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Kristine Henriksen Garroway serves as Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), where she also earned her doctorate in Hebrew Bible and Cognate Studies. Her academic work bridges biblical scholarship with anthropological and archaeological perspectives on ancient societies.
Dr. Garroway's research focuses on children in ancient contexts, gender dynamics in biblical narratives, and ritual practices in the Ancient Near East. Her scholarship examines how cultural and religious frameworks shaped family structures, birth rituals, and social hierarchies in ancient Israel and surrounding civilizations. She employs comparative approaches, drawing connections between biblical texts and evidence from Hittite, Mesopotamian, and Greco-Roman sources.
Her publications reveal consistent interest in anthropological interpretations of biblical narratives, particularly regarding marriage customs, fertility rituals, and the social status of children. Garroway's work demonstrates how ancient legal codes and religious practices reflected and reinforced societal norms around gender, family, and inheritance.
Dr. Garroway has authored the significant work Children in the Ancient Near Eastern Household and contributed numerous scholarly articles examining topics such as bride-price customs, gender differentiation in birth rituals, and the anthropological significance of twin narratives in Genesis.
