Prof. Dr theol. Benedikt Hensel

Press and public relations

- EKD press release: Benedikt Hensel appointed Director of the German Protestant Institute for Classical Studies Jerusalem

Press releases from the UOL on the Old Testament and Prof Dr B. Hensel

- Instagram channel of the Old Testament in Oldenburg: https://www.instagram.com/unioldb.at.

- Press release on the excavation management of Prof. Dr B. Hensel of the UOL from 18 July 2023

- Report on the excavation and Summer School 2023 in the MoX (18 July 2023)

(With the kind permission of Radio Bremen)

Contact

Prof. Dr. Benedikt Hensel

uol.de/benedikt-hensel

Press releases with mentions

Lectures

Summer term 2026

4.07.010 Einführung in das Alte Testament (mit begleitender Podcast-Serie)
4.07.110 Die Ursprünge Gottes: Interkulturelle Perspektiven auf die Entstehung des Monotheismus im Alten Israel, im Antiken Orient und im antiken Judentum (mit begleitender Podcast-Serie)
4.07.113 Alttestamentliche Texte in ihrer biblischen Lebenswelt: Einführung in die biblische Archäologie (mit Summer School in Israel + Grabung in Hazor (2.-23. August 2026)
4.07.126 Antike Welten: Forschungskolloquium und Abschlusskolloquium BA-/MA-Arbeiten der Bereiche Altes Testament, Alte Geschichte, Biblische Archäologie und Digitale Altertumswissenschaften

Prof. Dr theol. Benedikt Hensel

Professorship of Old Testament and Biblical Archaeology

Scientific career

Since 2026: University Professor for Old Testament and Biblical Archaeology (W3) at the University of Ol denburg

From 1/2027: Director, German Protestant Institute for Classical Studies of the Holy Land - at the same time Research Centre of the German Archaeological Institute, Jerusalem (DEI Jerusalem)

Since 2026: Director, DAO - Digital Ancient Studies Oldenburg | Digital Ancient Studies Oldenburg at the University of Oldenburg

Since 2025: Dean of the School IV - School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Oldenburg

Since 2023: Co-Director of the Hazor Excavation, Israel: The Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations in Memory of Yigael Yadin (director: Dr Igor Kreimerman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Since 2024: Chair of the "Karl-Wilhelm-Heyse-Gesellschaft - Friends of Antiquity"

Since 2023: Deputy Chair of the Doctoral Committee of Faculty IV

Since 2023: Representative of the Lower Saxony regional group at the Conference of Institutes for Protestant Theology (KIET), as well as representative of the KIET at the Protestant Theological Faculty Conference (E-TFT)

2023-2025: Vice Dean "Research" of School IV - School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Oldenburg

2022-2025: University Professor for Old Testament (W2) at the University of Oldenburg

2023-2025: ERASMUS Departmental Coordinator Theology (Departmental Coordinator ERASMUS Programme)

2021-2022: University Lecturer for Biblical Theology - Georg-August-University Göttingen

2020-2021: Interim professorship Prof. Dr Konrad Schmid - Chairof Old Testament Studies and Early Jewish Religious History - University of Zurich/CH (UZH) (winter semester 2020/21 and summer semester 2021)

2019-2020: Substitute Professor "Old Testament and Biblical Archaeology" (Wolfgang Zwickel), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (summer semester 2019, winter semester 2019/20; summer semester 2020).

2017-2020: University of Zurich/UZH PostDoc Researcher (Chair Konrad Schmid) and project collaborator"The History of the Pentateuch (SNF/SINERGIA project)".

2018 and 2015 (6 months): Visiting Scholar at the University of Haifa and at the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University

2018: ErasmusPlus Lectureship at the "Institut Protestant de Théologie", Montpellier/France.

2013-2017: Project leader of DFG project ("Eigene Stelle") "The relationship of YHWH worshippers in Samaria and Judah"; JGU Mainz - Department of Old Testament and Biblical Archaeology.

Since 2013: regular teaching assignments in the subject "Old Testament" at the University of Basel, University of Zurich, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Justus Liebig University Giessen and JGU Mainz.

2011-2013: Vicariate (Marktkirche Wiesbaden/EKHN), special vicariate (personal assistant to Provost Dr Sigurd Rink); Second Church Examination; ordination: 2013; 2013-2016: Honorary Pastor, Marktkirche Wiesbaden/EKHN.

