Prof. Bernd U. SchipperProfessor of Hebrew Bible and History of Ancient Israel

    Research Profile

    • Book of Proverbs
    • Egyptian Literature and the Hebrew Bible
    • History of Ancient Israel
    • The Joseph Story (Gen 37-50)
    • The Judean Community of Elephantine

     

    Teaching Profile

    • General: Introduction to the Old Testament, History and Religion of Ancient Israel
    • Pentateuch: Genesis, Moses, Joseph Story
    • Writings: Book of Proverbs
    • Theology: Apocalypticism, Covenant, Creation, Monotheism and Polytheism in Ancient Israel and the Ancient Near East

     

    Selected Publications

    • Israel und Ägypten in der Königszeit. Die kulturellen Kontakte von Salomo bis zum Fall Jerusalems. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 170. Freiburg, Schweiz / Göttingen 1999.
    • (ed. with A. Blasius) Apokalyptik und Ägypten. Eine kritische Analyse der relevanten Texte aus dem griechisch-römischen Ägypten. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 107. Leuven / Paris / Sterling, VA 2002.
    • Die Erzählung des Wenamun. Ein Literaturwerk im Spannungsfeld von Politik, Geschichte und Religion. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 209. Freiburg, Schweiz / Göttingen 2005.
    • (ed.) Ägyptologie als Wissenschaft. Adolf Erman (1854–1937) in seiner Zeit. Berlin / New York, NY. 2006
    • (ed. with A.K. Nagel and A. Weymann) Apokalypse. Zur Soziologie und Geschichte religiöser Krisenrhetorik. Frankfurt / New York, NY, 2008
    • (ed. with D.A. Teeter) Wisdom and Torah. The Reception of ‘Torah’ in the Wisdom Literature of the Second Temple Period. Journal for the Study of Judaism, Supplements 163. Leiden / Boston, MA 2013.
    • A Concise History of Ancient Israel. From the Beginnings through the Hellenistic Era. Critical Studies in Hebrew Bible 11, University Park/PA 2019.
    • Proverbs 1–15. A Commentary on the Book of Proverbs (Part I). Hermeneia. Minneapolis/IN 2019.
    • Hermeneutics of Torah. Proverbs 2, Deuteronomy, and the Composition of Proverbs 1–9. Ancient Israel and its Literature 43. Atlanta/GA 2021.
    • (ed. with R.G. Kratz) Elephantine in Context. Studies on the History, Religion and Literature of the Judeans in Persian Period Egypt. Forschungen zum Alten Testament 155). Tübingen 2022.

     

    Contact

    Theologische Fakultät
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    Unter den Linden 9
    10099 Berlin, Germany

    Phone: +49 30 2093 91762 or +49 171 1780364
    Fax: + 49 30 2093 91761
    E-mail: bernd.schipper@hu-berlin.de
    Homepage: https://www.theologie.hu-berlin.de/en/gi-en/people/chair/standardseite

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