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William Johnstone
| BD, MA, DLitt (Glasgow)
Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages
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William Johnstone has taught in the School since 1962 and has been a
Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages since 1980. He has been a participant
in archaeological excavations with French and British teams in Jerusalem,
Syria, Cyprus and Sicily. He has also been a member of Secretary of State
for Scotland's working parties on 'O' and 'H' Grade in Religious Education.
His research interests include Old Testament interpretation and Near Eastern
archaeology.
Representative Publications:
Books:
- editor, The Bible and the Enlightenment: A Case Study Dr.
Alexander Geddes (1737-1802) (JSOTSS 377; London: T & T Clark,
2004), 240pp.
- Chronicles and Exodus (Sheffield, 1998)
- Chronicles (2 vols.) (Sheffield, 1997)
- Robertson Smith Volume (Sheffield, 1995)
Book Chapters:
- 'The portrayal of Moses as Deuteronomic archetypal prophet in Exodus
and its revisal', in J.C. de Moor, ed., The Elusive Prophet: The
prophet as a Historical Person, Literary Character and Anonymous Artist
(Oudtestamentische studiën 45; Leiden: Brill 2001), 159-174.
- 'Interpictoriality: The lives of Moses and Jesus in the Murals of
the Sistine Chapel', in A.G. Hunter, P.R. Davies, eds., Sense and
Sensitivity. Essays on Reading the Bible in Memory of Robert Carroll
(JSOT SS 348, Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press 2002), pp. 416-455.
- 'The use of the Reminiscences in Deuteronomy in Recovering the Two
Main Literary Phases in the Production of the Pentateuch', in J.C. Gertz,
K. Schmid, M. Witte, eds., Abschied vom Jahwisten (BZAW 315,
Berlin: De Gruyter, 2002), pp. 247-273.
- 'The Revision of Festivals in Exodus 1-24', in R. Albertz, B. Becking,
eds., Yahwism after the Exile: Perspectives on Israelite Religion
in the Persian Era (STAR 5, Assen: Van Gorcum, 2003), pp. 99-114.
- 'Exodus', in J.W. Rogerson, J.D.G. Dunn, eds., Eerdmans Commentary
on the Bible (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2003), pp. 72-100.
- 'Recounting the Tetrateuch', in A.D.H. Mayes, R.B. Salters, eds.,
Covenant as Context: Essays in Honour of E.W. Nicholson (Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2003), pp. 209-234.
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