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

• 211 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

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• 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

  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

  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 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
• 2022

  '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

• 2021

  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

• 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%

• 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 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

  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 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
• 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

• 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%

• The Qumran Psalter and the medieval Palestinian Tefillat ha-Shir

  Kretzmer, V. R. & Ben-Dov, J., 22 Jul 2019, On Wings of Prayer: Sources of Jewish Worship; Essays in Honor of Professor Stefan C. Reif on the Occasion of his Seventy-fifth Birthday. De Gruyter, p. 299-316 18 p.

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

  • Palestinians 100%
  • Qumran 100%
  • Psalter 100%
  • Vocal Music 66%
  • Judaism 33%
• 2018

  An Investigation into the Continuity between Biblical Literature and the Scrolls

  Ben-Dov, J., 2018, Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah. Clements, R. A., Kister, M. & Segal, M. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 1-24 24 p. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; vol. 127).

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

• Concealing and Revealing in the Ideology of the Qumran Community

  Dimant, D., 2018, The Religious Worldviews Reflected in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Clements, R. A., Kister, M., Segal, M., Clements, R. A., Kister, M. & Segal, M. (eds.). Brill, Vol. 127. p. 48-62 15 p. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; vol. 127).

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

• Egyptian Literature

  Shupak, N., 2018, Behind the scenes of the Old Testament: cultural, social, and historical contexts. Greer, J. S., Hilber, J. W. & Walton, J. H. (eds.). Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, p. 104–111

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

• Some Thoughts on Egyptian Elements in Kushite Religion and Rituals

  Kahn, D., 2018, Across the Mediterranean - Along the Nile : Studies in Egyptology, Nubiology and Late Antiquity Dedicated to László Török on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday . Bács, T. A., Bollók, Á. & Vida, T. (eds.). Budapest: Institute of Archaeology, Research Centre for the Humanities Hungarian Academy of Sciences, p. 233-248 16 p.

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

• The fall of samaria: An analysis of the biblical sources

  Kahn, D., 5 Nov 2018, The Last Days of the Kingdom of Israel. De Gruyter, p. 229-249 21 p.

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

  • Berlin 100%
  • Samaria 100%
  • Kingdom of Israel 100%
  • Karen 100%
  • Last Days 100%

• The Formation of the Book of Joshua

  GALIL, G., 2018, Tell it in Gath Studies in the History and Archaeology of Israel Essays in Honor of Aren M. Maeir on the Occasion of his Sixtieth Birthday. Shai, I., Chadwick, J. R., Hitchcock, L., Dagan, A., McKinny, C. & Uziel, J. (eds.). Zaphon, (Ägypten und Altes Testament; vol. 90).

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

• The interpretation of Ezekiel in the hodayot

  Dimant, D., 2018, Ha-'ish Moshe: Studies in Scriptural Interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature in Honor of Moshe J. Bernstein. Goldstein, B. Y., Segal, M. & Brooke, G. J. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 78-95 18 p. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; vol. 122).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2017

  An Update of the Hezekiah-Sennacherib Narrative during the Babylonian Siege? Some more Thoughts

  Kahn, D., 2017, Now It Happened in Those Days: Studies in Biblical, Assyrian, and Other Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Presented to Mordechai Cogan on His 75th Birthday. Baruchi-Unna, A., Forti, T. L., Ahituv, S., Eph’al, I. & Tigay, J. H. (eds.). Winona Lake Ind.: Eisenbrauns, Vol. 1. p. 137-148 12 p.

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

• Does the Idea of the Primacy of Morality over the Cult Exist in Egyptian Wisdom Literature?

  Shupak, N., 2017, The cultural manifestations of religious experience: studies in honour of Boyo G. Ockinga. Di Biase-Dyson, C. (ed.). Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, p. 405–416 (Ägypten und Altes Testament ; 85 lat).

