Carole R. Fontaine

Carol Rader Fontaine (April 11, 1950 - May 29, 2026) was an American biblical scholar, world-renowned wisdom scholar, professor, artist, writer, and activist. Before retirement, she was the John Taylor professor of biblical theology and history at the Andover Newton Theological School and feminist author of six books and over 100 articles, in addition to serving on several editorial boards (including the Journal of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, and the World Book Encyclopedia). She has written extensively on feminist theological topics, including disability.

Fontaine worked on women's rights through NGOs designed to study the impact of religion on women's lives, particularly in a Muslim context.

A collection of her poetry, Only When Women Sing: Poems on Human Rights was published in 2009.

Early life Fontaine was born in Lima, OH on April 11, 1950, daughter of Olive Jean (née Lee) Rader and Howard Foster Rader,

While at Yale Divinity, Carole R. Fontaine was recognized as a scholar. Wisdom and Psalms: A Feminist Companion to the Bible, Sheffield Academic Press, 1999, A Feminist Companion to Reading the Bible: Approaches, Methods, and Strategies, Sheffield Academic Press, 1997, Smooth Words: Women, Proverbs And Performance In Biblical Wisdom, Sheffield Academic Press, 2004, With Eyes of Flesh: The Bible, Gender and Human Rights (Bible in the Modern World)''', Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008, "Golden Do’s and Don’ts: Leviticus 19:1-17 from a Human-Rights-Based Approach (HRBA)," in Leviticus and Numbers: Text@Contexts Series, edited by Athalya Brenner and Archie Chi-Chung Lee, Fortress Press, 2013. Fontaine, Carole R. “A Modern Look at Ancient Wisdom: The Instruction of Ptahhotep Revisited.” The Biblical Archaeologist, vol. 44, no. 3, 1981, pp. 155–60. JSTOR. Accessed 27 Sept. 2024. Fontaine, Carole R., and Timothy J. Sandoval. “Proverbs.” Wisdom, Worship, and Poetry: Fortress Commentary on the Bible Study Edition, edited by Gale A. Yee et al., 1517 Media, 2016, pp. 601–26. JSTOR''. Accessed 27 Sept. 2024.