Susan Marks
Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies
Klingenstein Chair
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Rabbinic Ordination, M.A., Hebrew Union College/Jewish Institute of Religion
B.A., Reed College
In addition to teaching varieties of Jewish practice and scriptural interpretation, Professor Marks offers courses in theoretical aspects of religion. She encourages students to challenge preconceptions and instead seek evidence for given religious movements within particular historical moments. Her own research explores weddings and other practices of early Judaisms and early Christianities through traces left in textual and material sources.
Recent Courses
Ritual Theory
The Ancient Novel: Pagan, Jewish, Christian
Passover (Mod I)
Group ISP 2008
Varieties of Judaism in the Modern World
Christian Scriptures
The Ancient Novel: Pagan, Jewish, Christian
Passover (Mod I)
Group ISP 2008
Varieties of Judaism in the Modern World
Christian Scriptures
Selected Publications
Marks, S. (2007). Present and Absent: Women at Greco-roman Wedding
Meals. Meals in the Greco-Roman World Society of Bibical Literature
SLB, 1-44 . Retrieved January 9, 2007, from
http://philipharland.com/meals/2006%20Marks%20Paper.pdf
Marks, S., Kraft, R. A., Bucher, D., Peterson, S., Pollard, B., & Krulak, T. (2005). [Review essays about Chapters 9, 11, and 16 of the book Jews in a Graeco-Roman World]. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Retrieved March 28, 2007, from http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-08-10.html
