Title
Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies
Degree
Ph.D., Harvard University
Field of Specialty
Christian studies.
Contact Information
Mandel Center for the Humanities 113
781-736-2978
brooten@brandeis.edu
Personal Web Page
Bernadette Brooten
Publications
Brooten, Bernadette. "Early Christian Enslaved Families (1st–4th C.)." Borders, Limits and the Roman Family. First ed. Ed. Christian Laes, Katariina Mustakallio, and Ville Vuolanto. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014 (forthcoming)
Brooten, Bernadette. "Enslaved Women in Basil of Caesarea’s Canonical Letters: An Intersectional Analysis." Doing Gender, Doing Religion. First ed. Ed. Ute Eisen, Christine Gerber, and Angela Standhartinger. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013
Brooten, Bernadette. "Homosexuality (female)." Encyclopedia of Ancient History. First ed. 2012.
Bernadette J. Brooten, with the editorial assistance of Jacqueline L. Hazelton, ed. Beyond Slavery: Overcoming Its Religious and Sexual Legacies. First ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Brooten, Bernadette. "Introduction." Beyond Slavery: Overcoming Its Religious and Sexual Legacies. First ed. Ed. Bernadette J. Brooten, with the editorial assistance of Jacqueline L. Hazelton. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 1–29.
Brooten, Bernadette. "Reading the Bible Through the Lens of Freedom: Feminist Sexual Ethics." Seminary Ridge Review 13. 1 (2010): 1–15.
Brooten, Bernadette. "Patristic Interpretations of Romans 1:26." Studia Patristica XVIII: Papers of the 1983 Oxford Patristics Conference. Ed. Elizabeth Livingstone.. (1985): 338-340. The Writings of St. Paul: Annotated Texts, Reception and Criticism. 2d ed. vol. 1 Ed. Wayne A. Meeks and John T. Fitzgerald. New York: Norton, 2007.
Brooten,Bernadette. "Der lange Schatten der Sklaverei im Leben von Frauen und Maedchen." Dem Tod nicht Glauben: Sozialgeschichte der Bibel: Festschrift fuer Luise Schottroff zum 70. Geburtstag., 2004. 488-503.
Brooten,Bernadette. Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism. University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Brooten,Bernadette, 36. Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue: Inscriptional Evidence and Background Issues. Brown Judaic Studies, 1982.
Brooten,Bernadette, co-ed. Norbert Greinacher. Frauen in der Maennerkirche?, Co-editor. Mainz: Gruenewald; Munich: Kaiser, 1982.
Courses Taught
| CLAS | 192b | Slavery in the Roman World (1st-4th C. CE) |
| NEJS | 29a | Feminist Sexual Ethics in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
| NEJS | 29b | Slavery, Women, and Religion |
| NEJS | 128a | Introduction to Christianity |
| NEJS | 130a | The New Testament: A Historical Introduction |
| NEJS | 148b | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Jews and Christians: Sources and Interpretations |
| NEJS/SOC | 171b | Religions in Greater Boston |
| WMGS | 120b | Women and Gender in Religion |
| WMGS | 208b | Women's and Gender Studies Research Seminar |