OTW-members and areas of expertise

Prof. H. (Hans) Ausloos

• Textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible
• Septuagint
• Historical-critical analysis of the Pentateuch
• Book of Deuteronomy

Prof. em. B.E.J.H. (Bob) Becking

• Hebrew Bible in its ancient Near Eastern context
• Persian Period
• Social-religious interpretation of the documents from Elephantine
• Books of Ezra & Nehemiah
• Book of Micha

Dr. Bryan Beeckman

• Job
• Proverbs
• Septuagint
• Textual history and textual criticism

Prof. P.C. (Panc) Beentjes

• Book of Sirach
• Wisdom literature
• Books of the Chronicles
• Translation of the Hebrew Bible
• Bible in modern literature

Dr. K. (Koert) van Bekkum

• Books of Genesis-2 Kings
• History of Ancient Israel
• Archeology of the Southern Levant

Prof. em. W. (Wim) Beuken

• Biblical-Hebrew poetry, in particular in the books of Isaiah and the Psalms

Dr. Ferdinand van den Bosch

• Religion of Ancient Israel
• Israel and the ANE
• Ugaritic Language and Literature
• Book of Amos

Dr. M.E.J. (Marieke) den Braber

• Book of Joshua
• Book of Judges
• Pentateuch

Prof. C.L. (Carly) Crouch 

• Prophecy and prophetic literature
• History of Israel and Judah
• Identity and ethnicity
• Social-scientific approaches
• Ancient Near Eastern literature, history and culture.

Prof. J. (Jaap) Dekker

• Theology of the book of Isaiah
• Relation between the Old and New Testament
• Christian reading of the Old Testament

Dr. Willem Jan Dekker

• The Book of Isaiah
• Theology of the Old Testament
• Images of God

Prof. J. (Joep) Dubbink

• Biblical Theology
• Theology of the Old Testament
• Prophetic literature, in particular the books of Jeremiah and Zachariah
• Books of Ezra & Nehemiah

Dr. J.W. (Janet) Dyk

• Semitic languages (primarily Ancient Hebrew and Syriac)
• Linguistics
• Verbal valence patterns and their meanings
• Syntactic variation

Dr. S.M.L. (Ine) van den Eynde

• Book of Judith
• Book of Exodus
• Narrative literature
• Feminist exegesis

Dr. J.P. (Jan) Fokkelman

• Literary analysis (style and structure)
• Hermeneutics of classical Hebrew texts

Dr. M.L. (Margaretha) Folmer

• Aramaic
• Classical Hebrew
• Magic and Judaism

Dr. H.W.M. (Harm) van Grol

• Syntax and Versification in Biblical Hebrew Poetry
• Book of Psalms

Dr. P.B. (Bärry) Hartog

• Judaism in the Graeco-Roman world
• Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Textual scholarship and scribal culture

Prof. J.W. (Jan Willem) van Henten

• Second Temple Period
• Maccabees
• Martyrdom
• Flavius Josephus

Prof. A (Dineke) Houtman

• Rabbinic literature
• Targums
• Jewish-Christian relations

Prof. em. C. (Cornelis) Houtman

• Reception of the Bible in the Netherlands from the 18^th century onwardstuur

Dr. I.J. (Izaak) De Hulster

• Iconographic exegesis
• Metaphors and metaphor theory
• Cosmography in the Bible and the ancient Near East
• Song of Songs
• Book of Isaiah

Prof. em. A. (Arie) van der Kooij

• Textual history and textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, in particular of the book of Isaiah
• Septuagint, in particular the book of Isaiah
• Scholars, scribes, and translators in Ancient Judaism
• Models of leadership and the constitution (Politeia) of the Jews in Early Judaism
• Targum and Peshitta studies

Dr. M.C.A. (Marjo) Korpel

• Book of Ruth (structure, exegesis and theology)
• Book of Esther (exegesis and theology)
• Isaiah 40-55 (structure, exegesis and theology)
• Ugaritic
  Genesis 2-3 (Adam and Eva in the OT and in Ugarit)
• Layout in ancient biblical manuscripts (pericope)
• Metaphors in the Hebrew Bible

Prof. G. (Gert) Kwakkel

• Prophecy and Prophetic Literature
• Book of Hosea
• Covenants

Prof. B. (Bénédicte) Lemmelijn

• Textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible
• Septuagint
• Redactional criticism of the Pentateuch

Prof. G. Lorein

• Book of Daniel
• Ezra-Nehemiah
• Reception history of the Old Testament in the intertestamental period
• Theology of the intertestamental period

