Prof. Dr. Viktor Golinets
| Academic career | |
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| 08.2012 | Scholarship holder of the academic teaching course of the German Protestant Institute for the Ancient Studies of the Holy Land. |
| Study trip through Jordan (02.-16.08.) and Israel (17.-30.08.2012). | |
| 04.2004–03.2010 | Doctoral studies in Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Leipzig and at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU). |
| The topic of the dissertation "The verb in the Amurritic onomasticon of the Old Babylonian period". Grade: opus valde laudabile (grade 1). | |
| 11.1997–01.2004 | Studied Semitic Studies (major subject), Jewish Studies and General Linguistics (minor subjects) and Greek Philology at the LMU |
| Degree: Master's degree, overall grade 1.26. The topic of the master's thesis "Morphology of the verb in Palmyrene". |
| Professional experience | |
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| since 10.2018 | Professor of Hebrew Linguistics at the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies |
| 10.2012–09.2018 | Junior Professor of Hebrew Linguistics at the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies |
| 09.2007–10.2012 | Research assistant at the Chair of Old Testament and Semitic Linguistics at the Theological Faculty of the University of Basel (with Prof. Hans-Peter Mathys) |
| 10.2006–02.2008 | Research assistant at the Chair of Old Testament Theology at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at LMU (with Prof. Hermann-Josef Stipp) |
| Collaboration on the Hebrew-Greek text-critical synopsis of the Book of Jeremiah | |
| 04.2006–09.2007 | Research assistant at the Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Leipzig (with Prof. Michael P. Streck) |
| 01.09.2006 | Research assistant at the Historisches Kolleg of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (with Prof. Tilman Nagel) |
| 10.2005–03.2006 | Research assistant at the Institute for Old Testament Theology of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the LMU (with Prof. Hans Rechenmacher) |
| Collaboration on the Biblia Hebraica Transkripta, syntactic analysis | |
| 10.2004–03.2006 | Research assistant at the Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Leipzig (with Prof. Michael P. Streck) |
| 04.2004–09.2007 | Research assistant at the Institute for Semitic Studies at the LMU (with Prof. Rainer Degen) |
| 01.2004–03.2006 | Lecturer for Jewish History at the Jewish Community of Swabia-Augsburg |
| 09.2002–07.2003 | Teacher of Modern Hebrew at the Sinai Elementary School of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, Munich |
| 09.2001–12.2002 | Student assistant at the Institute for Assyrology and Hittitology at the LMU (with PD Michael P. Streck) |
| 11.1999–12.2003 | Student assistant at the Institute for Semitic Studies at the LMU (with Prof. Rainer Degen) |
1. Monographs
2018 Verbalmorphologie des Amurritischen und Glossar der Verbalwurzeln. Das amurritische Onomastikon der altbabylonischen Zeit (Verbal morphology of Amurritic and glossary of verbal roots. The Amurritic onomasticon of the Old Babylonian period). Vol. 2. (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 271/2). Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.
2. Editorialships
2023 Trumah. Zeitschrift der Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg. Band 26. “Beredte Objekte – Provinientforschung zu NS-Raubgut / Eloquent Objects – Provenance Research on Nazi Looted Property”, ed. by V. Golinets, B. Klein & A. Weber.
2022 Trumah. Zeitschrift der Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg. Band 25. “Biblisches, nachbiblisches und masoretisches Hebräisch. Biblical, Postbiblical, and Masoretic Hebrew”, ed. by V. Golinets, B. Klein & A. Weber.
2018 Trumah. Zeitschrift der Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg. Band 24. “Wandel jüdischer Traditionen im Wechselspiel von Lebenswelt und Diskurs. Discourse, Lifeworld, and the Transformation of Jewish Traditions”, ed. by J. Becke, V. Golinets, A. Weber & R. Reichman.
2016 Trumah. Zeitschrift der Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidlberg. Band 23. "Israel-Studien in Deutschland" / Israel Studies in Germany", ed. by J. Becke, V. Golinets & A. Weber.
2015 Neue Beiträge zur Semitistik. Fünftes Treffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Semitistik in der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vom 15.–17. Februar 2012 an der Universität Basel (New contributions to Semitic studies. Fifth meeting of the Semitic Studies Working Group of the German Oriental Society from February 15-17, 2012 at the University of Basel). Alter Orient und Altes Testament 425, ed. by V. Golinets, H. Jenni & H.-P. Mathys. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.
