Liv Ingeborg Lied

Professor

Study of Religion
Liv.I.Lied@mf.no
Office: 478B
Phone number: 22590526

Professional competence areas:

2 Baruch
New Philology and manuscript studies
Religion, media history, media culture
Religion, popular culture, education
Religious Studies
Transmission history, Jewish and Christian texts, late antiquity

Responsible for the following subjects:

Apocalypse Now!
Subject code: RL2013

I was trained in “Religionsvitenskap”/the Study of Religions at the University of Bergen (Dr. art., 2007), specializing in Jewish literatures of Late Antiquity. My current research interests span the research history and academic imagination of early Judaism, the Christian manuscript transmission of early Jewish texts, past and present apocalyptic fiction, the epistemologies and ethics of textual scholarship, manuscript studies and cultural heritage, as well as public scholarship on religion.

I have published widely on the apocalyptic text, 2 Baruch, on imaginary books, paratextual practices, Material Philology and media history, Syriac manuscripts, as well as on religion and popular culture. My most recent books are Invisible Manuscripts: Textual Scholarship and the Survival of 2 Baruch (2021) and Working with Manuscripts: A Guide for Textual Scholars (with Brent Nongbri, 2025). My current book projects include The Modern Co-production of Ancient Jewish Literature, Dovre faller: Endetid på norsk, and Early Jewish Literature in Christian Manuscript Transmission.

Selected publications

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Lied, L. I. (2021). Invisible Manuscripts: Textual Scholarship and the Survival of 2 Baruch, Mohr Siebeck, ISBN: 978-3-16-160673-1
Lied, L. I. (2019). Digitization and Manuscripts as Visual Objects: Reflections from a Media Studies Perspective, Ancient Manuscripts in Digital Culture,, s. 15 - 29. Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN: 978-9-004-34673-4
Lied, L. I. (2018). Bible as notepad : Exploring annotations and annotation practices in biblical manuscripts, Bible as Notepad : Tracing Annotations and Annotation Practices in Late Antique and Medieval Biblical Manuscripts,, s. 1 - 9. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter), ISBN: 978-3-11-060226-5
Lied, L. I. & Lundhaug, H. (2017). Snapshots of Evolving Traditions: Jewish and Christian Manuscript Culture, Textual Fluidity, and New Philology, Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter), ISBN: 978-3-11-034418-9
Lied, L. I. (2016). 2 Baruch and the Syriac Codex Ambrosianus (7a1): studying Old Testament pseudepigrapha in their manuscript context, Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, s. 67 - 107. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, ISSN: 0951-8207
Endsjø, D. Ø. & Lied, L. I. (2011). Det folk vil ha. Religion og populærkultur, Universitetsforlaget, ISBN: 978-82-15-01748-8

