Jeremy Schipper

Jeremy Schipper

First Name: 
Jeremy
Last Name: 
Schipper
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Professor
Office Location : 
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 312, 170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5R 2M8
Biography : 

Dr. Schipper’s research focuses on the Hebrew Bible. He has published a number of books, including Ruth: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Yale UP, 2016), Disability and Isaiah's Suffering Servant (Oxford UP, 2011), and Disability Studies and the Hebrew Bible (Bloomsbury, 2006). Recently, he and Nyasha Junior co-authored Black Samson: The Untold Story of an American Icon (Oxford UP, 2020). He received the Guggenheim Fellowship for research related to his latest book, Denmark Vesey s Bible: The Thwarted Revolt that Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial (Princeton UP, 2022).

Education: 
PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary
MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
BA, Azusa Pacific University

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  • Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • Disability in the Bible
  • Race and the Bible

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