Ronald L. Troxel

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Ronald L. Troxel
Born2 April 1951  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Education Doctor of Philosophy   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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OccupationUniversity teacher, semitologist  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Ronald Lewis Troxel (April 2, 1951) is a retired professor emeritus and Chair of the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [1]

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From May 27, 1973, Troxel holds a B.A. from Bethel University (Minnesota). On May 28, 1977, Troxel earned a M.Div., from Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN. On December 22, 1985, he earned a M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison. On August 27, 1989, Troxel successfully defended his dissertation, earning a Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison. [2] The title of his doctoral dissertation was Eschatology in the Septuagint of Isaiah. [3]

In 1991, he began teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a lecturer. [2] [4] He became an Associate Professor (with tenure) in 2011, and was promoted to full professor in 2014. From January, 2010 through May, 2014 he served as chair of the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies. [2] From 2002 until 2007 he served as advisor for the nascent Religious Studies Program. After the program became an established major, he served as its Coordinator of Undergraduate Education from 2008 until 2010. In 2004 he was awarded the Chancellor’s Hilldale Award for Excellence in Teaching and, in 2009, received the Honored Instructor Award, from University Housing and the Chadbourne Residential College, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the Honored Instructor Award, from the Panhellenic Association, the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He regularly presented research in sessions of the Society of Biblical Literature, both in the United States annual meetings and European meetings. Upon his retirement in May 2016, he became Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible in the Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison. [2] [5]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alfred Rahlfs' edition of the Septuagint</span> 1935 edition of the Septuagint by Alfred Rahlfs

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References

  1. "Ronald L. Troxel. POSITION TITLE: PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF HEBREW BIBLE". Classical and Anciente Near Eastern Studies. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ronald Troxel. Professor Emeritus. University of Wisconsin-Madison". Humanities Commons. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  3. Troxel 1989.
  4. Hugo, Philippe (2011-12-21). "Ronald L. Troxel, LXX-Isaiah As Translation And Interpretation: The Strategies Of The Translator Of The Septuagint Of Isaiah". In Ehud Ben Zvi (ed.). Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures VII. Comprising the Contents of Journal of Hebrew Scriptures. Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts. Vol. 10. Gorgias Press. pp. 683–687. doi:10.31826/9781463234904-068. ISBN   9781463234904.
  5. "The first thorough commentary on the Old Greek and Peshitta of Isaiah". Society of Biblical Literature . Retrieved 2022-02-07.