Celia Deutsch

Celia M. Deutsch is an American religious sister, academic, educator, writer, and Old Testament scholar. She is a professor at Barnard College and serves on the Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations.

Personal life
Deutsch was raised in the Roman Catholic faith of her mother, although her father was Jewish. She did not know her father was Jewish until she asked him a question one day and he told her: "I wasn't baptized. I'm a Jew and Jews don't baptize their children". After reading an article about the Sisters of Notre Dame of Sion, she paid them a visit in St. Louis, Missouri. She entered the order at the end of that year, after graduating from high school.

Affiliations
Deutsch is active in numerous professional organizations and is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism Group. She also serves as a consultant to the Interfaith Center of New York and is a member Neighbor to Neighbor (Jews, Christians, Muslims collaborating in the Flatbush/Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn. She has worked and lectured in Canada, Italy, Israel, and Great Britain.

Writings

 * Deutsch, Sister Celia M., Lady Wisdom, Jesus, and the Sages: Metaphor and Social Context in Matthew's Gospel (Trinity Press, 1996)