Born on 21.7.1994 in Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan 

kishiya.hidaka@uni-oldenburg.de

Ammerländer Heerstr. 114-118, Gebäude A06 1. Stock, 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).  https://eabs.net/EABS/EABS/Research-Units/Research_Units/EABS_Research_Units/Origins_of_Israel.aspx

   

Publications 

Books:

• The Theme of Diaspora in the Pentateuch (Forschungen zum Alten Testament I 193), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026. 
• Introduction to the Hebrew Bible Studies, Tokyo: 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,” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 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 und Exodus. Beiträge des Symposiums zum 60. Geburtstag von 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, Theologie des Alten Testaments (Joint Translator: Satoshi Otomo), Tokyo: Kyo Bun Kwan, 2023 (Japanese).
• Jan Christian Gertz (ed.), Grundinformation Altes Testament, 6. Auflage (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 1–9, Tokyo: 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 Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, Zürich, 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 Judge 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, Zürich, 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 Theologization of Abraham in Genesis 15: A Literary-Historical and Tradition-Historical Study,” Genesis und Exodus – Ein Symposium zum 60. Geburtstag von Konrad Schmid, Zürich, 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 SNF.Postdoc.Mobility Research Grant 
• 2023 EABS Student Prize (awarded by the European Association of Biblical Studies) 

• 2020-2024 Schweizerische Bundes-Exzellenz-Stipendien by Eidgenössische Stipentienkomission für ausländische Studierende (ESKAS) 

   

Membership of Academic Associations: 

• Since 2025 Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie
• 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