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	Katharine Doob Sakenfeld William Albright Eisenberger Professor of Old Testament, Director of Ph.D. Studies Department of Biblical Studies 126 Administration Building Phone: 609.497.7818 Fax: 609.497.7819 Email: katharine.sakenfeld@ptsem.edu

Profile
Katharine Doob Sakenfeld is Princeton Seminary’s William Albright Eisenberger Professor of Old Testament, and the director of Ph.D. studies. She is the 2007 president of the Society of Biblical Literature. She earned an M.A. in sociology from the University of Rhode Island, a B.D. from Harvard Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University, and was awarded an honorary S.T.D. from Hastings College in 1995. Her interests include the Old Testament narratives of the pre-monarchic period, and feminist and cultural hermeneutics. Her courses cover biblical history in its ancient Near Eastern context, and the interpretation of the Old Testament in support of understanding women as fully human in God’s image. An ordained Presbyterian minister, she was moderator of the Presbytery of New Brunswick in 2001 and is serving her fourth term on the Committee on Preparation for Ministry.

Major Publications
Ruth Interpretation Commentary Series (Westminster John Knox Press, 1999) Just Wives? (Westminster John Knox Press, 2003) General Editor, New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 5 vols., 2007-2009)