Dulcinea L. Boesenberg, BA, PhD

Dulcinea L. Boesenberg, BA, PhD

Dulcinea L. Boesenberg, BA, PhD

Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences

Academic Appointments

Department

  • Theology

Position

  • Associate Professor

Teaching Activity

  • A newer course entitled Messiah, Prophet, and Rabbi explores the diverse portrayals of Jesus in the New Testament texts against the background of the multiform messianic expectation of Second Temple Judaism.
  • Additionally, she teaches an upper-level course on the history of biblical interpretation.
  • Dulcinea Boesenberg primarily teaches courses in the Biblical Tradition component of the Magis Core.
  • Her course on Early Christian Community and Identity addresses how the earliest followers of Jesus defined their identities and shaped their communities in the context of first-century Judaism and the Greco-Roman world.

Biography

Dulcinea Boesenberg joined the Theology Department in 2014.  Her research focuses on the New Testament and Second Temple Judaism; she is particularly interested in the interpretation of Scripture in early Judaism and early Christianity as well as in the ways in which Jewish and Christian communities in antiquity defined themselves. 
 
She holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Hanover College as well as an M.T.S. in Biblical Studies and a Ph.D. in Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity from the University of Notre Dame. 

Publications and Presentations

Books

  • , 124-158

Articles

  • , 13, 58-75
  • , 22, 143-163

Presentations

Awards and Honors

  • Fellow, Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society, 2014
  • Fellow, University of Notre Dame, 2012
  • Striving for Excellence in College and University Teaching, University of Notre Dame, 2011
  • Intensive Language Training Award (German), University of Notre Dame, 2011
  • Presidential Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 2007