Qualifications
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HDR (Habilitation à diriger des recherches) Linguistic Coherence in Biblical Hebrew Texts: Arrangement of information, participant reference devices, verb forms, and their contribution to textual segmentation and coherence
(Université de Strasbourg, 2016) -
PhD A Parametric Model for Syntactic Studies of a Textual Corpus, Demonstrated on the Hebrew of Deuteronomy 1-30
(Leiden University, 1988) -
MA General Linguistics
(Leiden University, 1984) -
BA Semitic Languages and Literature
(Leiden University, 1981)
Other Current Roles
- Responsable des ressources de traduction en français
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Rédacteur en chef
Research Interests
- Hebrew Linguistics
- Discourse Analysis
- Literary Structures in Hebrew Texts
- Textual Criticism
Current Specialism
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Non-Chronological Structures in Biblical Hebrew Texts and Implications for Translation
Other Professional Experience
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Professore invitato, Pontificia Università Urbaniana, Roma.
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Assistant Professor of Bible Translation, Free University of Amsterdam.
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Research Fellow, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein.
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External PhD examiner.
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Reviews Editor, The Bible Translator.
Selected Publications
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(with J. de Waard and J.P. Fokkelman) Literary Structure and Rhetorical Strategies in the Hebrew Bible, (ed.) (Assen: Van Gorcum / Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1996).
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Participants in Old Testament Texts and the Translator: Reference Devices and their Rhetorical Impact, Studia Semitica Neerlandica 39 (Assen: Van Gorcum, 1999).
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(with E.R. Wendland) A Translator’s Handbook on Numbers, UBS Handbook Series (Miami: United Bible Societies, 2016).
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Linguistic Coherence in Biblical Hebrew Texts: Arrangement of information, participant reference devices, verb forms, and their contribution to textual segmentation and coherence, Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts 28 (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2019).
Publications in UBS Journals
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‘Hebrew Syntactical Inversions and Their Literary Equivalence in Robert Alter’s Translation of Genesis’, The Bible Translator, 54.1 (2003) 111-121.
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‘Review Article: Analyzing Discourse: A Manual of Basic Concepts’, The Bible Translator, 54.3 (2003) 347-351.
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‘Review: Heller, Roy L. Narrative Structure and Discourse Constellations: An Analysis of Clause Function in Biblical Hebrew Prose’, The Bible Translator, 57.3 (2006) 153-156.
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‘Rev. Prof. Carlo Buzzetti, S.D.B. 1943 – 2011’, The Bible Translator, 62.4 (2011) 248-249.
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(with J. Dyk and B. Harmelink) ‘Deportation or Forgiveness in Hosea 1.6? Verb Valence Patterns and Translation Proposals’, The Bible Translator, 65.3 (2015) 235-279.
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‘Canon and Biblical Text in the Slavonic Tradition in Russia’, The Bible Translator, 67.2 (2016) 223-239.
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‘Sacrificial and Festival Terms in the Old Testament: How Can We Translate Them?’, The Bible Translator, 68.2 (2017) 131-141.
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‘Don’t Shoot the Messenger! Embedded Direct Speech Conveyed by a Messenger in 2 Samuel 11 and Numbers 22’, The Bible Translator, 69.2 (2018) 269-276.
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‘Les enjeux de la critique textuelle pour les traductions du Nouveau Testament’, L Sycomore, 13.2 (2019) 2-15.
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‘Un trésor au Psaume 17.14, mais lequel ? Quelques règles d’interprétation’, Le Sycomore, 15.1 (2021) 28-33.
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‘“And David’s sons were priests”: Translating Perceived Discrepancies’, The Bible Translator, 72.3 (2021) 278-283.
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‘Robert Alter’s New Translation of the Hebrew Bible: An Assessment for Translators’, The Bible Translator, 73.2 (2022) 157-173.
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‘Répétitions et chevauchements dans Exode 19 ; 20 ; 24 ; 32 ; 33 dans le cadre d’un modèle narratif dans Exode 19–40’, Le Sycomore, 17.1 (2024) 37-53.
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‘Oracles of God: The Story of the Old Testament, Erin Zimmerman‘ The Bible Translator, 76.1 (2025) 157-160.