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

• Joshua and Moses in the Book of Joshua

  Galil, G., 2017, "Now It Happened in Those Days": Studies in Biblical, Assyrian, and Other Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Presented to Mordechai Cogan on His 75th Birthday. Baruchi-Unna, A.B.-U., Forti, T. L., Ahituv, S., Eph’al, I. & Tigay, J. H. (eds.). Eisenbrauns

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

• The book of HGY and ancient reading practices

  Ben-Dov, J., 2017, Is There a Text in This Cave?: Studies in the Textuality of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Honour of George J. Brooke. Feldman, A., Cioata, M. & Hempel, C. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 423-437 15 p. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; vol. 119).

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

• The image of Pharaoh: royal ideology and historical reality in the light of Egyptian wisdom literature

  Shupak, N., 2017, "Now It Happened in Those Days": Studies in Biblical, Assyrian, and Other Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Presented to Mordechai Cogan on His 75th Birthday. Baruchi, A., Forti, T. L., Ahituv, S., Eph’al, I. & Tigay, J. H. (eds.). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, p. 271–283

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

• Time and natural law in Jewish-Hellenistic writings

  Ben-Dov, J., 12 Oct 2017, The Construction of Time in Antiquity: Ritual, Art, and Identity. Cambridge University Press, p. 9-30 22 p.

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

• Tobit and the qumran aramaic texts

  Dimant, D., 2017, Is There a Text in This Cave?: Studies in the Textuality of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Honour of George J. Brooke. Feldman, A., Cioata, M. & Hempel, C. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 385-406 22 p. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; vol. 119).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2016

  The Historical Background of a Topographical List of Ramesses III

  Kahn, D., 2016, Rich and Great, Studies in Honour of Anthony J. Spalinger on the Occasion of his 70th Feast of Thoth. Landgrfova, R. & Mynarova, J. (eds.). Charles University in Prague, p. 161-168

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

• The library of Qumran in recent scholarship

  Dimant, D., 2016, The Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and the Concept of a Library. Crawford, S. W. & Wassen, C. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 7-14 8 p. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; vol. 116).

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

• The resurrection of the divine assembly and the divine title El in the dead sea scrolls

  Ben-Dov, J., 1 Jan 2016, Submerged Literature in Ancient Greek Culture: The Comparative Perspective. Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 9-31 23 p.

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

• The story of the Gadites and the Reubenites (Numers 32): A Case Study for an Approach to a Pentateuchal Text

  Kislev, I., 2016, The Formation of the Pentateuch: Bridging the Academic Cultures of Europe, Israel, and North America . C. Gertz, J., M. Levinson, B., Rom-Shiloni, D. & Schmid, K. (eds.). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, p. 619-629 11 p. 3

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

• 2015

  Astronomy and calendars at Qumran

  Ben-Dov, J., 1 Jan 2015, Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy. Springer New York, p. 1895-1900 6 p.

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

  • Jewish 100%
  • Temple 100%
  • 1st Millennium BC 100%
  • Astronomy 100%
  • Sabbatical 100%

• Astronomy in the book of Enoch

  Ben-Dov, J., 1 Jan 2015, Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy. Springer New York, p. 1889-1894 6 p.

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

  • Astronomy 100%
  • Luminaries 100%
  • Book of Enoch 100%
  • Tradition 100%
  • Millennium 100%

• Numbers 36:13: The Transition between Numbers and Deuteronomy and the Redaction of the Pentateuch

  Kislev, I., 25 May 2015, From Author to Copyist: Composition, Redaction, and Transmission of the Hebrew Bible: Studies in Honor of Zipi Talshir. Werman, C. (ed.). Pennsylvania: Penn State University Press, p. 113-124 12 p.

