Department of History and Classics
2-28 HM Tory Building
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
CANADA, T6G 2H4

e-mail: ehud.ben.zvi@ualberta.ca    

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Title

Professor 
 

Education

Ph.D. (1990, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) 
MA (1988, Tel Aviv University; summa cum laude) 
BA (1985, Open University, Ramat Aviv) 
BSc (1975, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem) 
 

Publications

Authored Books:

  • E. Ben Zvi and J. D. Nogalski (with an introduction by T. C. Römer) Two Sides of a Coin: Juxtaposing Views on Interpreting the Book of the Twelve/the Twelve Prophetic Books (Analecta Gorgiana,  201; Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2009).
  • History, Literature and Theology in the Book of Chronicles (London: Equinox, 2006).
  • Hosea, (FOTL 21A, part 1; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2005).
  • Signs of Jonah: Reading and Rereading in Ancient Yehud (JSOTSupS 367; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press/Continuum, 2003). 
  • Micah, (FOTL 21b; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000). 
  • A Historical-Critical Study of The Book of Obadiah, (BZAW 242; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1996). 
  • Ehud Ben Zvi, Maxine Hancock and Richard Beinert, Readings in Biblical Hebrew.  An Intermediate Textbook.  (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993).
  • A Historical-Critical Study of The Book of Zephaniah, (BZAW 198; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1991).

Edited Books:

  • E. Ben Zvi, D. V. Edelman and F. Polak (eds), A Palimpsest: Rhetoric, Ideology, Stylistics and Language Relating to Persian Israel (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2009).
  • E. Ben Zvi (ed.), Perspectives in Hebrew Scriptures V: Comprising the Contents of Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, vol. 8 (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2009).
  • D. V. Edelman and E. Ben Zvi (eds.), The Production of Prophecy:
    Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud     (London: Equinox, 2009).
  • E. Ben Zvi (ed.), Perspectives in Hebrew Scriptures IV:  Comprising the Contents of Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, vol. 7 (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2008).
  • E. Ben Zvi (ed.), Perspectives in Hebrew Scriptures III:  Comprising the Contents of Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, vol. 6 (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2008).
  • E. Ben Zvi (ed.), Perspectives in Hebrew Scriptures II:  Comprising the Contents of Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, vol. 5 (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2007).
  • Ehud Ben Zvi (ed.), Utopia and Dystopia in Prophetic Literature (PFES, 92; Helsinki/Göttingen: Finnish Exegetical Society /Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006).
  • E. Ben Zvi (ed.), Perspectives in Hebrew Scriptures:  Comprising the Contents of Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, volumes 1-4 (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2006).
  • Yairah Amit, Ehud Ben Zvi, Israel Finkelstein and Oded Lipschits (eds) Essays on Ancient Israel in Its Near Eastern Context: A Tribute to Nadav Na'aman (Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2006).
  • Marvin A. Sweeney and Ehud Ben Zvi (eds) The Changing Face of Form Criticism for the Twenty-First Century (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003).
  • Ehud Ben Zvi and Michael Floyd (eds) Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy (Symposium 10; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000).

Published Articles, Chapters, Essays and the like

81. “When YHWH Tests People: General Considerations and Particular Observations Regarding the Books of Chronicles and Job,” D. Burns and J. W. Rogerson (eds) In Search of Philip R. Davies: Whose Festschrift Is It Anyway? (LHBOTS;  London and New York: T. & T. Clark, pre-publication release available here)

80. “Is the Twelve Hypothesis Likely from an Ancient Readers Perspective?,” E. Ben Zvi and J. D. Nogalski (with an introduction by T. C. Römer) Two Sides of a Coin: Juxtaposing Views on Interpreting the Book of the Twelve/the Twelve Prophetic Books (Analecta Gorgiana,  201; Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2009), 47-96.

79. “The Communicative Message of Some Linguistic Choices,” E. Ben Zvi, D. V. Edelman and F. Polak (eds), A Palimpsest: Rhetoric, Ideology, Stylistics and Language Relating to Persian Israel (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2009), 269-90.

