Department of Old Testament Studies

Status: Organisation is active

Website: https://www.uni-muenster.de/EvTheol/at/

Address:

Universitätsstr. 13-17

48143 Münster

Germany

Publications

Gender and Iconography in Antiquity Femininities, Masculinities, Ambiguities, and Beyond in the Ancient Levant, Near East, and Mediterranean Biermann, Bruno; Gonnermann, Laura; de Hulster, Izaak (eds.) Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Book (edited collection) \| accepted / in press (not yet published)
The In\Visibile Female Body? Gender and the (Divine) Body in the Iconography of the Iron Age Southern Levant Biermann, Bruno In: Biermann, Bruno; Gonnermann, Laura; de Hulster, Izaak (eds.), Gender and Iconography in Antiquity Femininities, Masculinities, Ambiguities, and Beyond in the Ancient Levant, Near East, and Mediterranean. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Research article (book contribution) \| Peer reviewed \| accepted / in press (not yet published)
Iconography and Gender: A Promising Liaison? Biermann, Bruno; Gonnermann, Laura In: Biermann, Bruno; Gonnermann, Laura; de Hulster, Izaak (eds.), Gender and Iconography in Antiquity Femininities, Masculinities, Ambiguities, and Beyond in the Ancient Levant, Near East, and Mediterranean . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Research article (book contribution) \| Peer reviewed \| accepted / in press (not yet published)
Introduction to Gender and Iconography in Antiquity: Femininities, Masculinities, Ambiguities, and Beyond in the Ancient Levant, Near East, and Mediterranean Biermann, Bruno; Gonnermann, Laura; de Hulster, Izaak In: Biermann, Bruno; Gonnermann, Laura; de Hulster, Izaak (eds.), Gender and Iconography in Antiquity Femininities, Masculinities, Ambiguities, and Beyond in the Ancient Levant, Near East, and Mediterranean . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Research article (book contribution) \| Peer reviewed \| accepted / in press (not yet published)
Solomon’s Utopia: Reception and Transformation of Solomon in Chronicles Maskow, Lars (2025) In: Zeitschrift für Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte, 31. Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| accepted / in press (not yet published)

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Projects

Visual Power Networks: Semiotics of Solar Imagery in Ancient Near Eastern Visual and Textual Media Duration: since 01/01/2025 Type of project: Own resources project
Ritualized Reorganizations: The Dynamics of Royal Rituals in the Literature and History of Ancient Israel (Habilitation) Duration: since 01/09/2024 Type of project: Own resources project
A Social-Material Approach to Gender and Literary Practices in the Iron Age II–III Southern Levant Duration: since 01/02/2024 \| n.a. Funding period Type of project: Project carried out outside the University of Münster
EXC 2060 A3-42 - Mountain-top sites in Edom: Disentangling politics, religion and economy in an Iron Age tribal kingdom Duration: since 01/01/2024 \| 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Amman Archaeological Project (ammap) Duration: since 01/11/2023 Type of project: Own resources project

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Preisverleihungen

Helga-Weippert-Award 2024 in the category: Best dissertation / habilitation in the area of historical and archaeological research on ancient Palestine/Israel Awarded by: German Society for the Exploration of Palestine Award given to: Biermann, Bruno Announced at: 07/12/2024 \| Date of awarding: 07/12/2024 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Marcia and Oded Borowski/Barton Research Fellowship 2024 Awarded by: W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR), Jerusalem Award given to: Biermann, Bruno Announced at: 01/01/2024 \| Date of awarding: 01/01/2024 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Sean W. Dever Memorial Prize 2021 in the category: Awarded for the best paper presented at a conference in 2021 about a topic in the field of Syro-Palestinian or Biblical Archaeology for the paper. Awarded by: W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, Jerusalem Award given to: Biermann, Bruno Announced at: 01/03/2022 \| Date of awarding: 01/03/2022 Type of distinction: Best presentation award
Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies 2021 Awarded by: The British Academy Award given to: Albertz, Rainer Announced at: 01/09/2021 \| Date of awarding: 15/09/2021 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
EABS Student Prize Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 2021 in the category: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies Awarded by: European Association of Biblical Studies Award given to: Biermann, Bruno Announced at: 01/08/2021 \| Date of awarding: 01/08/2021 Type of distinction: Best presentation award

