Qualifications
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DTh Between Literalness and Freedom. Translation technique in the Septuagint of Joshua and Judges regarding the clause connections introduced by ו and כי
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ThM Old Testament Exegesis
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Advanced Pastoral qualification
(Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland)
Other Current Roles
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Director of International Ministries
Finnish Bible Society
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Editor
Biblia Hebraica Quinta
Research Interests
- History of the Old Testament text
- Septuagint as translation
Current Specialism
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History of the Bible in Finland
Other Professional Experience
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Bible Shop Manager
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Researcher, Academy of Finland
Selected Publications
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‘Between Literalness and Freedom. Translation technique in the Septuagint of Joshua and Judges regarding the clause connections introduced by ו and כי’, Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society 75 (Helsinki: The Finnish Exegetical Society, 1999).
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‘Old Latin Text of Josh 5:4–6 and Its Contribution to the Textual History of the Greek Joshua’, in Kristin De Troyer, T.Michael Law and Marketta Liljeström (eds), In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes: Studies in the Biblical Text in Honour of Anneli Aejmelaeus: contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology 72 (Leuven: Peeters, 2014), 257–272.
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‘Soisalon-Soininen Meets Grice: The Cooperative Principle and the Septuagint Syntax’ in Tuukka Kauhanen and Hanna Vanonen (eds), The Legacy of Soisalon-Soininen: Towards a Syntax of Septuagint Greek, De Septuaginta Investigationes 13 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020) 27-41.
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‘The New Sami Bible Translation’, Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok, 89.1 (2024), 25–44.