Prof. Dr. Isaac Kalimi

Former Gutenberg-Research Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies and History of Ancient Israel

Biographie

  • Post-Doctoral Studies, Theological Faculty, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg (1989-90)
  • Ph.D. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Biblical Studies and Ancient Israelite History and Religion (1986-89, received: 1990)
  • Graduate Studies Biblical Literature and History, Poetics and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Hebrew University and Tel-Aviv University (1982-84)
  • M.A. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, History of the Jewish People (Ancient Periods; graduated magna cum laude; 1977-78)
  • Teacher‘s Diploma Hebrew Bible, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem / School of Education (1976-77)
  • B.A. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hebrew Bible and History of the Jewish People (graduated magna cum laude; 1974-76)

Ausgewählte Auszeichnungen, Ehrungen & Preise

  • 2020 – Present Ordinary Member, Academia Europaea – The European Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Letters, the Humanities Class, section: Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies: https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Kalimi_Isaac
  • 2015 – Present Honorary Corresponding Member of Belgian Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences, Section of Human Sciences: KALIMI, Isaac | RAOS (kaowarsom.be)
  • 2015 – Present Honorary Member of Scandinavian Society for Iranian Studies: https://iranianstudies.wordpress.com/membership/
  • 2019 Franz-Delitzsch-Preis 2019 (Giessen, Germany).
  • 2014/15 Fellowship, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala University, Sweden.
  • 2014/15 Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • 2013 Gutenberg Forschungskolleg Fellowship, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz.
  • 2013 Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship, Brussels, Belgium).
  • 2012 The Franz-Delitzsch-Research-Award 2012 (Germany).
  • 2010/11 The J.W. Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award to the University of Salzburg, Austria.
  • 2008 Zvi and Matilda Roifer Prize for 2008 Annual Lecture, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Beer-Sheva, Israel).
  • 2007/08 National Endowment for the Humanities (USA) – a grant to conduct research at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem.
  • 2006 R.B.Y. Scott Book Award (The Reshaping of Ancient Israelite History…), by the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies in “recognition of an outstanding book in the areas of Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East.”
  • 2004 Case Western Reserve University Library Award for “Building of a Collection in Biblical and Rabbinic Literatures” (Cleveland, USA).

Forschungsschwerpunkte

  • Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (Religion, Literature, Languages, Exegesis and Theology)
  • Ancient Israelite/Jewish History, Historiography, Religion and Culture
  • Second Temple Judaism History, Religion, Thought and Literature
  • Classical Rabbinic and Medieval Exegesis and Literature
  • Jewish-Christian Relations
  • History of Interpretation

Forschungsprojekte

  • Historical Commentary on the Second Book of Kings (HCOT; Leuven: Peeters).
  • Historical Commentary on the Second Book of Chronicles (HCOT; Leuven: Peeters).
  • The Book of Malachi: A Commentary (Hermeneia – A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible, Fortress, USA)
  • The Book of Esther: A Commentary (New Cambridge Bible Commentary Series, Cambridge University Press, UK)
  • German Translation and Interpretation of Yalkut Shemoni on Jeremiah (De Gruyter, Germany).

Mitgliedschaften

  • 2017 – Present, Deutsch-Morgenländische Gesellschaft
  • 2015 – Present, American Schools of Oriental Research
  • 2013 – Present, European Society of Jewish Studies
  • 2010 – Present, Chicago Society of Biblical Research
  • 2004 – Present, Canadian Society of Biblical Studies
  • 1995 – Present, Société d’Études Samaritaines
  • 1994 – Present, Association for Jewish Studies
  • 1993 – Present, Active member of The Catholic Biblical Association of America
  • 1992 – Present, International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament
  • 1989 – Present, Society of Biblical Literature

Publikationen (in Auswahl)