Latest academic publications

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Brownsmith, E. & Lied, L. I. & Kartzow, M. B. (2025). Unruly Books: Rethinking Ancient and Academic Imaginations of Religious Texts, Bloomsbury T&T Clark, ISBN: 9780567715692
Solevåg, A. R. & Lied, L. I. (2025). The Unruly Entries of the Gelasian Decree and Abdisho of Nisibis’s Catalogue of the Books of the Church, Unruly Books: Rethinking Ancient and Academic Imaginations of Religious Texts,, Bloomsbury T&T Clark, ISBN: 9780567715692
Lied, L. I. & Nongbri, B. (2025). Working with manuscripts : a guide for textual scholars, Yale University Press, ISBN: 9780300281477
Lied, L. I. (2023). The Unruly Books of Abdisho of Nisibis : Book Lists, Canon Discourse, and the Quest for Lost Writings, Synopses and Lists : Textual Practices in the Pre-Modern World,, s. 62 - 103. Open Book Publishers, ISBN: 9781805111481
Lied, L. I. (2023). Someone Else's Manuscripts: The Ethics of Textual Scholarship, Variant Scholarship: Ancient Texts in Modern Contexts,, s. 189 - 201. Sidestone Press, ISBN: 9789464270464
Lied, L. I. & Kartzow, M. B. & Brownsmith, E. (2023). "Books Known Only by Title", Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, s. 303 - 322. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, ISSN: 0951-8207
Lied, L. I. & Kartzow, M. B. & Brownsmith, E. (2023). A Jubilee of Fifty Books Known Only by Title, Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, s. 376 - 398. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, ISSN: 0951-8207
Lied, L. I. (2022). Review Forum, Invisible Manuscripts: Response to the Respondents, Ancient Jew Review (AJR), Ancient Jew Review (AJR), ISSN: 2769-4860
Lied, L. I. (2022). Epistles from Jerusalem: The Paratexts of Syriac 2 Baruch and the Peshitta Jeremiah Corpus, Religions, Religions, ISSN: 2077-1444
Lied, L. I. (2021). Invisible Manuscripts: Textual Scholarship and the Survival of 2 Baruch, Mohr Siebeck, ISBN: 978-3-16-160673-1
Lied, L. I. (2020). Baruch, Second, T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism Volumes I and II,, s. 121 - 125. Bloomsbury T&T Clark, ISBN: 9780567661449
Lied, L. I. (2020). The Transmission History of Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters,, s. 567 - 596. Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Press, ISBN: 978-1628372960
Henze, M. & Lied, L. I. (2019). The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: Fifty Years of the Pseudepigrapha Section at the SBL, Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Press, ISBN: 9780884144113
Lied, L. I. (2019). 1 Baruch. Syriac, Deuterocanonical Scriptures,, s. 15 - 18. Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN: 9789004355613
Lied, L. I. (2019). 2 Baruch/Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch. Syriac, Deuterocanonical Scriptures,, s. 46 - 53. Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN: 9789004355613
Lied, L. I. & Monger, M. P. (2019). 4 Ezra (= 2 Esdras 3-14). Syriac, Deuterocanonical Scriptures,, s. 481 - 488. Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN: 9789004355613
Lied, L. I. (2019). 2 Baruch/Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch. Greek, Deuterocanonical Scriptures,, s. 45 - 46. Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN: 9789004355613
Lied, L. I. (2019). Digitization and Manuscripts as Visual Objects: Reflections from a Media Studies Perspective, Ancient Manuscripts in Digital Culture,, s. 15 - 29. Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN: 978-9-004-34673-4
Lied, L. I. & Stuckenbruck, L. (2019). Pseudepigrapha and Their Manuscripts, The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: Fifty Years of the Pseudepigrapha Section at the SBL,, s. 203 - 229. Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Press, ISBN: 9780884144113
Lied, L. I. (2019). Letter of Jeremiah. Syriac, Deuterocanonical Scriptures,, s. 92 - 94. Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN: 9789004355613
Lied, L. I. & Toft, A. (2018). 'Let Me Entertain You': Media Dynamics in Public Schools, Contesting Religion. The Media Dynamics of Cultural Conflicts in Scandinavia,, s. 243 - 258. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter), ISBN: 978-3-11-050171-1
Lied, L. I. (2018). Bible as notepad : Exploring annotations and annotation practices in biblical manuscripts, Bible as Notepad : Tracing Annotations and Annotation Practices in Late Antique and Medieval Biblical Manuscripts,, s. 1 - 9. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter), ISBN: 978-3-11-060226-5
Lied, L. I. & Maniaci, M. (2018). Bible as Notepad : Tracing Annotations and Annotation Practices in Late Antique and Medieval Biblical Manuscripts, Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter), ISBN: 978-3-11-060226-5
Lied, L. I. & Monger, M. P. (2018). Look to the East : New and Forgotten Sources of 4 Ezra, The Embroidered Bible: Studies in Biblical Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in Honour of Michael E. Stone,, s. 639 - 652. ISBN: 978-90-04-35588-0
Lied, L. I. & Lövheim, M. (2018). Approaching contested religion, Contesting Religion. The Media Dynamics of Cultural Conflicts in Scandinavia,, s. 65 - 78. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter), ISBN: 978-3-11-050171-1
Lundhaug, H. & Lied, L. I. (2017). Studying Snapshots: On Manuscript Culture, Textual Fluidity, and New Philology, Snapshots of Evolving Traditions: Jewish and Christian Manuscript Culture, Textual Fluidity, and New Philology,, s. 1 - 19. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter), ISBN: 978-3-11-034418-9
