Adele Berlin | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation | Biblical scholar |
| Known for | Literary approach to the Bible |
| Title | Robert H. Smith Professor Emerita of Biblical Studies |
| Board member of | Past President of the Society of Biblical Literature, Fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Gratz College |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Thesis | Enmerkar and Ensuhkešdanna, A Sumerian Narrative Poem (1976) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Maryland |
| Main interests | Biblical narrative and poetry, and the interpretation of the Bible |
Adele Berlin is an American biblical scholar and Hebraist. Before her retirement, she was Robert H. Smith Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Maryland.[1]
Berlin is best known for 1994 work Poetics and interpretation of biblical narrative (ISBN 1575060027). She has also written commentaries on Song of Songs, Zephaniah, Esther, and Lamentations. A Festschrift in her honor, "Built by Wisdom, Established by Understanding": Essays in Honor of Adele Berlin, was published in 2013.
Berlin has been a Guggenheim Fellow, and President of the Society of Biblical Literature. Along with Robert Alter and Meir Sternberg, Berlin is one of the most prominent practitioners of a literary approach to the Bible.[2][3][4] In 2004, the Jewish Book Council awarded Berlin along with co-editor Marc Zvi Brettler the scholarship category award for the Jewish Publication Society and Oxford University Press book, The Jewish Study Bible.[5] A decade later the two editors offered its second edition.[citation needed]
Works
[edit]Multiple works published:-[6]
Books
[edit]- Berlin, Adele (1979). Enmerkar and Ensuhkešdanna, A Sumerian Narrative Poem. Occasional Publications of the Babylonian Fund. Vol. 2. Philadelphia, PA: The University Museum. ISBN 9780934718295. OCLC 6090804.
- ——— (1983). Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical Narrative. Bible and literature series. Vol. 9. Sheffield, UK: Almond Press. ISBN 9780907459231. OCLC 10214708.
- ——— (1985). The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253318503. OCLC 924981288.
- ——— (1991). Biblical Poetry Through Medieval Jewish Eyes. Indiana studies in biblical literature. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780585106120. OCLC 43475924.
- ——— (1994). Zephaniah: a new translation with introduction and commentary. Anchor Bible. Vol. 25A. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 9780385266314. OCLC 28928604.
- ——— (2001). Esther: the traditional Hebrew text with the new JPS translation. JPS Bible Commentary. Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 9780827606999. OCLC 44669511.
- ——— (2001). Esther. Miḳra le-Yiśraʼel Commentary. Tel Aviv: Am Oved. ISBN 9789651313257. OCLC 48838494.
- ——— (2002). Lamentations: A Commentary. Old Testament library. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664218492. OCLC 49892430.
- ——— (2023). The JPS Bible Commentary: Psalms 120–150. Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 9780827609402.
- ——— (2025). Song of Songs: A Commentary. Hermeneia. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press. ISBN 9780800699017. OCLC 1446262146.
Edited by
[edit]- ———; Brettler, Marc Zvi, eds. (2014). The Jewish Study Bible. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199978465. OCLC 892869165.
References
[edit]- ^ "Adele Berlin". University of Maryland. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ^ Herzberg, Walter (1998). "Traditional Commentators Anticipating a Modern Literary Approach". Boundaries of the Ancient Near Eastern World: A Tribute to Cyrus H. Gordon. Continuum. p. 517. ISBN 978-0-567-51855-2.
- ^ Crenshaw, James L. (2004). "Foreword". The Psalms In Israel's Worship. Eerdmans. p. xxx. ISBN 978-0-8028-2816-3.
- ^ Nicholson, Sarah (2002). Three Faces of Saul: An Intertextual Approach to Biblical Tragedy. Continuum. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-567-00943-2.
- ^ Jewish Book Council. National Jewish Book Awards Archived 2015-09-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 2017.
- ^ "Adele Berlin - CurriculumVitae". Retrieved March 5, 2019.
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