2007-2010: Research Assistant "Systematic Theology and Social Ethics" (JGU Mainz - Protestant Theology).

2006-2007: Research assistant at Heidelberg University - Theological Seminary: Thyssen project: "Aramaic Inscriptions" (D. Schwiderski).

2001-2006: Studied Protestant Theology, Classical Archaeology and Jewish Studies in Heidelberg, Utrecht/NL and Amsterdam/NL; 1st Church Examination.

1999-2000: Civilian service with "Arbeitskreis Humanitäre Hilfe für Asylbewerber e.V." - assisting asylum seeker families with visits to the authorities and schooling.

Academic degrees

Winter semester 2016/2017: Habilitation and venia legendi for Old Testament, JGU Mainz

Winter semester 2016/2017: "Rheinland-Pfalz-Zertifikat Hochschuldidaktik", after completing the 2013-2017 certificate programme for university didactics at Johannes Gutenberg University

2012: Second theological examination, EKHN; ordination

2010: Doctorate Dr theol. (summa cum laude), Old Testament; Prof. Dr S. Grätz, JGU Mainz

2006: 1st Theological Examination, Protestant Church of the Palatinate ("best of the year")

Research profile

Research focus

At the centre of Benedikt Hensel's research, alongside the literary-historical study of the Old Testament, are three central research areas that are intensively worked on through international projects:

  1. Digital Biblical Archaeology and Digital Ancient Studies of the Eastern Mediterranean, which include Biblical Archaeology, Digital Cultural Heritage Research (eCultural Heritage and Advanced Technologies) and Digital Archaeology and Ancient Studies of the Southern Levant (projects and research are bundled in DAO - Digital Ancient Studies Oldenburg | Digital Ancient Studies Oldenburg at the UOL).
  2. The history and religious history of Israel and ancient Judaism (here to the corresponding research) in the context of the ancient Near Eastern and ancient world. Oldenburg's research is characterised by a) the historical focus on research into the plurality and regional diversity of ancient Judaism (from the 6th century BC onwards) in combination with b) a consistent methodological approach via the materiality and archaeology of ancient Judaism.
  3. The theology and hermeneutics of the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament (click here for the corresponding research).

Research expertise

  • Biblical archaeology, (digital) ancient studies of the Eastern Mediterranean, digital cultural heritage research and digital archaeology in the Southern Levant
  • Religious history and history of Israel (focus on 8th-1st century BC)
  • History and identity conflicts of emerging/early Judaism (Persian and Hellenistic period) in the context of ancient cultures
  • Literary history of the Old Testament, in particular the Pentateuch/Hexateuch and the DtrG
  • Theology of the Old Testament, biblical theology and (overall) biblical hermeneutics
  • Cultural-historical, scientific and anthropological approaches
  • Transjordan and its influence on the Southern Levant
  • Methodological reflection of literary-historical and archaeological approaches
  • (Imperial) Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek epigraphy

Research: Projects

Ongoing international research projects

  1. Research project "AnHuNav - Animal and Human Navigation in the Ancient Southern Levant: An Interdisciplinary Project on Spatial Perception, Route Formation, and Orientation between Environmental Knowledge and Textual Tradition (Iron Age to Roman Imperial Period)" (since 2026)
  2. Research project "Hazor digital (Digital Archaeology)" (since 2024)
  3. Research project "Resettlement of Ruins and Memories in the Making. A Case Study on Hazor and the Shaping of Early Israelite Identities during the Iron Age" (Gerda Henkel-funded project in the "Lost Cities" focus; project leader Benedikt Hensel; project partner: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) (since 2024)
  4. Research project "Hazor Excavations - Israel's largest archaeological excavation" (Co-Director; interdisciplinary and international large-scale project with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) (since 2023)

Book projects

Current book projects in the field of Biblical Archaeology and Ancient Judaism by Benedikt Hensel (monographs):

  1. Archaeological Guide to Ancient Israel, Kröner Verlag: Stuttgart
  2. Archaeology of the Southern Levant. Academic records on biblical archaeology from the Iron Age to the
    Hellenistic era (Neue Theologische Grundrisse), Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen
  3. Textbook on Ancient Judaism, de Gruyter Studium (together with Stefan Beyerle)

Editorial work for academic publications

  • Editor of the academic book series Works on the Bible and its history (EVA - Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig) (together with Susanne Luther, Christoph Landmesser and Andreas Schüle) (since 2026).
  • Specialist editor "History of Israel and Judah", WiBiLex (together with Michael Pietsch) (since 2026).

