Claudia Setzer, PHD
Claudia Setzer, PHD
Professor
Department : Religious Studies
Email : claudia.setzer@manhattan.edu
Phone : 718-862-7347
Office : MGL 434
Education
PHD, Columbia University
MA, Jewish Theol Sem Amer
MPHIL, Columbia University
BA, Macalester College
Research
New Testament and Christian Origins, Hebrew Bible and early Judaism. Dr. Setzer's books and articles focus on social relations between Jews and early Christians, and she has a special interest in North African Christianity and nineteenth-century women interpreters of scripture. She has served for several years as chair of the Early/Jewish Christian Relations group at the Society of Biblical Literature, and has been an associate editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature, has been a contributor to PBS website "From Jesus to Christ," and re-established in 2006 the Columbia University seminar on the New Testament, which she chairs.
Publications & Professional Activities
Dr. Setzer recently published (with David Shefferman) The Bible and American Culture: A Sourcebook which gathers and contextualizes documents that show the Bible’s unique role in American history and culture.
Other books include Resurrection of the Body in early Judaism and Christianity: Doctrine, Community , and Self Definition (Brill, 2004) and Jewish Responses to Early Christians (Fortress, 1994). She is also a contributor to Jewish Annotated New Testament, ed. Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler.
Other
In addition to her scholarly activities, she has lectured to community, church, and synagogue groups on early Jewish/Christian relations.
Courses Taught/Teaching
RELS 110 The Nature and Experience of Religion
RELS 207 Central Themes New Testament
RELS 300 Special Topic
RELS 305 Understanding the Bible
RELS 308 Central Themes New Testament
RELS 341 Judaism
RELS 407 The Gospel of John
RELS 470 Maj Sem:Bible & Amer Culture