  • Divine or Devil? Martin Luther and the Jews (London: Routledge, 2023), accepted for publication.
  • How the Mighty Have Fallen: The Disastrous Destiny of Arrogant Leaders in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures, xii + ca. 300 pages + 10 illustrations (submitted for publication).
  • The Book of Esther between Judaism and Christianity: The Biblical Story, Self-Identification, and Antisemitic Interpretation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), xvi + 420 pages + 13 illustrations. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/book-of-esther-between-judaism-and-christianity/15E91BC934A3368C6FDC51A30F5733AB
  • Der Kampf um die Bibel: Jüdische Interpretation, Sektarianismus und Polemik vom Tempel zum Talmud und darüber hinaus (Jüdische Religion, Geschichte und Kultur 26; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020), 309 pages. https://www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/abs/10.13109/9783666573408
  • König Salomo: Mensch und Mythos: Biblische Geschichtsschreibung im Wandel (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2020), xvi + 358 pages + 6 illustrations. https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/König_Salomo:Mensch_und_Mythos/title_5742.ahtml
  • Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019), xviii + 385 pages. The Ancient Near East Today, vol. 7 no. 7 (July 2019); ASOR website: http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2019/07/Writing-and-Rewriting-the-Story-of-Solomon
  • Metathesis in the Hebrew Bible: Wordplay as a Literary and Exegetical Device (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2018), x + 195 pages. https://www.hendrickson.com/html/product/071792.trade.html?category=all This book was a subject of a symposium at the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH), at its 2019 International Conference on Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture (Boston; June 25th, 2019).
  • Untersuchungen zur Jüdischen Schriftauslegung und Theologie (Würzburg: Echter Verlag, 2018), 380 pages. This book is awarded the Franz-Delitzsch-Preis 2019 as a “scientific work that is outstandingly competent.” http://www.israelogie.de/2019/franz-delitzsch-preis-2019/ Press Release, Idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft – Pressemitteilung: https://idw-online.de/de/news709385 (January 26, 2019) - regarding all the three books that are published in 2018.
  • Fighting Over the Bible: Jewish Interpretation and Polemic from Temple to Talmud and Beyond (The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 54; Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2017), xi + 342 pages. http://www.brill.com/products/book/fighting-over-bible A Polish translation of the book is in process. This book was the subject of a Round Table Discussion at The Catholic Biblical Association of America, 79th Annual International Meeting in Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA; August 7, 2016).  Press Release, Idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft – Pressemitteilung: http://idw-online.de (May 6, 2017). Ancient Near Easter Today, vol. 5 no. 10 (October 2017); ASOR website: http://asorblog.org/2017/10/24/fighting-bible-jewish-interpretation-sectarianism-polemic-temple-talmud-beyond/
  • Starożytny Historyk Izraelski. Studium o Kronikarzu, jego epoce, miejscu dzialanosci i dziele (Cracow: Nomos Press, 2016), 215 pp. (a revised Polish version of no. 14). http://www.nomos.pl/products/241/p/708
  • Writing and Rewriting History in Ancient Israel and Near Eastern Cultures (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2020), xvi + 250 pages.http://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de
  • Das Chronikbuch und seine Chronik: Zur Entstehung und Rezeption eines biblischen Buches (Fuldaer Studien 17; Freiburg i.B. / Basel / Wien: Herder Verlag, 2013), 7 illustrations + xiv + 247 pages.
  • The Retelling of Chronicles in Jewish Tradition and Literature: A Historical Journey (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009), 7 illustrations + xx + 395 pages. This book was the subject of a symposia at the SBL Annual International Meeting in Atlanta (Georgia; November 22, 2010). The papers as well as my response were published in Review of Rabbinic Judaism 16 (2013), pp. 51-87. https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_3WD0WJRQU.HTM
  • The Reshaping of Ancient Israelite History in Chronicles (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2005), xiv + 473 pages. Reprinted (corrected, paperback), 2012. This book was the recipient of the 2006 R.B.Y. Scott Award, which is awarded annually by the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies “in recognition of an outstanding book in the areas of Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East.” https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_3WD0WKBG1.HTM
