Wenxuan Yuan
Education
B.A., Renmin University of China, Classics
M.T.S., University of Notre Dame, Biblical Studies
M.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hebrew Bible and the ANE Studies
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Hebrew Bible and ANE Studies
Area of Study
Christianity and Judaism in AntiquityProfile
Specialization:
Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
Fields of Interest:
Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
Cosmology in the Hebrew Bible & ANE
Natural Science in the Hebrew Bible & ANE
Divination in the Hebrew Bible & ANE
Law in the Bible & ANE
Comparative Semitics
Teaching Competencies:
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
Biblical Cosmology
The Legal Mind: The Concept of Order and Regularity in the Hebrew Bible
Crossing the Border: Liminality in the Hebrew Bible
Purity and Contamination in the Hebrew Bible
Divination in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
Hebrew Bible and Natural Science
Semitic languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, Akkadian, Syriac, Ugaritic)
Teaching Experience:
Instructor- Foundations of Theology: Biblical and Historical
Recent Publications:
Manuscripts Under Review: “The Use of Legal Metaphors in the Context of Cosmology in the Hebrew Bible and Mesopotamian Texts,” submitted to Vetus Testamentum, 2022.
Dissertation
“He Has Founded It Upon the Seas”: The Earth in Biblical Cosmology
Director: Abraham Winitzer