2013 Konzise und aktualisierte Ausgabe des Hebräischen und Aramäischen Lexikons zum Alten Testament (Concise and updated edition of the Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament), ed. by Dietrich Walter & Samuel Arnet in cooperation with Manfred Dietrich, Viktor Golinets, Regine Hunziker-Rodewald, Dirk Schwiderski. Leiden: Brill (Etymological editing of lemmas with initial letters א, ח-ר, and part of the letters ב and ג).
3. Essays & Papers
2023 “Manuscripts of the Former and the Latter Prophets from the Vienna Papyrus Collection.” The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection. Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, Cosponsored by the University of Vienna Institute for Jewish Studies and the Schlechter Institute of Jewish Studies, 10.–13. April 2016, ed. by Ruth A. Clements, Russell E. Fuller & Paul D. Mandel (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 137. Leiden/Boston: Brill), 526–567.
2022 “Hebrew Biblical Manuscripts from the Collections of the National Library of Russia, and Their Use in the Textual Research of the Hebrew Bible.” The Hebrew Bible Manuscripts: A Millenium, ed. by É. Attia & A. Perrot (Leiden/Boston: Brill), 218–260.
2022 “Jewish Scholarship in Babylonian and Western Judaism.” Textual History of the Bible. A Companion to Textual Criticism. Volume 3A. The History of Research of Textual Criticism, ed. by Russel E. Fuller & A. Lange (Supplements to the Textual History of the Bible 6. Leiden/Boston: Brill), 42–60.
2020 “Orthographical, Grammatical and Lexical Pecularities in the Hebrew Texts of Leviticus: Considerations about Hebrew Bible Editing in the Light of the Linguistic Development of Hebrew.” The Texts of Leviticus. Proceedings of the Third International Colloqium of the Dominiqiue Barthélémy Institute, held in Fribourg (October 2015), ed. by Innocent Hambaza (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 292. Publication of the Dominique Barthélémy Institute 3. Leuven/Paris/Bristol: Peeters), 149–177.
2020 “Considerations on Questions Philology Cannot Solve While Reconstructing the Text of the Hebrew Bible.” Philology and Textual Criticism. Proceedings of the Second International Colloquium of the Dominique Barthélémy Institute held at Fribourg on 10–11 October, 2013, ed. by Innocent Hambaza & Jan Joosten (Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 2. Reihe. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck), 46–69.
2020 “Amorite” A Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Languages, ed. by R. Hasselbach-Andee (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell), 185–201.
2019 “Der Zionismus und die hebräische Sprache.” Perspektiven jüdischer Bildung. Diskurse – Erkenntnisse – Positionen ("Zionism and the Hebrew language." Perspectives on Jewish education. Discourses - Insights - Positions). Vol. II, ed. by Doron Kiesel (Schriftenreihe der Bildungsabteilung des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland 2. Berlin/Leipzig: Hentrich & Hentrich), 142–147.
2018 “Hebräischunterricht und Hebraistik in Deutschland und deutschsprachigen Ländern: Eine Bestandsaufnahme.” ("Hebrew teaching and Hebrew studies in Germany and German-speaking countries: A survey") Forum Exegese und Hochschuldidaktik: Verstehen von Anfang an 3/1:7–24.
2018 “Das Verb im palmyrenischen Aramäisch. Eine morphologische und lexikalische Studie.” ("The verb in Palmyrene Aramaic. A morphological and lexical study.") Kleine Untersuchungen zur Sprache des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt 23:139–255.
2017 "Фразеологические кальки с древнееврейского языка, введённые в русский язык или закреплённые в нём Синодальным переводом Библии.“ ("Phraseological loan translations from Biblical-Hebrew into Russian, which were shaped by the Synodal Translation of the Bible.") Синодальный перевод Библии в пространстве русской культуры (Заокский: Заокский христианский гуманитарно-экономический институт), 152–178 [in Russian].
2016 “Die Biblia Hebraica Quinta und ihre Behandlung des Textbefundes masoretischer Handschriften.” ("The Biblia Hebraica Quinta and its treatment of the textual evidence of Masoretic manuscripts") Kleine Untersuchungen zur Sprache des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt 21:75–99.
