Welcome to the Website for Carolyn J. Sharp

Professor Sharp’s research explores aspects of the composition and rhetoric of Hebrew Scripture texts. In recent articles, she has examined the representation of Hebrew Bible traditions in the Septuagint and the Dead Sea Scrolls, urged the creation of a multivocal Old Testament theology shaped by the notion of diaspora identity, and explored the potential of Old Testament hermeneutics to address contemporary ecclesial debates. Professor Sharp’s first book, Prophecy and Ideology in Jeremiah (T&T Clark, 2003) treats literary-critical problems in Jeremiah and related issues in Kings and Deuteronomy. Her latest book, Irony and Meaning in the Hebrew Bible (Indiana University Press, forthcoming in fall 2008), explores literary and theological aspects of irony in Old Testament texts. Another book project, Wrestle This Word: Old Testament Studies and the Christian Believer, will reflect theologically on contemporary developments in the field of Old Testament in accessible terms geared to seminary students and pastors. An Episcopal Church Foundation Fellow, Professor Sharp is active in the Episcopal Church, preaching and leading parish study groups on biblical theology and hermeneutics.