User:SinbadtheTayler/Carol A. Newsom

There are a few things on Dr. Newsom's page that are out of date. For instance, she is no longer director of the Graduate Division of Religion (since 2014 I think). There are also some unique details that could be added, which would then connect to other pages. For instance, she was the Charles Howard Candler Professor Emerita of Old Testament and she made history as the second woman to hold a tenure-track position at the institution, and as the first female faculty member appointed to a chaired professorship. In 2009, she was elected president of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), the world’s largest organization of biblical scholars. She has been an honorary member of Great Britain’s Society for Old Testament Study since 2013. She holds honorary doctorates from the University of Copenhagen, Birmingham-Southern College, and Virginia Theological Seminary in recognition of her scholarship in Old Testament theology and her innovative work with a team of international scholars in transcribing, translating and providing commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls. In October of 2016, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research. Her research fellowships include grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Henry Luce Foundation. Along with her teaching at Candler, Newsom was a senior fellow at Emory's Center for the Study of Law and Religion and from 2012 to 2014. Newsom is an honorary member of the Society for Old Testament Study.

Despite her impressive status as a celebrated scholar, Newsom is just as devoted to her students, as evidenced by honors including the 1998 "On Eagle's Wings" Teaching Award selected by the Candler graduating class, and the 2009 Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award, Emory University's highest award for teaching.

Society of Biblical Literature

Nominating Committee, 1987-1989; Chair of Nominating Committee, 1988, 1989; Secretary-Treasurer and Chair of National Program Committee, 1992-95; Vice-President, 2010; President, 2011

Editorial Boards

Old Testament Library; Abingdon Old Testament Commentary Series; Journal of Biblical Literature; Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha; Interpretation; Vetus Testamentum; Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel