teachers)
- 1991-2 Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of History, Oranim/Academic Division, Qiryat Tiv’on, Israel
- 1988-91 Adjunct Teaching Associate, General Studies, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
- 1984 Visiting Scholar at the Department of Religion, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
- 1979-94 Teacher, Biblical Studies, Oranim/College Division
- 1973-86 Various appointments up to Lecturer, Biblical and Hebrew Language Studies, University of Haifa and affiliated colleges
Additional Professional Posts
- 1994– Member of the Committee for Implementing the Shenhar Committee Report in Teachers’ Training Frameworks, Ministry of Education
- 1988– Member of the Subject Committee (Bible), The Ministry of Education, Jerusalem
- 1989 Second tour of Dutch Universities
- 1987 First tour of Dutch Universities (Utrecht, Leiden, Amsterdam, Tilburg, and others) at the invitation of Theology Faculties and Women Studies groups
- 1983-6 Member of the Editorial Board of the World of the Bible Encyclopedia (Ramat Gan: Revivim Press)
- 1981-3 Coordinator of a specialized courses for senior primary, secondary and high school Bible teachers, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, University of Haifa, and Oranim College
Additional Teaching Experience
- 1970-73 English as a Foreign Language, University of Haifa
- 1972-76 Biblical Studies, Ancient Semitic Languages, Hebrew, Haifa University and affiliated colleges
- 1982-4 Courses for senior Bible Teachers
- 1979– Biblical Studies, Oranim
- 1988– Gender Relations in Modern Israeli Society, The Technion
- 1992-3 Hebrew Bible and Feminist Criticism, Faculty of Theology, University of Utrecht
Membership of Research Schools
- 1993–7 NOV, Netherlands Research School of Women’s Studies in sociology, anthropology, literature, theology, art, health care etc.)
- 1997– ASCA (Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis)
- 1997-2005 NOSTER, The National Research School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion, The Netherlands
Past and Present Membership of Academic Societies
- British Society for Old Testament Study (Honorary Member for life)
- World Congress of Jewish Studies
- European Society of Women in Theological Research
- SBL (American and International): Chairperson, Steering Committees of the Women in the Biblical World Section; now on the committee of the Contextual Interpretation Consultation)
- AIBI
- EABS; Politization of Bibles and Biblization of Politics research project.
Past and Present Membership of Editorial Boards
- Mediterranean Language review (until 1998)
- Biblicon (until end 1999).
- Semeia (until end 2001)
- JBL (until end 2004)
- The University of Amsterdam Press Bible Project (until 2008)
- JSOT (until end 2008)
- Brown Judaic Studies
- Biblical Interpretation (until 2009)
- JSOT (until 2009)
- RBL (Review of Biblical Literature, SBL, until end 2013)
- The Bible and Critical Theory
- Marginalia Review of Books
Awards
- 1976 PhD grant, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Studies, USA
- 2002 Mentoring Award from the Committee for the Status of Women in the Profession, SBL
- 2002 Honorary PhD, University of Bonn, Germany
Current Research Interests
- Contextual Bible Interpretation
- Gender relations in modern society
- Semitic philology, Hebrew (ancient and modern), esp. semantics and lexicology
- Feminist Criticism of the Bible, Ancient Israel, and early Judaisms
- The Bible: Anthropological, sociological, and psychological perspectives
- The Bible and Literary theories
- The Bible and visual/plastic arts