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]

Esther Fuchs
Born1953 (age 6768)
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisIrony in the Works of S. Y. Agnon (1980)
Academic work
Discipline
School or traditionJewish feminism
Institutions

Notes

  1. Pronounced FYOOKS.[1]

References

  1. Everett-Haynes, La Monica. "UA Professor Explores Feminist Interpretation of Bible". University of Arizona. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. "About the Editor". Israeli Women's Studies: A Reader. Rutgers University Press. 2005. p. 331. ISBN 9780813536163. Retrieved 9 July 2015.


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