Univ.-Prof. Dr. Annette Schellenberg
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Annette Schellenberg
Academic position:
Deputy Head - Department of Old Testament Studies and Biblical Archaeology
Career:
2002 Dr. theol., Theological Faculty of the University of Zurich
2003–2005 Visiting Scholar at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures of the University of California, Los Angeles; fellow of Swiss National Foundation
2005–2007 Fellow of „Nachwuchsförderungskredit“, University of Zurich
2007–2010 Assistant Professor of Old Testament at San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union, San Anselmo/Berkeley, California
2011 Habilitation, Theological Faculty of the University of Zurich
2010–2014 Associate Professor of Old Testament at San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union, San Anselmo/Berkeley, California (with tenure)
since 2015 Professor of Old Testament at the Faculty of Protestant Theology (Institute of Old Testament Studies and Biblical Archaeology) of the University of Vienna
since fall 2016: Vice-Dean and Director of Studies
Selective bibliography:
Kohelet (ZBK), Zürich: TVZ 2013
Der Mensch, das Bild Gottes? Zum Gedanken einer Sonderstellung des Menschen im Alten Testament und in weiteren altorientalischen Quellen (AThANT 101), Zürich: TVZ 2011 (Habilitation)
Erkenntnis als Problem. Qohelet und die alttestamentliche Diskussion um das menschliche Erkennen (OBO 188), Freiburg/Göttingen: Universitätsverlag/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2002 (Dissertation)
Main research areas:
Primeval History (Gen 1–11)
Priestly literature
Wisdom literature
Song of Songs – current major project: Commentary on the Song of Songs for the Illumination Series (Eerdmans)
Anthropology of the Hebrew Bible (reflections on humans and humanity)
Controversies on theological questions in ancient Israel and other ancient Near Eastern cultures
Interrelations between the world of the Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near Eastern environment
Reception history of Old Testament texts
Other activities:
Since 2020: Editor-in-chief of Vetus Testamentum.