Sophia Magallanes

Education

PhD, Divinity: Hebrew Bible, 2011
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

MA, Theology: Biblical Studies, 2006
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA

MA, Religion: Biblical Studies, 2004
BA, Biblical Studies, 2002
Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

Profile

Sophia Magallanes-Tsang is an Assistant Professor of Old Testament at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago.

Dr. Magallanes-Tsang received her PhD in Divinity from University of Edinburgh and a Master’s of Arts in Theology: Biblical Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. She also earned her undergraduate degree and a master’s degree from Azusa Pacific University.

Dr. Magallanes-Tsang brings to North Park Theological Seminary seventeen years of experience teaching Old and New Testaments in both university and seminary settings, including teaching Spanish-and English-language courses at Fuller Theological Seminary. Her research focuses on Hebrew Wisdom Literature and Old Testament interpretation and Latino/a/e hermeneutics.

Sophia has a passion for reading the Bible communally within diverse communities and making biblical studies an accessible skill for everyone in the pew. Her current book projects are Comadres: Biblical Interpretation as Scriptural Accompaniment, Reading the Word Interculturally, and a commentary on the Book of Job with another Latina co-author Celeste Gonzalez-Moreno.

Sophia lives in Chicago with her husband and her dog Honey. She is the 6th out of seven daughters in a Mexican-American family. She loves to sing with her sisters when she is back visiting the in Los Angeles, California. She describes herself as a relational educator who uses multiple methods of teaching with a passion for equipping God’s people for life and ministry.

“I hope that students would know God’s love for them and how to value and affirm God’s image in every person.”

Recent Publications

Books

Biblical Interpretation as Scriptural Accompaniment with Baker Academic Publishing, Forthcoming.

Reading the Word Interculturally with Baker Academic Publishing, Forthcoming. (Co-Authored with Max J. Lee and Dennis R. Edwards).

Commentary on the Book of Job for the Pentecostal Old Testament Commentary (POTC) with Wipf & Stock Publishing, Forthcoming (Co-authored with Celeste Gonzalez-Moreno).

Journal Articles

“The Daughters of Zelophehad: A Reaffirmation of Yahweh’s Dominion Over the Earth Via the Imago Dei” in ChristianityNext, 2020.

Chapters in Book

“‘Lo Ami (Not My People)’: A Historiographic Function of the Portrayals of Foreigners” in The Ethnos Project. Edited by: David S. Cho & Soong-Chan Rah, InterVarsity Press: Forthcoming (Dec 2024).

“‘Everything Means Nothing to Me’: Spirit of Wisdom within Qoheleth, Kierkegaard’s Either/Or, and the Elliott Smith Songbook” in The Spirit and the Song: Pneumatological Reflections on Popular Music. Edited by Green, Chris E. W., and Steven Félix-Jäger. Lanham: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2024.

‘“Listening for your voice; let me hear it’: The Prophetic Feminine Voice in Songs 8” in Study Guide for More Equal Pulpits, Cascade Publishing, 2022.

“A Dreamer Among Shepherds: Joseph as a Threat to Jacob’s Headship in Genesis 37” in Men in the Bible and Related Literature: In the Grip of Specific Males, edited by John T. Greene, 2015.

“That’s What She Said: The Irony of Who Speaks and For Whom in Gen. 12-22”in In the Arms of Biblical Women, edited by John T. Greene, 2013.

“Job’s Hidden Way: Job as a Biblical Wisdom Figure” in Job of Uz Suffering of the Righteous and the Justice of God. Edited by Mishael Caspi and John T. Greene, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2012.

Dictionary Entries

Magallanes, S. A. (2016). “Ishmael, Son of Abraham” In J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, … W. Widder (Eds.), The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.

Professional Organizations & Associations

Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
Catholic Biblical Association (CBA)