Benjamin Bixler

Adjunct Faculty

School of Theology, Humanities and Performing Arts
Theology & Religion

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E-Mailbenjaminbixler@gmail.com

Education

BA, Eastern Mennonite University (English Education)
MA, Eastern Mennonite Seminary (Religion)
BS, Eastern Mennonite University (Biblical Studies)

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Biography

Benjamin Bixler is currently completing a PhD at Drew Theological School in the area of Bible and Cultures, with a concentration in Women’s and Gender Studies.

Benjamin makes use of critical theory and literary studies to interpret the biblical text, with an interest in identity formation for those who have read and continue to read the Bible. A related area of interest centers around how the Bible is used in contemporary society, with a specific interest in popular culture expressions that interpret and rely on the Bible.

Mission Statement

Publications

	Citation	Pub. Date	Month	Day
1763	“Where Have All The Good Men Gone?: Male Anti-Heroes in the Book of Judges and American Television” in The Bible in Crime Fiction and Drama: Murderous Texts, eds. Caroline Blyth and Alison Jack (London: T&T Clark, 2019).	2019
1764	“Mennonite Education, Pluralism, and the Dialogical Nature of Truth” in Education with the Grain of the Universe: A Peaceable Vision for the Future of Mennonite Schools, Colleges, and Universities, ed. J. Denny Weaver (Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2017), 99-116.	2017

Scholarly Presentations and Abstracts

“A Tale of Two Handmaids: Intertextuality and Postcoloniality in the Book of Ruth and The Handmaid’s Tale” 2019 Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting

“Lot (Be)gets What He Deserves: Lesser Descendants for a Lesser Man in Genesis 18-19” 2018 Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting

“What is the Value of the Hebrew Bible?: Anabaptist Christocentrism and the Hebrew Bible” 2018 Mennonite Graduate Student Conference

“Revenge Fantasy and Cycles of Violence in the Exodus Story” 2018 Mid-Atlantic Regional Society of Biblical Literature Meeting

“Melancholia in the Book of Job” 2017 Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting

“Abused and Abuser: Jephthah and Jephthah’s Daughter” 2017 Mid-Atlantic Regional Society of Biblical Literature Meeting