Born on 21.7.1994 in Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

kishiya.hidaka@uni-oldenburg.de

Ammerländer Heerstr. 114-118, Building A06 1st floor, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany

Academic Works:

• Since 2024 SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation) Postdoctoral Researcher at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany

• Since 2025 Chair of the EABS Research Unit "The Origins of Israel and the Shaping of Early Israelite Identities during the Iron Age: Perspectives from the Biblical Studies and Archaeology" at the Annual Meetings of European Association of Biblical Studies (Co-Chair: Prof. Dr Benedikt Hensel). eabs.net/EABS/EABS/Research-Units/Research_Units/EABS_Research_Units/Origins_of_Israel.aspx

Publications

Books:

• The Theme of Diaspora in the Pentateuch (Research on the Old Testament I 193), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026.
• Introduction to the Hebrew Bible StudiesTokyo: Sinkyo Shuppannkyoku (Japanese; forthcoming).
• Introduction to the History of the Ancient Israel, Tokyo: Sinkyo Shuppannkyoku (Japanese; commissioned).

Articels:

• "The Composition of Hexateuch and the ''Am Ha-Aretz' Redaction," Seishogakuronnju (Journal of Biblical Studies) 51 (2020): 49-82 (Japanese).
• "Hexateuch, Enneateuch, and Pentateuch: The 'Am Ha-Aretz Redaction and the Compositional Function of Joshua 24," Shingaku (Journal of Theology) LXXXII (2020): 191-214 (Japanese).
• "Leviticus 26 and the Pro-Babylonian-Golah and Pro-Diaspora Redactions in the Context of Identity Formation and Conflict of Yahwistic Groups in the Persian Period," in: Benedikt Hensel, Bartosz Adamczewski, and Dany Nocquet (ed.), Social Groups behind Biblical Traditions: Identity Perspectives from Egypt, Transjordan, Mesopotamia, and Israel in the Second Temple Period (FAT 167), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023, 205-223.
• "Joseph Story and Its Theology of Diaspora," Kyuyakugakukennkyu (Old Testament Studies) 17 (2023): 1-30 (Japanese).
• "The Political Theology of Pg and Its Relation to the Contemporary Pro-Babylonian Golah Redaction in the Book of Ezekiel," Annual of the Japanese Biblical Institute XLVIII (2023): 5-27.
• "The 'Anti'-Royal Theology in the Priestly Writings?" in: Jaeyoung Jeon, JiSeong Kwon, and Daewook Kim (ed.), King, State, Empire in the Hebrew Bible: Postcolonial Perspectives and Contemporary Relevance in Korea (Global Perspectives in Biblical Studies 1), Berlin: De Gruyter, 2025, 51-68.
• "The Curse of Canaan (Genesis 9:18-29) as a Post-Priestly Composition: A Literary- and Tradition-Historical Reassessment," Journal of Old Testament Studies 137 (2025): 467-482.
• "The Deuteronomistic Image of History in Daniel 9 and Other Apocalyptic Literature," in: Moritz F. Adam, Daniel Maier, and Jörg Frey (ed.), (Anti-)Apocalypticism throughout Antiquity (WUNT I) Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (forthcoming).
• "The Anti-Diaspora Scribal Group and the Formation of the Pentateuchal Wilderness Narrative," in: Jaeyoung Jeon, Louis C. Jonker, and Katharina Pyschny (ed.), Scribal Discourses in Second Temple Biblical Literature (FAT II), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (forthcoming).
• "The Promise of the Land and Israel's History in Genesis 15," in: Moritz F. Adam, Lida Panov, and Florian Oepping (ed.), Genesis and Exodus. Contributions to the Symposium on the 60th Birthday of Konrad Schmid (BZAW), De Gruyter: Berlin (forthcoming).
• "The Theme of Canaan in the Priestly Tradition," Vetus Testamentum (forthcoming).

Translations:

• André LaCocque / Paul Ricœur, Penser la Bible (Joint Translator: Hiroshi Kume), Tokyo : Kyo Bun Kwan, 2021 (Japanese).
• Konrad Schmid, Theology of the Old Testament (Joint Translator: Satoshi Otomo), Tokyo: Kyo Bun Kwan, 2023 (Japanese).
• Jan Christian Gertz (ed.), Basic Information Old Testament, 6th edition (Joint Translator : Satoshi Otomo, Kenta Fujita, Shuhei Ooishi), Tokyo : Shinkyo Shuppannkyoku (forthcoming ; Japanese).