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Promotionen

Das Buch des Propheten Habakuk und der Habakuk-Pescher von Qumran Candidate: Andrea Susanne Häuser \| Supervisors: ??? Period of time: 01/10/2008 - today Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Dicourses on Justice. The Reception of the Ius Talionis in the Hebrew Bibel and in Early Jewish Tradition as a Legal and Ethical Challenge Candidate: Raithel, Jan \| Supervisors: Doering, Lutz \| Reviewers: Doering, Lutz; Achenbach, Reinhard Period of time: 01/04/2019 - 08/12/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
The dedication of Solomon’s temple. A textual and literary history of 1 Kgs 8 / 2Chr 5-7 based on the documented evidence Candidate: Friesen, Marcel \| Supervisors: Müller, Reinhard (Universität Göttingen); Kauhanen, Tuukka (Universität Helsinki) Period of time: 02/04/2018 - 03/05/2021 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Die Weihe des salomonischen Tempels. Entwurf einer Text- und Literargeschichte von 1Kön 8 / 2Chr 5-7 auf Grundlage der handschriftlichen Überlieferung. Candidate: Friesen, Marcel \| Supervisors: Müller, Reinhard; Kauhanen, Tuukka Period of time: 01/04/2018 - 01/05/2021 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Das Moselied des Deuteronomiums. Untersuchungen zu Text und Theologie von Dtn 32,1-43 Candidate: Schmidtkunz, Petra \| Supervisors: Müller, Reinhard; Achenbach, Reinhard Period of time: until 28/11/2018 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster

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Habilitationen

Balaam in Text and Tradition

Candidate: Robker, Jonathan Miles | Reviewers: Achenbach, Reinhard
Period of time: 01/04/2012 - 06/02/2018
Habilitation procedure finished at: Habilitation procedure at University of Münster

Vorträge

The Conditions of Peace: On the Position of the Discourse of ברית שׁלום in the Context of Ezek 33–39 and its Intertextual Relation with the Pentateuch Maskow, Lars (29/05/2025) מלחמה ושלום במקרא (Krieg und Frieden in der Hebräischen Bibel), Tel Aviv Type of talk: scientific talk
A Social-Material Approach to Gender and Writing in the Iron Age Southern Levant Biermann, Bruno (17/07/2024) Annual Meeting of the European Association of Biblical Studies in Sofia, Sofia Type of talk: scientific talk
The In\Visibile Female Body? Gender and the Schematic Body in the Iron Age Southern Levant Biermann, Bruno (16/07/2024) Annual Meeting of the European Association of Biblical Studies, Sofia Type of talk: scientific talk
Gender\Ambiguity in the Material Culture of the Southern Levant: Reflections on the Field(s) Biermann, Bruno (07/07/2024) Religion Beyond Binary, Religious Studies Department, Frankfurt Type of talk: scientific talk
Ezechiels Visionen: Über die reziproken Abhängigskeitsverhältnisse von Ez 1 und Ez 10 vor dem Hintergrund der priesterlichen Texte des Pentateuchs. Maskow, Lars (29/05/2024) Alttestamentliche Sozietät, Münster Type of talk: scientific talk

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Parent organisational units

University of Münster
- Schools and Faculties
  - FB01 - Faculty of Protestant Theology

