David Bosworth

Academic Area

  • Biblical Studies

    • School

  • School of Theology and Religious Studies

    • Expertise

  • Hebrew Narrative and Poetry
  • Violence in the Old Testament
  • The motif of weeping in ancient literature (Hebrew
  • Greek
  • Akkadian
  • Ugaritic)
  • King David

    • Biography

    David Bosworth earned his Ph.D. in Biblical Studies specializing in Old Testament at the Catholic University of America in 2003. He taught at Mount St. Mary’s College and Seminary and at Barry University before joining the Catholic University faculty in 2008. He earned his B.A. in Liberal Studies through the Great Books program at St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD. He is a native of the Washington, DC area and is married with one son.

    Publications

    • The Story within a Story in Biblical Hebrew Narrative

      The Story within a Story in Biblical Hebrew Narrative

      Part of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series

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