Finding Your Way to a PhD in Theology

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Dr. Sophia Magallanes and Noemi Palomares talk the walk

 
 

Noemí Palomares talks to Dr. Sophia Magallanes about being Bible nerds as "religious kids" and finding "home" in college theology courses. Dr. Magallanes recalls being 12 years old when she learned that one could earn a PhD in theology and how, in the years that followed, she would struggle with the idea of being of more service by becoming a missionary. As Latina scholars of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Dr. Magallanes and Palomares also discuss their experience of having to compartmentalize identity in theology graduate programs.

To the Classes of 2020 worldwide, HTI Open Plaza congratulates you!

 
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Sophia Magallanes

Dr. Sophia A. Magallanes is currently an independent scholar who is an Adjunct Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Seminary. She also teaches a course in Spanish at El Centro Latino. Dr. Magallanes served as an Assistant Professor of Theology & Biblical Studies at Life Pacific University for six years. She holds BA and MA degrees in Biblical Studies from Azusa Pacific University; a Masters in Theology from Fuller Seminary; and a PhD in Divinity, with an emphasis in Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament, from the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Magallanes specializes in Hebrew Wisdom Literature and Old Testament studies. She has authored several articles in dictionaries, the Wisdom Commentary Series, peer-reviewed journals, and is currently writing a commentary on the Book of Job.

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Noemí Palomares

Noemí Palomares, a fronteriza from Texas, earned a BA in Biblical Text from Abilene Christian University, where she has taught. She also holds an MAR in Hebrew Bible from Yale University’s Divinity School and is currently a PhD candidate in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Boston College. She will begin teaching at Pepperdine University in the fall of 2020.

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