International co-operations and completed projects

  • Research focus "Emerging Judaism: Studies on Pluriformity and Diversity at the Dawn of Judaism (6th-1st Century BCE) (since 2017)
  • Research focus "Theology of the Old Testament, Biblical Theology and Biblical Hermeneutics (since 2017)
  • Intercultural Summer Schools "Israel" (Head: Benedikt Hensel) (since 2023)
  • EABS Research-Unit 2025-2028: "The Origins of Israel and the Shaping of Early Israelite Identities during the Iron Age: Perspectives from the Biblical Studies and Archaeology" (Chair, Organiser and Founder).
  • EABS Research Workshop "Edom East and West of the Arabah Valley, in the Negev and in the Hebrew Bible"; at EABS Conference Toulouse 2022 (4-7 July 2022) (Organisation and Initiation: Benedikt Hensel; Chairing together with Erez Ben-Yosef, Tel Aviv University).
  • EABS Research Unit "Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: Tracing Perspectives of Group Identity from Judah, Samaria, and Diaspora in Biblical Traditions" (Benedikt Hensel, together with Dany Nocquet, Montpellier, and Bartosz Adamczewski, Warsaw). Since 2019.
  • Conceptualisation and specialised consulting for the international exhibition "The History of Jews and Samaritans", Benedikt Hensel, together with Steven Fine, Yeshiva University New York and Director of the YU Center for Israel Studies, for the corresponding exhibition from February 2023 at the Bibelhaus Erlebnis Museum Frankfurt/Main. Since 2020.
  • Project collaborator "The History of the Pentateuch" (SINERGIA SNF project, the Universities of Zurich, Lausanne and Tel Aviv). 2017-2020.
  • Project leader "The Historical Background of the Jacob Cycle Gen 25-35" (Zurich-Tel Aviv; sub-project of the SINERGIA project) 2017-2020.
  • Curatorial work and specialised scientific advice for the exhibition "G*tt (f/m/d). Gender diversity since biblical times" (exhibition 2021 at the Bibelhaus Erlebnismuseum Frankfurt am Main). 2019-2020.
  • EABS Workshop 2019 "Wisdom and Torah as Dynamic Modes of Scribal Discourse in Israel and Early Judaism: Beyond Biblical Genres and Traditions" (Co-Chairs: JiSeong J. Kwon, Lausanne; Tobias Häner, Vienna). 2018-2019.
  • Organisation and chair of the conference "Cultural Encounters: Translation, Transformation, Tension" (10th German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities Symposium 2018/GISFOH)" (Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (IASH)/Jerusalem and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation/Berlin. 2017-2018.
  • Academic appointment to the Organising Committee of the "German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities(GISFOH) Symposium" of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (IASH)/Jerusalem and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation/Berlin. 2017-2018.
  • Advisory board of the Frankfurt Bible Museum for the preparation of the exhibition "Qumran Scrolls". 2016-2017.
  • Project leader "Judah and Samaria in post-exilic times"(DFG project). 2013-2017.
  • Project collaborator "Imperial Aramaic Inscriptions" (Univ. Heidelberg; Thyssen Foundation). 2006-2007.

