Department of Biblical Studies

Research output

Research output per year 1972 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2025

• 212 Article
• 96 Chapter
• 22 Review article
• 19 Book
• 32 More
  • 15 Conference contribution
  • 5 Book/Arts/Article review
  • 4 Editorial
  • 3 Conference article
  • 2 Special Issue
  • 1 Report
  • 1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 1 Foreword/postscript

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  From Sinai to Qumran: Moses in the Qumran Texts

  Dimant, D., 2025, Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah. Brill Academic Publishers, p. 106-129 24 p. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; vol. 147).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2024

  Ezekiel’s God in pursuit of recognition: A catalyst for self-transformation

  Kugler, G., Dec 2024, In: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. 49, 2, p. 204-217 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Magog 100%
  • Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy (SEIRAS) 100%
  • God's action 16%

• Incest as a rhetorical device: The shock effect of the allegory in Ezekiel 16

  Kugler, G., 20 Feb 2024, In: Scottish Journal of Theology. 77, 1, p. 63-76 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Allegory 100%
  • Rhetorical Devices 100%
  • Incest 100%
  • Shock Effects 100%
  • Ezekiel 16 100%

• In Search for Ya͑qob͗el in Edom in New Kingdom Topographical Lists

  Kahn, D., 2024, In: Journal of Egyptian History. 17, 1, p. 46-75 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • New Kingdom 100%
  • Ramesses III 100%
  • Edom 100%
  • Thutmose III 100%
  • Ramesses II 100%

• The Lord of Spirits in the Book of Parables of Enoch from a Levantine Point of View

  Ben-Dov, J., 1 Jan 2024, What’s in a Divine Name?: Religious Systems and Human Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean. De Gruyter, p. 689-704 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Divinity 100%
  • Parable 100%
  • Spirit 100%
  • Divine 100%
  • Parables of Enoch 100%
• 2023

  ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA TO THE ARTICLE “THE HEBREW COPY OF TOBIT FROM QUMRAN: A TEXTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PUZZLE” (REVQ 33/2)

  Dimant, D., 2023, In: Revue de Qumran. 35, 1, p. 123-131 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hebrew 100%
  • Copy 100%
  • Puzzle 100%
  • Qumran 100%
  • Tobit 100%

• Hesed in Ruth: A Frail Moral Tool in an Inflexible Social Structure

  Kugler, G. & Magori, O., May 2023, In: Religions. 14, 5, 604.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Protagonist 100%
  • Moral 100%
  • Book of Ruth 100%
  • Morality 100%
  • Social Structure 100%

• Narcissistic father and hated brother – decoding the psychology of Biblical Chosenness

  Kugler, G., 2023, When psychology meets the Bible. McKay, H. A. & van der Zwan, P. (eds.). Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The "Borders of the Land of Canaan'" Document (Num 34:1-12) Its Context in the Book of Numbers and Its Reflection in the Book of Joshua

  Kislev, I., 2023, In: Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel. 12, 4, p. 399-415 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Canaan 100%
  • Book of Numbers 100%
  • Book of Joshua 100%
  • book of Joshua 100%
  • Pentateuch 66%

• The First Mickey Mouse: The Enigma of the Anthropomorphized Animal Drawings in Ancient Egypt

  Shupak, N., 1 Jan 2023, Human Interaction with the Natural World in Wisdom Literature and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Tova L. Forti. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 183-215 33 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• אלוהים אינו אלוהימא - עיון בדימויי המשפחה בישעיה השני והשלישי

  Translated title of the contribution: God is not a mother - a study of the family imagery in second and third Isaiah⁨קוגלר, ג.⁩, 2023, In: בית מקרא. 68 ב, p. 213-237 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• כתובת הקללות שנמצאה בהר עיבל

  ⁨גליל, ג.⁩, 2023, In: א.ב.: חדשות השומרונים. 1392-1393, p. 4-8 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• ר' אברהם אבן עזרא איש האשכולות: דיוקן של פרשן: ר' אברהם אבן עזרא: [מאמר ביקורת]

  ⁨כסלו, א.⁩, 2023, In: בית מקרא. 68 ב, p. 374-391 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• “You are Cursed by the God YHW:” an early Hebrew inscription from Mt. Ebal

  Stripling, S., Galil, G., Kumpova, I., Valach, J., van der Veen, P. G. & Vavrik, D., Dec 2023, In: Heritage Science. 11, 1, 105.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Late Bronze Age 100%
  • Hebrew Inscriptions 100%
  • Hebrew 100%
  • Deity 100%
  • Inscription 100%
• 2022

  The Date of the Arrival of the Judeans at Elephantine and the Foundation of Their Colony

  Kahn, D., Apr 2022, In: Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 81, 1, p. 139-164 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Tobit and the »Torah for Exile« in Light of the Qumran Texts

  Dimant, D., 2022, In: Zeitschrift fur Theologie und Kirche. 119, 1, p. 2-3 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• היצירה הדויטרונומיסטית: היקף ומבנה ספרותי

