Kristin Joachimsen
Professor
- Old Testament
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Head of section GT/HB
- Kristin.Joachimsen@mf.no
- Office: 339
- Phone number: 22590640
Professional competence areas:
- Book of Esther
- Book of Isaiah
- Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
- Historiography-Ancient Israel
- Identity - religion -ethnicity
- Memory studies
- Old Testament-Hebrew Bible
- Postcolonial theory
My research includes studies on ancient Israelite historiography, prophetic and poetic literature (especially the book of Isaiah), the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, as well as the book of Esther. The main emphasis is on Persian and Hellenistic periods. Theoretically and methodically I especially focus on identity constructions related to religion and ethnicity, as well as the construction of “the other”. I also apply memory studies, postcolonial theory and gender studies.
At the moment, I’m working on a monograph with the working title Translating Culture: Torah and Boundaries in Flux in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah.To paraphrase the anthropologist Levi-Straus: In this study, I analyze cultural complexity and fluid identity discourses in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, where I’ve chosen various tropes, concepts and tools to think with. I draw on theories related to identity, borders, “others” as well as translation- I especially emphasize categorisations which are challenged by “inbetween”-forms, what I label grey areas. Also the dynamics between factors like culture, religion, ethnicity, geopolitics and gender are significant.
Latest academic publications
- Pedersen, H. S. & Joachimsen, K. & Mysen, S. J. & Wang, T. (2025). Samklang 2 : tekstrefleksjoner over gammeltestamentlige tekster fra tekstrekke I, Verbum Forlag
- Joachimsen, K. (2025). Die hebräische Bibel als Quelle, Das achaimenidisch-persische Imperium,, s. 507 - 527. ISBN: 9783658471521
- Joachimsen, K. (2024). Jezebel: Does She Deserve Her Bad Reputation?, The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes,, s. 339 - 342. ISBN: 9781800504516
- Joachimsen, K. (2024). A matter of belonging. Strangers, Sabbath and Temple in Isa 56 and Neh 13, Isaiah and intertextuality : Isaiah amid Israel's Scriptures,, s. 249 - 262. ISBN: 9783161632334
- Joachimsen, K. (2023). Paradoxes of Mobility by the Sea: Water as a Site of Threat and Rescue in the Exodus Story, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, s. 69 - 83. Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, ISSN: 0901-8328
- Joachimsen, K. & Edelman, D. V. (2023). Introduction: Kåre Berge, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, s. 1 - 1. Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, ISSN: 0901-8328
- Stordalen, T. & Aschim, A. & Berge, K. & Holter, K. & Joachimsen, K. & Lavik, M. H. (2023). Samklang: Det gamle testamentet i Den norske kirkes prekener, Verbum Forlag, ISBN: 9788254315729
- Shafer-Elliott, C. & Joachimsen, K. & Zvi, E. b. & Viviano, P. A. (2022). The Hunt for Ancient Israel - Essays in Honour of Diana V. Edelman, Equinox Publishing, ISBN: 9781800500211
- Joachimsen, K. (2022). “He Shall Accomplish My Desired Will”: The Yehudized Cyrus in the Book of Isaiah, The Hunt for Ancient Israel - Essays in Honour of Diana V. Edelman,, s. 360 - 382. ISBN: 9781800500211
- Joachimsen, K. (2022). Yehudite Imaginations of King Darius and His Officials: Views from the Province beyond the River, Religions, Religions
- Joachimsen, K. (2021). When Bethlehemites and Moabites meet: ambiguous neighbors in the book of Ruth, The Ambiguous Figure of the Neighbour in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Texts and Perceptions,, s. 44 - 59. ISBN: 9780367637835
- Joachimsen, K. (2021). Israel’s Sin and Survival in Ezra 9–10 and Nehemiah 9–10, Sin, Suffering, and the Problem of Evil,, s. 97 - 111. ISBN: 9783161575389
- Joachimsen, K. (2020). Cohesion, distribution and hybrid identity in Nehemiah 5, The Bible and Money: Economy and Socioeconomic Ethics in the Bible,, s. 115 - 128. ISBN: 9781910928752
- Joachimsen, K. (2020). The Book of Isaiah: Persian/Hellenistic Background, The Oxford Handbook of Isaiah,, s. 176 - 197. ISBN: 9780190669249
- Joachimsen, K. (2020). Jezebel as Voiced by Others in 1 and 2 Kings, Die Welt des Orients, s. 216 - 233. Die Welt des Orients, ISSN: 0043-2547
- Joachimsen, K. (2019). Ikke bare fremmed, flyktning og gjest : fortellinger om gjestfrihet, frykt og migrasjon, Kirke og kultur, s. 123 - 138. Kirke og kultur, ISSN: 0023-186X
- Joachimsen, K. (2019). Esther in Shushan, Foreign Women - women in Foreign Lands : Studies on Foreignness and Gender in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East in the First Millennium BCE,, s. 203 - 222. ISBN: 9783161575907
- Joachimsen, K. (2018). Å oversette “andre”: En analyse av identitetskonstruksjoner i Esraboken, Chaos - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier, s. 139 - 158. Chaos - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier, ISSN: 0108-4453
- Joachimsen, K. (2018). The Symbolic Function of the Law in Ezra 9–10, Religion, Law, and Justice: Seven Essays,, s. 15 - 40. ISBN: 9788270999125
- Joachimsen, K. (2016). Minne som analytisk kategori i studier av Den hebraiske bibelen, DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur, s. 46 - 66. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur, ISSN: 1501-9934
- Joachimsen, K. (2015). Remembering and Forgetting in Isaiah 43, 44, and 46, New Perspectives on Old testament Prophecy and History: Essays in Honour of Hans M. Barstad,, s. 42 - 56. ISBN: 9789004293267
Research projects
Education and practice
2007
Dr. theol, Universitetet i Oslo
2006 - 2009
Bibeloversetter (15%), Det norske bibelselskap
2006
Praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning (for undervisning på universitet), Universitetet i Tromsø
2005 - 2009
Instituttleder (25%), Institutt for religionsvitenskap
2002 - 2015
Førsteamanuensis i bibelvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø
2000
Hebraisk mellomfag, Universitetet i Oslo
1997
Doktorgradsstipendiat, Norges forskningsråd og Det teologiske fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo
1996
Cand. theol., Universitetet i Oslo
1989
Historie grunnfag, Universitetet i Oslo
Voluntary position
2016 - d.d.
Medlem i Avdelingsråd for teologi og historie, Det teologiske menighetsfakultet
2013 - 2015
Medlem i styret for Senter for fredsstudier, Universitetet i Tromsø
2009 - 2015
Universitetet i Tromsø sin representant i styret for Kirkelig Utdanningssenter Nord-Norge
2009 - 2013
Medlem i instituttstyre, Institutt for historie og religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø
2009 - 2013
Medlem i programstyre for religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø
2008 - 2011
Medlem i Teologisk nemd, Mellomkirkelig råd
2004 - 2009
Universitetet i Tromsø sin representant i Nasjonalt fagråd for kristendom og religionsvitenskap
2004 - 2005
Medlem, Fakultetsstyret ved Samfunnsvitenskapelig fakultet, Universitetet i Tromsø
2004 - 2005
Leder, Norsk gammeltestamentlig selskap
1999 - 2007
Styremedlem, Norsk gammeltestamentlig selskap