Dr. habil. Mika Pajunen

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-1 und Äquivalente
FachgebietEvangelische Theologie
KeywordsScribal practices in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Dead Sea Scrolls, Textual history of the Hebrew Bible, Textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandFinnland
OrtUniversity of Helsinki
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Helsinki
Institut/AbteilungFaculty of Theology

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Reinhard MüllerSeminar Altes Testament, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.03.2021

Programm(e)

2020Humboldt-Forschungsstipendien-Programm für erfahrene Forschende

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2022Mika Pajunen: Glocal, Local, or Group Specific?: Origins of Some Particular Scribal and Interpretive Practices in the Qumran Scrolls. In: Raimo Hakola, Jessi Orpana, and Paavo Huotari, Scriptures in the Making: Texts and Their Transmission in Late Second Temple Judaism. Peeters, 2022. 33–56
2021Mika Pajunen: Exodus in the Dead Sea Scrolls. In: Susan Docherty and Beate Kowalski, The Reception of the Exodus Motifs in Jewish and Christian Literature: “Let my People Go!”. Brill, 2021. 137–161
2021Mika Pajunen: Psalms 151–155. In: Gerbern Oegema, Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha. Oxford University Press, 2021. 423–448
2021Mika Pajunen: The Minor Prophets in the Judean Desert Manuscripts. In: Julia O’Brien, Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets. Oxford University Press, 2021. 57-71
2020Mika Pajunen: Fighting Evil with Psalms and Prayers: Incantations and Apotropaic Prayers as a Response to the Changing Worldview of the Late Second Temple Period. In: Nina Nikki and Kirsi Valkama, Magic in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean: Cognitive, Historical, and Material Perspectives on the Bible and Its Contexts. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020. 197-214
2020Mika Pajunen: Reading Psalm and Prayer Manuscripts from Qumran. In: Anna Krauss, Jonas Leipziger, and Friederike Schücking-Jungblut, Material Aspects of Reading in Ancient and Medieval Cultures: Materiality, Presence, and Performance. De Gruyter, 2020. 55–70
2020Mika Pajunen: Textual Plurality of Scripture in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Theories of Textual Transmission. In: Biblische Notizen 186, 2020, 7–28
2019Daniel Schwartz, Frank Feder, and Mika Pajunen: 10.1.1 Textual History of 1 Maccabees. In: Matthias Henze, Frank Feder, in association with Mika Pajunen, Textual History of the Bible, Vol. 2: Deutero-Canonical Scriptures, Part C: Jubilees–Wisdom of Solomon. Brill, 2019. 111–115
2019Mika Pajunen: Differentiation of Form, Theme, and Changing Functions in Psalms and Prayers. In: Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 33, 2019, 264–276
2019Mika Pajunen: The Influence of Societal Changes in the Late Second Temple Period on the Functions and Composition of Psalms. In: Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, 33, 2019, 164–184
2019Mika Pajunen: Transmitting Patriarchal Voices in Aramaic: Claims of Authenticity and Reliability. In: Mette Bundvad and Kasper Siegismund with the collaboration of Melissa Sayyad Bach, Søren Holst, and Jesper Høgenhaven, Vision Narrative, and Wisdom in the Aramaic Text from Qumran: Essays from the Copenhagen Symposium, 14-15 August, 2017. Brill, 2019. 31–51
2018Mika Pajunen: Creation as the Liturgical Nexus of the Blessings and Curses in 4QBerakhot. In: Garrick V. Allen and John A. Dunne, Ancient Readers and their Scriptures: Engaging the Hebrew Bible in Early Judaism and Christianity. Brill, 2018. 27–39
2017Mika Pajunen: 1-2 Chronicles: (Proto-)Masoretic Texts and Texts Close to MT. In: Armin Lange and Emanuel Tov, Textual History of the Bible: Vol. 1C: The Hebrew Bible: Writings. Brill, 2017.
