Gard Granerød
Professor
Old Testament
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Presentation
Research interest: My research focuses on the history of Judaean religion in the Persian period (ca. 550-330 BCE). I’m particularly interested in the Judaean society in Elephantine in Upper Egypt. Moreover, currently, I’ve started to focus on the Book of Lamentations. Previously, I’ve researched Jewish scribal activity and scriptural hermeneutics in the formative period of the HB/OT (Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods, e.g., the so-called Melchizedek texts).
Teaching experience: I teach courses that are related to the HB/OT.
Network: I’ve been connected to the Oxford-based research project Communication, Language and Power in the Achaemenid Empire: The Correspondence of the Satrap Arshama. Moreover, I regularly contribute to the SBL group Literature and History of the Persian Period Group. I’m a member of the OTSEM network (http://otsem.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/), the Norwegian Society for Old Testament Study, Collegium Judaicum, Society of Biblical Literature, and Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie.
Selected publications
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- Granerød, G. (2020). Temple destruction, mourning and curse in Elephantine, with a view to Lamentations. Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 132(1), s. 84 - 107. ISSN: 0044-2526
- Granerød, G. (2019). Innledning til Klagesangene : introduksjon og kommentarer. Studiebibelen: Bibelen i 2011-oversettelse med introduksjoner og kommentarer, s. 732 - 742. Verbum Forlag. ISBN: 9788254108734
- Granerød, G. (2019). Innledning til Mika : introduksjon og kommentarer. Studiebibelen: Bibelen i 2011-oversettelse med introduksjoner og kommentarer, s. 850 - 858. Verbum Forlag. ISBN: 9788254108734
- Granerød, G. (2019). Canon and archive: Yahwism in Elephantine and Āl-Yāḫūdu as a challenge to the canonical history of Judean religion in the Persian period. Journal of Biblical Literature, 138(2), s. 345 - 364. ISSN: 0021-9231
- Granerød, G. (2016). Hospitality (ANE; HB/OT). Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 12: Ho Tsun Shen-Insult, s. 449 - 450. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN: 978-3-11-031329-1
- Granerød, G. (2016). Dimensions of Yahwism in the Persian Period : Studies in the Religion and Society of the Judaean Community at Elephantine. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN: 978-3-11-045211-2
- Granerød, G. (2016). Multi-Dimensional Yahwism: The Case of the Persian Period Judaean Community in Elephantine. The Ancient Near East Today, 4(10). Search in Cristin...
- Granerød, G. (2015). Siste skrik fra elvene i Babel - Nye kilder til det judeiske eksilet i Babylon. Teologisk Tidsskrift, 4(4), s. 357 - 370. ISSN: 1893-0263
- Granerød, G. (2015). The former and the future temple of YHW in Elephantine: a traditio-historical case study of ancient Near Eastern antiquarianism. Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 127(1), s. 63 - 77. ISSN: 0044-2526
- Granerød, G. (2013). "By the Favour of Ahuramazda I Am King": On the Promulgation of a Persian Propaganda Text among Babylonians and Judaeans. Journal for the Study of Judaism, 44(4-5), s. 455 - 480. ISSN: 0047-2212
- Granerød, G. (2010). Abraham and Melchizedek : scribal activity of Second Temple times in Genesis 14 and Psalm 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN: 978-3-11-022345-3
Latest academic publications
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- Granerød, G. (2021). Abram the One from Beyond-the-River, and King Chedorlaomer of Elam (Genesis 14): Persia and the Formation of Judaean Ethnic Identity in a Late Patriarchal Narrative. Religions, 12(8). ISSN: 2077-1444
- Granerød, G. (2020). YHW the god of heaven: An interpretatio persica et aegyptiaca of YHW in Elephantine. Journal for the Study of Judaism, 52, s. 1 - 26. ISSN: 0047-2212
