Rachel S Mikva

Rabbi Mikva is the Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Director, Center for Jewish, Christian and Islamic Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary. Mikva served as a congregational rabbi for thirteen years before returning to academia. Her research and teaching focus on interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in various times and places, exploring how the ideas both shape and reflect the societies in which they unfold. She is especially interested in the intersections of exegesis, culture and ethics.