Diana Edelman

University of Oslo, Faculty of Theology, Emerita

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I am trained in the Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Near Eastern cultural and historical context, having completed a B.A degree in Religious Studies at Smith college an MA in Religious Studies at the University of Chicago, and a PhD in Hebrew Bible at the University of Chicago. My first full-time post was in the Dept. of Philosophy and Religion at James Madison University in Harrisonburg Virginia (1993-1999). From there, I moved to the Dept. of Biblical Studies at Sheffield University (England) (2000-2012) before its demise. I completed my teaching career as a member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo (2015–2019). I took early retirement to assist my elderly mother back in the US.
Supervisors: My Phd thesis supervisor was Gösta Ahlstrom
Phone: +1 760 636-6177
Address: 78935 Mimosa Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211
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Yehud in the Persian Period

Deuteronomy-Kings as Emerging Authoritative Books: A Conversation

Testaments und des antiken Judentums BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium Bib ... more Testaments und des antiken Judentums BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium Bib Biblica BibInt Biblical Interpretation BWANT Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten (und Neuen) Testament BZAW Beiheft e zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft CahRB Cahiers de la Revue biblique CBET Contributions to Biblical Exegesis CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly GAT Grundrisse zum Alten Testament GKC Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar. Edited by Emil Kautzsch. Translated by A. E. Cowley. 2nd. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. ESHM European Seminar in Historical Methodology FAT Forschungen zum Alten Testaments FOTL Forms of Old Testament Literature FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testament-ix-x ABBREVIATIONS HKAT Herders theologischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament. HSM

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The Promise of the Land: The Inheritance of the Land of Canaan by the Israelites

Journal of Biblical Literature, 1995

Key Themes in the Pentateuch

History, memory, Hebrew scriptures : a Festschrift for Ehud Ben Zvi

A little more than a decade ago, I published evidence from Hebrew, Ugaritic, and Akkadian texts f... more A little more than a decade ago, I published evidence from Hebrew, Ugaritic, and Akkadian texts for a hitherto unrecognized literary device that I labeled "Geminate Ballast and Clustering" (Noegel 2004). 1 Since my article appeared in the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, I think it fitting here to offer additional examples of the device in honor of the journal's founder and visionary, my dear friend and colleague, Ehud Ben Zvi. 2 I repeat here my description of the device (Noegel 2004: 1):

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Tyrian Trade in Yehud under Artaxerxes I

Penn State University Press eBooks, Jun 22, 2006

JENS BRUUN KOFOED, Text and History: Historiography and the Study of the Biblical Text

Journal of Semitic Studies, 2007

... 386 JENS BRUUN KOFOED, Text and History: Historiography and the Study of the Biblical Text. E... more

Imagining the Other and Constructing Israelite Identity in the Early Second Temple Period

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The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity

Ancient Mesopotamian, biblical, rabbinic, and Christian literature was created and transmitted by... more Ancient Mesopotamian, biblical, rabbinic, and Christian literature was created and transmitted by the intellectual elite and therefore presents their world views and perspectives. This volume investigates for the first time whether and to what extent religious knowledge – e.g., “sacred” narratives, customary practices, legal rules, family traditions, festival observances — was accessible to and known by ordinary people beyond religious functionaries. Which contexts (e.g., family, synagogue and church, private and public study, communal rituals) enabled the dissemination and acquisition of religious knowledge beyond scholarly circles? In which forms other than written texts was such knowledge available and who (e.g., parents, teachers, scribes, rabbis, priests, monks) mediated it to a public that was largely illiterate? Can we assume that the majority of those who identified themselves as Jewish or Christian would have possessed a “working knowledge” of the respective religious tradi...