CONTRIBUTOR:

Tammi J. Schneider

AFFILIATION:

TITLE:

Professor

DEPARTMENT:

Religion

INSTITUTION:

Claremont Graduate University

BIOGRAPHY:

Tammi J. Schneider holds the Danforth Chair of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. She specializes in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East. She received her BA is in Hebrew Language and Literature from the University of Minnesota and her doctorate in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania. Her books include: Sarah: Mother of Nations published by The Continuum International Publishing Group, Judges in the Berit Olam series published by Liturgical Press Mothers of Promise: Women in the Book of Genesis by Baker Academic Press, and An Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamian Religion by Eerdmans Publishing Company. She has participated in archaeological excavations in Israel and is presently the field manager at the excavation of Tel Akko in Israel. She serves as the secretary for Council for the Society of Biblical Literature and is a past President of the Pacific Coast Region of the Society of Biblical Literature. She is writing a book on “peripheral” men in the book of Genesis.