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Andrea Weiss
Dr. Weiss is an Assistant Professor of Bible on the New York campus. She was ordained at the New York School and received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She currently serves as the Assistant Editor of "The Torah: A Women's Commentary," a joint project of the Women of Reform Judaism and the Union for Reform Judaism Press.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (2004)
- Ordained, HUC-JIR, New York (1993)
- B.A., University of California at Berkeley (1987)
Lecture Titles
- "Power, Passion, and Politics: The Artistry of the David Story"
- "Delving into the Heart of Biblical Poetry"
- "Trends in Biblical Translation: Forcing a Nightingale to Imitate a Coocoo"
- "Trends in Biblical Translation: Gender in Jewish and Christian Bibles"
- "The Torah: A Women's Commentary -- How Is This Commentary Different from All Others?"
- "Michal, Abigail, & Bathsheba: The Wives of King David"
- "Mother, Dew, & Gardener: Innovative Imagery for God"
- "What's So Funny About the Book of Esther?"
- "Who Knows Ten?: The Evolution of the Tradition of the Ten Plagues"
Publications
- Figurative Language in Biblical Prose Narrative: Metaphor in the Book of Samuel, Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 107
(Leiden: Brill 2006).
- Introduction to Hills of Spices: Poetry from the Bible, edited by Rena Potok (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society,
2006).
- "Teaching the Preaching of Isaiah," Homiletix e-Forum (Spring, 2006), Academy of Homiletics.
- "Biblical Poetry," in the revised Encyclopaedia Judaica (forthcoming).
- "Canon and Curriculum: How We Choose What We Teach," written with William Cutter, Religious Education 93 (1998)
82-101.
- "In Gratitude for Light and Fire," in Jewish Spiritual Journey, eds. Lawrence A. Hoffman and Arnold Jacob Wolf.
West Orange, NJ: Behrman House, Inc., 1997.
- "Female Imagery in the Book of Isaiah," CCAR Journal, Winter, 1994.
- "From Disease to Dialogue: An Introduction to Jewish-Muslim Dialogue," in Shalom/Salaam: A Resource for Jewish Muslim Dialogue
, ed. Gary Bretton-Granatoor and Andrea Weiss. New York: UAHC Press, 1993. Translated into Arabic, 1995
- "Creative Readings of the Covenant: An Interfaith Approach," Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Summer-Fall, 1993.
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