78. “The Concept of Prophetic Books and Its Historical Setting,” D. V. Edelman and E. Ben Zvi (eds), The Production of Prophecy. Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud (London: Equinox, 2008), 73-95.

77. “Towards and Integrative Study of the Production of Authoritative Books in Ancient Israel,” D. V. Edelman and E. Ben Zvi (eds), The Production of Prophecy. Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud (London: Equinox, 2008), 15-28.

76. “The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud. An Introduction and an Invitation,” D. V. Edelman and E. Ben Zvi (eds), The Production of Prophecy. Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud (London: Equinox, 2008), 1-14.

75. “Are There Any Bridges Out There? How Wide Was the Conceptual Gap between the Deuteronomistic History and Chronicles?,” G. N. Knoppers and K. A. Ristau (eds), Community Identity in Judean Historiography. Biblical and Comparative Perspectives (Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2009), 59-86.
 (The file has been kindly provided by Eisenbrauns; for information about the volume click here)

74. “Jonah 4:11 and the Metaprophetic Character of the Book of Jonah,” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Article 5 (2009) (Part of a set of articles edited by P. Guillaume). Full set available online at http://www.jhsonline.org

73. “Imagining Josiah’s Book and the Implications of Imagining it in early Persian Yehud,” R. Schmitt, I. Kottsieper and J. Wöhrle (eds), Studien zur Sozial- und Religionsgeschichte Israels und seiner Umwelt. Festschrift für Rainer Albertz zu seinem 65. Geburtstag (Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 250; Münster: Ugarit Verlag, 2008), 193-212.

72. “A House of Treasures: The Account of Amaziah in 2 Chronicles 25—Observations and Implications,” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 22 (2008), 63-85.

71. “Reading Hosea and Imagining YHWH,” Horizons in Biblical Theology 30 (2008), 43-57.

70. Ehud Ben Zvi (ed.), “Rereading Oracles of God: Twenty Years After John Barton, Oracles of God: Perceptions of Prophecy in Israel after the Exile (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1986),” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 7 (2007). The Journal is available online at http://www.jhsonline.org

69.  “Who Knew What? The Construction of the Monarchic Past in Chronicles and Implications for the Intellectual Setting of Chronicles,” O. Lipschits, G. N. Knoppers and R. Albertz (eds), Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century B.C.E. (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2007), pp. 349-60.
(The file has been kindly provided by Eisenbrauns; for information about the volume click here)

68. “A Prototype for Further Publication Development of the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures and Other Open-Access Journals,” SBL Forum 5/8 (2007).

67. “The House of Omri/Ahab in Chronicles,” L. L. Grabbe (ed.), Ahab Agonistes. The Rise and Fall of the Omri Dynasty (LHBOTS, 421/ESHM 6; London and New York: T. & T. Clark, 2007) 41-53.

 66. “Biblical Books and Texts as Self-Contained Sources for the Study of Ancient Israelite History,” Religious Studies and Theology 25 (2006), 211-27. (A slightly revised, English version of # 58)

65. “De-historicizing and Historicizing Tendencies in the Twelve Prophetic Books: A Case Study of the Heuristic Value of a Historically Anchored Systemic Approach to the Corpus of Prophetic Literature,” Brad E. Kelle and Megan Moore (eds), Israel's Prophets And Israel's Past : Essays on the Relationship of Prophetic Texts And Israelite History in Honor of John H. Hayes (LHBOTS, 446; London and New York: T. & T. Clark, 2006) 37-56.

64. “Observations on Josiah’s Account in Chronicles and Implications for Reconstructing the Worldview of the Chronicler,” Yairah Amit, Ehud Ben Zvi, Israel Finkelstein and Oded Lipschits (eds) Essays on Ancient Israel in Its Near Eastern Context: A Tribute to Nadav Na'aman  (Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2006) 89-106.
(The file has been kindly provided by Eisenbrauns; for information about the volume click here)

 63. “Revisiting 'Boiling in Fire' in 2 Chron. 35.13 and Related Passover Questions Text, Exegetical Needs, Concerns, and General Implications” Isaac Kalimi and Peter J. Haas (eds), Biblical Interpretation in Judaism and Christianity (LHBOTS, 439; London and New York: T. & T. Clark, 2006) 238-50.