Conferences and sessions at congresses

  • "'Digital Antiquity - Digital Archaeology': Intensive Workshop on Digital Methods in Classical Studies and Biblical Archaeology" (27-31.01.2025, Spiekeroog: Research Centre of the University of Oldenburg); Organisation and implementation: Prof. Dr. Benedikt Hensel and Prof. Dr. Michael Sommer (Ancient History, UOL), in co-operation with Prof. Dr. Charlotte Schubert (University of Leipzig).
  • EABS Research-Unit 2025-2028: "The Origins of Israel and the Shaping of Early Israelite Identities during the Iron Age: Perspectives from the Biblical Studies and Archaeology" (Chair, Organiser and Founder).
  • "Politics and Compromise in the Hebrew Bible" (13-15.12.2024, Trinity College, Melbourne, Australia). International conference. Organisation: Prof. Dr. Benedikt Hensel together with Prof. Dr. Mark Brett (Melbourne) and Prof. Dr. Rachelle Gilmour (Melbourne).
  • "The Book of Samuel in the Shadow of Empires. Relations between Israel, Judah, and Neighboring Nations in Historical, Compositional, and Theological Perspective" (University of Basel - 12-14 October 2022); organisation and initiation jointly with St. Germany, Basel) (funded by the SNSF).
  • "Transjordan in Biblical Traditions Exploring New Avenues and Perspectives for Future Research on Ancient Transjordan from Hebrew Bible Studies and Related Fields" (Univ. Oldenburg - Chair Old Testament, 14-15 July 2022)
  • "Edom East and West of the Arabah Valley, in the Negev and in the Hebrew Bible" (Research Workshop at the EABS Conference Toulouse 2022: 4-7 July 2022), organisation and initiation together with Erez Ben-Yosef, Tel Aviv University.
  • "Social Groups and Redactions behind Biblical Traditions: Perspectives from Babylonia, Idumea, Judah and Israel" (Session/Research Unit at the EABS Annual Conference, Toulouse, 4th-7th July 2022), organisation and initiation together with Bartosz Adamczewski, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, and Dany Nocquet, Protestant Institute of Theology, Montpellier
  • "Multifaceted Edom. Recent Research on Southern Transjordan in the Iron Age from an Archaeological and Cultural-Historical Perspective" (Zurich/Amman; 8-10 June 2021); together with Dr Katharina Schmidt, DEIAHL Amman, Prof. Dr Rocío Da Riva, Facultat de Geografia i Història/Universitat de Barcelona; and Mohammad al Najjar (Amman) (funded by the Thyssen Foundation)
  • "Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: Tracing Perspectives of Group Identity from Judah, Samaria, and Diaspora in Biblical Traditions" (EABS Research Unit, Wuppertal 2020), organisation and initiation together with Erez Ben-Yosef, Tel Aviv University.
  • "Wisdom and Torah as Dynamic Modes of Scribal Discourse in Israel and Early Judaism: Beyond Biblical Genres and Traditions" (EABS Workshop 2019), co-organised with JiSeong J. Kwon, Lausanne and Tobias Häner, Vienna.
  • "The Historical Background of the Jacob-Cycle" (Tel Aviv University, 17-18 December 2018), together with Oded Lipschits and Omer Sergi (TAU).
  • "Cultural Encounters: Translation, Transformation, Tension" (10th German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities Symposium 2018) Berlin, 18-21 November 2018), organised and conducted on behalf of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (IASH)/Jerusalem and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation/Berlin).
  • "Samaria and Diaspora in the Persian and Hellenistic Times: Influence, Significance and Contributions to the Pentateuch and Prophets" (Montpellier, Institut Protestant de Théologie, Montpellier/France, 6-9.12.18), together with Bartosz Adamczewski, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, and Dany Nocquet, Protestant Institute of Theology, Montpellier
  • "Resistance and obedience. Symposium Biblical Theology and Liturgy on the Biblical Narratives of Elijah and Elisha" (Univ. Mainz; 30.9.-2.10.2014) together with Prof. Dr Ansgar Franz, Liturgical Studies, Catholic Theology, Mainz. Theology, Mainz.

Supervised qualification theses

Doctoral projects

  • Veit Dinkelaker, University of Oldenburg, PhD project(first supervisor): "From excavation to exhibition: biblical archaeological research, field research in the South Levant and its didactic representation in museums" (since 1/2026)

  • Benjamin Schnabel, University of Oldenburg, PhD project(first supervisor): "Advanced Technologies in Epigraphy: Hebrew and Aramaic Inscriptions from the Iron Age IIC and the Persian Period" (since 7/2023)

  • Mareike Duin, University of Oldenburg, PhD project(first supervisor): "Biblical Israel and Land: A theological-historical study on the theological significance of the land in identity formation processes of the emerging Judaism of the Persian and early Hellenistic period - with an outlook on contemporary reconciliation theological and intercultural designs" (since 1/2026).