• Bernd U. Schipper, The Hermeneutics of Torah : Proverbs 2, Deuteronomy, and the Composition of Proverbs 1-9Tokyo: Yobel Inc. (forthcoming; Japanese).

Academic Presentations at Conferences and Other Academic Meetings:

• "The Composition of Hexateuch and the ''Am Ha-Aretz' Redaction," The Japanese Biblical Institute, Tokyo, Japan, 2019 (Japanese).
• "Lev 26 and the Pro-Babylonian-Golah and Pro-Diaspora Redactions in the Context of Identity Formation and Conflict of the Yahwistic Groups in the Persian Period," EABS Annual Conference, Wuppertal, Germany / online, 2021.
• "The Composition of the Joseph Story and the Egyptian Diaspora," Society of the Old Testament Studies in Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 2021 (Japanese).
• "The Literary Reelections of the Judean Diaspora Communities in the Ancestor narratives," Conference Transjordan in Biblical Transitions: Exploring New Avenues and Perspectives for Future Research on Ancient Transjordan from Hebrew Bible Studies and Related Fields, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany, 2022 (Invited).
• "The Inclusive Political Theology of Pg and Its Socio-Political Context Reflected in the Contemporary Texts of the Book of Ezekiel," European Association of Biblical Studies Graduate Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, 2022.
• "The historical Development of the Diaspora Identity Concepts in 1-2 Kings and Deuteronomy," European Association of the Biblical Studies Annual Conference, Toulouse, France, 2022.
• "The Theme of Diaspora in Deut 28-30*: The Conflict of the Identity Formation between the Babylonian-Golah and the Diaspora in Deuteronomy," Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Salzburg, Austria, 2022.
• "The Historical Development of the Political Theology between P and the Book of Ezekiel," 24th Congress of the International Organisation for the Study of the Old Testament, Zurich, Switzerland, 2022.
• "How God Speaks to Abraham: A Literary-Historical Study of the Word of God in the Ancestor Narratives," Conference Word of God Workshop: In the Perspective of Biblical, Systematic, and Practical Theology, Protestant Theological Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 2023.
• "P and Deutero-Isaiah: An Attempt of the Literary-Historical Analysis of Their Literary Relationship," Workshop Unity and Literary Profile of the Priestly Writings, Prague, Czech Republic, 2023 (Invited).
• "The Anti-Diaspora Scribal Group and the Formation of the Wilderness Narrative," European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Conference, Syracuse, Italy, 2023.
• "Is Daniel among the Deuteronomists?," (Anti-)Apocalypticism throughout Antiquity -An Interdisciplinary Conference, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, 2023.
• "Jerusalem Emptied Twice? The Myth of the "Empty Land" and the Golah-Theology in the Final Chapters of 2 Kings," Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting (Former Prophets Section), Uppsala, Sweden, 2025 (Invited).
• "How Hazor Became the "City of the King of Canaanites"? A Literary-Historical Study of Hazor Story in Judges 4-5," European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Conference (Research Unit: The Origins of Israel and the Shaping of Early Israelite Identities), Uppsala, Sweden, 2025.
• "The Curse of Canaan (Gen 9:20-27): A Composition of the Pentateuch Redactor?," Schweizer HB/AT-Sozietät, Zurich, 2025.
• "When Did the Book of Judges Join the Enneateuch?," Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston, 2025.
• "Deuteronomistic Redaction and the First Edition of the Book of Judges," Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston, 2025.
• "The Theologisation of Abraham in Genesis 15: A Literary-Historical and Tradition-Historical Study," Genesis and Exodus - A Symposium on the 60th Birthday of Konrad Schmid, Zurich, 2025 (invited).
• "The Tribe of Benjamin in the Book of Judges," How did Benjaminite and Judean memories shape the stories of David and Saul?: Contested Narratives of David and Saul, Seoul, 2026 (online; invited).

Research Grants, Prize, and Other Academic Activities:

• Since 2024 SNSF Postdoc Mobility Research Grant
• 2023 EABS Student Prize (awarded by the European Association of Biblical Studies)

• 2020-2024 Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships by Federal Scholarship Commission for International Students (ESKAS)

Membership of Academic Associations:

• Since 2025 Scientific Society for Theology
• Since 2022 Society of Biblical Literature
• Since 2021 European Association of Biblical Studies

• Since 2017 The Japanese Biblical Institute

Languages:

• Japanese (mother tongue), English, German, French, Biblical Hebrew, Ancient Greek, Latin, Ancient Aramaic, Ancient Syriac, Akkadian