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| Personal Information | ||
| Name | Wold, Benjamin | |
| Main Department | Religions and Theology | |
| College Title | Assistant Professor | |
| woldb@tcd.ie | ||
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| Biography | |
| My scholarly pursuits centre upon Judaism in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. My research and teaching interests in this area often times give special attention to new developments in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This area of specialization is the product of my graduate training at Durham University, Tübingen University (Ph.D. Erasmus exchange), and Hebrew University (Rothberg). I completed an MA in Second Temple Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. As part of this training I learned Modern Hebrew, Classical Hebrew, Post-biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, Classical Greek and at Durham added Classical Ethiopic (Ge‘ez). During my nearly four years in Jerusalem I participated in archaeological excavations (Qumran, Wadi Maraba'at) as a volunteer and traveled extensively in the Levant. While studying for a Ph.D. at Durham University I was the recipient of a Lightfoot Scholarship and when I completed my degree was invited to a post-doctoral fellowship in the Centre for Jewish Studies at Durham University (2004-6). The Alexander von Humboldt-foundation recognized my scholarly contributions and ongoing work with an award in 2006, a fellowship that was hosted at the University of Tübingen (Institut für antikes Judentum und hellenistische Religionsgeschichte). Recently I was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to research at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in east Jerusalem. While there I am completing a book entitled "The Revelatory Discourse of 4QInstruction." | |
| Representations |
| Details | Date |
| Editorial Board for Versita Publishers (in association with de Gruyter). http://versita.com/Book_Author/Theology_Religious_Studies/ | 2012 |
| Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies |
| Details | Date From | Date To |
| -Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)- -Enoch Seminar- -International Organization of Qumran Studies (IOQS)- -Society for the Study of Judaism in Late Antiquity, Durham- -British New Testament Society (BNTS)- |
| Awards and Honours | |
| Award | Date |
| Barton Fellowship, Albright Institute for Archaelogical Research (declined) | 2007 |
| Alexander von Humboldt-Stipendium | 2006 |
| Lightfoot Scholarship, Durham University | 2001-2002 |
| Lampstand Foundation Scholarship | 1994-2003 |
| Alexander von Humboldt (Return Fellowship) | 2010 |
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| Languages |
| Language | Skill Reading | Skill Writing | Skill Speaking |
| English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent |
| German | Fluent | Medium | Medium |
| Greek | Basic | Basic | Basic |
| Hebrew | Fluent | Medium | Medium |
| Spanish | Basic | Basic | Basic |
| Research Interests | |||
| Early Christianity in the context of Greco Roman antiquity | Galilee in Hellenistic and Roman times | Jewish identity in the Hellenistic world | Jewish studies |
| Second temple Judaism |
| Publications |
| Peer Reviewed |
| Wold, Benjamin G., Family Ethics in 4QInstruction and the New Testament, Novum Testamentum, 50, (3), 2008, p286 - 300 | |
| L. T. Stuckenbruck, S. C. Barton and B. G. Wold (eds.), Memory in the Bible and Antiquity, Tuebingen, WUNT I; Mohr Siebeck, 2007, 394 pgs., pls. i-vipp Notes: [Contributors: Joachim Shaper, Erhard Blum, Benjamin Wold, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Hermann Lichtenberger, William Horbury, John Barclay, Doron Mendels, Anthony Le Donne, James D. G. Dunn, Martin Hengel, Ulrike Mitmann-Richert, Anna Maria Schwemer, Hans-Joachim Eckstein, Stephen C. Barton, Markus Bockmuehl] |
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| Wold, Benjamin G., Women, Men and Angels: The Qumran Wisdom Document Musar leMevin and its Allusions to Genesis Creation Traditions, Tuebingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2005, 286 pgs, pls. i-ixpp Notes: [How did the use of biblical traditions shape the theology of 4QInstruction? This work focuses on how literary allusion to traditions derived from Genesis influenced formulations and conceptions about gender, the heavenly realm, knowledge and angelic beings. A contribution is made to further understanding the apocalyptic worldview that motivates this ancient wisdom document.] |
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| Wold, Benjamin G., Towards a Reconstruction of 4Q416 2 ii line 21: Comments on the Reconstruction of Menahem Kister, Dead Sea Discoveries, 12, (2), 2005, p205 - 211 | |
| Wold, Benjamin G., Re-examining an Aspect of the Title Kyrios in Light of 4Q416 2 iii, Zeitschrift fuer die Neuetestamentliche Wissenschaft, 95, (3/4), 2004, p149 - 160 | |
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