  • Thomas Hennig, University of Oldenburg, doctoral project(first supervisor): "God works salvation and disaster (Isa 45:7)? On YHWH's concepts of justice in Deurero-Isaiah and the Book of Job." (since 2/2023)

  • Fabian Shehu, University of Oldenburg, PhD project(first supervisor): ""Idumaea - a semi-arid economic area in the network of trans-regional trade during the Hellenistic period (3rd to 1st century BC): a GIS-based modelling study of routes, nodes and connectivity in the archaeology of the Southern Levant" (since 7/2025)

Habilitation projects

  • Gad Barnea"Under the Ptolemaic Sun: The Making of the Bible and the Alexandria Mouseion" (since 2023)
  • Jordan Davis: "The Aims of Jeremiah: Shifting Perspectives on the Fate of 'Israel' within the Fixed Historical Frame" (since 2022)
  • Kishiya Hidaka: "Tribes of Israel in the Book of Judges: A Historical, Literary-Historical, and Conceptual Study of the Tribal Culture of Israel in the Book of Judges " (since 2024)

Publications (selection)

I Books

Monographs

  1. 2025: The Book of Jonah (Commentary series: bibel heute lesen), Theologischer Verlag Zürich: Zurich 2025 (184 pages).
  2. 2016: Hensel, B., Judah and Samaria. Zum Verhältnis zweier nach-exilischer Jahwismen/Juda and Samaria. On the Relationship of Two Post-exilic YHWH-communities (Forschungen zum Alten Testament I/110), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2016(habilitation),awarded the Armin Schmitt Prize for Biblical Textual Research in 2018 (www.armin-schmitt-stiftung.de) (487 pages).
  3. 2011: Hensel, B., Die Vertauschung des Erstgeburtssegen in der Genesis. Eine Analyse der narrativ-theologischen Grundstruktur des ersten Buches der Tora (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 423), de Gruyter: Berlin/New York, January 2011(dissertation) (387 pages).
  4. 2008: Die alt- und reichsaramäischen Inschriften, vol. 1: Konkordanz. Edited by D. Schwiderski. With the collaboration of Walter Bührer and Benedikt Hensel (Fontes et Subsidia ad Bibliam pertinentes 4), Berlin/New York (Walter de Gruyter) 2008 (983 pages).

Collected volumes

  1. 2026: Hensel, B./Lasater, P. (eds.), Fear, Fear of God, and God Fearers: Philological and Historical Perspectives on the World of Ancient Judaism and Christianity (FAT II 173), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2026 (269 pages).

  2. 2025: Davis, J./Hensel, B. (eds.), A Prophet to the Nations: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Jeremiah 46-51 (Vetus Testamentum et Orbis Antiquus/VTOA), Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht 2025.(peer-reviewed volume).(open access).

  3. 2025: Germany, S./Hensel, B. (eds.), Israel, Judah, and Neighbouring Groups in the Book of Samuel: Historical and Textual Approaches (Series: Orientalische Religionen in der Antike / Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2025(peer-reviewed volume).(open access).

  4. 2024: Hensel, B. (ed.), Transjordan and the Southern Levant. New Approaches Regarding the Iron Age and the Persian Period from Hebrew Bible Studies and Archaeology - in collaboration with Jordan Davis, ed. by Benedikt Hensel (ArchB 8), Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen 2024 (355 pages). (peer-reviewed volume)

  5. 2023: Hensel, B. et al. (eds.), Social Groups behind Biblical Traditions: Identity Perspectives from Egypt, Transjordan, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Israel in the Second Temple Period (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 167)Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2023 (267 pages). (peer-reviewed volume)

  6. 2023: Hensel, B./Wetz, C. (eds.), Migration and theology. Historical reflections, basic theological elements and hermeneutical perspectives from Old and New Testament scholarship (ABG/Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Geschichte 74); Evangelische Verlagsanstalt: Leipzig 2023 (512 pages).

  7. 2022: Hensel, B. et al. (eds.), Edom and Idumea in the Persian Period: Recent Research and Approaches from Archaeology, Hebrew Bible Studies and Ancient Near Eastern Studies (Worlds of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean/WANEM), Equinox: Sheffield 2022 (479 pages). (peer-reviewed volume)

  8. 2021: Hensel, B. (ed.), The History of the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25-35). Recent Research on the Compilation, the Redaction and the Reception of the Biblical Narrative and Its Historical and Cultural Contexts (Archaeology and Bible 4), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2021 (241 pages). (peer-reviewed volume)

  9. 2020: Hensel, B. et al. (eds.), Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: Tracing Perspectives of Group Identity from Judah, Samaria, and Diaspora in Biblical Traditions (Forschungen zum Alten Testament, II/120), Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen 2020 (347 pages).

  10. 2011: Dinkelaker, V. / Hensel, B. / Zeidler, F. ed.), Seit wann gibt es "jenes Israel"? Collected Studies on the TNC and Ancient Judaism. Bernd J. Diebner on his 70th birthday (Beiträge zum Verstehen der Bibel 17), LIT-Verlag: Münster, 2011 (312 pages).