  Translated title of the contribution: The Deuteronomistic Composition: Scope and Literary Structure⁨גליל, ג.⁩, 2022, In: בית מקרא. 67 א, p. 172-194 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 'וכל זה דרך התחלת הדיבור' - ביאור רשב"ם לבראשית י"ח, ט' וזיקתו לביאור רש"י לבראשית ג', ט'

  ⁨כסלו, א.⁩, 2022, זכרה לאהרן (קובץ בעריכת מלכה שנוולד). חולון: תלפיות - המכללה האקדמית לחינוך, p. 208-221 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• “And You Became Mine” (Ezek 16:8): Good and Evil in a Narcissistic God

  Kugler, G., Oct 2022, In: Religions. 13, 10, 967.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Deity 100%
  • Evil 100%
  • Biblical Narrative 33%
  • Prophecy 33%
  • Hebrew Bible 33%
• 2021

  Afterlives of Ancient Rock-cut Monuments in the Near East Carvings in and out of Time

  Ben-Dov, J. & Rojas, F., 2021, In: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. 123, p. VII-XI

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Alexander Ahrens: Aegyptiaca in der nördlichen Levante. Eine Studie zur Kontextualisierung und Rezeption ägyptischer und ägyptisierender Objekte in der Bronzezeit. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Series Archaeologica 41.) xi, 451 pp. Leuven: Peeters, 2020. ISBN 978 90 429 4369 8. €135.

  Kahn, D., 2021, In: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 84, 2, p. 382-384 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

  • Egyptian 100%
  • Northern Levant 100%
  • Orientalis 100%
  • Aegyptiaca 100%
  • Levante 100%

• Conversation with One's Heart or Soul in Wisdom Literature

  Shupak, N., 2021, Ve-ʹed yaʹaleh (Gen 2:6): essays in Biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies presented to Edward L. Greenstein. Machinist, P., Harris, R. A., Berman, J. A., Samet, N. & Ayali-Darshan, N. (eds.). Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, p. 913-930 (Writings from the ancient world supplement series ; 5-6. lat).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Egypt without Slavery: Tracing the Tradition of Israel's Residence in Egypt

  Kugler, G., 2021, In: Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament. 35, 1, p. 111-125 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Israel 100%
  • Tradition 100%
  • Narrative 100%
  • Egypt 100%
  • Residence 100%

• Images for Learning and Teaching Activities in Egyptian Wisdom Literature and their Contact with Biblical Wisdom

  Shupak, N., 2021, In: Bibliotheca Orientalis. 78, p. 57-79

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Egyptian 100%
  • Learning Activities 100%
  • Teaching Activities 100%
  • Wisdom Literature 100%
  • Teaching Process 100%

• JEREMIAH AT QUMRAN

  Dimant, D., 1 Jan 2021, The Oxford Handbook of Jeremiah. Oxford University Press, p. 504-519 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Prophecy 100%
  • Qumran 100%
  • Quotation 50%
  • First Section 50%
  • Second Temple Period 50%

• Lost the Battle? Three Case Studies of Military Defeat: Rewrite History and Claim you Won the War, Ignore the Defeat and Consolidate Power, or Pray to God

  Kahn, D., 2021, Culture of Defeat: Submission in Written Sources and the Archaeological Record: Proceedings of a Joint Seminar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Vienna, October 2017. Streit, K. & Grohmann, M. (eds.). Gorgias Press, p. 97-120 24 p. (Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East; vol. 16).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Egypt 100%
  • King 100%
  • Military Defeat 100%
  • Assyrians 66%
  • Sennacherib 66%

• Sixty Years of Publications on the Dead Sea Scrolls: Discoveries in the Judaean Desert in Perspective: Discoveries in the Judaean Desert in Perspective

  Dimant, D., 2021, Hebrew Texts and Language of the Second Temple Period: Proceedings of an Eighth Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ben Sira. Fassberg, S. & Fassberg, S. (eds.). Brill, Vol. 134. p. 52-78 27 p. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; vol. 134).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The core of the sacrificial calendar in num 28-29 and its compositional history

  Kislev, I., 1 Sep 2021, In: Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. 133, 3, p. 299-311 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pentateuch 100%
  • Compositional History 100%
  • Editorial Process 100%
  • Independent 100%
  • Book of Exodus 100%

• The formation of judges and samuel and the deuteronomistic composition

  Galil, G., 2021, In: Vetus Testamentum. 42, 1, p. 1-25 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Exile 100%
  • First Edition 100%
  • Exiles 100%
  • Israel 50%
  • King 50%

• THE HEBREW COPY OF TOBIT FROM QUMRAN: A TEXTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PUZZLE

  Dimant, D., 2021, In: Revue de Qumran. 33, 2, p. 261-300 40 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The vow to kill Elisha: Function and meaning in 2 Kings 6:31–33

  Kislev, I., 2021, In: Vetus Testamentum. 72, 1, p. 47–66 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • King 100%
  • Elisha 100%
  • Vows 100%
  • Motivation 20%
  • Elders 20%

• יציאת מצרים בספר יהושע

  Translated title of the contribution: The Exodus in the Book of Joshua⁨גליל, ג.⁩, 2021, In: בית מקרא. 66 א, p. 33-76 44 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• עיון מחודש בכתובות המואביות מעטרות

