Luise Schottroff taught New Testament and feminist theology at the University of Kassel, Germany, and was the author of numerous books and articles in New Testament and theology, including (with Silvia Schroer and Marie-Theres Wacker) Feminist Interpretation: The Bible in Women's Perspective (1998, 978-0-8006- 2999-1) and The Parables of Jesus: A Feminist Approach (2005, 978- 0-8006-3699-9).