Colleen Conway
Professor
Department of Religion
Seton Hall University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Colleen Conway completed her Ph.D from Emory University in 1997. Her primary research focus is on the function of gender categories in biblical texts from literary, cultural and historical perspectives. Her book, Men and Women in the Fourth Gospel: Gender and Johannine Characterization (Scholars Press, 1999) explores the role of the female characters in the narrative of the Gospel of John. Behold the Man: Jesus and Greco-Roman Masculinity (Oxford Press, 2008), examines the way the New Testament authors responded to cultural ideals about manliness in their presentations of Jesus. Dr. Conway has also co-authored An Introduction to the Bible: Sacred Texts and Imperial Contexts (Wiley Blackwell, 2010), a textbook designed for a one semester course introducing the Bible to undergraduates. Her current book project examines how artistic and literary depictions of the characters of Jael and Sisera (Judges 4-5) reflect wide-ranging cultural debates about sex and gender roles.
Research Interest
Function of gender categories in biblical texts from literary, cultural and historical perspectives.
Publications
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• "Philo of Alexandria and Divine Relativity." Journal for the Study of Judaism, 34(4), 471- 491, December 2003.
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• Behold the Man: Jesus and Greco-Roman Masculinity., Oxford University Press
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• "The New Historicism and the Historical Jesus in John: Friends or Foe?" (Book Chapter) In Felix Just and Tom Thatcher (Eds.), John, Jesus and History Vol. 1 Critical Appraisals of Critical Views, Leiden/Boston: Bril, November 2007.
