Marc Brettler (Marc Zvi Brettler) is an American
biblical scholar
Biblical studies is the academic application of a set of diverse disciplines to the study of the Bible (the Old Testament and New Testament).''Introduction to Biblical Studies, Second Edition'' by Steve Moyise (Oct 27, 2004) pages 11–12 Fo ...
, and the Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor in Judaic Studies at
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
. He earned his B.A., M.A., and PhD from
Brandeis University
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, where he previously served as Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies. He researches biblical metaphors, the Bible and gender, biblical historical texts, the book of Psalms, and the post-biblical reception of the Hebrew Bible, including in the New Testament. He is a co-founder of the websit
thetorah.com which integrates critical and traditional methods of studying the Bible.
In 2004, Brettler won the
National Jewish Book Award for ''The Jewish Study Bible.''
[Korkmazsky, Marina (8 November 2004)]
"NEJS profs. win Jewish book award"
. ''The Justice''.
Books
* ''The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently'', with
Amy-Jill Levine
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, San Francisco: HarperOne, 2020.
* ''The Bible and the Believer: How to Read the Bible Critically and Religiously'', with
Peter Enns
Peter Eric Enns (born January 2, 1961) is an American Biblical scholar and theologian. He has written widely on hermeneutics, Christianity and science, historicity of the Bible, and Old Testament interpretation. Outside of his academic work E ...
and
Daniel J. Harrington
Daniel J. Harrington, S.J. (July 19, 1940February 7, 2014), was an American academic and Jesuit priest who se