Short Biography
Kishiya Hidaka received his doctorate in theology from the University of Zurich in 2024 with a dissertation on The Theme of Diaspora in the Pentateuch, supervised by Prof. Konrad Schmid. His doctoral studies were supported by the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, and in 2023 he was awarded the EABS Student Prize. He is currently an SNSF Postdoctoral Researcher with a project hosted at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, at the chair of Prof. Benedikt Hensel. His research focuses on the literary and redactional history of the Hebrew Bible, especially the Pentateuch, the Former Prophets, diaspora traditions, Priestly literature, and identity formation in the Persian and Hellenistic periods. Since 2025, he has chaired the EABS Research Unit “The Origins of Israel and the Shaping of Early Israelite Identities during the Iron Age.” His monograph The Theme of Diaspora in the Pentateuch was published by Mohr Siebeck in 2026 in the FAT I series.
Research Focus
- Literary Formation of the Pentateuch
- Priestly Literature
- Israelite Identity Formation
- Diaspora
- Canaan and the Canaanites
Publications
Monographs
- The Theme of Diaspora in the Pentateuch. Forschungen zum Alten Testament I 193. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026 (Open Access).
- Introduction to Hebrew Bible Studies. Tokyo: Shinkyo Shuppansha, forthcoming. Japanese.
- Introduction to the History of Ancient Israel. Tokyo: Shinkyo Shuppansha, commissioned. Japanese.
Memberships
- Chair, EABS Research Unit “The Origins of Israel and the Shaping of Early Israelite Identities during the Iron Age,” since 2025
- Member, Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie, since 2025
- Member, Society of Biblical Literature, since 2022
- Member, European Association of Biblical Studies, since 2021
- Member, Japanese Biblical Institute, since 2017