Education
Schaberg earned a Bachelor in Philosophy from Manhattanville College, an Master of Arts in Systematic theology from Columbia University and a Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical Studies from the Union Theological Seminary, New York City.
historian university professor
Schaberg earned a Bachelor in Philosophy from Manhattanville College, an Master of Arts in Systematic theology from Columbia University and a Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical Studies from the Union Theological Seminary, New York City.
Chosen for the Distinguished Faculty Award in 2006, she was acknowledged as Professor Emerita of Religious Studies in 2011 following her retirement. Schaberg"s publications deal mainly with the New Testament, including a commentary on the New Testament Infancy Narratives, on the Gospel of Luke, and on feminist contributions to historical and literary research. She also wrote poetry although her poetry is not widely published.
Her most recently published research is on the traditions and legends associated with the figure of Mary Magdalene, as seen through a feminist lens.
She died at her home in Detroit April 17, 2012 at the age of 74 after a long illness. A respected scholar of Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Schaberg"s sometimes controversial work, especially the 1990 publication of "The Illegitimacy of Jesus: A Feminist Theological Interpretation of the Infancy Narratives," has been discussed in Newsweek, Time, The New Yorker, Cross Currents, and the Detroit Free Press.