Dr. Th.A.W. (Theo) van der Louw

• Septuagint (esp. Pentateuch)
• Bible translation

Dr. P (Pieter) van der Lugt

• Rhetorical structures in the Psalms, the Book of Job and Second Isaiah

Dr. O. (Ottilia) Lukács

• The inner-biblical interpretation of the Sabbath commandment

• Textual and redaction history of the Pentateuch and the book of Ezekiel

• Theology of the Old Testament

Prof. em. J. (Johan) Lust

• Septuagint studies
• Textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible
• Book of Ezekiel

Dr. M.N. (Michaël) van der Meer

• Textual history and redaction history of the books of the Hebrew Bible
• Septuagint and younger Greek Jewish Bible translations
• Biblical Qumran Scrolls
• Book of Joshua
• Book of Isaiah
• The vocabulary of the ancient Greek Bible versions in the light of papyri findings

Dr. J.F. (Jurrien) Mol

• Exegesis of the book of Ezekiel
• Exegesis of the books of 1 & 2 Samuel

Prof. em. T. (Takamitsu) Muraoka

• Semitic languages, mainly Hebrew and Aramaic
• Linguistic features of the Septuagint
• Textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible

Dr. R. (Reinoud) Oosting

• Translation techniques
• Computer-Assisted Analysis of Old Testament Texts
• Linguistic analysis
• Valence Patterns

Dr. H.M. (Hector) Patmore

• Reception history of the Hebrew Bible
• Demonology
• Aramaic texts and their transmission
• Targums

Prof. M.J. (Mart-Jan) Paul

• Pentateuch
• Relation Israel and the Church

Prof. H.G.L. (Eric) Peels

• Images of God in the Old Testament
• Book of Jeremiah

Prof. W.Th. (Wido) van Peursen

• Hebrew linguistics
• Digital Humanities
• Peshitta

Prof. M. (Mladen) Popovic

• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Scribal culture
• Judaism in the Graeco-Roman period
• Astrology and magic in the Graeco-Roman period

Dr. L.J. (Lénart) de Regt, HDR

• Hebrew linguistics and text structure
• Bible translation and its supervision

Dr. N.A. (Nico) Riemersma

• Death and Resurrection
• Covenant
• Intertextuality
• Genesis and Exodus
• Elijah-Elishah Cycles
• Second Isaiah, Jonah, Ruth

Dr. W.H. (Wolter) Rose

• Semitic languages
• Hebrew linguistics
• Aramaic
• Akkadian
• History and culture of the ancient Near East

Prof. J.T.A.G.M. (Jacques) van Ruiten

• Reception history of the Hebrew Bible
• Exegesis of the Hebrew Bible
• Biblical poetry
• Early Jewish literature
• Book of Jubilees

Dr. P. (Paul) Sanders

• Prayers of complaint and supplication in the Old Testament and ancient Near East
• Poetical layout in ancient manuscripts of the Old Testament
• Ugaritic
• Hittite

Dr. A.M. (Anne-Mareike) Schol-Wetter

• Gender, ethnicity and rituals
• Books of Ruth, Esther and Judith
• Metaphor theory
• Social sciences and biblical studies
• Exile
• Violence in the Hebrew Bible
• Embodiment in the Hebrew Bible
• Biblical studies and the larger audience (primarily children)

Prof. em. K.A.D. (Klaas) Smelik

• Books of Samuel-Kings
• Book of Jeremiah
• Hebrew Epigraphy
• History of Ancient Israel
• Historicity of the Hebrew Bible

Prof. K. (Klaas) Spronk

• Contextual interpretation of the Bible
• Theology of the Old Testament
• Book of Judges

Prof. dr. E. (Eveline) van Staalduine-Sulman

• Books of 1-2 Samuel
• Targum (in particular Targum Jonathan)
• Reception history of Judaism
• Reception history of evangelicalism

Dr. T.J. (Jonathan) Stökl

• Bible in its ancient Near Eastern context
• History of ancient Israel
• Hebrew linguistics
• Semitic languages
• Prophetic literature

• Bible in its ancient Near Eastern context
• Books of 1 Samuel-2 Kings
• Epigraphy

Prof. J. (Johannes) Taschner

• Canonical exegesis
• Jewish-Christian dialogue
• Translation of the Bible

Prof. dr. Karel van der Toorn

• Bible in its ancient Near Eastern context
• History of ancient Israel

Dr. G.M.G. (Lieve) Teugels

• Rabbinic literature
• Midrash
• Biblical Hebrew

Dr. E.W. (Evert) Tuinstra

• Book of Proverbs

Prof. em. K.R. (Klaas) Veenhof

• Study of the history, law, economy and society of ancient Mesopotamia
  Old Assyrian and Old Babylonian period

