Carol Meyers | |
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 Meyers in 2017 | |
| Born | 1942 (age 83–84) |
| Alma mater | Brandeis University |
| Occupations | Professor, scholar of religion |
| Employer | Duke University |
| Notable work | Discovering Eve |
| Title | Mary Grace Wilson Professor Emerita of Religious Studies |
| Spouse | Eric M. Meyers |
Carol Lyons Meyers (born 1942) is an American feminist biblical scholar. She is the Mary Grace Wilson Professor Emerita of Religious Studies atDuke University.[1] Meyers' field of research is focused onbiblical studies,archaeology in theMiddle East, and the study ofwomen in the biblical world.
Carol Meyers was born inWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She went to Kingston High School,Kingston, Pennsylvania; earned her B.A. with honors atWellesley College inWellesley, Massachusetts, and her Ph.D. atBrandeis University inWaltham, Massachusetts in 1975.[2]
Meyers started to teach at Duke University in 1977. She writes and teaches in the areas of biblical studies, archaeology, and the study of women in the biblical world. She has been described as "one of today's leading historians and field archeologists".[3] Her 1988 book,Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context, was the "first comprehensive effort to present a female-centered view of the Bible usinghistorical rather thanliterary criticism".[4] Meyers has also written commentaries onExodus,Haggai, andZechariah.
Meyers was served as president of theSociety of Biblical Literature in 2013.[5] She also served as part of the revision team for the 2010New American Bible.[6]
She is married to fellow biblical scholar and Duke professorEric M. Meyers.[7]
