Kelsey Spinnato

Specializations

• Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
• Biblical languages
• Genesis
• Women in the Bible biblical reception history

Publications and Presentations

• "Replacing Rebekah: The Generative Power of Biblical Stories," presented at the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, March 2, 2025
• "How to Do Things with Prophecy: J. L. Austin and the Book of Jonah," published in A New Era of Comparison in Biblical Studies: Case Studies in Applied Methodology, ed. Amy L. Balogh, Jina Kang, Paul Kim, and Tammi J. Schneider (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2025)
• "Novels and the Explicit Religious Nature of Esther," presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting (Use, Influence, and Impact of the Bible unit), November 25, 2024
• "Hermeneutical Tools for Establishing the Religious Nature of MT Esther in Esther Rabbah," presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting (Midrash unit), November 24, 2024
• "Excised and Flattened: The Matriarchs in US Children's Bibles," presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting (Bible in America unit), November 21, 2021