Person
Assistant Head of Department
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Senior Lecturer
- Biblical Studies
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Contact information
E-mail blazenka.scheuerctr.luse
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, LUX - Hus B, Lund
(assistant head of department)
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
(senior lecturer)
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
Phone +46 46 222 90 60
Mobile +46 73 332 81 75
Room LUX:B113
I have degrees in Theology, Modern Hebrew, and Judaic Studies. I teach courses on Hebrew Bible/Old Testament primarily, but also courses on themes such as religion and violence, religion and peace building, pandemics in the Bible, and sexuality in the Bible.
While my thesis was about the book of Isaiah, my recent project is about the history of interpretation of the Hebrew Bible narratives about Deborah and Huldah in Jewish and Christian sources between 300 B.C.E. and 500 C.E. with particular attention to the importance attached to the prophetesses in new cultural contexts.
My most recent research interest is about the relationship between narratives about artificial intelligence and narratives about creation in the book of Genesis. Here I look at the fundamental concepts (imago dei/hominis, personhood) that underpin the enterprise of creating an entity that bears an essence of the creator, but which is fundamentally different from the creator.
Research
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Books (3)
- Scheuer, B. (2011). Enigmas and Images : Studies in Honor of Tryggve N.D. Mettinger. In Eidevall, G. (Ed.) Coniectanea Biblica. Old Testament Series, 58. Eisenbrauns.
- Scheuer, B. (2008). The Return of YHWH. The Tension between Deliverance and Repentance in Isaiah 40-55. BZAW, 377. De Gruyter.
- Scheuer, B. (2005). The Return of YHWH : The Tension between Deliverance and Repentance in Isaiah 40-55. Lund University. Dissertation.
Editorships (1)
Articles (5)
- Davage, D., Hägerland, T., Scheuer, B. & Viberg, Å. (2021). Att undervisa i exegetik under pandemin : några praktiska reflektioner. Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok (SEÅ), 86, 73-82. Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
- Scheuer, B. (2019). Whom Do We Trust? Biblical Interpretation as a (Fe)Male Business : A Response to Judith McKinlay. Bible and Critical Theory, 15, 29-33.
- Scheuer, B. (2017). Animal names for Hebrew Bible female prophets. Literature and Theology, 31, 455-471. Oxford University Press.
- Scheuer, B. (2014). Response to Katherine E. Southwood. Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok (SEÅ), 79, 25-32. Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
- Scheuer, B. (2008). The Suffering Servant: Isaiah 53 in Jewish and Christian Sources. Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok (SEÅ). Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
Book chapters (10)
- Scheuer, B. (accepted/in press). Between Absurdity And Hope : Suffering In The Book Of Isaiah. In Rossi, B., Irudayaraj, D. S. & Hens-Piazza, G. (Eds.) The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, Unity in the Book of Isaiah. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Scheuer, B. (2021). Genesis, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Evil. In Scheuer, B. & Willgren Davage, D. (Eds.) Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe, Sin, Suffering, and the Problem of Evil (pp. 319-344), 126. Mohr Siebeck.
- Scheuer, B. (2021). Pest eller Corona? : Pesten-en pandemi i Bibeln. In Fahlgren, S., Lockneus, E. & Strömmer, D. (Eds.) Tro & liv. Skriftserie, Corona och kyrkorna : Lärdomar, digitala möten och beredskap för nästa kris (pp. 75-98), 12. Libris.
- Scheuer, B. (2021). Sin and Punishment in the Book of Isaiah. In Tiemeyer, L.-S. (Ed.) Oxford Handbook of Isaiah. Oxford University Press.
- Scheuer, B. & Lindkvist, L. (2021). Om gudalika människor och människolika maskiner : Skapelseberättelser i bibelns tid och vår. In Roitto, R. & Wigorts Yngvesson, S. (Eds.) Teknoteologi : AI och människans villkor (pp. 97-120). Studentlitteratur AB.
- Scheuer, B. (2015). Huldah: A Cunning Career Woman?. In Becking, B. & Barstad, H. (Eds.) Prophets in Stories. Brill.
- Scheuer, B. (2014). ’Why Do You Let Us Wander, O Lord, From Your Ways?’ (Isa 63:17) : Clarification of Culpability in the Last Part of the Book of Isaiah. In Tiemeyer, L.-S. (Ed.) Continuity and Discontinuity: Chronological and Thematic Development in Isaiah 40-66 (pp. 159-173), FRLANT 255. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Scheuer, B. (2011). The Days of Immanuel: Good Tidings or Bad News?. In Eidevall, G. & Scheuer, B. (Eds.) Enigmas and Images. Studies in Honor of Tryggve N. D. Mettinger (pp. 130-146). Eisenbrauns.
- Scheuer, B. (2009). Jesaja. In Eriksson, L. & Viberg, Å. (Eds.) Gud och det utvalda folket. Verbum.
- Scheuer, B. (2008). Evighetens förändring - förändringens evighet. In Cronqvist, M. & Sandberg, H. (Eds.) Tempo: Om fart och det föränderliga (pp. 47-57). Makadam förlag.
Conference contributions (1)
Reviews (5)
- Scheuer, B. (2014). Sacrificial Rhetoric in the Prophetic Literature of the Hebrew Bible. Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok (SEÅ), 79, 159-161. Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
- Scheuer, B. (2014). The Messenger of the Lord in Early Jewish Interpretations of Genesis. Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok (SEÅ), 79. Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
- Scheuer, B. (2012). Divine and Human Agency in Second Temple Judaism and Paul. Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok (SEÅ). Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
- Scheuer, B. (2011). Priestly Rites and Prophetic Rage : Post-Exilic Prophetic Critique of the Priesthood. Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok (SEÅ). Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
- Scheuer, B. (2006). Profeterna: En guide till Gamla testamentets profetiska böcker. Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok (SEÅ), 71. Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
Newspaper articles (1)
Administrative
- Member, Faculty Board, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Teaching
Other tasks and qualifications
Student's award forexcellence in teaching.
Member and secretary of TheNew Society of Letters at Lund.
Chair of the SwedishExegetical Society
Assistant Head of Department
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Senior Lecturer
- Biblical Studies
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Contact information
E-mail blazenka.scheuerctr.luse
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, LUX - Hus B, Lund
(assistant head of department)
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
(senior lecturer)
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
Phone +46 46 222 90 60
Mobile +46 73 332 81 75
Room LUX:B113