Dr Anja Klein (MTheol[special] DipTheol PhD DHabil SFHEA)

Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

School of Divinity

School of Divinity

Street: School of Divinity, Mound Place
Office: 2.02 (second floor)
City: Edinburgh
Post code: EH1 2LX

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Biography

Background

since 2017 Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

2022-2023 British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship

2013-2017 Chancellor's Fellow in Biblical Studies (Hebrew Bible)

2014 Habilitation at the University of Göttingen (Second Book: 'Geschichte und Gebet')

2008-2013 Academic Assistant in Old Testament Studies, University of Göttingen (chair Prof. R.G. Kratz)

2003-2008 Doctoral Studies of Theology, University of Göttingen

2008 Doctorate of Theology (Thesis: 'Schriftauslegung im Ezechielbuch')

2004-2007 Graduate Fellow "Ev. Studienwerk Villigst"

1996-2003 Studies of Theology in Bethel, St Andrews and Göttingen

2003 First Theological Degree/Diploma (Hanover Church/Göttingen)

2000 Master of Theology (special; St Andrews)

1999-2003 Fellow "Ev. Studienwerk Villigst"

Qualifications

MTheol(special) DipTheol PhD DHabil SFHEA

Dr Klein is a Senior Fellow of HEA and holds the Göttingen Certificate for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

On teaching sensitive materials in Divinity https://bit.ly/3hbA6F5

Responsibilities & affiliations

Local Contact for the Edinburgh OTSEM group

Teaching & PhD supervision

Undergraduate teaching

Prophets and Their Oracles (BIST08019)

Intermediate Biblical Hebrew (BIS 08017/BIST10040)

Adam, Eve, and LGBT+: Sex and Gender in the Hebrew Bible (DIVI10002)

The Dark Lord: Divine Violence in the Hebrew Bible (BIST10052)

Biblical Hebrew Texts A (BIST0001)

Old Testament Theology (BIST10043)

Hebrew Prophecy (BIST10021)

On teaching sensitive materials in Divinity: https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/mini-series-adam-eve-and-lgbt-teaching-sensitive-materials-in-divinity/

Postgraduate teaching

Hebrew Prophecy (BIST11004)

Advanced Hebrew Texts A (BIST11011)

Hebrew Bible in Historical-Critical Perspective (BIST11021)

Hebrew Scriptures Theology (BIST11009)

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Areas of interest for supervision

"Being a historical-critical scholar, I am passionate about the literary and theology history of the Hebrew Bible, and I do welcome any postgraduate research enquiries and applications in this field, in particular those with an interest in prophetic and poetic literature, biblical theology, and the implemenation of social scientific approaches. More recently, I have discovered the question of violence in the Hebrew Bible and would love to discuss any enquiry related to this!"

Research

Research summary

Dr Klein’s research focuses on the history of literature and theology of the Hebrew Bible, including the exegesis of the biblical scriptures in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Her fascination with Hebrew prophecy is reflected in her study on inner-biblical exegesis in the book of Ezekiel, while her most recent monograph deals with the exegesis of biblical history in the Psalms of the Hebrew Bible. She currently works on a prophetic theology through the lens of resilience ("Theology Born From Crisis") and is contracted to write the ATD commentary on the Book of Ezekiel.

Having spent the first part of her career in Germany, she is a historical-critical scholar by training, which she makes fruitful for any literary and theological study of the Hebrew Bible.

Nordic-German Network for Research and Doctoral Education (OTSEM), local contact at Edinburgh School of Divinity www.otsem.uni-hamburg.de

Research Network in Jewish Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Steering Group http://jewishstudies.div.ed.ac.uk/

Aberdeen Prophecy Network

Projects

Project activity

"Theology Born From Crisis - Resilience Discourse in the Three Major Prophets"

Commentary on Ezek 1-39 in the series ATD (Altes Testament Deutsch)

Editor SOTS Monograph Series (https://www.sots.ac.uk/monographs/)

Current project grants

British Academy Mid Career Fellowship (2022-23)

Publications

Rewriting Ezekiel: Fortschreibung and Materiality in the Ezekiel Tradition 15 Mar 2023 In: Advances in Ancient, Biblical and Near Eastern Research
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press)
Resilience and Return in Isaiah: Using Resilience Theory in Hebrew Scripture Theology (12 pages) Mar 2023 In: Religions, vol. 14, pp. 1-12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14030318
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
The History of Theology and Literature in the Hebrew Bible: Thematic issue of journal "Religions" 1 Feb 2023 In: Religions
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Special issue (Published)
Between Pentateuch and Second Isaiah: Observations on the Exodus Tradition in the Book of Jeremiah 24 Jan 2023
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published)
Fake News in Israel: Falsche Prophet*innen in biblischen Erzählungen 1 Dec 2022 In: Katechetische BlÃ¤tter, vol. 147, pp. 334-338
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Resilience and Restoration: Dimensions of Resilience in Ezekiel's Prophecies of Restoration 1 Apr 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1628/978-3-16-161145-2
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published)
Praying Exodus: Biblical History in the Prayer of the Servants Isa 63:7-64:11 (15 pages) Oct 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1628/978-3-16-160805-6
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published)
[Review of] Dershowitz, Idan: The Dismembered Bible: Cutting and Pasting Scripture in Antiquity (3 pages) 21 Sep 2021 In: Theologische Revue, vol. 117
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17879/thrv-2021-3568
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published)
[Review of] Kilchör, Benjamin: Wiederhergestellter Gottesdienst. Eine Deutung der zweiten Tempelvision Ezechiels (Ez 40–48) am Beispiel der Aufgaben der Priester und Leviten (3 pages) 20 Jul 2021 In: Theologische Revue, vol. 117
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17879/thrv-2021-3412
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published)
Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature 15 Jul 2021
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Accepted/In press)
[Review of] Molly M. Zahn, Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism: Scribal Composition and Transmission (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020) (4 pages) 26 Apr 2021 In: Journal for the Study of Judaism: In the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15700631-12511318
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (E-pub ahead of print)
Babylon revisited: Another look at Isa 13 (14 pages) 16 Nov 2020
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published)
Ezekiel among the prophetic tradition 10 Nov 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190634513.013.12
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (E-pub ahead of print)
Sehnsucht nach Zion und Wunsch nach Vergeltung: Theologien des Exils in Psalm 137 (13 pages) 1 Nov 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1628/978-3-16-159851-7
Research output: › Chapter (Published)
„Das Ende kommt“ – Textgeschichte, Redaktion und literarische Horizonte in Ez 7,1–12a 16 Dec 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110624250
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published)

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Conferences

Conference details

Nov 30th: Ezechiel unter den Propheten - die Theologie des Ezechielbuches im Kontext alttestamentlicher Prophetie, Symposium Göttinger Beiträge zum Alten Testament“, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
SBL Annual Meeting 2017 Boston: “Which Exodus? Biblical History in the Prayer of the Servants Isa 63:7-64:11”
SBL Annual Meeting 2017 Boston: “Exodus: Transmission of a Tradition in Psalms and Liturgies of the Second Temple Period,”

Media

Knowledge Exchange

2023 Edinburgh fringe show Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas "Against the Odds"

This article was published on 22 Apr, 2024