Thomas Wetzel, PhD

Associate Professor

Education

ThD, Harvard Divinity School (2015; area of emphasis: Hebrew Bible)
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2000; area of emphasis: English and Literary Studies/Post-Civil War American Literature)
MA, Marquette University (2006; area of emphasis: theology)
MA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1994; area of emphasis: English and Literary Studies)

Research Interests

Hebrew Bible; Deuteronomistic History; expressions of spirituality in the biblical tradition

Publications/Research Listings

The Hidden Covenant: Purim and the Observant Narrator in the Esther Story (book manuscript in progress and under contract with Cascade Books; projected completion in March 2023)

Violence and Divine Victory in the Book of Esther (Mohr Seibeck; July 1, 2022)

“An Unpleasant Little Jolt: Flannery O’Connor’s Creation ex Chaos” Reading Flannery O’Connor in Spain: From Andalusia to Andalucía ed. Mark Bosco, SJ and Beatriz Valverde. (Washington, DC: Catholic University Press of America, 2020). 191–212

“War in the Bible.” The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives ed. Paul Joseph. (Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2017). 167–170