2016 “Semitische Sprachen.” ("Semitic Languages") Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet (WiBiLex) (= 4 print pages)
2016 “Amorite Animal Names: Cognates for the Semitic Etymological Dictionary.” Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Metting of the International Association for Comparative Semitics and Other Studies, ed. by L. Kogan & N. V. Koslova (Babel und Bibel 9. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns), 55–86.
2016 “Die Gefährdung der Ahnfrau. Anmerkungen zu literarischen Abhängigkeiten in den Versionen von Genesis 12, 20 und 26.” Nächstenliebe und Gottesfurcht. Beiträge aus alttestamentlicher, semitischer und altorientalischer Wissenschaft für Hans-Peter Mathy zum 65. Geburtstag ("The endangerment of the ancestress. Notes on literary dependencies in the versions of Genesis 12, 20 and 26." Love of neighbor and fear of God. Contributions from Old Testament, Semitic and Ancient Near Eastern Studies for Hans-Peter Mathy on his 65th birthday), ed. by Hanna Jenni & Markus Saur (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 439. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag), 91–114.
2016 “Der Bindevokal /ĭ/ in den biblisch-hebräischen Eigennamen.” ("The linking vowel /ĭ/ in the biblical-Hebrew proper names.") In Memoriam Wolfgang Richter, ed. by H. Rechenmacher (Arbeiten zu Text und Sprache im Alten Testament 100. St. Ottilien: EOS), 91–111.
2015 “Beobachtungen zur Textstruktur einiger semitischer Schriftdenkmäler." Neue Beiträge zur Semitistik. Fünftes Treffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Semitistik in der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vom 15.17. Februar 2012 an der Universität Basel ("Observations on the text structure of some Semitic written monuments." New contributions to Semitic studies. Fifth meeting of the Semitic Studies Working Group of the German Oriental Society from February 15-17, 2012 at the University of Basel), ed. by V. Golinets, H. Jenni, H.-P. Mathy & S. Sarasin (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 425. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag), 55–77.
2014 “Чередование {m} и {n} в текстах Еврейской Библии.” ("Alternation between {m} and {n} in the texts of the Hebrew Bible.") Иудаика и арамеистика. Сборник научных статей на основе материалов Третьей ежегодной конференции по иудаике и востоковедению 17 декабря 2013 г., ed. by К. А. Битнер & Л. А. Лукинцова (Труды по иудаике. Филология и культурология 3. Санкт-Петербург), 8–27. (The Proceedings of the Third Academic Conference on the Jewish and Eastern studies 17 December 2013, ed. K. А. Buettner & L. A. Lukintsova (Transaction on Jewish Studies. Philology and Cultural Studies 3. St. Petersburg)). [In Russian].
2013 “Dageš, Mappiq, Specks on Vellum, and Editing of the Codex Leningradensis.” Kleine Untersuchungen zur Sprache des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt 15:233–263.
2011 “Parallelismus membrorum, Textkritik und Textvarianten in hebräischen Bibelhandschriften.” “Ruft nicht die Weisheit…?” (Spr 8,1). Alttestamentliche und epigraphische Textinterpretationen. Symposion in Skáholt, 1.–3. Juni 2009 ("Parallelism membrorum, textual criticism and textual variants in Hebrew Bible manuscripts." "Does not wisdom call...?" (Prov 8:1). Old Testament and epigraphic text interpretations. Symposium in Skáholt, June 1-3, 2009), ed. by Kristinn Ólason (Arbeiten zu Text und Sprache im Alten Testament 94. St. Ottilien: EOS), 63–83.
2010 “Amorite Names Written with the Sign Ú and the Issue of the Suffixed Third Person Masculine Singular Pronoun in Amorite.” Proceedings of the 53e Renconcte Assyriologique Internationale. Vol. I. Part 2. Language in the Ancient Near East. Papers outside the Main Subjects, ed. by L. Kogan, N. Koslova, S. Loesov & S. Tishchenko (Babel und Biel 4. Orientalia et Classica 30. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns), 593–616.
2009 Together with Wannemacher, Christian: “‘Der beste Wein kommt noch.’ Beobachtungen zum Verhältnis vom hermeneutischen Zirkel zur eschatologischen Struktur der Zeit.” ("'The best wine is yet to come'. Observations on the relationship between the hermeneutic circle and the eschatological structure of time.") Christ, Salvation, and the Eschaton. Essays in Honor of Hans K. LaRondelle, ed. by D. Heinz, J. Moskala & P. M. von Bemmelen (Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University), 133–155.
