67. Dr. Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer: Making Sense of the Hebrew Prophets

How do we make sense of the Hebrew Prophets? The Latter Prophets of Isaiah-Malachi are some of the most enduring books of the Hebrew Bible. While this literature is full of meaning, these books can be some of the most difficult to understand. We interviewed a scholar on the prophets to learn more about how to approach this part of Scripture. 

Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer is Professor of Old Testament Exegesis at ALT School of Theology, Sweden. She holds a PhD in Divinity/Hebrew Bible from Oxford, and completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her specialty is the Prophetic Literature, though she is also working in the lament literature, the reception history of the Bible, Ezra-Nehemiah, and 1-2 Samuel. Professor Tiemeyer has authored six monographs and three textbooks. She has published numerous book chapters in edited volumes, as well as a plethora of journal articles across some of the most prestigious, peer-reviewed journals in Hebrew Bible studies, while also having presented countless times at some of the largest and most esteemed scholarly meetings around the world. She is currently Editor for the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, and has been praised by her peers as “an accomplished scholar and editor with an international reputation for careful and nuanced scholarship.” She currently lives in Örebro, Sweden, with her husband and their two daughters.  

"Jonah Through the Centuries" https://www.amazon.com/Jonah-Through-Centuries-Blackwell-Commentaries-ebook/dp/B09DWJZP77/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29T5YBP0WC0FY&keywords=lena-sofia+tiemeyer&qid=1698090953&sprefix=lena+sofia%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-1 

“In Search of Jonathan: Jonathan between the Bible and Modern Fiction” https://global.oup.com/academic/product/in-search-of-jonathan-9780197637777?cc=us&lang=en&

Full List of Publications: https://altutbildning.academia.edu/LenaSofiaTiemeyer “Jonah Through the Centuries”

Chapters

0:26-3:44 Introducing Lena
3:45-6:51 Jerusalem: Living and Learning in the Holy Land
6:52-10:02 Oxford: Critical vs Reader Approach
10:03-13:01 The Roundabout Path to Scholarship
13:02-17:22 Redaction Criticism
17:23-21:29 Prophecy as Intercession
21:30-26:29 The Language and Literature of the Prophets
26:30-29:36 If Lena could meet Zechariah
29:37-36:56 The Gender of the Fish in Jonah
36:57-41:19 Advice for Younger Self
41:20-43:48 Who is the Satan in Zechariah?
43:49-46:31 Joshua’s Unique Priestly Clothing
46:32-48:12 Divine Council in the Prophets
48:13-55:00 How to Write and Research Well
55:01-59:12 Nathan’s Learning from Lena
59:13-1:00:26 Publications by Lena

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