  11. Together with Mark Brett, Jordan Davis and Rachelle Gilmour (Eds.), Politics and Compromise in the Hebrew Bible (forthcoming).

II Articles and essays (in selection)

  1. Hensel, B., "The 'YHWH-fearing Sailors' in Jon 1:5-16 as a Model for the Classification of the 'Nations' in Early Judaism: A Search for Literary and Historical Traces in the Book of Jonah," in: Hensel, B./Lasater, P. (ed.), Fear, Fear of God, and God Fearers: Philological and Historical Perspectives on the World of Ancient Judaism and Christianity, Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen 2026, 151-169 (peer-reviewed).
  2. Hensel, Benedikt/Lasater, Phillip, "Fear, Fear of God, God-Fearers: Philological and Historical Perspectives on the World of Ancient Judaism and Christianity," in: Hensel, B./Lasater, P. (ed.), Fear, Fear of God, and God Fearers: Philological and Historical Perspectives on the World of Ancient Judaism and Christianity, Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen 2026, 1-16 (peer-reviewed).
  3. Igor Kreimerman, Erik Eynikel, Benedikt Hensel, Bénédicte Lhoyer, Débora Sandhaus, "Tel Hazor 2023: Preliminary Report", Journal of the German Palestine Association 141/1 (2025) (peer-reviewed).
  4. Hensel, Benedikt/Kreimerman, Igor, "New Excavations in the Megapolis Hazor: Descending into the Settlement Layers of Ancient Israel," in: World and Environment of the Bible 1 (2024), 62-65.
  5. "Reconsidering Yahwism in Persian Period Idumea in Light of the Current Material Findings." In: Barnea, G./Kratz, R.G. (eds.), Yahwism under the Achaemenid Empire. Prof. Shaul Shaked in memoriam (BZAW), Berlin: de Gruyter 2024, 139-184.
  6. "Origin and spread of early YHWH worship: a re-evaluation of the sources with a special focus on the copper industry in the Arabah Trench." In: transformatio; Issue 1 - 2024: Mobility. Religion and faith on the move, 40-69 (peer-reviewed) (Open access: here).
  7. "Transjordan and Judah from the Babylonian to Hellenistic Periods: Their Cultural, Religious, Economic, and Political Entanglements and Their Impact on the Formation of the Hebrew Bible." In: Hensel B. (ed.), Transjordan and the Southern Levant. New Approaches Regarding the Iron Age and the Persian Period from Hebrew Bible Studies and Archaeology - in collaboration with Jordan Davis (ArchB 8), Tübingen 2024, 195-234.
  8. "Untangling History and Story: Shifting Trends in the Study of Ethnic Groups in the Book of Samuel." In: Israel, Judah, and Neighboring Groups in the Book of Samuel: Historical and Textual Approaches (Series: Orientalische Religionen in der Antike / Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times), edited by Stephen Germany and Benedikt Hensel, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2024, 7-19.
  9. "Selbstprädikation JHWHs und Herausführungsformel in der Dekalogeröffnung Ex 20,2-6/Dtn 5,6-10: Zur Theologie eines Gottesbildes und seiner religions- und rechtsgeschichtlichen Entwicklung," in: Hensel, B./Wetz, C. (eds.), Migration und Theologie. Historische Reflektionen, theologische Grundelemente und hermeneutische Perspektiven aus der alt- und neutestamentlichen Wissenschaft (Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Geschichte 74), Evangelische Verlagsanstalt: Leipzig 2023, 337-381.
  10. "Who Wrote the Bible? Understanding Redactors and Social Groups behind Biblical Traditions in the Context of Plurality within Emerging Judaism," in: Hensel, B. et al. (eds.), Social Groups behind Biblical Traditions: Identity Perspectives from Egypt, Transjordan, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Israel in the Second Temple Period (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 167)Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2023, 11-23.
  11. "The Ark Narrative(s) of 1 Sam *4:1b-7:1 / 2 Sam 6* between Philistia, Jerusalem, and Assyria: A New Approach for a Historical Contextualisation and Literary-Historical Classification." In: Hagemeyer, F. (ed.), Jerusalem and the Coastal Plain in the Iron Age and Persian Periods. New Studies on Jerusalem's Relations with the Southern Coastal Plain of Israel/Palestine (c. 1200-300 BCE). RIAB 4/ORA 46. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2022, 163-191.
  12. "Basic Elements of an Old Testament Theology of Migration: A Contribution to the Current Debate on Migration-Sensitive Theology from the Perspective of Old Testament Scholarship." In: Evangelische Theologie/EvTh 82/1 (2022), 19-31.
