Biography

Beth focuses her research on Wisdom literature, poetry in the Hebrew Bible, and cognitive-linguistic approaches to Hebrew Bible texts. She is co-chair of the Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical Interpretation section of the Society of Biblical Literature, is editing a forthcoming introduction to cognitive linguistics for Bible scholars, and is working on articles and book chapters for other publications. Beth has authored several dictionary entries for the Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity and is also writing a book on cognitive approaches to wealth, the rich, poverty, and the poor in the book of Proverbs.