Jacqueline Vayntrub, "Body Language: Voice, Embodiment, and Textuality in the Hebrew Bible" (Yale UP, 2026)

Welcome to the New Books Network. Hi, everyone, my name is Amir Engel, and I'm the chair of the German department at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. I'm also a visiting professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Today I'm very glad to be talking with Jacqueline Jacqueline. Vine tab. About her new book.

body language, voice embodiment, and textuality in the Hebrew Bible, which came out with Yale University Press only a few months ago. Congratulations on the book, Jackie. It's wonderful to have you on the show. Thanks. I'm uh Thrilled that you finally agreed to let me come and speak to you. Yes, it was very it was indeed very difficult. Um we started with the same request as we always do, please introduce yourself.

So um My name is Jacqueline Vintrub. I am Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale Divinity School. I'm also um In uh religious studies and Jewish studies. Um, I'm also visiting as a Gastprofessorin here at the Humboldt University on an Alexander von Humboldt.

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