  • An Ancient Israelite Historian: Studies in the Chronicler, His Time, Place, and Writing (Studia Semitica Neerlandica 46; Assen: Royal Van Gorcum [now under: E.J. Brill, Leiden], 2005), x + 212 pages. This book was the subject of a symposia at the AAR/SBL Annual International Meeting in San Antonio (Texas; November 21, 2004). The papers as well as my response were published in the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 6 (2006), pp. 1-64. https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_3WD0WEID5.HTM
  • A Polish Version: Starożytny Historyk Izraelski. Studium o Kronikarzu, jego epoce, miejscu dzialanosci i dziele (Cracow: Nomos Press, 2016), 215 pp. (a revised Polish version of ). http://www.nomos.pl/products/241/p/708
  • Early Jewish Exegesis and Theological ControversyStudies in Scriptures in the Shadow of Internal and External Controversies (Jewish and Christian Heritage 2; Assen: Royal Van Gorcum [now under: E.J. Brill, Leiden], 2002), 8 illustrations + xvii + 209 pages. The book was the subject of a symposia at Case Western Reserve University and the Sixteenth Annual Midwest Jewish Studies Colloquium (May 2, 2004), a special “Study Day” in honor of the publication of this book. https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_3WD0WKS7S.HTM
  • The Book of Chronicles - Historical Writing and Literary Devices (The Biblical Encyclopedia Library XVIII; Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, 2000), 4 illustrations + xxi + 477 pages (Hebrew). https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_3WD0WLL3A.HTM
  • Zur Geschichtsschreibung des Chronisten: Literarisch-historiographische Abweichungen der Chronik von ihren Paralleltexten in den Samuel- und Königsbüchern (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft [= BZAW] 226; Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1995), ix + 400 pages.
  • The Books of Chronicles: A Classified Bibliography(Simor Bible Bibliographies 1; Jerusalem: Simor, 1990), xvii + 230 pages. https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_3WD0WLYIS.HTM
  • Bridging between Sister Religions: Studies in Jewish and Christian Scriptures Offered to Honor Prof. John Townsend (edited; Brill Reference Library of Judaism 51; Leiden and Boston: E. J. Brill, 2016), xviii + 340 pages
  • Sennacherib at the Gate of Jerusalem: Story, History and Historiography (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 71; Leiden and Boston: E.J. Brill, 2014; edited with S. Richardson).
  • Scriptural Authority in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity (edited with T. Nicklas and G.G. Xeravits; Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies 16; Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2013).
  • New Perspectives on Ezra-Nehemiah: History and Historiography, Text and Literature (Editor; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012), xvi + 296 pp. https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_3WD0WMBT3.HTM
  • Jewish Bible Theology: Perspectives and Case Studies (Editor; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012), xiii + 276 pages. https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_3WD0WMXXY.HTM
  • Biblical Interpretation in Judaism and Christianity(LHB/OTS 439; London and New York: T. & T. Clark, 2006; edited with P.J. Haas), xiv + 265 pages. https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_3WD0WGLOY.HTM
  • God’s Word for Our World: Volume I - Biblical Studies in Honor of Simon John DeVries (JSOT Suppl. 388; London and New York: T. & T. Clark International, 2004; edited with J.H. & D.L. Ellens and R.P. Knierim); xvi+403 pages. https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_3WD0WQ37O.HTM
  • God’s Word for Our World: Volume II - Theological and Cultural Studies in Honor of Simon John DeVries(JSOT Suppl. 389; London and New York: T. & T. Clark International, 2004; edited with J.H. & D.L. Ellens and R.P. Knierim); xiv+301 pages. https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_3WD0WQE0K.HTM
  • Edut beYehosef: Studies in Jewish Heritage Dedicated to Joseph Roth-Rotem (Editor-in-Chief; Kefar-Saba, Israel: Beit Berl College - Center for Jewish Culture, 2003; Hebrew and English sections); xi + 200 pages.

Herausgeberschaften

  • Senior Editor, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics (Oxford University Press)
  • Associate Editor of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly (CBQ)
  • Associate Editor, Old Testament Abstracts (OTA)
  • Editorial Board, Review of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval and Modern (RRJ; E.J. Brill, Leiden)
  • Editorial Board, Hebrew Studies Journal (HS; National Association of Professors of Hebrew)
  • Regular Reviewer, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, The Oriental Institute, the University of Chicago
  • Editorial Board, Shofar – An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Ind. (2004-2010)