Prof. Melissa Ramos

Portland Seminary

Prof. Melissa Ramos is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Portland Seminary of George Fox University. Her Ph.D. is from UCLA and M.Phil. from Cambridge University. She is the author of Ritual in Deuteronomy: The Performance of Doom and co-editor of New Perspectives in Ritual in the Biblical World. She is also the co-founder of Religion for Her, a site for women’s interpretive readings of the Bible (www.religionforher.com).

Last Updated: April 17, 2026

Books by the Author

Ritual in Deuteronomy: The Performance of Doom

New Perspectives on Ritual in the Biblical World

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A Captive Woman’s Transition to Wife

She shaves her head, modifies her nails, changes her clothes, and mourns her parents for a month in the house of her captor. What is the significance of these requirements? What do they reveal about her transition into a new home?

The Making of a Covenant: The Book of Deuteronomy

In the ancient Near East and the Torah, covenants were enacted with both a written text and a series of ritual actions.

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