Assistent Altes Testament

Theologisches Seminar
Kirchgasse 9
8001 Zürich
peterf.altmann@uzh.ch

Biographische Angaben

• Geboren 1974 in Kalifornien
• 1992-1995 University of Washington, Seattle: B.A. in German Language and Literature
• 1999-2002 Mars Hill Graduate School, Bothell, WA: Masters of Divinity
• 2003-2004 Princeton Theological Seminary: Masters of Theology in OT
• 2004-2010 Promotion am Princeton Theological Seminary mit der Arbeit "Deuteronomy’s Festive Meals. The Interplay of Politics and Religion in Their Ancient Near Eastern Context"
• 2008-2010 Unterstützung der Dissertation auch durch den schweizerischen Nationalfonds
• 2012-2014 Unterstützung der Habilitation durch den Forschungskredit der Universitat Zürich
• Seit 1.7.2008 Assistent Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
• Verheiratet, 2 Kinder

Publikationen

• Festive Meals in Ancient Israel. Deuteronomy's Identity Politics in Their Ancient Near Eastern Context. BZAW 424, Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2011.
• "Festive Meals and Identity in Deuteronomy" in The Bible and Interpretation.Online: http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/alt368020.shtml
• "Food and Food Production" in Oxford Bibliographies Online. Online: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com
• "What Do the ‘Levites in Your Gates’ Have to Do with the ‘Levitical Priests’? Towards a European-North American Dialogue on the Levites in the Deuteronomic Law Corpus," in "The LORD Is Their Inheritance": Priests and Levites in History and Tradition (ed. M. Leuchter and J. Hutton; SBL Ancient Israel and Its Literature 9; Atlanta: SBL, 2011), 135–54.
• "Everyday Meals for Extraordinary People: Eating and Assimilation in Ruth," in Decisive Meals (ed. L. Sutter-Rehmann et al; JSNTSup; London: T&T Clark, forthcoming).
• "There Will Be Doubt, But When is Doubt ‘Good’? Old Testament Reflections," Hermeneutische Blätter (2011), 65-79. Online: http://www.hermes.uzh.ch/publikationen/Hermeneutische-Blaetter/HBl2011_1_2.pdf
• "Review of Christopher Tuckett, (ed.), Feasts and Festivals" in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures. Online: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/reviews/reviews_new/review526.htm
• "Samaria, Ostraca." and "Tetrateuch."New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Volume 3. Edited by K. D. Sakenfeld, et al. Nashville, TN: Abington, 2008.
• "Aram," "Ard, Ardites," "Ashvath," "Ataroth," "Ataroth-Addar," "Beth-Eden" in Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Volume 1. Edited by H.-J. Klauck, et al. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2009.
• "Review of Nathan MacDonald, Not Bread Alone: The Uses of Food in the Old Testament" in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures. Online: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/reviews/reviews_new/review345.htm

Präsentationen

• "The Economics of Community and Theology in Ezra" SBL, San Francisco, U.S.A., Nov., 2011.
• "What Do the ‘Levites in Your Gates’ Have to Do With the ‘Levitical Priests’? An Attempt at European-North American Dialogue on the Levites in the Deuteronomic Law Corpus," SBL, Atlanta, U.S.A, Nov., 2010.
• "Something to Chew On: Reading the Meals in the Old Testament and its World," SBL, Atlanta, U.S.A, Nov., 2010.
• "Deuteronomy’s Tithe (14:22–27) and Modern Food Studies," SBL, New Orleans, U.S.A, Nov., 2009.
• "Eating in Deuteronomy 26 as Eating Towards Home," Deutschschweizerischen Sozietät für Altes Testament, Zürich, Sept., 2009.
• "Material Culture and the Symbolic Meaning of Meat in Deuteronomy 12," SBL, Boston, U.S.A., Nov, 2008.
• "Comparing Deuteronomic and Ancient Near Eastern Meal Texts," International SBL, Vienna, Austria, 2007.