Jo Cheryl Exum (born May 1946) is a feminist biblical scholar. She is currently
Emeritus Professor
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at the
University of Sheffield
, mottoeng = To discover the causes of things
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– Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield
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.
Education and career
Exum studied at
Wake Forest University
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, where she received her BA, and
Columbia University
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, where she received her MA and PhD. Previously, she taught at Boston College. She served as part of the translation team for the
New Revised Standard Version
The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) is an English translation of the Bible published in 1989 by the National Council of Churches.David J. A. Clines and Keith W. Whitelam.
Exum held a number of notable leadership positions in academia, including president of the Society for Old Testament Study. She has been the editor of a number of journals in her field. She was the Executive Editor of ''
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical hermeneutics is the study of the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible. It is part of the broader field of hermeneutics, which involves the study of principles of interpretation, both theory and methodology, for ...
'' for more than a decade and co-edited the journal ''Biblical Reception.''
In 2011, a ''
Festschrift
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'' was published in her honour. ''A Critical Engagement: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honour of J. Cheryl Exum'' () included contributions by
David Clines
David John Alfred Clines (21 November 1938 – 8 December 2022) was a biblical scholar. He served as professor at the University of Sheffield.
Education
Clines was born in Sydney, Australia, and studied at the University of Sydney and St Joh ...
,
Ellen van Wolde
Ellen José van Wolde (born 1954) is a Dutch biblical scholar. In her research she focuses mainly on the Hebrew Bible, applying achievements of semiotics and linguistics. She became known to the general public mainly through her oration (2009) on ...
, and Michael Fox. On January 30, 2015, Exum received an
honorary doctorate
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hon ...
from the Faculty of Theology at
Uppsala University
Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation.
The university rose to significance during ...