Frances Taylor Gench
Herbert Worth and Annie H. Jackson Professor of Biblical Interpretation
Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary
B.A., Davidson College
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary
B.A., Davidson College
Biography
Frances Taylor Gench is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and was on the faculty of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg from 1986 to 1999. She served as a member of the PC(USA) General Assembly’s Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church (2001-2006), and for many years as a parish associate at The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. She also serves as the Book Review Editor for Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology.
Research Interests
Her research and teaching interests include the Gospels, women in the biblical world and feminist biblical criticism, global and intercultural perspectives on the Bible, and issues of biblical authority and interpretation.
Selected Publications
She is the author of six books, including Encountering God in Tyrannical Texts: Reflections on Paul, Women, and the Authority of Scripture (Westminster John Knox Press, 2015).