  13. "The Complexity of a Site: 'Edom' in the Persian Period from the Perspectives of Historical Research, Hebrew Bible Studies, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies." In: Benedikt Hensel et al. (ed.), About Edom and Idumea in the Persian Period. Recent Research and Approaches from Archaeology, Hebrew Bible Studies and Ancient Near Eastern Studies (Series: Worlds of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean), Equinox, Sheffield 2022, 13-47.
  14. "God-Fearing Sailors (Jon 1:5-16) and Repentant Enemies (Jon 3:5-10) Two Different Models of 'Salvation for the Nations' in the Book of Jonah," Journal of Old Testament Studies 133/2 (2021).
  15. "'Wine of the Promised Land': The Wedding Feast at Cana (Jn 2:1-12) in the Context of Old Testament Images of Renewal and Liberation," Junge Kirche 1 (2021).
  16. "Tightening the Bonds between Edom and Israel (Gen 33:1-17*): On the Further Development of Edom's Role within the Fortschreibung of the Jacob Cycle in the Exilic and Early Persian Periods," Vetus Testamentum 71 (2021), 397-417.
  17. "Edom in the Jacob Cycle (Gen *25-35): New Insights on Its Positive Relations with Israel, the Literary-Historical Development of Its Role, and Its Historical Background(s)." In: Hensel, B. (ed.), The History of the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25-35). Recent Research on the Compilation, the Redaction and the Reception of the Biblical Narrative and Its Historical and Cultural Contexts (Archaeology and Bible 4), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2021, 55-134.
  18. "Opening New Horizons in the Old? Biblical-Theological and Hermeneutical Observations on Mt 1-2," Biblical Journal, Leiden: Brill 64/1 (2020), 1-20.
  19. "Deuteronomy 12:13-19: On the Localisation of the One Maqom," Neue Folge. Biblical Notes. New Series (BN) 182 (2019), 9-43.
  20. "From 'Israelites' to 'foreigners': Zur Entwicklung anti-Samaritanischer Polemik ab der hasmonäischen Zeit," ZAW 126/4 (2014), 475-493.
  21. "The public church - a church leadership perspective." In: Heinemann, L./Höfle, K., Scherle, P. (eds.), Gott in der Öffentlichkeit. Die mediale Gestalt der Kirche und ihrer Praxis (Herborner Beiträge 6), Berlin 2013, 7-27 (together with Sigurd Rink).
  22. "Determining the relationship between the Old and New Testaments as the foundation of a Christian theology - Arnold A. van Ruler's approach and the recent canonical-intertextual debate." In: Communio Viatorum 51 (2009).
  23. Various articles in WiBiLex (www.wibilex.de) and EBR/Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception.
  24. Regular reviews for ZAW, ZAW Zeitschriftenschau, Theologische Literaturzeitung and Welt des Orients.

Memberships and functions

Memberships

Specialised scientific functions

  • Member of the Steering Committee of the EABS Research Unit "Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: Tracing Perspectives of Group Identi-ty from Judah, Samaria, and Diaspora in Biblical Traditions" 2018-2023.
  • Organising Committee of the "German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities (GISFOH) 2017-2018.
  • Curator of the exhibition "Respect! The Samaritans in the Bible and Today" - a cooperation project of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies in New York, the Museum of the Bible, the bibelmusuem frnakfurt/Main and the University of Oldenburg 2021-2024.
  • Member of the scientific advisory board of the Frankfurt Bible Museum for the preparation of the exhibition "Qumran Scrolls" 2016-2018.
  • Representation for the University of Oldenburg: Conference of Institutes of Protestant Theology (KIET): since 2023.
  • Representation of the KIET for the Protestant Faculty Association for the regional group of Lower Saxony: since 2023

Academic self-administration and offices at the University of Oldenburg

Expertise

  • Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
  • German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
  • Vetus Testamentum
  • Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism (JSJS) - Brill
  • Journal of Biblical Literature
  • Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
  • Communio Viatorum
(Changed: 05 Mar 2026)  |  Kurz-URL:Shortlink: https://uol.de/p89061en
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