Francesca Stavrakopoulou
| Francesca Stavrakopoulou | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 October 1975 Bromley |
| Nationality | British |
| Title | Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Religion |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Thesis title | King Manasseh and Child Sacrifice: Biblical Distortions of Historical Realities |
| Thesis year | 2002 |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biblical studies |
| Institutions | University of Exeter |
| Main interests | History of ancient Israel and Judah |
Francesca Stavrakopoulou (born 3 October 1975) is a British theologian and broadcaster. She is currently Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Religion at the University of Exeter and Head of its Department of Theology and Religion. The main focus of her research is on the Hebrew Bible, and on Israelite and Judahite history and religion.
She also popularises biblical historical subjects as a TV presenter on BBC2 and Channel 4. She comments on the Historicity_of_the_Bible and [Hebrew Bible]] (Old Testament) narratives, the role of women in the Abrahamic religions and the development of the Biblical texts. Stavrakopoulou is a self-described atheist.
Francesca Stavrakopoulou was born on 3 October 1975 in suburban Bromley, in greater London, to an English mother and a Greek father. Stavrakopoulou was brought up in no particular religion and is an atheist.
Stavrakopoulou was awarded a D. Phil. in theology by the University of Oxford. Her dissertation, which examined the creation of an imagined past within the Hebrew Bible, was subsequently published as King Manasseh and Child Sacrifice: Biblical Distortions of Historical Realities.
Stavrakopoulou filled subsequent teaching and research positions at Oxford at Worcester College, as a Junior Research Fellow and as a Career Development Fellow in the Faculty of Theology, departing Oxford in 2005.
Stavrakopoulou began a position in Hebrew Bible and Ancient Religion in the University of Exeter's Department of Theology and Religion in 2005, rising to the level of senior lecturer by March 2011. She currently serves as Head of Theology and Religion.
In 2011, Stavrakopoulou was secretary of the British-based Society for Old Testament Study in 2011, and member of the European Association of Biblical Studies and of the US-based Society of Biblical Literature.
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