Emanuel Tov, FBA and Fellow of the Israel Academy J. L. Magnes Professor of Bible Emeritus Dept. of Bible Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem 91905 Israel
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
1959 Classical gymnasium, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1964 B.A. (Bible, Greek literature). Hebrew University. 1967 M.A. (Bible). Hebrew University. 1973 Ph.D. (summa cum laude). Hebrew University. 1967–1969 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Teaching Positions
Hebrew University, Dept. of Bible 1964–1967 Teaching Fellow 1969–1974 Instructor 1974–1980 Senior Lecturer 1980–1986 Associate Professor 1986–2009 Professor 1990 received J. L. Magnes chair in Bible 2009– Teaching voluntarily Harvard University, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures 1967–1969 Teaching Fellow Hebrew College, Boston, MA 1967–1969 Instructor Haifa University, Dept. of Bible 1969–1970 Instructor University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Religious Studies 1980–1981 Visiting Associate Professor 1985–1986 Visiting Professor Dropsie University, Philadelphia 1980–1981 Visiting Professor Oxford University 1982–1988 Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 1988 Visiting Professor Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia 1989 Visiting Professor Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 1995 Visiting Professor Sydney University, Sydney, Australia 1999 Visiting Professor Harvard University, Center for Jewish Studies 2000 Visiting Professor Uppsala University 2003 Visiting Professor Tokyo Women’s Christian University 2006 Visiting Research Professor Doshisha University, Kyoto 2006 Visiting Professor Pontificial Gregorian University, Rome 2009 Visiting Professor Lanier Theological Library, Houston, Texas 2012, 2103 Visiting Professor Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 2014 Visiting Professor Protestants Theologische Universiteit, Amsterdam 2017 Visiting Research Professor
Awards and Appointments
Various scholarships from the Hebrew University for B. A. and M. A. studies 1962-1966 Special scholarship from the Hebrew University for continued study at Harvard University 1967–1969 Warburg Award, Hebrew University 1969–1971 Lady Davis Fellow for study at Oxford University 1974–1975 British Council Award, Oxford University 1974–1975 D.A.A.D. Summer Scholarship, Göttingen 1977 Wexler Fellow, Penn-Israel Program 1980–1981 Shkupp Prize for Best Book in Biblical Studies Written at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, Vol. VIII) 1990 Biblical Archaeological Society, Washington Prize for Best Book Relating to the Old Testament (Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible) 1993 Humboldt Research Prize, Germany 1999–2004 Ubbo Emmius medal, University of Groningen 2003 Emet Prize for Biblical Research, Israel (awarded by the Prime Minister) 2004 Appointed Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy 2006 Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library, edited by E. Tov, Named “Outstanding Academic Title” by Choice Reviews Online 2008 Honorary doctorate from the University of Vienna 2008 Israel Prize for Biblical Research 2009 Appointed member of the Israel Academy of Sciences 2012 Appointed Honorary Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies 2012 Appointed member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2017 Honorary doctorate from the University of Salzburg, Austria 2019
Professional Activities
International Organization of Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Member at Large 1973–2005 Advisor, Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center, Claremont, CA 1980– present Advisor, Compendia Rerum Judaicarum ad Novum Testamentum, Leiden, Netherlands Hebrew University Bible Project Research Assistant 1964–1977 Managing Editor, Jeremiah 1977–1997 Editor 1977–2004 Co-director, Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies (Philadelphia/Jerusalem), with R.A. Kraft 1981– present Chairman, Dept. of Bible, Hebrew University 1982–1984, 2006–2007 Editor, Textus, Hebrew University Bible Project 1984–1990 Convenor and Member of the Qumran Research Group, Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University 1989–1990 Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies, Wassenaar 1990–1991 Member, Editorial Board, Septuagint and Cognate Studies 1990–2003 Co-founder and Chairman, Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation 1991–2000 member of the board 2000–2016 Editor in Chief, Dead Sea Scrolls Publication Project 1990– 2009 Member of the Editorial Board, BYU database on Dead Sea Scrolls 1993–2007 Editorial Board, Dead Sea Discoveries 1993– present Convenor, Qumran Research Group, Institute for Advanced Studies Hebrew University, 1994 summer Academic Board, Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew University 1995–present Senior Associate Fellow, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies 1997– present Member, Editorial Committee, Magnes Press 2001–2004 Editor, Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library, BYU University 2003–2006 Editorial Board, Journal of Jewish Studies 2008–present Fellow, European Seminar on Advanced Jewish Studies, Yarnton, Oxford 2010 Fellow, Lichtenberg Kolleg, Göttingen, Germany 2010–2011 Senior scholar, “Green Scholars Initiative,” and editor of the Publications of 2012–2016 the Green Scholars Initiative, Semitic Texts Volume editor, Textual History of the Bible 2012–2016 “Gesenius Guest Professor,” Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 2014 Germany Editor-in-Chief, Textus, A Journal on Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible Brill Publishers 2017–