Professional competence areas:
- Biblical poetry: Book of Psalms and Book of Lamentations
- Elephantine
- Hebrew
- Interpretation and reception of the Scripture in antiquity
- Prophetic literature: The Book of Micah
- The history of the religions of Israel and Judah
Research Interests
- The history of the religions of Israel and Judah, particularly in the last half of the first millennium BCE
- Judaean/Jewish communities in Egypt in the Persian period, particularly on the Nile island of Elephantine
- The Bible's poetic literature, particularly the Book of Lamentations
- Prophetic literature, particularly the Book of Micah
- Innerbiblical exegesis and Jewish interpretation/reception of the Scriptures
Teaching
- I teach courses related to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Editorial Responsibilities
- Co-editor of Teologisk tidsskrift
Networks
- Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie
- OTSEM
- Global Network for Theology and Religion
- Communication, Language and Power in the Achaemenid Empire
Webpages
Selected publications
- Granerød, G. (2024). How Tall Is the God of the Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple? Computing Yahweh’s Stature, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, ISSN: 0901-8328
- Granerød, G. (2023). What Were the Elephantine Judaeans’ Conceptions of YHW? Aspects of Elephantine Judaean Temple Theology, Innovation in Persian Period Judah: Royal and Temple Ideology in its Ancient Near East Setting,, s. 155 - 170. ISBN: 9783161612367
- Granerød, G. (2022). Klagens ABC : boken Klagesangene i dens samtid og ettertid, Cappelen Damm Akademisk, ISBN: 9788202768584
- Granerød, G. (2021). Abram the One from Beyond-the-River, and King Chedorlaomer of Elam (Genesis 14): Persia and the Formation of Judaean Ethnic Identity in a Late Patriarchal Narrative, Religions, Religions
- Granerød, G. (2019). Canon and archive: Yahwism in Elephantine and Āl-Yāḫūdu as a challenge to the canonical history of Judean religion in the Persian period, Journal of Biblical Literature, s. 345 - 364. Journal of Biblical Literature, ISSN: 0021-9231
- Granerød, G. (2016). Dimensions of Yahwism in the Persian Period : Studies in the Religion and Society of the Judaean Community at Elephantine, Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter), ISBN: 9783110452112
Latest academic publications
- Granerød, G. (2024). How Tall Is the God of the Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple? Computing Yahweh’s Stature, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, ISSN: 0901-8328
- Granerød, G. (2023). What Were the Elephantine Judaeans’ Conceptions of YHW? Aspects of Elephantine Judaean Temple Theology, Innovation in Persian Period Judah: Royal and Temple Ideology in its Ancient Near East Setting,, s. 155 - 170. ISBN: 9783161612367
- Granerød, G. (2022). Klagens ABC : boken Klagesangene i dens samtid og ettertid, Cappelen Damm Akademisk, ISBN: 9788202768584
- Granerød, G. (2021). YHW the god of heaven: An interpretatio persica et aegyptiaca of YHW in Elephantine, Journal for the Study of Judaism, s. 1 - 26. Journal for the Study of Judaism, ISSN: 0047-2212
- Granerød, G. (2021). The Cup or Qôs? Lost Prayer and Wordplay in Lamentations 4:21–22, Vetus Testamentum (Print), s. 1 - 16. Vetus Testamentum (Print), ISSN: 0042-4935
- Granerød, G. (2021). Abram the One from Beyond-the-River, and King Chedorlaomer of Elam (Genesis 14): Persia and the Formation of Judaean Ethnic Identity in a Late Patriarchal Narrative, Religions, Religions
- Granerød, G. (2020). The Passover and the Temple of YHW : On the Interaction between the Authorities and the Judaean Community at Elephantine as Reflected in the Yedanyah Archive, Aršāma and his World: The Bodleian Letters in Context. Vol. III: Aršāma's World,, s. 329 - 343. ISBN: 9780198860716
- Granerød, G. (2020). Temple destruction, mourning and curse in Elephantine, with a view to Lamentations, Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, s. 84 - 107. Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, ISSN: 0044-2526
- Granerød, G. (2019). Canon and archive: Yahwism in Elephantine and Āl-Yāḫūdu as a challenge to the canonical history of Judean religion in the Persian period, Journal of Biblical Literature, s. 345 - 364. Journal of Biblical Literature, ISSN: 0021-9231
- Cornell, C. & Eskenazi, T. C. & Toorn, K. v. d. & Kratz, R. G. & Mitchell, C. & Bledsoe, S. (2019). Teaching Elephantine to Theological Students: A Round-Table, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, s. 277 - 297. Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, ISSN: 0901-8328
- Granerød, G. (2016). Dimensions of Yahwism in the Persian Period : Studies in the Religion and Society of the Judaean Community at Elephantine, Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter), ISBN: 9783110452112
- Granerød, G. (2015). Siste skrik fra elvene i Babel - Nye kilder til det judeiske eksilet i Babylon, Teologisk tidsskrift, s. 357 - 370. Teologisk tidsskrift, ISSN: 1893-0263
- Granerød, G. (2015). The former and the future temple of YHW in Elephantine: a traditio-historical case study of ancient Near Eastern antiquarianism, Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, s. 63 - 77. Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, ISSN: 0044-2526
Education and practice
2016
Professor i Den hebraiske bibelen/Det gamle testamentet
2014
Førsteamanuensis i Den hebraiske bibelen/Det gamle testamentet
2010
Førsteamanuensis i RLE, Høgskolen i Vestfold
2010
Postdoktor i bibelfag, MF
2009
Prestevikar, Brevik og Eidanger, Agder og Telemark bispedømme
2009
Fagdidaktikk i KRL/RLE, Høgskolen i Telemark
2008 - 2009
Lærer på Sem skole og Vear skole
2008
Philosophiae doctor (PhD), MF
2003 - 2008
Forskningsstipendiat i faget Det gamle testamentet, Norges Forskningsråd/MF
2003
Menighetspedagog, Vesterøy menighet (Sandefjord)
2002
Kandidatstipend, MF
2002
Hebraisk mellomfag, HF/UiO
2001
Praktisk-teologisk seminar, MF
2001
Semesteremne i Midtøsten- og Nord-Afrikakunnskap, HF/UiO
2000
Cand. theol., MF
1998 - 1999
ERASMUS-student (to semester), Ev.-theol. Fakultät, Tübingen
1997 - 2003
Jobbet som pleieassistent og miljøterapeut i psykiatrien
1997
Kristendom mellomfagstillegg, TF/UiO
1996
Kristendom grunnfag, Misjonshøgskolen
Voluntary position
2021 - d.d.
Redaktør Teologisk tidsskrift
2019 - 2020
Styremedlem i lokallaget til Forskerforbundet ved MF vitenskapelig høyskole
2019 - d.d.
Medlem av Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie, Fachgruppe Altes Testament
2017 - 2018
Medlem av forskningsutvalget ved Det teologiske menighetsfakultet
2014 - 2016
Medlem av avdelingsråd for teologi ved Det teologiske menighetsfakultet
2013 - d.d.
Seksjonsleder, GT-seksjonen
2010 - 2012
Postdoctoral representative in the OTSEM Coordinating Committee
2005 - 2024
Medlem av Society of Biblical Literature
2004 - 2006
Styremedlem Norsk Gammeltestamentlig Selskap
2003 - d.d.
Medlem av Norsk gammeltestamentlig selskap
2000 - 2001
Kristelig vicehusfar, Stiftelsen Studenterhjemmet av 1875
1999 - 2000
Red.medl./redaktør, Ung Teologi
1998 - 1999
Gjesteopphold ved Wilhelmsstift Tübingen, Theologenkonvikt der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart
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