Gard Granerød

Professor

Old Testament

Phone: 22590651
Office: 331
Visiting hours: by appointent

Presentation

Research interest: My research focuses on history of Judaean religion in 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 done research on 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 all courses that are related to the HB/OT and history of Jewish religion.

Network: I’m 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 also an active member of the OTSEM network (http://otsem.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/). I'm also a member of the Norwegian Society for Old Testament Study (Norsk gammeltestamentlig selskap) og Collegium Judaicum.

Publications

An overview of total production (cristin.no)

Selected publications

  • 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. (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

Newest scientific publications

  • 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). 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
  • 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. (2012). Om møtet mellom islams Koran-dogme og (vestlig) akademia. Teologisk Tidsskrift, 1(3), s. 268 - 282. ISSN: 1893-0263
  • 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
  • Granerød, G. (2010). A forgotten reference to divine procreation? : Psalm 2:6 in light of Egyptian royal ideology. Vetus Testamentum (Print), 60(3), s. 323 - 336. ISSN: 0042-4935
  • Granerød, G. (2009). Melchizedek in Hebrews 7. Biblica, 90(2), s. 188 - 202. ISSN: 0006-0887

Education and professional practice

1996Kristendom grunnfag, Misjonshøgskolen
1997Kristendom mellomfagstillegg, TF/UiO
1997 - 2003Jobbet som pleieassistent og miljøterapeut i psykiatrien
1998 - 1999ERASMUS-student (to semester), Ev.-theol. Fakultät, Tübingen
2000Cand. theol., MF
2001Semesteremne i Midtøsten- og Nord-Afrikakunnskap, HF/UiO
2001Praktisk-teologisk seminar, MF
2002Hebraisk mellomfag, HF/UiO
2002Kandidatstipend, MF
2003Menighetspedagog, Vesterøy menighet (Sandefjord)
2003 - 2008Forskningsstipendiat i faget Det gamle testamentet, Norges Forskningsråd/MF
2008 - 2009Lærer på Sem skole og Vear skole
2008Philosophiae doctor (PhD), MF
2009Fagdidaktikk i KRL/RLE, Høgskolen i Telemark
2009Prestevikar, Brevik og Eidanger, Agder og Telemark bispedømme
2010Postdoktor i bibelfag, MF
2010Førsteamanuensis i RLE, Høgskolen i Vestfold
2014Førsteamanuensis i Den hebraiske bibelen/Det gamle testamentet
2016Professor i Den hebraiske bibelen/Det gamle testamentet

Positions

0Medlem av Society of Biblical Literature
0Medlem av Norsk gammeltestamentlig selskap
1998 - 1999Gjesteopphold ved Wilhelmsstift Tübingen, Theologenkonvikt der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart
1999 - 2000Red.medl./redaktør, Ung Teologi
2000 - 2001Kristelig vicehusfar, Stiftelsen Studenterhjemmet av 1875
2004 - 2006Styremedlem Norsk Gammeltestamentlig Selskap
2010 - 2012Postdoctoral representative in the OTSEM Coordinating Committee www.otsem.info
2013Seksjonsleder, GT-seksjonen
2014Medlem av avdelingsråd for teologi ved Det teologiske menighetsfakultet
2017Medlem av forskningsutvalget ved Det teologiske menighetsfakultet