Susan Ackerman

Professor of Religion, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

Chair, Religion Department

Education: Ph.D, Harvard University

Jewish Studies or Associated Courses Taught: Susan Ackerman (Religion Department) teaches courses that focus on the Bible and the other cultures of the biblical world. Of particular interest to Jewish Studies students are:

• JWST 04/REL 4: "The Religion of Israel: The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)"
• REL 55: "Ancient Near Eastern Mythology"
• REL 56/WGST 35: "Women and the Bible" and
• REL 57: "Readings in the Biblical Tradition: Exodus Tradition" and "The End of the World"
• JWST 80/REL 80: "Archaeology and the Bible"
• REL 83: "Ethics and the Bible"
• REL 84: "Comparative Chinese and Ancient Near Eastern Mythology"

Her most recent book is Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and Biblical Israel (New York: Doubleday, 1998).

E-mail: Susan.Ackerman@Dartmouth.EDU