62. “Arm,” K. D. Sakenfeld et. al., The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon: Press, Nashville, 2006), vol. 1, 269.

61. “Obadiah,” H. W. Attridge et. al. (eds) The HarperCollins Study Bible (San Francisco: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006) 1229-32.

60. “Utopias, Multiple Utopias, and Why Utopias at All? The Social Roles of Utopian Visions in Prophetic Books within Their Historical Context,” E. Ben Zvi (ed.), Utopia and Dystopia in Prophetic Literature (PFES, 92; Helsinki/ Göttingen: Finnish Exegetical Society /Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006) 55-85. (The file has been kindly provided by the Finnish Exegetical Society; for additional information about the volume click here)

59. “Introduction,” E. Ben Zvi (ed.), Utopia and Dystopia in Prophetic Literature (PFES, 92; Helsinki/Göttingen: Finnish Exegetical Society /Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006) 1-12. The file has been kindly provided by the Finnish Exegetical Society; for additional information about the volume click here)

58. “Biblical Books as Sources for the Study of Ancient Israelite History,” Zmanim 96 (2006) 64-73 (in Hebrew).

57. “Comments” in Gary N. Knoppers (ed.), “Chronicles and the Chronicler: A Response to I. Kalimi, An Ancient Israelite Historian: Studies in the Chronicler, his Time, Place and Writing (Van Gorcum, 2005),” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 6/2 (2006) 5-14; available electronically at http://www.jhsonline.org; and as a printed essay in E. Ben Zvi (ed.), Perspectives in Hebrew Scriptures III:  Comprising the Contents of Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, vol. 6 (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2008), 32-42.

56. “In Conversation and Appreciation of the Recent Commentaries by S. L. McKenzie and G. N. Knoppers,” in Melody D. Knowles (ed.) “New Studies in Chronicles: A Discussion of Two Recently-Published Commentaries,” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 5/20 (2004-2005) 21-45; available electronically at http://www.jhsonline.org; and as a printed essay in E. Ben Zvi (ed.), Perspectives in Hebrew Scriptures II:  Comprising the Contents of Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, vol. 5 (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2007), 389-403.

55. “Beginning to Address the Question: Why were the Prophetic Books Produced and ‘Consumed’ in Ancient Israel,” Mogans Müller and Thomas L. Thompson (eds), Historie og Konstruktion – FS N.P. Lemche (Forum for Bibelsk Eksegese 14; Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanums Forlag, Københavns Universitet, 2005) 30-41.

54. “Josiah and the Prophetic Books: Some Observations,” L. L. Grabbe (ed.), Good Kings and Bad Kings (LHBOTS 393; European Seminar in Historical Methodology 5; London: T & T Clark International, 2005) 47-64.

53. “The Future of the Society,” SBL Forum 3/1 (2005).

52. “‘The Prophets’ - Generic Prophets and their Role in the Construction of the Image of the “Prophets of Old” within the Postmonarchic Readership of the Book of King,” Zeitschrift für alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 116 (2004) 555-67

51. “Ahab to the Writers of the Book of Kings,” P. R. Davies (ed.) Yours Faithfully. Virtual Letters from the Bible (London: Equinox; 2004), pp. 79-83.

50. “The Big Fish to Jonah,” P. R. Davies (ed.) Yours Faithfully. Virtual Letters from the Bible (London: Equinox; 2004), pp. 89-90.

49. “Observations on Prophetic Characters, Prophetic Texts, Priests of Old, Persian Period Priests and Literati,” L. L. Grabbe and A. O. Bellis (eds), The Priest in the Prophets. The Portrayal of the Priests, Prophets and Other Religious Specialists in the Latter Prophets (JSOTSup 408; London: T&T Clark International, 2004), pp. 19-30.

48. “Observations on the Marital Metaphor of YHWH and Israel in its Ancient Israelite Context: General Considerations and Particular Images in Hosea 1.2,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 28 (2004) 363-84.

47. “The Twelve Minor Prophets. Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi,” A. Berlin and M. Z. Brettler (eds) The Jewish Study Bible (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004) 1139-1274.

