Esther Fuchs
Esther Fuchs[lower-alpha 1] (born 1953) is an Israeli Jewish feminist biblical scholar. She is Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Judaic Studies at the University of Arizona. Fuchs was born in Tel Aviv and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Brandeis University. She taught at the University of Texas at Austin before moving to the University of Arizona.[2] Fuchs has written Israeli Mythogynies: Women in Contemporary Hebrew Fiction (1987) and Sexual Politics in the Biblical Narrative (2000). She describes her work as an attempt to "depatriarchalize" the Hebrew Bible.[1]
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Born | 1953 (age 66–67) Tel Aviv, Israel |
Nationality | Israeli |
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Thesis | Irony in the Works of S. Y. Agnon (1980) |
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School or tradition | Jewish feminism |
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Notes
- Pronounced FYOOKS.[1]
gollark: You are an *utter* octachoron.
gollark: You complete triskaidecagon.
gollark: Maybe this survey was asking something like "which of these worry you", and you could select multiple, and some dodecahedron just added them up like that somehow.
gollark: ... is being impacted negatively by this, which is bad.
gollark: Is that entire last meme just made to be mean to virtue ethicists?
References
- Everett-Haynes, La Monica. "UA Professor Explores Feminist Interpretation of Bible". University of Arizona. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- "About the Editor". Israeli Women's Studies: A Reader. Rutgers University Press. 2005. p. 331. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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