Lied, L. I. & Lundhaug, H. (2017). Snapshots of Evolving Traditions: Jewish and Christian Manuscript Culture, Textual Fluidity, and New Philology, Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter), ISBN: 978-3-11-034418-9
Lied, L. I. (2017). Between “Text Witness” and “Text on the Page”: Trajectories in the History of Editing the Epistle of Baruch, Snapshots of Evolving Traditions: Jewish and Christian Manuscript Culture, Textual Fluidity, and New Philology,, s. 272 - 296. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter), ISBN: 978-3-11-034418-9
Henze, M. & Lied, L. I. (2017). Jeremiah, Baruch, and Their Books: Three Phases in a Changing Relationship, Jeremiah's Scriptures: Production, Reception, Interaction, and Transformation,, s. 330 - 353. ISBN: 9789004320246
Lied, L. I. (2016). 2 Baruch and the Syriac Codex Ambrosianus (7a1): studying Old Testament pseudepigrapha in their manuscript context, Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, s. 67 - 107. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, ISSN: 0951-8207
Korsvoll, N. H. & Lied, L. I. & Lund, J. A. (2016). British Library Additional 14,686: Introduction, List of Readings, and Translations of Colophon and Notes, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, s. 385 - 402. Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, ISSN: 1937-318X
Korsvoll, N. H. & Lied, L. I. (2016). Enoch and Baruch: Unusual suspects in a Syriac amulet, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, s. 349 - 360. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, ISSN: 0022-2968
Lied, L. I. (2016). What happened to the heavenly world when the righteous finally arrived? : transformation, space and redemption in 2 Baruch 51, Constructions of Space III: Biblical Spatiality and the Sacred ,, s. 107 - 122. Bloomsbury T&T Clark, ISBN: 9780567115164
Lied, L. I. (2015). Text–Work–Manuscript: What Is an ‘Old Testament Pseudepigraphon’?, Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, s. 150 - 165. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, ISSN: 0951-8207
Lied, L. I. (2014). Die Syrische Baruchapokalypse und die "Schriften" - Die Syrische Baruchapokalypse als "Schrift", Old Testament pseudepigrapha and the Scriptures,, s. 327 - 349. Peeters Publishers, ISBN: 978-90-429-3128-2
Lied, L. I. (2013). Nachleben and textual identity : variants and variance in the reception history of 2 Baruch, Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch : reconstruction after the fall,, s. 403 - 428. Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN: 978-90-04-25867-9
Lied, L. I. (2013). Skriften på veggen : Bibelen som interiørartefakt, Religion i skrift: Mellom mystikk og materialitet,, s. 147 - 170. Universitetsforlaget, ISBN: 9788215019895
Lied, L. I. (2013). Manuscript culture and the myth of golden beginnings, Religion across media : from early antiquity to late modernity,, s. 54 - 70. Peter Lang Publishing Group, ISBN: 978-1-4331-2077-0
Bull, C. & Lied, L. I. & Turner, J. D. (2012). Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and other ancient Literature: ideas and practices : studies for Einar Thomassen at sixty, Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN: 978-90-04-21207-7
Lied, L. I. (2012). Those who know and those who don't : mystery, instruction, and knowledge in 2 Baruch, Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and other ancient Literature: ideas and practices : studies for Einar Thomassen at sixty,, s. 427 - 446. Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN: 978-90-04-21207-7
Lied, L. I. (2012). The reception of the Pseudepigrapha in Syriac traditions : the case of 2 Baruch, "Non-canonical" religious texts in early Judaism and early Christianity,, s. 52 - 60. Bloomsbury T&T Clark, ISBN: 978-0-567-12419-7
Lied, L. I. (2012). Religious change and popular culture : with a nod to the mediatization of religion debate, Mediatization and Religion. Nordic Perspectives,, s. 183 - 201. Nordicom, ISBN: 978-91-86523-44-2
Endsjø, D. Ø. & Lied, L. I. (2011). Det folk vil ha. Religion og populærkultur, Universitetsforlaget, ISBN: 978-82-15-01748-8
Lied, L. I. (2011). Recent scholarship on 2 Baruch: 2000–2009, Currents in Biblical Research, s. 238 - 276. Currents in Biblical Research, ISSN: 1476-993X
Lied, S. & Lied, L. I. (2010). Vurdering i RLE, Vurdering for læring i fag,, s. 124 - 135. Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget, ISBN: 978-82-7634-897-2
Dysthe, O. & Kjeldsen, J. E. & Breistein, S. & Lied, L. I. (2006). Studentperspektiv på rettleeing, Forskningsveiledning på master - og doktorgradsnivå,, s. 207 - 227. Abstrakt forlag, ISBN: 82-7935-207-4
Lied, L. I. (2005). Another Look at the Land of Damascus: The Spaces of the Damascus Document in the Light of Edward W. Soja's Thirdspace Approach, Continuum, ISBN: 0-567-04131-X
Lied, L. I. (2002). Forord, Himmelens historie : den syngende stillhet,, s. 13 - 22. Pax Forlag, ISBN: 82-530-2209-3

Research projects

Education and practice

2012
Professor, Religionsvitenskap, MF

2009
Førsteamanuensis, Religionsvitenskap, MF

2007
Forsker, Senter for grunnforskning/Det teologiske fakultet (UiO)

2006
Førsteamanuensis, Religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Bergen

2002 - 2006
Dr.art, Religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Bergen

2001
Vitenskapelig assistent, Program for læringsforskning, Universitetet i Bergen

2000
Cand.Philol, Religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Bergen

1998
Cand.Mag. (Historie, Sosiologi, Gresk, Latin, Hebraisk, Religionsvitenskap) Universitetet i Bergen

1997
Studier i moderne hebraisk og midtøstenkunnskap, Humboldt Universität, Berlin

Voluntary position

2022 - d.d.
Director, MF Centre for the Advanced Study of Religion