Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, Ph.D., Rabbi
The Effie Wise Ochs Professor of Biblical Literature and History, HUC-JIR Skirball Campus, LA
Professor Tamara Cohn Eskenazi was the first woman professor appointed to the Rabbinical Faculty of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She has served on the Executive Committee of the SBL and has been President of the Pacific Coast Region chapter of SBL. She was previously at University of Denver where she was also Director of its Institute of Interfaith Studies and co-founded the Jewish Women Resource Center.
Professor Eskenazi is currently President of The Society of Biblical Literature (2024).
Email: teskenazi@huc.edu
Website: http://huc.edu/directory/tamara-cohn-eskenazi
Select Publications
Cohn Eskenazi, T., and Weiss, A. (eds.), The Torah: A Women’s Commentary (Chicago: CCAR Press 2008). Winner of the National Jewish Book of the Year Award, 2008
Cohn Eskenazi, T., and Frymer-Kensky, T. (eds.), The JPS Commentary: Ruth (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society 2012). Winner of the National Jewish Book Award in Women Studies, 2012
Cohn Eskenazi, T., ‘Women’s Lives in the Postexilic Period’, in The Writings and Later Wisdom Books, eds. C.M. Maier and N. Calduch-Benages, The Bible and Women: An Encyclopedia of Exegesis and Cultural History Vol. 1.3 (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature 2014).
Cohn Eskenazi, T., Ezra: A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary, Anchor Yale Bible Commentary 14A (New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2023).
Cohn Eskenazi, T., ‘Conflict, Marriage and the Holy in Ezra-Nehemiah’ in The Formation of Biblical Texts: Chronicling the Legacy of Gary N. Knoppers, eds. D. Fulton, K. Ristau, J. Green and M. Cohen, FAT 176 (Tübingen: Siebeck Mohr 2024: 261-78).
Cohn Eskenazi, T., ‘The Political Theology of Ezra-Nehemiah’ in Political Theologies in the Hebrew Bible, eds. Mark G. Brett and Rachelle Gilmour, JAJ Sup 35 (Leiden: Brill 2023: 242-256).