Judith R. Baskin, Philip H. Knight Professor of Humanities Emerita, University of Oregon, is the author of Midrashic Woman: Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature. Her edited books include Jewish Women in Historical Perspective; Women of the Word: Jewish Women and Jewish Writing; and The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture, coedited with Kenneth Seeskin and winner of a 2011 National Jewish Book Award.
