Newsom Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

CONGRATULATIONS TO CAROL NEWSOM: Newsom Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Emory University, Candler School of Theology News).

Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament Carol A. Newsom has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research.

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A member of the Candler faculty since 1980, Newsom became the second woman to hold a tenure-track position, and the first female faculty member appointed to a chaired professorship. Along with her teaching at Candler, she is a senior fellow at Emory’s Center for the Study of Law and Religion. Her research focuses on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Wisdom tradition, the book of Daniel, apocalyptic literature, and theology and the environment.

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