Eugene Ulrich | |
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Born | November 5, 1938 |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
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Institutions | University of Notre Dame |
Main interests | Dead Sea scrolls |
Notable works | Discoveries in the Judaean Desert |
Eugene "Gene" CharlesUlrich (born November 5,1938) is an American Dead Sea scrolls scholar and the John A. O'Brien Professor emeritus of Hebrew Scripture and Theology in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. [1] He is chief editor of the biblical texts of the Dead Sea scrolls and one of the three general editors of the Scrolls International Publication Project.
Eugene Ulrich was born in Louisville,Kentucky. He has the following degrees:Litt.B.,Xavier University. From 1964 he holds his Ph.L. from Loyola University Chicago. In 1970 he earned his M.Div. at Woodstock College. He then entered Harvard University and obtained his M.A. in 1967 and in 1975 his Ph.D. [2]
Ulrich co-authored The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible with Martin Abegg and Peter Flint. He is also a member of the translation teams of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible,the Modern English Version,and the New American Bible. He is a specialist in the texts of the Septuagint,the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Scriptures. [3]
As Chief Editor of the Dead Sea Scrolls he published five volumes of critical editions in Discoveries in the Judaean Desert (Oxford) and was an Area Editor for Oxford's Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Ulrich has worked under two editors in chief on the scrolls project,namely John Strugnell and Emanuel Tov.
Appointed to the Grinfield Lecturership at the University of Oxford (1998–2000),he was twice elected as President of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies and was invited as a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Recently,he was elected as President of the Catholic Biblical Association and as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [3]
Ulrich is the John A. O'Brien Professor emeritus of Hebrew Scripture and Theology in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame . [4]
Ulrich received the Award Medal of the University of Helsinki,a Guggenheim Fellowship,and several grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Emanuel Tov is a Dutch–Israeli biblical scholar and linguist,emeritus J. L. Magnes Professor of Bible Studies in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has been intimately involved with the Dead Sea Scrolls for many decades,and from 1991,he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Dead Sea Scrolls Publication Project.
John Strugnell was an English Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Divinity School and a former editor-in-chief of the Dead Sea Scrolls project. Strugnell became,at 23,the youngest member of the team of scholars led by Roland de Vaux,formed in 1954 to edit the Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem. He was studying Oriental languages at Jesus College,Oxford when Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver,a lecturer in Semitic philology,nominated him to join the Scrolls editorial team.
Discoveries in the Judaean Desert (DJD) is the official 40-volume publication that serves as the editio princeps for the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is published by Oxford University Press.
"They have pierced my hands and my feet",or "They pierced my hands and my feet" is a phrase that occurs in some English translations of Psalm 22:16.
The Isaiah Scroll,designated 1QIsaa and also known as the Great Isaiah Scroll,is one of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls that were first discovered by Bedouin shepherds in 1946 from Qumran Cave 1. The scroll is written in Hebrew and contains the entire Book of Isaiah from beginning to end,apart from a few small damaged portions. It is the oldest complete copy of the Book of Isaiah,being approximately 1000 years older than the oldest Hebrew manuscripts known before the scrolls' discovery. 1QIsaa is also notable in being the only scroll from the Qumran Caves to be preserved almost in its entirety.
James E. Bowley is Chair and Professor of Religious Studies at Millsaps College. He received his Ph.D. in Hebrew Studies from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (1992). Bowley is a noted editor of the Dead Sea Scrolls concordance project,along with Martin Abegg,Jr.,Edward Cook. In addition to the Dead Sea Scrolls,Bowley's research and publishing focus on the Jewish literature of the Greco-Roman World and the cultural interactions among Jews,Greeks,and later Christians,and the use of written and oral traditions in Jewish,Christian,and Islamic communities. Bowley has also written a column for The Clarion-Ledger on religious issues of the day,and is a frequent speaker for community and scholarly events.
The manuscript 4Q120 is a Septuagint manuscript (LXX) of the biblical Book of Leviticus written on papyrus,found at Qumran. The Rahlfs-No. is 802. Paleographically it dates from the first century BCE. Currently the manuscript is housed in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.
Peter William Flint was an American biblical scholar who was involved in research of the Dead Sea Scrolls for over 20 years.
The Great Psalms Scroll,also referred to as 11Q5,is the most substantial and well preserved manuscript of Psalms of the thirty-seven discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Qumran caves. It is one of six Psalms manuscripts discovered in Cave 11.
The Samuel scroll is a collection of four manuscript fragments containing parts of the Book of Samuel which were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Isaiah 50 is the fiftieth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah,and is one of the Books of the Prophets. Chapters 40-55 are known as "Deutero-Isaiah" and date from the time of the Israelites' exile in Babylon. This chapter includes the third of the songs of the "Suffering Servant".
Zechariah 3 is the third of the 14 chapters in the Book of Zechariah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Zechariah,and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. The chapter contains the vision of Joshua,the high priest,being cleansed before God. It is a part of a section consisting of Zechariah 1–8.
Hosea 4 is the fourth chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea,son of Beeri. In this chapter he reproves the people and priests for their sins in the interregnum following Jeroboam's death;hence there is no mention of the king or his family;and in Hosea 4:2 bloodshed and other evils usual in a civil war are specified. It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.
Hosea 7 is the seventh chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. In the Hebrew Bible it is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. The book contains the prophecies attributed the prophet Hosea,son of Beeri,and this chapter is about Israel reproved for multiple sins resulting in God's wrath against them for their hypocrisy.
Jeremiah 47 is the forty-seventh chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah,and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter is part of a series of "oracles against foreign nations",consisting of chapters 46 to 51. In particular,chapters 46-49 focus on Judah's neighbors. This chapter contains the poetic oracles against the Philistines.
Ezekiel 24 is the twenty-fourth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book is attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel,and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter contains Ezekiel's "last oracle against Jerusalem".
Jeremiah 50 is the fiftieth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah,and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter is part of a series of "oracles against foreign nations",consisting of chapters 46 to 51. Chapters 50 and 51 focus on Babylon. The New American Bible denotes chapter 50 as "the first oracle against Babylon" and chapter 51 as "the second oracle". An unnamed "enemy from the North" is predicted to reduce imperial Babylon "to a wasteland".
Jeremiah 48 is the forty-eighth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah,and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter is part of a series of "oracles against foreign nations",consisting of chapters 46 to 51. In particular,chapters 46-49 focus on Judah's neighbors. This chapter contains the poetic oracles against Moab.
Sidnie White Crawford is professor emerita of Classics and Religious Studies at the University Of Nebraska-Lincoln. She specializes in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. She also taught at St. Olaf College and Albright College. She has also been a visiting professor at Boston College.
4Q121 is a Septuagint manuscript written on parchment,dated to the 1st century BCE or CE. The scroll contains fragments of the biblical Book of Numbers 3:40-43;4:5-16. It was found in Qumran in Cave 4. This fragment is also numbered 803 in the list of manuscripts of the Septuagint by Alfred Rahlfs. The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically between 30 BCE and 68 CE.