10 Facts About Athalya Brenner

Athalya Brenner taught for a time at Oranim Academic College.

Athalya Brenner has taught at Tel Aviv University, Brite Divinity School, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Athalya Brenner continues to be Extraordinary Professor in the theology faculty at Stellenbosch University as well as a research associate at the Biblia Arabica project of Tel Aviv University.

In 2007, Athalya Brenner was described as being at the forefront of feminist biblical studies.

Athalya Brenner was president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 2015.

Athalya Brenner's expectation was that this book, combined with her earlier publications, would secure her promotion to the status of senior lecturer, the equivalent of a tenured associate professor in the American system.

Athalya Brenner was denied promotion on the grounds that 'feminist research was not truly academic, not meaningful, a passing fad and waste of time and energy and money.

Athalya Brenner has published dozens of books, articles, and book reviews in the field of Old Testament studies and feminist biblical criticism.

Athalya Brenner served as editor for the Feminist Companion to the Bible series, the Bible in the 21st Century series, and the Amsterdam Studies in Bible and Religion from Sheffield Academic Press and the Texts@Contexts series from Fortress Press.

Athalya Brenner received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bonn in 2002.