Bernadette Brooten

Title

Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies

Classical Studies
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Women's and Gender Studies

Expertise

Christian studies.

Degrees

Harvard University, Ph.D.

University of Portland, B.A.

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Contact

Email:	brooten@brandeis.edu
Phone:	781-736-2978
Office:	Mandel Center for the Humanities, 113

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Awards and Honors

Elected President of the New England Society of Biblical Literature (2002)

Elected Vice-President of the New England Society of Biblical Literature (2001)

Ford Foundation grant for Feminist Sexual Ethics Project (2001 - 2002)

Outstanding Service in Mentoring, Society of Biblical Literature (2001)

Liberal Arts Fellowship in Law, Harvard Law School (1999)

MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (1998 - 2003)

Fulbright Fellowship (1997 - 1998)

Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction (Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism) (1997 - 1998)

American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion (historical studies) (Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism) (1996 - 1997)

Lambda Literary Award (lesbian studies) (Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism) (1996 - 1997)

American Council of Learned Societies Grant-in-Aid (1993)

American Association of University Women Faculty Career Enhancement Grant (1992)

Naruth Foundation Fellowship (1992)

American Academy of Religion grant (1991)

Bunting Institute Fellow (1989)

National Endowment for Humanities Fellowship (1989)

Harvard University President's Fund for Innovation: seminar, "The Bible and Public Policy" (1988)

Danforth & Kent Foundations Fellowship (1978)

Arthur Darby Nock Award (1977)

Roothbert Foundation Fellowship (1977)

Sinclair Kennedy Traveling Fellowship (1977)

Danforth & Kent Foundations Fellowship (1976)

Danforth & Kent Foundations Fellowship (1975)

Risq. G. Haddad Foundation grant for students of Lebanese and Syrian origins (1968)

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

Scholarship

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.

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