Paba Nidhani De Andrado, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Theology
Courses Taught
Introduction to the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible (undergraduate and graduate); Introduction to the Pentateuch Biblical Prophets; Biblical Interpretation; God-Talk: Ultimate Questions in Theology
Education
Ph.D, Durham University, UK (2012)
M.A. in Religious Studies, Hebrew University, Israel (2008)
Research Interests
- Resilience in the Bible
- Peripheral Biblical Characters (including Women in the Bible)
- Ancient Jewish and Early Christian Exegetical Traditions and Interactions
- The Sacrificial Cult and its Influence on Non-ritual Texts. Biblical Prophets
Publications and Media Placements
BOOKS:
A Woman Validates the Word: Re-Thinking Huldah’s Prophetic Legacy and Locus (Work in Progress)
The Akedah Servant Complex: The Soteriological Linkage of Genesis 22 and Isaiah 53
in Ancient Jewish and Early Christian Texts. Biblical Exegesis and Theology Series 69 (Peeters Publishers, Leuven, Belgium) 2013.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES:
“Reconciliation in the Templeless Age: The Servant’s Function as Sanctuary in Isaiah
53,” Old Testament Essays -- OTE 34 No. 3 (2021): 915–935.
“Hannah’s Agency in Catalyzing Change in an Exclusive Hierarchy,” Journal of Biblical Literature 140 (2021): 271–289.
“The Resilience of the Captive Girl Child in 2 Kings 5,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 45 (2021): 461–475.
“‘A Model of Christ’: Melito’s Re-Vision of Jewish (Akedah) Exegeses,” Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 12 No 1 (2017): 1-18.
“Hesed and Sacrifice: The Prophetic Critique in Hosea,” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 78 No 1 (2016): 47-67.
“A Pauline Paradigm of Partnership” in Concilium: International Journal for Theology (2010/2011) (English Edition; SCM Canterbury Press, UK). Also translated into German,
Italian, and Spanish.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
“‘He was to Her as a Son’: The Intercultural Adoption of Moses and its Implications”
in Adoption in the Hebrew Bible (eds. Ekaterina Kozlova and Cat Quine; Bloomsbury T& T Clark) -- Forthcoming 2023.
“A Resilient Reading of the Young Miriam in Exodus 2” (forthcoming in Violence Against Women and Children in the Hebrew Bible: Between Trauma and Resilience, eds. Kristine Garroway, Paul Kim and John Martens, T&T Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing)
–Forthcoming 2023.
Honors and Awards
- Core Curricular Innovation Fellowship (2023)
- Mellon Award (2022)
- Faculty Professional Advancement Grant, Curry College, MA (2016)
- Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD: Summer Research Grant at the University of Tübingen, Germany (2010)
Professional Organizations and Associations
- Member of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
- Member of the Society for Old Testament Study, UK (SOTS)
- Member of the Catholic Biblical Association (CBA)