46. “Observations on Women in the Genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1­-9,” Biblica 84 (2003) 457-78. Co-authored with Antje Labahn.

45. “The Secession of the Northern Kingdom in Chronicles: Accepted ‘Facts’ and New Meanings,” M. P. Graham, S. L. McKenzie and G. N. Knoppers (eds) The Chronicles as a Theologian: Essays in Honor of Ralph W. Klein (JSOTSup 371; London: T&T Clark International, 2003) 61-88.

44. “Analogical Thinking and Ancient Israel Intellectual History: The Case for an ‘Entropy Model’ in the Study of Israelite Thought,” T. J. Sandoval and C. Mandolfo (eds), Relating to the Text. Interdisciplinary and Form-Critical Insights on the Bible (JSOTSup 384; London: T&T Clark International, 2003) 321-32.

43. “The Prophetic Book: A Key Form of Prophetic Literature,” Marvin A. Sweeney and Ehud Ben Zvi (eds) The Changing Face of Form Criticism for the Twenty-First Century (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003) 276-97.

42. “Introduction” (co-authored with Marvin A. Sweeney), Marvin A. Sweeney and Ehud Ben Zvi (eds) The Changing Face of Form Criticism for the Twenty-First Century (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003) 1-11.

41. “Malleability and its Limits: Sennacherib’s Campaign Against Judah as a Case Study,” L. L. Grabbe (ed.), ‘Bird in a Cage’: The Invasion of Sennacherib in 701 BCE (JSOTSup 363; European Seminar in Historical Methodology 4; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press/Continuum, 2003) 73-105.

40. “What is New in Yehud? Some Considerations,” Rainer Albertz and Bob Becking (eds), Yahwism after the Exile (STAR, 5; Assen: Van Gorcum, 2003) 32-48.

39. “Zephaniah,” W. J. Harrelson et. al. (eds) The New Interpreter’s Study Bible (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2003) 1327-1332.

38 . “The Book of Chronicles: Another Look,” Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 31 (2002) 261-281 (version of “The Book of Chronicles: Another Look,” 2002 Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Presidential Address. The Bulletin of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies 62 [2002/2003] 5-26; see below).

37. “The Book of Chronicles: Another Look,” 2002 Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Presidential Address. The Bulletin of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies 62 (2002/2003) 5-26.

36. “Shifting the Gaze: Historiographic Constraints in Chronicles and Their Implications,” M. Patrick Graham and J. Andrew Dearman  (eds) The Land that I Will Show You: Essays on the History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East in Honor of J. Maxwell Miller (JSOTSup, 343; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 2001) 38-60.

35. “About Time: Observations About the Construction of Time in the Book of Chronicles,” Horizons in Biblical Theology 22 (2000) 17-31.

34. “Introduction: Writings, Speeches, and the Prophetic Books-Setting an Agenda,” E. Ben Zvi and M. H. Floyd (eds), Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy (Symposium 10, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000) 1-29.

33. “Israel, Assyrian Hegemony, and Some Considerations About Virtual Israelite History,” J. Cheryl Exum (ed.) Virtual History and the Bible (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2000) 70-87. Also published as “Israel, Assyrian Hegemony, and Some Considerations About Virtual Israelite History,” Biblical Interpretation 8 (2000) 70-87.

32. “When a Foreign Monarch Speaks,” M. P. Graham and S. L. McKenzie (eds) The Chronicler as Author: Studies in Text and Texture (JSOTSup 263, Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999) 209-28.

31. “A Deuteronomistic Redaction in/among ‘The Twelve.’ A Contribution from the Standpoint of the Books of Micah, Zephaniah and Obadiah,” L. S. Schearing and S. L. McKenzie (eds) Those Elusive Deuteronomists (JSOTSup 268, Sheffield Academic Press: Sheffield, 1999) 232-61.

30. “Wrongdoers, Wrongdoing and Righting Wrongs in Micah 2,” Biblical Interpretation 7 (1999) 87-100.