Dr. B. (Bertus) van ’t Veld

• Book of Exodus
• Transitoriness and resurrection in the Old Testament

Dr. A.J.C. (Arian) Verheij

• Classical Hebrew

Dr. A. (Arie) Versluis

• Book of Deuteronomy
• God and violence in the Old Testament
• Old Testament Ethics

dr. M. (Marco) Visser

• Book of Isaiah
• Biblical Theology

Prof.  J.C. (Cor) de Vos

• Book of Joshua
• Violence and the Old Testament
• Land of Israel
• Hermeneutics of the Bible and in the Bible

Dr. P. (Pieter) de Vries

• Book of Ezekiel
• Book of Leviticus
• Prophets and prophecy
• Covenant

Dr. K.J.H. (Karel) Vriezen

• Archaeology of the Southern Levant

Dr. G.C. (Gerrit) Vreugdenhil

• Ancient Israelite religion
• Demonology in Israel and the ANE
• Amulets and apotropaic practices
• Psalm 91

Dr. H. (Henk) de Waard

• Book of Jeremiah (text, redaction, exegesis)
• Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic

Prof. A.L.H.M. (Archibald) van Wieringen

• Book of Isaiah
• Prophetic literature
• Biblical Theology
• Text-communication
• Implied author and readers

Dr. W.C.G. (Willien) van Wieringen

• Biblical Theology
• Bible translation
• Feminist exegesis
• Gender
• Book of Judges

Dr. Pieter van der Zwan

• Body images
• Psychological hermeneutics and exegesis

Areas of expertise (thematic)

Aramaic

• Dineke Houtman
• Hector Patmore
• Wolter Rose
• Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman

Archeology and the land of Israel

• Koert van Bekkum
• Gerrit van der Kooij
• Cor de Vos
• Karel Vriezen

Bible in its ancient Near Eastern context

• Bob Becking
• Carly Crouch
• Ferdinand van den Bosch
• Marjo Korpel
• Paul Sanders
• Jonathan Stökl
• Mario Tafferner
• Karel van der Toorn
• Klaas Veenhof
• Gerrit Vreugdenhil

Bible in modern literature

• Panc Beentjes
• Carly Crouch
• Cornelis Houtman

Bible translation and translation techniques

• Panc Beentjes
• Janet Dyk
• Matthijs de Jong
• Theo van der Louw
• Reinoud Oosting
• Lénart de Regt
• Anne-Mareike Schol-Wetter
• Johannes Taschner
• Willien van Wieringen

Biblical Theology / Theology of the Old Testament

• Jaap Dekker
• Willem Jan Dekker
• Joep Dubbink
• Ottilia Lukács
• Eric Peels
• Paul Sanders
• Klaas Spronk
• Marco Visser
• Archibald van Wieringen
• Willien van Wieringen

Body images

• Pieter van der Zwan

1-2 Chronicles

• Panc Beentjes

Contextual interpretation

• Anne-Mareike Schol-Wetter
• Klaas Spronk

Daniel

• Geert Lorein

Deuteronomy

• Hans Ausloos
• Arie Versluis

Elephantine

• Bob Becking

Epigraphy

• Klaas Smelik
• Mario Tafferner

Esther

• Marjo Korpel
• Anne-Mareike Schol-Wetter

Exodus

• Ine van den Eynde
• Bertus van ‘t Veld

Ezekiel

• Ottilia Lukács
• Johan Lust
• Jurrien Mol
• Pieter de Vries

Ezra-Nehemiah

• Bob Becking
• Joep Dubbink
• Geert Lorein

Feminist exegesis

• Ine van den Eynde
• Willien van Wieringen

Gender

• Anne-Mareike Schol-Wetter
• Willien van Wieringen

Greek linguistics

• Takamitsu Muraoka

Hebrew linguistics

• Janet Dyk
• Margaretha Folmer
• Harm van Grol
• Hanneke van Loon
• Takamitsu Muraoka
• Wido van Peursen
• Lénart de Regt
• Wolter Rose
• Jonathan Stökl
• Lieve Teugels
• Arian Verheij
• Henk de Waard
• Joachim Yeshaya

History of ancient Israel

• Koert van Bekkum
• Carly Crouch
• Klaas Smelik
• Jonathan Stökl
• Karel van der Toorn
• Gerrit Vreugdenhil

Hosea

• Gert Kwakkel

Iconographic exegesis

• Izaak de Hulster

Images of God

• Willem Jan Dekker
• Eric Peels

Isaiah

• Wim Beuken
• Jaap Dekker
• Willem Jan Dekker
• Izaak de Hulster
• Marjo Korpel
• Pieter van der Lugt
• Michaël van der Meer
• Marco Visser
• Archibald van Wieringen

