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Adele Reinhartz

アデル・ラインハルツ

Aderu Rainharutsu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1953 (Canada)
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Canada

Career

Occupations
Religious studies scholar, Biblical scholar
Active Years
1975-2024
Affiliations
University of Toronto, McMaster University, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Ottawa
Memberships
Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Society of Biblical Literature
Influenced By
E. P. Sanders

Education

University of Toronto
Religious studies
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Year of Graduation: 1975
Country: Canada
McMaster University
Religious studies
Degree: Master of Arts
Year of Graduation: 1977
Country: Canada
McMaster University
Religious studies
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Year of Graduation: 1983
Country: Canada
Doctoral advisor: E. P. Sanders

Awards

F. W. Beare Award
2003
Work: Befriending the Beloved Disciple
Category: Outstanding Book in Christian Origins
Organization: Canadian Society of Biblical Studies
Result: Winner
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
2005
Organization: Royal Society of Canada
Result: Fellow

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Befriending the Beloved Disciple: A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John

2001 Religious studies

A Jewish reading of the Gospel of John.

Jewish-Christian relations

Jesus of Hollywood

2007 Film criticism

Analysis of films featuring Jesus.

Bible and cinema

Scripture on the Silver Screen

2003 Cultural studies

Study of contemporary films using the Bible.

Bible's impact on popular culture

Bibliography

  • The Word in the World: The Cosmological Tale in the Fourth Gospel
  • Why Ask My Name? Anonymity and Identity in Biblical Narrative
  • Befriending the Beloved Disciple: A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John
  • Jesus, Judaism, and Christian Anti-Judaism: Reading the New Testament After the Holocaust
  • Scripture on the Silver Screen
  • Jesus of Hollywood
  • Caiaphas the High Priest
  • Cast Out of the Covenant

Style & Themes

Literary Style
feminist literary criticismliterary criticismfeminist exegesis
Recurring Motifs
Gospel of JohnJewish–Christian relationsBible in popular cinema

Legacy

Canadian academic specialist in the history and literature of Christianity and Judaism in the Greco-Roman period, the Gospel of John, early Jewish–Christian relations, literary criticism including feminist literary criticism, feminist exegesis, and the impact of the Bible on popular cinema and television.

Academic Societies

  • Canadian Society of Biblical Studies
  • Society of Biblical Literature