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Curriculum Vitae CURRICULUM VITAE ROBERT JAMES VICTOR HIEBERT University Address: Associated Canadian Theological Schools, Trinity Western University 7600 Glover Road, Langley, B.C., Canada V2Y 1Y1; Phone: 604-888-7511 Fax: 604-513-2078; E-mail: [email protected] Citizenship: Canadian EDUCATION 1986 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY. University of Toronto. Subjects: Hellenistic Greek Religious Literature (Jewish & Christian), Biblical Hebrew Language and Literature, Aramaic/Syriac Language and Literature. Dissertation Title: “A Textual Analysis of the So-Called Syrohexaplaric Psalter” (Director: Albert Pietersma). 1979 MASTER OF ARTS. University of Toronto. Subjects: Septuagint Criticism, Josephus, Dead Sea Scrolls. 1978 BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONOURS). University of Toronto. Subjects: Biblical Languages and Literature (Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek), Near Eastern History, Archaeology of Palestine. Graduated with High Distinction. 1974-75 JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD PROGRAM. Institute of Holy Land Studies, Jerusalem (now Jerusalem University College). Subjects: Modern and Biblical Hebrew, Near Eastern Geography and History, Archaeology of Palestine, Biblical Studies. 1973 ASSOCIATE IN ARTS. Trinity Western College, Langley, B.C., Canada. Subjects: Arts and Sciences. Graduated with High Honours. 1971 GENERAL BIBLICAL STUDIES DIPLOMA. Columbia Bible Institute, Clearbrook, B.C., Canada. ACADEMIC AWARDS 1982-84 Two Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Fellowships. 1978-82 Four Ontario Graduate Scholarships. 1978 Ruth and Bert Godfrey Scholarship in Jewish Studies (University of Toronto). 1977 New College In-Course Scholarship (University of Toronto). 1972 Trinity Western College In-Course Scholarship. RESEARCH AWARDS 2018-20 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Explore Grant 2015-18 Greek Psalter Project, Phase I, Scholars Initiative, Museum of the Bible 2016-21 SSHRC Insight Grant (principal investigator: Dirk Büchner; co-applicants: Robert Hiebert, Larry Perkins, Cameron Boyd-Taylor, Claude Cox, Jannes Smith) 2012-17 SSHRC Insight Grant Robert J. V. Hiebert 2 2012 TWU / SSHRC Internal Grant – co-applicant (principal investigator: Dirk Büchner; co-applicants: Robert Hiebert, Larry Perkins, Peter Flint). 2008-11 Two SSHRC Standard Research Grants 2005-08 2008-09 The Lilly Theological Research Grants Program of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS): Faculty Fellowship 2008 A SSHRC Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada Grant 2008 The Priscilla and Stanford Reid Trust for Reformed and Presbyterian Theological Education in Canada (co-applicant: Larry Perkins) 2005 Two German Research Visit Grants (Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen) 2007 2004-05 Visiting Skirball Fellowship (Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies) 2000-02 Four Trinity Western University (TWU) / SSHRC Internal Grants 2009 PUBLICATIONS CURRENT PROJECTS The critical edition of IV Maccabees for the Göttingen Septuaginta: Vetus Testamentum Graecum series. A commentary on Genesis for the series, The Society of Biblical Literature Commentary on the Septuagint (SBLCS), sponsored by the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS). BOOKS “Translation Is Required”: The Septuagint in Retrospect and Prospect (ed. Robert J. V. Hiebert; Society of Biblical Literature Septuagint and Cognate Studies [SBLSCS] 56; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2010). Reviewed by Karen Jobes in Review of Biblical Literature 10/4/2011 (http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7832). The Old Greek Psalter: Studies in Honour of Albert Pietersma (ed. Robert J. V. Hiebert [primary editor], Claude E. Cox, and Peter J. Gentry; Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series [JSOTSup] 332; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001). The “Syrohexaplaric” Psalter (SBLSCS 27; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1989). INTRODUCTION AND TRANSLATION Genesis, in A New English Translation of the Septuagint (ed. Albert Pietersma and Benjamin G. Wright; New York / Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007). ARTICLES / BOOK CHAPTERS “A Synopsis of the Textual History of 4 Maccabees,” Proceedings of the Goettingen Septuagint: Greek and Coptic Panel (ed. Felix Albrecht; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, accepted). “The Septuagint: The Text as Produced,” T & T Clark Handbook to Septuagint Research (ed. William A. Ross and W. Edward Glenny; London: Bloomsbury / T & T Clark, accepted). “In Search of the Greek Translator of Genesis,” Festschrift (Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, accepted). “Doublet Translations in Septuagint Genesis,” The Text of the Hebrew Bible, Festschrift (Leuven: Peeters, accepted). “A Case Study on the Investigation of Papyrus GC.PAP.000121,” Dating Early Papyri and Manuscripts (ed. Zach Cole, accepted). Robert J. V. Hiebert 3 “Papyrus GC.PAP.000121: Septuagint Genesis V 21-23, 29-30,” Papyri in the Green Collection (ed. Jeff Fish, accepted). “Textual History of 4 Maccabees,” The Textual History of the Bible, vol. 2: Deutero-Canonical Scriptures (ed. Armin Lange, Frank Feder, Matthias Henze, Daniel Schwartz, accepted). “4 Maccabees: Greek,” The Textual History of the Bible, vol. 2: Deutero-Canonical Scriptures (ed. Armin Lange, Frank Feder, Matthias Henze, Daniel Schwartz, accepted). “4 Maccabees: Latin,” with David J. Sigrist, The Textual History of the Bible, vol. 2: Deutero- Canonical Scriptures (ed. Armin Lange, Frank Feder, Matthias Henze, Daniel Schwartz, accepted). “4 Maccabees: Syriac,” The Textual History of the Bible, vol. 2: Deutero-Canonical Scriptures (ed. Armin Lange, Frank Feder, Matthias Henze, Daniel Schwartz, accepted). “Megillot,” Oxford Handbook of the Septuagint (ed. Alison Salvesen; Oxford: Oxford University Press, accepted). “Was the Earth Invisible (LXX Gen 1:2)?: A Response to Pieter W. van der Horst.” XVI Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Stellenbosch, 2016 (ed. Gideon R. Kotzé, Wolfgang Kraus, and Michaël van der Meer; Septuagint and Cognate Studies [SCS] 71; Atlanta: SBL Press, 2019), pp. 85-94. “A Short History of Septuagint Studies in Canada,” with Cameron Boyd-Taylor, Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies 50 (2017): 37-54. “In Memoriam: Peter W. Flint,” Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies 50 (2017): 195-197. “Exercising λογισµός: The Delineation of Recensional Activity in Greek 4 Maccabees,” Reading the Bible in Ancient Traditions and Modern Editions: Studies in Memory of Peter W. Flint (ed. Andrew B. Perrin, Kyung S. Baek, and Daniel K. Falk; Early Judaism and Its Literature 47; Atlanta: SBL Press, 2017), pp. 219-243. “In the Beginning: A Commentary on the Old Greek Text of Genesis 1.1-2.3,” The SBL Commentary on the Septuagint: An Introduction (ed. Dirk L. Büchner; SBLSCS 67; Atlanta: SBL Press, 2017), pp. 17-67. “Exile and Restoration Terminology in the Septuagint and the New Testament,” Exile: A Conversation with N. T. Wright (ed. James M. Scott; Downers Grove, IVP Academic, 2017), pp. 93-117. “10.4.4 Psalms: Secondary Translations: Late Syriac Translations,” Textual History of the Bible, vol. 1: The Hebrew Bible, part 1c: Ketuvim (Writings) (ed. Armin Lange and Emanuel Tov; Leiden: Brill, 2017), pp. 125-130. “Innovative Elements in the Vocabulary of the Septuagint Pentateuch,” Handbuch zur Septuaginta / Handbook of the Septuagint: LXX.H, vol. 3: Die Sprache der Septuaginta / The Language of the Septuagint (ed. Eberhard Bons and Jan Joosten; Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2016), pp. 306-315. “A New Critical Edition of Greek IV Maccabees,” Die Septuaginta — Orte und Intentionen (ed. Siegfried Kreuzer, Martin Meiser, and Marcus Sigismund; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament [WUNT] 361; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016), pp. 389-403. “Makkabaion IV / Das vierte Buch der Makkabäer,” Handbuch zur Septuaginta, Handbook of the Septuagint: LXX.H, vol. 1: Einleitung in die Septuaginta (ed. Siegfried Kreuzer; Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2016), pp. 322-329. “4 Maccabees,” T&T Clark Companion to the Septuagint (ed. James K. Aitken; London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015), pp. 306-319. “The Rationale for the Society of Biblical Literature Commentary on the Septuagint,” Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 3 (2014): 476-490. “A ‘Genetic’ Commentary on the Septuagint of Genesis,” Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies 46 (2013): 19-36. “What Does the Computer Have to Do with Textual Criticism? Innovative Technology for the Management and Analysis of Collation Data and the Grouping of Manuscripts,” with Nathaniel N. Dykstra, Die Göttinger Septuaginta: Ein editorisches Jahrhundertprojekt (ed. Reinhard G. Kratz and Bernhard Neuschäfer; Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Robert J. V. Hiebert 4 N.F. 22; Mitteilungen des Septuaginta-Unternehmens [MSU] 30; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2013), pp. 107-131. “Designing a New Septuagint Commentary: SBLCS and WATER,” with Nathaniel N. Dykstra, XIV Congress of the IOSCS, Helsinki, 2010 (ed. Melvin K. H. Peters; Society of Biblical Literature Septuagint and Cognate Studies [SBLSCS] 59; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2013), pp. 515-523. “In Search of the Old Greek Text of IV Maccabees,” Text-Critical and Hermeneutical Studies in the Septuagint (ed. Johann Cook and Hermann-Josef Stipp; Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 157; Leiden: Brill, 2012), pp. 127-143. “Textual and Translation Issues in Greek Genesis,” The Book of Genesis: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation (ed. Craig A. Evans, Joel N. Lohr, and David L. Petersen; Supplements to Vetus Testamentum [VTSup] 152;
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