Gender and Iconography in Antiquity Femininities, Masculinities, Ambiguities, and Beyond in the Ancient Levant, Near East, and Mediterranean Biermann, Bruno; Gonnermann, Laura; de Hulster, Izaak (eds.) Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Book (edited collection) \| accepted / in press (not yet published)
The In\Visibile Female Body? Gender and the (Divine) Body in the Iconography of the Iron Age Southern Levant Biermann, Bruno In: Biermann, Bruno; Gonnermann, Laura; de Hulster, Izaak (eds.), Gender and Iconography in Antiquity Femininities, Masculinities, Ambiguities, and Beyond in the Ancient Levant, Near East, and Mediterranean. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Research article (book contribution) \| Peer reviewed \| accepted / in press (not yet published)
Iconography and Gender: A Promising Liaison? Biermann, Bruno; Gonnermann, Laura In: Biermann, Bruno; Gonnermann, Laura; de Hulster, Izaak (eds.), Gender and Iconography in Antiquity Femininities, Masculinities, Ambiguities, and Beyond in the Ancient Levant, Near East, and Mediterranean . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Research article (book contribution) \| Peer reviewed \| accepted / in press (not yet published)
Introduction to Gender and Iconography in Antiquity: Femininities, Masculinities, Ambiguities, and Beyond in the Ancient Levant, Near East, and Mediterranean Biermann, Bruno; Gonnermann, Laura; de Hulster, Izaak In: Biermann, Bruno; Gonnermann, Laura; de Hulster, Izaak (eds.), Gender and Iconography in Antiquity Femininities, Masculinities, Ambiguities, and Beyond in the Ancient Levant, Near East, and Mediterranean . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Research article (book contribution) \| Peer reviewed \| accepted / in press (not yet published)
Solomon’s Utopia: Reception and Transformation of Solomon in Chronicles Maskow, Lars (2025) In: Zeitschrift für Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte, 31. Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| accepted / in press (not yet published)

Helga-Weippert-Award 2024 in the category: Best dissertation / habilitation in the area of historical and archaeological research on ancient Palestine/Israel Awarded by: German Society for the Exploration of Palestine Award given to: Biermann, Bruno Announced at: 07/12/2024 \| Date of awarding: 07/12/2024 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Marcia and Oded Borowski/Barton Research Fellowship 2024 Awarded by: W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR), Jerusalem Award given to: Biermann, Bruno Announced at: 01/01/2024 \| Date of awarding: 01/01/2024 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Sean W. Dever Memorial Prize 2021 in the category: Awarded for the best paper presented at a conference in 2021 about a topic in the field of Syro-Palestinian or Biblical Archaeology for the paper. Awarded by: W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, Jerusalem Award given to: Biermann, Bruno Announced at: 01/03/2022 \| Date of awarding: 01/03/2022 Type of distinction: Best presentation award
Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies 2021 Awarded by: The British Academy Award given to: Albertz, Rainer Announced at: 01/09/2021 \| Date of awarding: 15/09/2021 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
EABS Student Prize Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 2021 in the category: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies Awarded by: European Association of Biblical Studies Award given to: Biermann, Bruno Announced at: 01/08/2021 \| Date of awarding: 01/08/2021 Type of distinction: Best presentation award

Das Buch des Propheten Habakuk und der Habakuk-Pescher von Qumran Candidate: Andrea Susanne Häuser \| Supervisors: ??? Period of time: 01/10/2008 - today Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Dicourses on Justice. The Reception of the Ius Talionis in the Hebrew Bibel and in Early Jewish Tradition as a Legal and Ethical Challenge Candidate: Raithel, Jan \| Supervisors: Doering, Lutz \| Reviewers: Doering, Lutz; Achenbach, Reinhard Period of time: 01/04/2019 - 08/12/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
The dedication of Solomon’s temple. A textual and literary history of 1 Kgs 8 / 2Chr 5-7 based on the documented evidence Candidate: Friesen, Marcel \| Supervisors: Müller, Reinhard (Universität Göttingen); Kauhanen, Tuukka (Universität Helsinki) Period of time: 02/04/2018 - 03/05/2021 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Die Weihe des salomonischen Tempels. Entwurf einer Text- und Literargeschichte von 1Kön 8 / 2Chr 5-7 auf Grundlage der handschriftlichen Überlieferung. Candidate: Friesen, Marcel \| Supervisors: Müller, Reinhard; Kauhanen, Tuukka Period of time: 01/04/2018 - 01/05/2021 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Das Moselied des Deuteronomiums. Untersuchungen zu Text und Theologie von Dtn 32,1-43 Candidate: Schmidtkunz, Petra \| Supervisors: Müller, Reinhard; Achenbach, Reinhard Period of time: until 28/11/2018 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster