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Pamela Barmash
Title:Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible & Biblical Hebrew
Director, Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies
Degree:PHD, Harvard University
MA, Jewish Theology Seminary of America
MA, Harvard University
BA, Yale University
Dept:Asian & Near Eastern Languages & Literatures
Interdisciplinary Program in the Humanities
Jewish, Islamic & Near Eastern Studies
Religious Studies
Office:Busch Hall 111
Mailbox: Full Mailing Address
Phone:(314) 935-7156
E-mail:pbarmash@wustl.edu

Courses
The Problem of Evil, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, The Jews in the Ancient World

Research Interests
History of law; religions of the ancient Near East; history of scriptual interpretation.

Selected Publications:

Homicide in the Biblical World, Cambridge University Press, 2004.

"The Narrative Quandary: Cases of Law in Literature,” Vetus Testamentum 54 (2004): 1-16.

“Blood Feud and State Control,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 63 (2004): 183-199.