  Translated title of the contribution: A new look at the Moabite inscriptions from Khirbet Ataruz (Ataroth)⁨גליל, ג.⁩, 2021, In: ארץ ישראל: מחקרים בידיעת הארץ ועתיקותיה. 34, p. 31-47 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• “The Land of the Philistines” and “The Sea of the Philistines”: Northern Philistia in the Hebrew Bible

  Galil, G., 2021, Individuals and Institutions in the Ancient Near East: A Tribute to Ran Zadok., U. G. & , S. G. (eds.). De Gruyter, p. 261-278

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2020

  Sennacherib's campaign against Judah: A source analysis of Isaiah 36-37

  Kahn, D., 27 Aug 2020, Cambridge University Press. 342 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • King 100%
  • Judah 100%
  • Sennacherib 100%
  • Isaiah 100%
  • Source Analysis 100%

• Shabaka and Sennacherib

  Kahn, D., 2020, Ein Kundiger, der in die Gottesworte eingedrungen ist : Festschrift für den Ägyptologen Karl Jansen-Winkeln zum 65. Geburtstag. Hsu, S.-W., Laisney, V.P.-M. & Moje, J. (eds.). Münster: Zaphon, p. 111-119 9 p. (Ägypten und Altes Testament ; vol. 99).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Cities of Refuge Law in Numbers 35:9–34: A Study of its Sources, Textual Unity and Relationship to Deuteronomy 19:1–13

  Kislev, I., 2020, In: Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte. 26, 1, p. 249-264 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Law 100%
  • Deuteronomy 100%
  • Cities of Refuge 100%
  • Jordan 100%
  • Textual Analysis 100%

• The Egyptian Background of the Joseph Story: Selected Issues Revisited

  Shupak, N., 2020, "An excellent fortress for his armies, a refuge for the people": Egyptological, archaeological, and biblical studies in honor of James K. Hoffmeier. Averbeck, R. E. & Younger, Jr., K. L. (eds.). University Park, Pennsylvania: Eisenbrauns, p. 340–352

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The Role of the Altar in the Book of Chronicles

  Kislev, I., 21 Aug 2020, In: The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures. 20, p. 1-17 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Altar 100%
  • Chronicles 100%
  • Book of Chronicles 100%
  • Temple 50%
  • King 50%

• 'אין מלאך אחד עושה שתי שליחויות' - השימוש של רש"י במדרשים על-פי ביאורו לבראשית יח 2

  Translated title of the contribution: One angel does not run two errands’ – Rashi’s Use of Midrashim according to his interpretation to Gen 18:2⁨כסלו, א.⁩, 2020, In: בית מקרא. 65 א, p. 40-57 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• גלגולי הנוסח של הפתיחה לספר שמות

  Translated title of the contribution: The Text of the Opening Verses of the Book of Exodus⁨כסלו, א.⁩, 2020, In: מגילות. טו, p. 61-80 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• הקרב האחרון של שאול בגלבוע וכינונה של מלכות דוד בחברון

  Translated title of the contribution: King Saul’s Last Battle on Mount Gilboa and the Establishment of David’s Kingdom in Hebron⁨גליל, ג.⁩, 2020, In: במעבה ההר. 10, 1, p. 9-38 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• ״מהרסיך ומחרביך ממך יצאו״ (ישעיה מט 17) - דחיית אתוס החכמה בידי הסופרים־החכמים מחברי ספר דברים - האמנם?

  שופק, נ., 2020, In: בית מקרא. 65 ב, p. 271-291 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2019

  Astronomical Book (1 Enoch 72–82)

  Ben-Dov, J., 1 Jan 2019, T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism, Volume 1. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 172-175 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Book review: Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt

  Shupak, N., 2019, In: Review of Biblical Literature.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Arts/Article review › peer-review

• "Like a Lone Bird on a Roof": [מאמר ביקורת]

  שופק, נ., 2019, In: בית מקרא. 64 ב, p. 369-378 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Arts/Article review › peer-review

• More Neo--Assyrian Families

  Galil, G., 2019, Ben Porat Yosef: Studies in the Bible and Its World: Essays in Honor of Joseph Fleishman. Avioz, M., Minka, O. & Shemesh, Y. (eds.). Ugarit-Verlag, Vol. 458. p. 215-225 11 p. (Alter Orient und Altes Testament; vol. 458).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Otot

  Ben-Dov, J., 1 Jan 2019, T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism, Volume 1. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 406-408 3 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Pesher of the Periods (4Q180–181)

  Dimant, D., 1 Jan 2019, T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism, Volume 1. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 422-424 3 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The continuity in the prophetic visions in First Isaiah (1-39)

  Kahn, D., 2019, The Unperceived Continuity of Isaiah. Charlesworth, J. H. (ed.). T & T Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 34-70 46 p. ( Jewish and Christian texts in contexts and related studies; vol. 28).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Prophetic Visions 100%
  • First Isaiah 100%
  • Prophets 100%
  • Prophet 66%
  • exegete 50%