In Uncovering Jewish Creativity in Book III of the Sibylline Oracles, Dr. Bacchi reclaims the importance of the Sibyl as a female voice of prophecy and reveals new layers of intertextual references that address political, cultural, and religious dialogue in second-century Ptolemaic Egypt. Uncovering Jewish Creativity has been praised for its solid scholarship and innovative challenges to long-held beliefs about gender roles in the ancient world, reorienting the discussion around the desirability of the pseudonym to an issue of gender. Dr. Bacchi is the first scholar to explore the significance of women and power in the Hellenistic world, and how this inspired Jewish writers to choose the female Sibyl as their prophetic voice, claiming her as the daughter-in-law of Noah and the prophetess of the One True God.

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Dr. Ashley L. Bacchi (PhD, GTU 2015) is Assistant Professor of Jewish History and Ancient Mediterranean Religions at Starr King School for the Ministry and serves as the Faculty Chair of the GTU Women’s Studies in Religion Certificate Program this academic year. Ashley has dedicated herself to an interdisciplinary approach to Ancient Mediterranean religions and culture to break down oppressive models that enforce simplistic dichotomies and kyriarchies. Ashley was recently selected as the fifth annual Borsch-Rast Book Prize and Lecture Award recipient for her work, “Uncovering Jewish Creativity in Book III of the Sibylline Oracles: Gender, Intertextuality, and Politics” (Brill 2020).

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