Mitzi J. Smith

Mitzi J. Smith is an American biblical scholar who is J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. She is the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in New Testament from Harvard.[1]

Early life and education

Smith grew up in Ohio.[2] Smith earned a Masters in Divinity at Howard University School of Divinity with an emphasis on Biblical Studies; a Masters in Black Studies from Ohio State University, and a BA in Theology from Columbia Union College.[3][4] She was awarded her PhD in 2006.[5] Her supervisor was François Bovon.[6]

Career

Smith has been preaching in the Christian ministry since 1982, and she is an ordained itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.[7] [8] In 2006, Smith was appointed as Assistant Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary’s Detroit Center, where she was promoted to Associate Professor and finally to tenured full Professor.[9] She has written extensively in the field of biblical scholarship, particularly on the intersection between race, ethnicity, feminism, and biblical studies. Smith has cited those who have influenced her scholarship at Harvard, including Bovon, Allen Callahan, Ellen Aitken, Laura Nasrallah, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and Karen King.[10]

Bibliography
  • (ed.) Minoritized Women Reading Race and Ethnicity: Intersectional Approaches to Constructed Identity and Early Christian Texts. Lanham: Lexington Books. 2020.
  • Smith, Mitzi J. and Yung Suk Kim. Decentering the New Testament: A Reintroduction. Eugene/Cascade Books, 2018.
  • Womanist Sass and Back Talk: Social (In)Justice, Intersectionality and Biblical Interpretation. Eugene/Cascade Books, 2018.
  • Reading the Bible in the 21st Century: Insights from an African American Interpretation.Minneapolis: Fortress Press, May 2017.
  • (ed.) I Found God in Me. A Womanist Biblical Hermeneutics Reader. Eugene/Cascade Books, 2015. Received CHOICE Magazine book of the year award.
  • (eds) Smith J. Mitzi and Lalitha Jayachitra. Teaching All Nations: Interrogating the Great Commission. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014.
  • The Construction of the Other in the Acts of the Apostles: Charismatics, the Jews, and Women. Eugene/Wipf & Stock/Pickwick, 2011.

References
  1. "Dr. Mitzi J. Smith Appointed J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament". Columbia Theological Seminary. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  2. "REV. MITZI J. SMITH, PH.D. #BlackChurchHERSTORY". .base - Black Theology Project. 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  3. "Bible, Culture, Womanist Wisdom - Rev. Dr. Mitzi J. Smith". OBLATE. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  4. "REV. MITZI J. SMITH, PH.D. #BlackChurchHERSTORY". .base - Black Theology Project. 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  5. "Dr. Mitzi J. Smith Appointed J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament". Columbia Theological Seminary. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  6. "Interview: Mitzi J. Smith | Women Biblical Scholars". womenbiblicalscholars.com. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  7. "Biography - Rev. Mitzi J. Smith, Ph.D." www.mitzijsmith.com. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  8. "Bible, Culture, Womanist Wisdom - Rev. Dr. Mitzi J. Smith". OBLATE. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  9. "Dr. Mitzi J. Smith Appointed J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament". Columbia Theological Seminary. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  10. "Interview: Mitzi J. Smith | Women Biblical Scholars". womenbiblicalscholars.com. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
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