2017Mika Pajunen: Exodus and Exile as Prototypes of Justice: Prophecies in the Psalms of Solomon and the Barkhi Nafshi Hymns. In: Mika Pajunen and Jeremy Penner, Functions of Psalms and Prayers in the Late Second Temple Period. De Gruyter, 2017. 252–276
2017Mika Pajunen: The Saga of Judah’s Kings Continues: The Reception of Chronicles in the Late Second Temple Period. In: Journal of Biblical Literature, 136, 2017, 589–608
2016Mika Pajunen: Creating a Synthesis of Torah-centered and Proverbial Admonitions: The Direction and Significance of the Textual Connection between 4Q185 and 4Q370. In: Journal of Ancient Judaism, 7, 2016, 333–353
2015Mika Pajunen: How to Expel a Demon: Form- and Tradition-Critical Assessment of the Ritual of Exorcism in 11QapocrPs. In: Mika Pajunen and Hanna Tervanotko, Crossing Imaginary Boundaries: The Dead Sea Scrolls in the Context of Second Temple Judaism. Finnish Exegetical Society, 2015. 128–161
2015Mika Pajunen and Hanne von Weissenberg: The Book of Malachi, Manuscript 4Q76 (4QXIIa), and the Formation of the “Book of the Twelve". In: Journal of Biblical Literature, 134, 2015, 731–751
2015Mika Pajunen: The Praise of God and His Name as the Core of the Second Temple Liturgy. In: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 127, 2015, 475–488
2014Mika Pajunen: 4QPsx – A Collective Interpretation of Psalm 89:20–38. In: Journal of Biblical Literature 133, 2014, 479–495
2014Mika Pajunen: Perspectives on the Existence of a Particular Authoritative Book of Psalms in the Late Second Temple Period. In: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 39, 2014, 139-163
2013Mika Pajunen: The Land to the Elect and Justice for All: Reading Psalms in the Dead Sea Scrolls in Light of 4Q381. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013
2013Mika Pajunen and Marko Marttila: Wisdom, Israel and Other Nations: Perspectives from the Hebrew Bible, Deuterocanonical Literature, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. In: Journal of Ancient Judaism, 4, 2013, 2-26
2012Mika Pajunen: From Poetic Structure to Historical Setting: Exploring the Background of the Barkhi Nafshi Hymns. In: Cecilia Wassen, Ken Penner and Jeremy Penner, Prayer and Poetry in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature Essays in Honor of Eileen Schuller on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday. Brill, 2012. 355–376
2012Mika Pajunen: The Prayer of Manasseh in 4Q381 and the Account of Manasseh in 2 Chronicles 33. In: George J. Brooke, Daniel K. Falk, Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar, and Molly Zahn, The Scrolls and Biblical Traditions: Proceedings of the Seventh Meeting of the IOQS in Helsinki. Brill, 2012. 143–161
2011Mika Pajunen: 4QSapiential Admonitions B (4Q185): Unsolved Challenges of the Hebrew Text. In: George Brooke and Jesper Høgenhaven, The Mermaid and the Partridge. Essays from the Copenhagen Conference on Revising Texts from Cave Four. Brill, 2011. 191–220
2011Mika Pajunen: The Textual Connection between 4Q380 Fragment 1 and Psalm 106. In: Nora David, Armin Lange, Kristin De Troyer, and Shani Tzoref, The Hebrew Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011. 186–202
2011Mika Pajunen: The Use of Different Aspects of the Deuteronomistic Ideology in Apocryphal Psalms. In: Juha Pakkala, Marko Marttila, and Hanne von Weissenberg, Changes in Scripture: Rewriting and Interpreting Authoritative Traditions in the Second Temple Period. De Gruyter, 2011. 347–367
2008Mika Pajunen: Qumranic Psalm 91: A Structural Analysis. In: Anssi Voitila and Jutta Jokiranta, Scripture in Transition: Essays on Septuagint, Hebrew Bible, and Dead Sea Scrolls in Honour of Raija Sollamo. Brill, 2008. 591–605