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Portrait Dylan Johnson

Dylan Johnson, Dr.

  • Postdoc

Education

2018 Ph.D. Hebrew Bible/Ancient Near Eastern Studies, New York University.
Dissertation: The Biblical Rescript: The Legislative Acts of Sovereign Powers in the Bible and Ancient Near East
2016 Diplôme de Master (mention bien): History of Law, specialization in public law, Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)
2015 Master’s of Arts. Hebrew Bible/Ancient Near Eastern Studies, New York University
2012 Master’s of Theological Studies – Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Harvard Divinity School
2010 Bachelor’s of Arts With Great Distinction – History, University of Lethbridge

Publications and Presentations

  • 2019: “The Allotment of Canaan in Joshua and Numbers.” Paper presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting San, Diego, CA. November 25, 2019.
  •  “A Necessary Heir: The ben-mesheq of Gen 15:2.” Paper presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting San, Diego, CA. November 24, 2019.
  • 2018: “Between Clan and King: The Episode of the Wise Woman of Tekoa Reconsidered (2 Sam 14:2–24).” Paper presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting Denver, CO. November 19, 2018.
  • 2017: “The Prophetic Lawsuit of Jeremiah 2–3: Text, Law, and Education in Biblical Prophecy.” Zeitschrift für Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte 23 (2017): 229-245.
  • “The Biblical Rescript: The Convergence of Litigation and Legislation.” Paper presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting Boston, MA. November 20, 2017.
  • 2016: “The Prophetic Lawsuit of Jeremiah 2-3: Text, Law, and Education in Biblical Prophecy.” Paper presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting San Antonio, TX. November 21, 2016.
  • 2014: “Redemption at Ugarit: KTU 3.4 in Light of Akkadian Legal Traditions at Ugarit.” Ugarit Forschungen 49 (2014): 209-226.
  • Dylan Johnson, "Indices," 'An Eye for Form,' Essays in Honor of Frank Moore Cross, eds. Jo Ann Hackett and Walter E. Aufrecht (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns: 2014), 363-383.
  • 2013: “The Rûaḥ-Yahweh as Melammu?: The Warrior Tradition in the Book of Judges and its Mesopotamian Parallels.” Paper presented at the Internationales Doktorandenkolloquium Altes Testament: Alttestamentliche Anthropologie. Universität Bern, Institut für Bibelwissenschaft. June 14, 2013.

Awards and Fellowships

  • 2018: Founder’s Prize (Canadian Society of Biblical Literature)
  • 2012-2017: Henry M. MacCracken Fellow, New York University
  • 2015-2016: Bourse d’excellence Eiffel
    Global Research Initiative Fellow (Paris), New York University
  • 2012: American Schools of Oriental Research Heritage Fellowship
  • 2011: Pfeiffer Grant; Harvard Semitic Museum
    Harvard University Associates in Canada Scholarship
  • 2010: Harvard University Associates in Canada Scholarship
  • 2009: Dieter Mueller Memorial History Scholarship
    Chinook Research Summer Grant

Weiterführende Informationen

Teaserbild Scientifica

Kurzvorlesung an der Scientifica

Dr. Dylan Johnson hat an den Zürcher Wissenschaftstagen Scientifica 2021 eine Kurzvorlesung zum Thema «Before Science: Natural Phenomena in Ancient Religions» gehalten (gemeinsam mit Dr. Anna Angelini und Dr. Lida Panov). Die Aufzeichung der Vorlesung (in Englisch) ist jetzt online verfügbar.