2008 “Der Name ‘Elischeba’, die Zahl ‘sieben’ und semitische Onomastik, mit dem Exkurs Die mesopotamische Gottheit Sebettu.” Die Zahl Sieben im Alten Orient. Studien zur Zahlensymbolik in der Bibel und ihrer altorientalischen Umwelt ("The name 'Elischeba', the number 'seven' and Semitic onomastics, with the excursus The Mesopotamian deity Sebettu." The number seven in the ancient Near East. Studies on number symbolism in the Bible and its ancient Near Eastern environment), ed. by G. G. G. Reinhold (Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang), 105–143.
4. Reviews
2016 G. Khan, A Short Introduction to the Tiberian Masoretic Bible and Its Reading Tradition (Gorgias Handbooks 25. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press 2012), Journal of Semitic Studies 61:281–283.
2014 Д. Цолин, Арамейский язык библейских тестов и Таргума Онкелоса. Учебное пособие (Aramäische Sprache der biblischen Texte und des Targum Onkelos. Eine Chrestomathie) (Черкассы: Коллоквиум 2013), Письменные памятники Востока (Written Monuments of the Orient) 20:274–275 [in Russian].
2013 C. Hardmeier, E. Talstra & A. Groves (eds.), SESB. Stuttgarter Elektronische Studienbibel (Version 3.0. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft; Haarlem: Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap 2009), Theologische Zeitschrift 69:282–286.
2013 S. Alvestad & L. Edzard, la-ḥšōḇ, but la-ḥăzōr? Sonority, Optimality and the Hebrew פ"ח Forms (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 66. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2009), Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 108:119–123.
2012 BibleWorks 9 (version 9.0.010a.1). Software for Biblical Exegesis and Research, Theologische Zeitschrift 68:377–379.
2012 A. G. Belova, L. E. Kogan, S. V. Lezov & J. B. Romanova (eds.), Языки мира. Семитские языки. Аккадский язык. Северозападносемитские языки. (Languages of the World. The Semitic Languages. Akkadian. Northwest Semitic. Moskau: Academia 2009), Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 107:189–192.
2012 BibleWorks 8 (8.0.001a) (Software for Biblical Exegesis and Research. DVD version 1.0. BibleWorks LLC, Norfolk 2008), Theologische Zeitschrift 68:163–169.
2012 Biblia Hebraica quinta editione cum apparatu critico novis curis elaborato. 17. Proverbs, prepared by J. de Waard (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft 2008), Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 107:95–98.
2011 K. Radner, Die Macht des Namens. Altorientalische Strategien zur Selbsterhaltung (SANTAG Arbeiten und Untersuchungen zur Keilschriftkunde 8. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2005), Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 106:169–172.
2010 Biblia Hebraica quinta editione cum apparatu critico novis curis elaborato. 5. Deuteronomy, prepared by C. McCarthy (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft 2007), Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 105:453–462.
2009 С. М. Якерсон. Еврейские сокровища Петербурга. Свитки, кодексы, документы (Санкт-Петербург: Арка 2008) (S. M. Yakerson, Evrejskie sokrovistcha Peterburga („Jüdische Schätze von S.-Peteresburg“), Письменные памятники Востока (Written Monuments of the Orient) 11/2:225–259 [in Russian].
2009 T. Römer (ed.), The Books of Leviticus and Numbers (Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium 215. Leuven: Peeters 2008), Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 9; Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures 6 (2010) (Comprising the contents of Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 9. Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts 7), 756–764.
2009 F. Malbran-Labat, Pratique de la grammaire akkadienne. Exercices et corrigés (Langues et cultures anciennes 6. Bruxelles: Éditions Safran 2006), Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 104:167–169.
2008 Biblia Hebraica quinta editione cum apparatu critico novis curis elaborato. 20. Ezra and Nehemia, prepared by D. Marcus (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft 2006), Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 103:60–68.
2007 Biblia Hebraica quinta editione cum apparatu critico novis curis elaborato. 18. General Introduction and Megillot, gemeinsam herausgegeben von A. Schenker, Y. A. P. Goldman, A. van der Kooij, G. J. Norton, S. Pisano, J. de Waard, R. D. Weiss (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft 2004), Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 102:492–501.
2007 E. Cohen, The Modal System of Old Babylonian (Harvard Semitic Studies 56. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns 2005), Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 102:280–283.