- Granerød, G. (2020). Temple destruction, mourning and curse in Elephantine, with a view to Lamentations. Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 132(1), s. 84 - 107. ISSN: 0044-2526
- Granerød, G. (2020). The Passover and the Temple of YHW : On the Interaction between the Authorities and the Judaean Community at Elephantine as Reflected in the Yedanyah Archive. Aršāma and his World: The Bodleian Letters in Context. Vol. III: Aršāma's World, s. 329 - 343. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780198860716
- Granerød, G. (2019). Canon and archive: Yahwism in Elephantine and Āl-Yāḫūdu as a challenge to the canonical history of Judean religion in the Persian period. Journal of Biblical Literature, 138(2), s. 345 - 364. ISSN: 0021-9231
- Cornell, C., Eskenazi, T. C., Toorn, K. v. d., Kratz, R. G., Mitchell, C., Bledsoe, S., Becking, B., Granerød, G., Botta, A. F. & Porten, B. (2019). Teaching Elephantine to Theological Students: A Round-Table. Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, 33(2), s. 277 - 297. ISSN: 0901-8328
- Granerød, G. (2016). Dimensions of Yahwism in the Persian Period : Studies in the Religion and Society of the Judaean Community at Elephantine. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN: 978-3-11-045211-2
- Granerød, G. (2015). Siste skrik fra elvene i Babel - Nye kilder til det judeiske eksilet i Babylon. Teologisk Tidsskrift, 4(4), s. 357 - 370. ISSN: 1893-0263
- Granerød, G. (2015). The former and the future temple of YHW in Elephantine: a traditio-historical case study of ancient Near Eastern antiquarianism. Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 127(1), s. 63 - 77. ISSN: 0044-2526
- Granerød, G. (2014). Ahuramazdas lojale judeiske soldater : om Elefantine-judeernes selvbilde. Teologisk Tidsskrift, 3(3), s. 287 - 302. ISSN: 1893-0263
Education and professional practice
| 1996 | Kristendom grunnfag, Misjonshøgskolen |
| 1997 | Kristendom mellomfagstillegg, TF/UiO |
| 1997 - 2003 | Jobbet som pleieassistent og miljøterapeut i psykiatrien |
| 1998 - 1999 | ERASMUS-student (to semester), Ev.-theol. Fakultät, Tübingen |
| 2000 | Cand. theol., MF |
| 2001 | Semesteremne i Midtøsten- og Nord-Afrikakunnskap, HF/UiO |
| 2001 | Praktisk-teologisk seminar, MF |
| 2002 | Hebraisk mellomfag, HF/UiO |
| 2002 | Kandidatstipend, MF |
| 2003 | Menighetspedagog, Vesterøy menighet (Sandefjord) |
| 2003 - 2008 | Forskningsstipendiat i faget Det gamle testamentet, Norges Forskningsråd/MF |
| 2008 - 2009 | Lærer på Sem skole og Vear skole |
| 2008 | Philosophiae doctor (PhD), MF |
| 2009 | Fagdidaktikk i KRL/RLE, Høgskolen i Telemark |
| 2009 | Prestevikar, Brevik og Eidanger, Agder og Telemark bispedømme |
| 2010 | Postdoktor i bibelfag, MF |
| 2010 | Førsteamanuensis i RLE, Høgskolen i Vestfold |
| 2014 | Førsteamanuensis i Den hebraiske bibelen/Det gamle testamentet |
| 2016 | Professor i Den hebraiske bibelen/Det gamle testamentet |
Positions
| 1998 - 1999 | Gjesteopphold ved Wilhelmsstift Tübingen, Theologenkonvikt der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
| 1999 - 2000 | Red.medl./redaktør, Ung Teologi |
| 2000 - 2001 | Kristelig vicehusfar, Stiftelsen Studenterhjemmet av 1875 |
| 2003 - present | Medlem av Norsk gammeltestamentlig selskap |
| 2004 - 2006 | Styremedlem Norsk Gammeltestamentlig Selskap |
| 2005 - present | Medlem av Society of Biblical Literature |
| 2010 - 2012 | Postdoctoral representative in the OTSEM Coordinating Committee www.otsem.info |
| 2013 - present | Seksjonsleder, GT-seksjonen |
| 2014 - 2016 | Medlem av avdelingsråd for teologi ved Det teologiske menighetsfakultet |
| 2017 - 2018 | Medlem av forskningsutvalget ved Det teologiske menighetsfakultet |
| 2019 - present | Medlem av Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie, Fachgruppe Altes Testament |
| 2019 - 2020 | Styremedlem i lokallaget til Forskerforbundet ved MF vitenskapelig høyskole |
| 2021 - present | Redaktør Teologisk Tidsskrift |