Jeremiah

• Carly Crouch
• Joep Dubbink
• Eric Peels
• Klaas Smelik
• Henk de Waard

Jewish-Christian dialogue

• Dineke Houtman
• Mart-Jan Paul
• Johannes Taschner
• Cor de Vos

Job

• Bryan Beeckman
• Hanneke van Loon

Joshua

• Koert van Bekkum
• Marieke den Braber
• Michaël van der Meer
• Cor de Vos

Judaism in the Graeco-Roman World

• Bärry Hartog
• Jan Willem van Henten
• Arie van der Kooij
• Mladen Popovic
• Jacques van Ruiten

Judith

• Ine van den Eynde
• Anne-Mareike Schol-Wetter

Judges

• Koert van Bekkum
• Marieke den Braber
• Klaas Spronk
• Willien van Wieringen

1-2 Kings

• Koert van Bekkum
• Klaas Smelik
• Mario Tafferner

Layout in ancient manuscripts (pericope)

• Marjo Korpel
• Paul Sanders

Leviticus

• Pieter de Vries

Literary analysis

• Jan Fokkelman
• Harm van Grol

Mesopotamia

• Klaas Veenhof

Micah

• Bob Becking

Midrash

• Lieve Teugels

Old Testament ethics

• Carly Crouch
• Arie Versluis

Pentateuch

• Hans Ausloos
• Koert van Bekkum
• Marieke den Braber
• Bénédicte Lemmelijn
• Ottilia Lukács
• Mart-Jan Paul

Persian Period

• Bob Becking

Poetry in the Hebrew Bible

• Wim Beuken
• Jan Fokkelman
• Harm van Grol
• Izaak de Hulster
• Marjo Korpel
• Pieter van der Lugt
• Jacques van Ruiten
• Paul Sanders

Prophetic literature

• Carly Crouch
• Joep Dubbink
• Gert Kwakkel
• Jacques van Ruiten
• Jonathan Stökl
• Pieter de Vries
• Archibald van Wieringen

Proverbs

• Evert Tuinstra
• Pieter van der Lugt
• Bryan Beeckman

Psalms

• Wim Beuken
• Harm van Grol
• Gert Kwakkel
• Pieter van der Lugt
• Paul Sanders
• Gerrit Vreugdenhil

Psychological hermeneutics and exegesis

• Pieter van der Zwan

Qumran and the Dead Sea scrolls

• Bärry Hartog
• Mladen Popovic
• Michaël van der Meer

Rabbinical literature

• Dineke Houtman
• Lieve Teugels

Reception history

• Jaap Dekker
• Cornelis Houtman
• Geert Lorein
• Hector Patmore
• Jacques van Ruiten
• Joachim Yeshaya

Redaction criticism

• Bénédicte Lemmelijn
• Michaël van der Meer

Ruth

• Marjo Korpel
• Anne-Mareike Schol-Wetter

1-2 Samuel

• Koert van Bekkum
• Jurrien Mol
• Klaas Smelik
• Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman
• Mario Tafferner

Scribal culture

• Carly Crouch
• Bärry Hartog
• Arie van der Kooij
• Mladen Popovic

Semitic languages

• Janet Dyk
• Dineke Houtman
• Marjo Korpel
• Wolter Rose
• Paul Sanders
• Jonathan Stökl
• Klaas Veenhof
• Joachim Yeshaya

Septuagint

• Hans Ausloos
• Bryan Beeckman
• Arie van der Kooij
• Bénédicte Lemmelijn
• Theo van der Louw
• Johan Lust
• Michaël van der Meer

Social-scientific approaches

• Carly Crouch

Sirach (Ben Sira)

• Panc Beentjes
• Wido van Peursen

Song of Songs

• Izaak de Hulster
• Jacques van Ruiten

Syriac

• Janet Dyk
• Wido van Peursen

Targums

• Dineke Houtman
• Arie van der Kooij
• Hector Patmore
• Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman

Textual history and textual criticism

• Hans Ausloos
• Bryan Beeckman
• Arie van der Kooij
• Bénédicte Lemmelijn
• Johan Lust
• Michaël van der Meer
• Takamitsu Muraoka

Ugaritic

• Ferdinand van den Bosch
• Marjo Korpel
• Paul Sanders
• Klaas Spronk

Violence and the Old Testament

• Koert van Bekkum
• Carly Crouch
• Anne-Mareike Schol-Wetter
• Eric Peels
• Klaas Spronk
• Arie Versluis
• Cor de Vos

Wisdom literature

• Panc Beentjes

Zecheriah

• Joep Dubbink
• Wolter Rose