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Johanna Stiebert

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Johanna Stiebert is a German-New Zealander who came to Knoxville from Botswana in 2003. Her primary areas of expertise are the Hebrew language and Hebrew Bible. She has published two books: one on shame terminology and shame discourses in the Hebrew Bible (2002) and another on the exile in Babylon (2005). She has also written a number of shorter publications, some of which reflect her strong concern for human rights and the situation of the devastating HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Most recently she has ventured into research on the Dead Sea Scrolls, in particular a long text from this collection called 'The Thanksgiving Hymns.' Johanna Stiebert is a member of several academic Hebrew Bible societies, in the USA, as well as Great Britain and Africa. Her other interests include fund- and consciousness-raising for Amnesty International, hiking and travelling.

Education

  • PhD in Hebrew Bible, Faculty of Divinity, University of Glasgow, 1998
  • MPhil in Old Testament Studies, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall), 1995
  • BA with Honors (First Class), English and Hebrew, Faculty of Arts, University of Otago (New Zealand), 1992
  • Introduction to TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Certificate, 1999
  • Certificate in Basic Information Technology (Office of Information Technology, University of Glasgow), 1995
  • Diploma in the Teaching of Speech and Drama (ATCL, Associate of Trinity College, London), 1992

Fields of Interest

  • Hebrew Bible
  • Hebrew language
  • Prophecy (in particular Ezekiel)
  • Modern methods of interpretation (in particular ideological and social-scientific criticism)
  • Vocabulary and semantics of emotion in the Hebrew Bible
  • Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Aramaic (Biblical, Targumic, Dead Sea Scrolls)
  • New Testament Greek
  • Judaism

Current Courses

  • Dr. Stiebert is currently teaching 330 Intermediate Hebrew and 101 World Religions in History.
Johanna Stiebert

Contact Information

Johanna Stiebert
Associate Professor
515A McClung Tower
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0450

Phone: 865-974-6484
Email: jstiebe1@utk.edu