5. Encyclopedia article
2013 “Masora, Tiberian.” Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics. Volume 2. G–8, ed. by Geoffrey Khan (Leiden/Boston: Brill), 588–598.
2013 “Dageš.” Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics. Volume I. A–F, ed. by Geoffrey Khan (Leiden/Boston: Brill), 649–654.
2012 “Sumuepuḫ.” Reallexikon der Assyriologie und der Vorderasiatischen Archäologie, Band 13, ed. by M. P. Streck (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter), 303.
2011 “Stamm, Johann Jakob.” Reallexikon der Assyriologie und der Vorderasiatischen Archäologie, Band 13, ed. by M. P. Streck (Berlin: de Gruyter), 105–106.
6. Translations
2015 Translation of the essay by Lea Grundig, “Kunst in Zeiten des Krieges” ("The Arts in Times of War") from Hebrew into German in L. Grundig, Kunst in Zeiten des Krieges, ed. by Thomas Frierl (Berlin: Hans-und-Lea-Grundig-Stiftung), 12–27.
7. Miscellaneous
2024 “‘Geburt’ einer Sprache.” ("‘Birth of a Language") Jüdische Allgemeine Nr 31/24:19 (1. August 2024).
2019 “Die Erforschung des Hebräischen und des Jüdisch-Aramäischen in der Wissenschaft des Judentums.” ("The study of Hebrew and Judeo-Aramaic in the science of Judaism.") Jüdische Illustrierte 74, 24:14–15 (13. Juni 2019).
2019 Together with Daniel Krochmalnik: “Bibliographie zur Zahlenexegese in der jüdischen Tradition und Moderne.” Neue Wege der Schriftauslegung ("Bibliography on numerical exegesis in the Jewish tradition and modernity." New ways of interpreting scripture), ed. by Michaela Bauks, Ulrich Berges, Daniel Krochmalnik & Manfred Oeming (Altes Testament und Moderne 24. Berlin: LIT), 147–160.
2017 “Neue Wörter für das Land. Die Quellen der modernen hebräischen Alltagssprache.” ("New words for the country. The sources of modern Hebrew everyday language.") Jüdische Illustrierte 72, Nr. 14–15:9 (6. April 2017).
2016 “Über einige antike Schriftfunde der letzten Jahre in Israel.” ("On some ancient writings found in Israel in recent years.") Jüdische Illustrierte 71, Nr. 23:8–9 (9. Juni 2016).
2008 “Ein weiteres Siegel gefunden in Jerusalem” ("Another seal found in Jerusalem"). Chronologs 12.08.2008.
2008 “Eine Bulle mit dem Namen einer biblischen Person gefunden in Jerusalem" ("A bull with the name of a biblical person found in Jerusalem"). Chronologs 09.03.2008.
2008 “Ein Siegel wurde in Jerusalem gefunden – wer kennt den Besitzer?” ("A seal was found in Jerusalem - who knows the owner?"). Chronologs 22.01.2008.
2007 Together with K. Adam & A. Wagner: “Auswahlbibliographie zum Parallelismus membrorum.” ("Selected bibliography on the parallelism membrorum") Parallelismus membrorum, ed. by A. Wagner (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 224. Fribourg: Academic Press; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht), 273–296.
- Hebrew Bible: linguistic and textual history of the Hebrew Bible; ancient Bible translations and their hermeneutics; literary forms of the biblical texts; history of biblical interpretation and biblical hermeneutics; translation of the Bible into modern languages.
- Hebrew language: grammar of Hebrew against the background of comparative Semitic grammar; historical grammar of Hebrew; Masoretic and non-Masoretic vocalization traditions of Hebrew; Massora; customer of Hebrew (Bible) manuscripts; Hebrew lexicography; Hebrew onomastics; Hebrew epigraphy.
- Semitic languages: philology of Semitic languages with a focus on Northwest Semitic (Amurritic, Aramaic, Phoenician, Ugaritic); Semitic lexicography; comparative Semitic onomastics; West Semitic epigraphy.
- Hebrew literature: literary forms of ancient Hebrew literature; biblical Hebrew poetry; liturgical texts and piyyut.
- Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft
- European Association of Biblical Studies
- European Association for Jewish Studies
- Hebraistenverband e.V.
- International Association for Comparative Semitics
- International Organisation for Masoretic Studies
- National Association of Professors of Hebrew
- Society of Biblical Literature
- Verband der Judaisten in Deutschland e.V.