29. “Zephaniah, book of,” J. H. Hayes (ed.) Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1999) vol. 2, 669b-673a. Republished in J. H. Hayes (ed.), Hebrew Bible: History of Interpretation (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2004) 295-99.

28 . “Geiger, Abraham,” J. H. Hayes (ed.) Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1999) vol. 1, 435a-435b.

27. “Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem,” J. H. Hayes (ed.) Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1999) vol. 2, 12a-12b.

26. “The Teaching of Religion: Moral Integrity in a Technological Context,” The Internet and Higher Education 1 (1998) 169-90. Co-authored with Katy Campbell.

25. “ Looking at the Primary (Hi)story and the Prophetic Books as Literary/Theological Units within the Frame of the Early Second Temple Period: Some Considerations,” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 12 (1998) 26-43.

24. “Micah 1.2-16: Observations and Possible Implications,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 77 (1998) 103-20.

23. “A Deuteronomistic Redaction in/among ‘The Twelve.’ A Contribution from the Standpoint of the Books of Micah, Zephaniah and Obadiah,” Society of Biblical Literature. Seminar Papers, 1997 (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1997) 433-59.

22. “The Urban Center of Jerusalem and the Development of the Literature of the Hebrew Bible “ W.G. Aufrecht, N.A.Mirau and S.W.Gauley (eds), Aspects of Urbanism in Antiquity (JSOTSup 244, Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997) 194-209.

21. “The Chronicler as a Historian: Building Texts,” M. P. Graham, K. G. Hoglund and S. L. McKenzie (eds), The Chronicler as Historian (JSOTSup 238, Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1997) 132‑49.

20. “Studying Prophetic Texts Against Their Original Backgrounds: Pre‑ordained Scripts and Alternative Horizons of Research,” S. R. Reid (ed.) Prophets and Paradigms. Essays in Honor of Gene M. Tucker. (JSOTSup 229;  Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1996) 125‑35.

19. “Twelve Prophetic Books or ‘The Twelve.’ A few Preliminary Considerations,” P. House and J. W. Watts, Forming Prophetic Literature: Essays on Isaiah and the Twelve in Honor of John D. W. Watts. (JSOTSup 235, Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1996) 125‑156.

18. “Prelude to a Reconstruction of the Historical Manassic Judah,” Biblische Notizen 81 (1996) 31‑44.

17. “Inclusion in and Exclusion from Israel as Conveyed by the Use of the Term ‘Israel’ in Postmonarchic Biblical Texts,” in S. W. Holloway and L. K. Handy (eds), The Pitcher is Broken. Memorial Essays for Gösta. W. Ahlström (JSOTSup 190, Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1995) 95-149.

16. “A Sense of Proportion: An Aspect of the Theology of the Chronicler,” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 9 (1995) 37‑51.

15. “Computer-Assisted Learning of Hebrew and Hebrew Texts at the University of Alberta,” B. Rochet (ed.) Computer-Assisted Language Learning at the University of Alberta. Proceedings of the Conference sponsored by the Language Resource Centre, March 18, 1995. (University of Alberta: Language Resource Center) 41‑44.

14. “On the Reading ‘BYTDWD’ in the Aramaic Stele from Tel Dan,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 64 (1994) 25-32.

13 . “Prophets and Prophecy in the Compositional and Redactional Notes in I-II Kings,” Zeitschrift für alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 105 (1993) 331-51.

12. “Understanding the Message of the Tripartite Prophetic Books,” Restoration Quarterly 35 (1993) 93-100.

11. “History and Prophetic Texts” in M. P. Graham, J. Kuan, and W. P. Brown (eds), History and Interpretation:  Essays in honor of John H. Hayes (JSOTSup, Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993) 106-20.

10. “A Gateway to the Chronicler’s Teaching:  The Account of the Reign of Ahaz in 2 Chr 28,1-27,” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 7 (1993) 216-49.

9. “The List of the Levitical Cities” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 54 (1992) 77-106.

8. “The Closing Words of the Pentateuchal Books: A Clue for the Historical Status of the Book of Genesis within the Pentateuch,” Biblische Notizen 62 (1992) 7-10.

7. “The Dialogue between Abraham and YHWH in Gen 18:23-32,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 53 (1992) 27‑46.

