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Carol Lyons Meyers (born 1942) is an American feminist biblical scholar. She is the Mary Grace Wilson Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at Duke University. Meyers' field of research is focused on biblical studies, archaeology in the Middle East, and the study of women in the biblical world. Biography Carol Meyers was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She went to Kingston High School, Kingston, Pennsylvania; earned her B.A. with honors at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and her Ph.D. at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts in 1975. 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". Her 1988 book, Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context, was the "first comprehensive effort to present a female-centered view of the Bible using historical rather than literary criticism". Meyers has also written commentaries on Exodus, Haggai, and Zechariah. Meyers was served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 2013. She also served as part of the revision team for the 2010 New American Bible. She is married to fellow biblical scholar and Duke professor Eric M. Meyers. Awards and honors P. E. Macalister Field Archaeology Award, American Schools of Oriental Research, November 2014. Outstanding Service in Mentoring, Society of Biblical Literature Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, November 2008. Alumnae Achievement Award, Wellesley College, 1999. Severinghaus Award, Wellesley College, 1991. Publications Rediscovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012 Households and Holiness: The Religious Culture of Israelite Women. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005. Exodus. New Cambridge Bible Commentary Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. The Tabernacle Menorah: A Synthetic Study of A Symbol from the Biblical Cult. 1972. Reprint edition, Piscatawny, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003. References. Discover the Carol Meyers popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Carol Meyers books.
Best Seller Carol Meyers Books of 2024
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Plain Truth
Jodi PicoultFrom the bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper comes the riveting story of a murder that shatters the picturesque calm of Amish countryand tests the heart and soul of the lawyer...
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Salem Falls
Jodi PicoultFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult comes a compelling and “multilayered tale of smalltown intrigue” (Glamour) about a prep schoolteacher accused of rape by a gr...
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Vanishing Acts
Jodi PicoultThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of modern classics such as My Sister’s Keeper and Small Great Things weaves a “richly textured and engaging” (The Boston Globe) tale that e...
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Perfect Match
Jodi PicoultPicoult brings to life a female prosecutor whose cherished family is shattered when she learns that her fiveyearold son has been sexually abused.What does it mean to be a good moth...
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Humor, Seriously
Jennifer Aaker & Naomi BagdonasWALL STREET JOURNAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER Anyoneeven you!can learn how to harness the power of humor in business (and life), based on the popular class at S...
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Las normas de la casa
Jodi PicoultMás allá del cociente intelectual de un genio, de su memoria fotográfica, sus citas cinematográficas o sus increíbles conocimientos sobre criminalística, lo que los demás ven en Ja...
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The Tenth Circle
Jodi PicoultFrom New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, a powerful novel that explores the unbreakable bond between parent and child, and questions whether you can reinvent yourself i...
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House Rules
Jodi PicoultFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and the modern classics My Sister’s Keeper, The Storyteller, and more, comes a “complex, compassionate, and smar...
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Songs of the Humpback Whale
Jodi PicoultJodi Picoult’s powerful novel portrays an emotionally charged marriage that changes course in one explosive moment.Sometimes finding your own voice is a matter of listening to the ...
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Second Glance
Jodi PicoultThis breathtaking novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult asks: Do we love across time, or in spite of it?“Sometimes I wonder....Can a ghost find you, if she w...
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Nineteen Minutes
Jodi PicoultJodi Picoult, bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper and Small Great Things pens her most riveting book yet, with a startling and poignant story about the devastating aftermath o...
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The Storyteller
Jodi PicoultAn astonishing novel about redemption and forgiveness from the “amazingly talented writer” (HuffPost) and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult.Some stories live foreve...
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Lone Wolf
Jodi PicoultA life hanging in the balance…a family torn apartNew York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells an unforgettable story about family secrets, love, and letting go. On an icy w...
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Handle with Care
Jodi PicoultWhen Willow is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta, her parents are devastatedshe will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. In this provocative st...
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Over the Moon
Jodi Picoult & Jake van LeerMaster storyteller and bestselling author Jodi Picoult teams up with Jake van Leer and Ellen Wilber to bring you an original musical, sure to breathe life into any middleschool and...
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Sing You Home
Jodi PicoultFrom the awardwinning, #1 New York Times bestselling author whom USA TODAY calls a “master of the pageturner,” comes the spectacular story of a woman’s complex quest to form a fami...
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Between the Lines
Jodi Picoult & Samantha van LeerSoon to be an offBroadway musical!In this delightful companion novel to Off the Page, #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and her daughter and cowriter, Samantha van...