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My teacher, colleague and friend, Tikva Frymer-Kensky, died on Thursday, August 31, 2006/7 Elul 5766, at age 62, after battling misdiagnosed breast cancer for four years. At the time, she was Professor of Hebrew Bible and the History of Judaism in the University of Chicago's Divinity School.
Tikva was a tireless Bible scholar whose meticulous work was exemplary for combining the disciplines of historical critical methods, literary analysis and feminist approaches to reading the biblical text in its ancient Near Eastern cultural context. Her passion was exploring the history and present reality of women and religion.
The bare bones of her academic ...