6. “The Account of the Reign of Manasseh in 2 Kgs 21:1-18 and the Redactional History of the Book of Kings,” Zeitschrift für alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 103 (1991) 355-74.

5 . “Once the lamp has been kindled . . .  A Reconsideration of the Meaning of the MT Nîr in 1 Kgs 11:36, 15:4; 2 Kgs 8:19, and 2 Chr 21:7,” Australian Biblical Review 39 (1991) 19-30.

4. “Isaiah 1,4-9, Isaiah, and the events of 701 BCE in Judah. A Question of Premise and Evidence,” Scandinavian Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 5 (1991) 95-111.

3. “Who wrote the Speech of Rabshakeh and When?” Journal of Biblical Literature 109 (1990) 79-92.

2 . “Tracing Prophetic Literature in the Book of Kings.  The Case of II Kings 15,37,” Zeitschrift für alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 102 (1990) 100-05.

1. “The Authority of 1-2 Chronicles in the Late Second Temple Period,” Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 3 (1988) 59-88.

Editorship (Main Positions)

Teaching

Summary of Areas of Teaching

  • Ancient Israelite History and Historiography
  • Hebrew Bible
  • Ancient Near East
  • Second Temple period
  • Biblical Hebrew
  • Introduction to the Religions of the World (Western traditions)
  • Judaism

Teaching Website 

Other Pedagogical Initiatives:

  • Founder and Supervisor (1999-2004) of Axis Mundi (students' journal)
     

Main Positions in Professional Associations (Summary)

Executive Positions

  • President, Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (2001-2002)
  • Vice President, Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (2000-2001)
  • President, Pacific-Northwest American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature (1995-96)
  • Vice-president, Pacific-Northwest American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature (1994-95)
  • Vice-president, Association of Peer-Reviewed Journals in Religion (2001-2002)

Leadership Positions in Professional Initiatives

Chairship of Research Programmes and the like at Professional Associations

  • Chair, EABS Research Programme on Israel and the Production and Reception of Authoritative Books in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods (2005-)
  • Chair, CSBS Thematic Sessions on Concepts in Ancient Jewish Discourse: Continuity and Transformation (6th c. BCE – 3rd c. CE) (2007-)
  • Chair of the Prophetic Texts and their Ancient Contexts Consultation of the Society of Biblical Literature (1998-2006)
  • Chair, Hebrew Scriptures Section of the Pacific Northwest Society of Biblical Literature (May 1996-2002)
  • Chair, Deuteronomistic History Section of the Society of Biblical Literature (1995-1998)

Membership

  • Member of the steering committee of the Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah unit of the Society of Biblical Literature (2005-)
  • Member of the steering committee of Israelite Prophetic Literature of the Society of Biblical Literature (2008-)
  • Member of the steering committee of Prophetic Texts and their Ancient Contexts Consultation of the Society of Biblical Literature (1998-)
  • Member of the steering committee of Deuteronomistic History units of the Society of Biblical Literature (1990-2001)
  • Member of the steering committee of the History and Prophets Section of the Society of Biblical Literature (1993-96)

Main Awards

  • 2008-2009 Killam Annual Professorship (University of Alberta)
  • 2007 Research Excellence Award (Full Professor Level) – Faculty of Arts (University of Alberta)
  • 2005 McCalla Professorship (University of Alberta)
  • The 2000 Norman W. Wagner Technology Award of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, for “Assisting You to Learn.”

Short Statement of Research Interests

My main research interest and expertise is in the area of Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) Studies and ancient Israelite history.  As I analyze the books that were eventually included in the Hebrew Bible I tend to focus on questions such as how they were read and reread by the (historical) communities within which they were written, and for which they were first intended? Who were included in these communities? How did they relate to other groups in ancient Israel? Which groups supported these groups of readers and writes and why? Which social functions were served by the writing, reading and rereading of these texts in ancient Israel? What kind of "mental" universe did these books reflect and shape? How did these ancient Israelites construct their own story about their past, i.e., their history? Which degrees of malleability did they have when they constructed their history?

Links

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