Professor
Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, 4 Bancroft Avenue, Room 410A, Toronto, ON, M5S 1C1
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity
Areas of Interest
- Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
- Disability in the Bible
- Race and the Bible
Biography
Dr. Schipper’s research focuses on the Hebrew Bible. He has published a number of books, including Ruth: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Yale UP, 2016), Disability and Isaiah's Suffering Servant (Oxford UP, 2011), and Disability Studies and the Hebrew Bible (Bloomsbury, 2006). Recently, he and Nyasha Junior co-authored Black Samson: The Untold Story of an American Icon (Oxford UP, 2020). He received the Guggenheim Fellowship for research related to his latest book, Denmark Vesey s Bible: The Thwarted Revolt that Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial (Princeton UP, 2022).
Education
PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary
MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
BA, Azusa Pacific University