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Elizabeth Ann R. Willett

Elizabeth “Libby” Willett serves as a Senior Translation Consultant for SIL Global. She trains mother-tongue Bible translators in Latin America, then checks their translations. She coordinated the Huichol Old Testament Project for The Seed Co., a Wycliffe Bible Translators affiliate. Earlier, she and her husband Tom facilitated translation in the Southeastern Tepehuan language of Mexico. Libby has an MA in Linguistics from the University of North Dakota and a PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Arizona. She and Tom have been associated with CBE since 1999.

Resources By This Author

Academic Article | Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | November 7, 2025

“To rule” or “To be like”? Genesis 3:16 in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context

Book Review | Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | April 29, 2025

Book Review: Finding Hagar: God’s Pursuit of a Runaway

Book Review | Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | March 28, 2025

Book Review: El trauma: Cómo atender a los sobrevivientes

Book Review | Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | July 16, 2024

Book Review: The Biblical World of Gender: The Daily Lives of Ancient Women and Men

Academic Article | Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | January 30, 2021

Rediscovering the Marys: Maria, Mariamne, Miriam

Book Review | Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | May 12, 2020

Book Review: Altogether Lovely: A Thematic and Intertextual Reading of the Song of Songs

Academic Article | Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | October 31, 2019

Unveiling Old Testament Women with Accurate Translation