Susanne Scholz is Professor of Old Testament at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. She holds a Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary, NY.
She taught at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, Fordham University, the College of Wooster, Merrimack College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Graduate Theological Union's summer session. She is a frequent lecturer at educational programs of churches and religious organizations in the United States and in Europe. Her scholarly interests are in Hebrew Bible, biblical studies, women/gender, culture, and religion, and interfaith dialog.
Among her publications are Sacred Witness: Rape in the Hebrew Bible (Fortress 2010), Introducing the Women’s Hebrew Bible (T&T Clark 2007), Rape Plots: A Feminist Cultural Study of Genesis 34 (Lang 2000), Biblical Studies Alternatively: An Introductory Reader (Prentice Hall 2003) and Zwischenräume: Deutsche feministische Theologinnen im Ausland (LIT 2000). Most recently, she contributed an article on "Judges" to the Women's Bible Commentary (Westminster John Knox Press, 2012).
Dr. Scholz is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), American Academy of Religion (AAR), European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR), and the Catholic Biblical Association (CBA).
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