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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Theology,Jewish Studies |
| Keywords | Old Testament, Pentateuch, Priesthood, Redaction Criticism, Inner-biblical Interpretation |
Current contact address
| Country | United Kingdom |
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| City | Cambridge |
| Institution | University of Cambridge |
| Institute | Faculty of Divinity |
| Homepage | http://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/directory/nathan-macdonald |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Christoph Levin | Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, Abteilung Altes Testament, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München |
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| Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hermann Spieckermann | Theologische Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/03/2007 |
Programme(s)
| 2006 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme |
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| 2008 | Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Programme |
Nominator's project description
| It is well known that there are three great monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Scholarly research has shown that for the earliest of these, Judaism, monotheism developed over a long period of time. Dr. MacDonald's research project examines the development of post-exilic Judaism since the sixth century BC. It is normally assumed that from that period, Jewish monotheism took a fixed shape. Dr. MacDonald seeks to show that for some time Judaism had a variety of monotheistic forms. These understood the implications of God's exclusivity in significantly different ways. It took centuries for post-exilic Judaism to establish the consequences of her monotheistic claims. Dr. MacDonald will analyse this fascinating process in his project. It promises important insights into the formation of Jewish monotheism, which was the basis for all future monotheistic beliefs. |
Publications (partial selection)
| 2011 | Nathan MacDonald: Edom and Seir in the Narratives and Itineraries of Numbers 20-21 and Deuteronomy 1-3. In: Deuteronomium - Tora für eine neue Generation (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte), 2011, 88-103 |
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| 2011 | Nathan MacDonald: Wähle das Leben - Review of E. Ehrenreich. In: Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte, 2011, 318-320 |