Dulcinea Lela Boesenberg, BA, PhD

Associate Professor

Theology

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Contact

DulcineaBoesenberg@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Theology
Christian Spirituality (Master of Arts)
Graduate School
Spiritual Direction and Directed Retreats (Graduate Certificate)
DHHC - Dowling Hall/Humanities Center - 126

Dulcinea Lela Boesenberg, BA, PhD

Associate Professor

Theology

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. 

Department

Theology

Position

Associate Professor

Books

  • The Christian Moses
    Boesenberg Dulcinea, LUKE’S NARRATIVE CLAIM ON MOSES, THE PERSECUTED PROPHET [Book Chapter] 2019
  • Parables of Enoch
    VanderKam James, etal Moses and Enoch in Second Temple Jewish Texts [Book Chapter] 2013

Publications

  • Boesenberg Dulcinea, Golden Calf Traditions in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam 2020
  • Jewish studies quarterly
    Boesenberg Dulcinea, Construction of Jewish Identity in Philo's Sabbath Explanations
    26:2, p. 99 - 116 2019
  • Biblical theology bulletin
    Boesenberg Dulcinea, Retelling Moses's Killing of the Egyptian: Acts 7 in Its Jewish Context
    48:3, p. 148 - 156 2018
  • Journal of Religion and Society
    Boesenberg Dulcinea Lela, Negotiating Identity: The Jewish of the Way in Acts, p. 58 - 75 2016
  • The Studia Philonica annual
    Boesenberg Dulcinea, Philo's descriptions of Jewish Sabbath practice, p. 143 - 163 2010

Awards

  • Striving for Excellence in College and University Teaching
    University of Notre Dame