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

• The Contribution of Egyptian Wisdom to the Study of Biblical Wisdom Literature

  Shupak, N., 2015, Was There a Wisdom Tradition? New Prospects in Israelite Wisdom Studies. Sneed, M. R. (ed.). Atlanta: SBL Press, p. 265-304

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

  • Egyptian 100%
  • Wisdom Literature 100%
  • Egyptians 100%
  • Wisdom 100%
  • Wisdom literature 100%

• Weighing in the scales: how an Egyptian concept made its way into biblical and postbiblical literature

  Shupak, N., 2015, From Author to Copyist: Essays on the Composition, Redaction, and Transmission of the Hebrew Bible in Honor of Zipi Talshir. Werman, C. (ed.). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, p. 249–257

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

• נפילת שומרון: בין היסטוריה להיסטוריוגרפיה

  Translated title of the contribution: The Fall of Samaria: Between History and Historiogaphy⁨קאהן, ד.⁩ & Kahn, D., 2015, מרבה חכמה: מחקרים במקרא ומזרח קדום: ספר זיכרון לאביגדור ויקטור הורוויץ ז"ל. Yonah, S., Greenstein, E. L., Gruber, M. I., Machinist, P. & Paul, S. M. (eds.). Eisenbrauns

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

• "תועבת מצרים": אור חדש על בעיה ישנה

  שופק, נ., 2015, מרבה חכמה: מחקרים במקרא ומזרח קדום. ספר זיכרון לאביגדור ויקטור הורוויץ ז"ל. יונה, ש., גרינשטיין, א., גרובר, מ., משיניסט, פ. & פאול, ש. (eds.). וינונה לייק, אינדיאנה: Eisenbrauns, p. 271–294

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2014

  A Jewish parapegma? Reading 1 enoch 82 in Roman Egypt

  Ben-Dov, J., 2014, Time, Astronomy, and Calendars in the Jewish Tradition. Stern, S. & Burnett, C. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 1-25 25 p. (Time, Astronomy, and Calendars; vol. 3).

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

• 2013

  "אכל את המגלה הזאת" (יחזקאל ג 1) - הכתיבה כסמל וכדימוי במקרא

  שופק, נ., 2013, זר רימונים. אביעוז, מ., עסיס, א. & שמש, י. (eds.). אטלנטה: Society of Biblical Literature, p. 309-327

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

• מקדש שלמה: חזון או מציאות

  Translated title of the contribution: Solomon's Temple: fiction or reality?⁨גליל, ג.⁩, 2013, זר רימונים: מחקרים במקרא ובפרשנותו מוקדשים לפרופ' רימון כשר . ⁨אביעוז, מ.⁩, ⁨עסיס, א.⁩ & ⁨שמד, י.⁩ (eds.). Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, p. 117-131 5 p. ( International Voices in Biblical Studies ).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2012

  David's Youth in the Qumran context (11QPsa XXVIII, 3-12)

  Dimant, D., 2012, Prayer and Poetry in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature: Essays in Honor of Eileen Schuller on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday. Penner, J., Penner, K. M., Wassen , C., Penner, J., Penner, K. M. & Wassen, C. (eds.). Brill, Vol. 98. p. 97-114 18 p. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; vol. 98).

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

• ISRAELI SCHOLARSHIP ON THE QUMRAN COMMUNITY

  Dimant, D., 2012, Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah. Dimant, D. (ed.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 237-280 44 p. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; vol. 99).

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

• Judah and tamar in Jubilees 41

  Dimant, D., 2012, A Teacher for All Generations: Essays in Honor of James C. VanderKam, Volume One. Thomas, S. I., Schofield, A., Ulrich, E. & Mason, E. F. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 783-797 15 p. (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism; vol. 153).

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

• Polemics and Propaganda in the Deuteronomistic Composition

  GALIL, G., 2012, Leggo! Studies Presented to Frederick Mario Fales on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday. Lanfranchi, G. B., Bonacossi, D. M., Pappi, C. & Ponchia, S. (eds.). Harrassowitz Verlag, p. 221-236 16 p.

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

• Revisiting the Date of King Josiah's Death

  Kahn, D., 3 Dec 2012, In the Shadow of Bezalel. Aramaic, Biblical, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Bezalel Porten. Botta, A. F. (ed.). Brill, p. 255-264 10 p. (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East; vol. 60).

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