Alice Yafeh-Deigh, PhD

Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies and Azusa Pacific Seminary

Phone: (626) 815-5061
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Biography

Alice Yafeh-Deigh, PhD, is a professor of biblical studies. Her areas of expertise, research, and teaching interests include New Testament exegesis, Greco-Roman sexual ethics, cultural hermeneutics, feminist hermeneutics, postcolonial hermeneutics, and literary and rhetorical methods of biblical interpretation. Her approach to the study of the New Testament strongly emphasizes the historical and sociocultural influences that gave rise to individual texts.

Education

  • PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • MAR, Yale University Divinity School
  • BA, Faculté de théologie protestante de Vaux sur Seine, France

Academic Areas

  • School of Theology
    • Department of Biblical and Religious Studies
  • Azusa Pacific Seminary

Expertise

  • Cultural Hermeneutics
  • Feminist Hermeneutics
  • Greco-Roman Sexual Ethics
  • Literary and Rhetorical Methods of Biblical Interpretation
  • New Testament Exegesis
  • Postcolonial Hermeneutics

Courses Taught

  • ALNG 456 - Ancient Languages
  • GBBL 532 - Paul the Pastor & Theologian
  • GBBL 661 - Women in Bible/Church History
  • GINS 542 - The Gospels and Christology
  • LTN 200 - Elementary Latin I
  • LTN 201 - Elementary Latin II
  • PRBL 230 - Luke/Acts
  • UBBL 230 – Luke/Acts
  • UBBL 330 – Life and Teachings of Jesus
  • UBBL 341 - Thessalonian and Corinthian Epistles
  • UBBL 476 - Women in Biblical Tradition
  • UBBL 482 - Global Biblical Interpretation
  • UBBL 496 - Senior Seminar: Biblical Theology & Ethics