Prof. Jan Christian Gertz

ACADEMIC HOST
Prof. Guy Darshan
Department of Bible

Lowy Distinguished Guest Professor
9.3.27-9.4.27

Education

• Studies of Theology, Philosophy, and Ancient Near Eastern Languages, Universities of Bonn, Vienna, and Hamburg, 1983–1990
• First Theological Examination, Hannover, 1990
• Dr. theol., University of Göttingen, 1993
• Habilitation and venia legendi in Old Testament, University of Göttingen, 1998

Professional Experience

• Vice-Dean, Faculty of Theology, 2019–2021
• Dean, Faculty of Theology, 2008–2010
• Full Professor of Old Testament Studies / Hebrew Bible, Heidelberg University, 2004–present
• Full Professor of Old Testament, Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Mainz, 2000–2004
• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Mainz, 1994–1999
• Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Theology, University of Göttingen, 1990–1993

Academy Membership

• Full Member, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, 2020–present

Awards and Fellowships

• Fellow, Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2012–2013
• Summer Fellow, Center for Theological Inquiry (CTI), Princeton NJ, 2008
• Member in Residence, Center for Theological Inquiry (CTI), Princeton NJ, 2007–2008
• Heisenberg Fellowship, German Research Foundation (DFG), 1999
• Fellow, German Protestant Institute of Archaeology, Amman/Jordan, 1999

Editorial Activities

• Editor, Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 2006–
• Editor, Handbuch zum Alten Testament series, 2005–
• Editor, Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments, 2008–

Research Interests

• Composition and redaction history of the Pentateuch
• Genesis and the Primeval History (Gen 1–11)
• Deuteronomy and Deuteronomistic literature
• Priestly writing and redactional processes
• Literary and theological formation of the Hebrew Bible
• Cultural memory, homeland, and exile in biblical literature
• Law, covenant, and ancient Near Eastern treaty traditions