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Bible study in Jerusalem with Dr. Wil Gafney
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, the Right Rev. Sam B. Hulsey Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, will lead a 15-day study July 11-26 at the Notre Dame de Sion Centre for Biblical Formation in Jerusalem. The cost is $3,300 plus airfare. “The fee includes, tuition, accommodation, full board, excursions, domestic travel, entrance fees and gratuities. Registered participants are given access to a program webpage with readings, itinerary, schedule and planning information,” according to the Centre’s website. “The…
Dr. Wil Gafney named Hulsey Professor of Hebrew Bible
Dr. Wil Gafney has been named The Right Rev. Sam B. Hulsey Professor of Hebrew Bible effective June 1, 2021. Dr. Gafney joined the Brite faculty in Fall 2014 as Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible. Dr. Gafney holds a M.Div. from Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, D.C. and a Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from Duke University. She embodies a passion for teaching and a commitment to students in all of Brite’s masters and doctoral programs. Dr. Gafney is…
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney named Outstanding Mentor by Society of Biblical Literature
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, is one of the first recipients of the Outstanding Mentor Award of the Society of Biblical Literature and its Committee on Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession (CUREMP). The announcement said, “The SBL and its Committee on Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession (CUREMP) are delighted to announce the 2020 recipients of SBL’s Outstanding Mentor Award—Drs. Wil Gafney and Fernando Segovia. CUREMP launched…
Episcopalians and other faith leaders speak out in wake of Atatiana Jefferson murder
Bishop Carlye Hughes of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark , formerly rector of Trinity, Fort Worth, has issued a lament and a challenge to her hometown of Fort Worth in the wake of the murder of Atatiana Jefferson on October 12, 2019. She is joined in this by her friends and colleagues Bishop Scott Mayer of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth and Bishop Dede Duncan-Probe of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York who also call Fort Worth their…
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney honored by Union of Black Episcopalians
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, was awarded the Anna Julia Haywood Cooper Honor Award on July 25, 2019, from the Union of Black Episcopalians for her scholarship at the organization’s recent meeting in Los Angeles. Gafney is the author of Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne. She is the author of Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel and co-editor of The Peoples’ Bible and The Peoples’ Companion to the…
Wil Gafney receives teaching award
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, is the recipient of the 2016 Catherine Saylor Hill Faculty Excellence Award for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Gafney has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Earlham College, a M.Div. with Special Recognition in Homiletics and Hebrew Bible, Howard University School of Divinity; a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies, Duke University; and a Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible, Duke University. She is the author of Daughters of Miriam:…
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney re-introduces the Bible
Re-Rereading, Re-Writing, Re-Telling Biblical Stories The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School and a priest licensed in the Diocese of Fort Worth, will re-introduce participants to the Bible, a book many believe they already know. This seminar will (re)introduce bible readers and hearers to a text that in spite of focusing overwhelmingly on male characters nevertheless offers a plethora of women whose presence invites reconsideration of the stories we may have learned. Beginning with…
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney’s Inaugural Address
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School and an Episcopal priest, gave her Inaugural Address on Tuesday, April 14, in the Robert Carr Chapel on the campus of Texas Christian University. Watch a video of her 22-minute address.
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney inaugural lecture at Brite April 14
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, will give her inaugural lecture at 11 am, Tuesday, April 14, in the Robert Carr Chapel on the campus of Texas Christian University. Her lecture, “Poesis: A Womanist Hermeneutic of Biblical Translation – Who Says These Are God’s Words,” will be followed by a luncheon in the Bass Conference Center. The lecture is open to the public. Dr. Gafney has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Earlham College,…