Albert Pietersma

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Albert Pietersma
Born28 September 1935 Edit this on Wikidata
Opende Edit this on Wikidata
EducationDoctor of Philosophy Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
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Position heldemeritus (University of Toronto, 2001–) Edit this on Wikidata

Albert (

short name "Al") Pietersma (September 28, 1935 in Opende, Netherlands) is Dutch professor emeritus of Septuagint and Hellenistic Greek in the Department of Near and Middle East Civilizations at the University of Toronto‘s Faculty of Arts and Science.[1]

Life

Pietersma born on September 28, 1935, in Opende, of

high school by correspondence.[2]

In 1960 he married Margaret J. Stadig (native of Amsterdam) and they had three children: Bryan, Kevin and Larisa.[2]

Education

He studied

Ph.D. in Hebrew Language and Literature (Septuagint) from the University of Toronto, under the tutelage of Professor Wevers with the dissertation A Textual-Critical Analysis of Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri IV and V.[1]

Teaching

From 1969 to 1970 he was a sessional lecturer in the Dept. of Near Eastern Studies at University of Victoria, and from 1970 to 1976 he was associate professor.[1] From 1976 to 1981 he was associate professor at University of Toronto and 1981 to 2001 he became a full professor.[1] Until his retirement in 2001, he was professor emeritus of Septuagint and Hellenistic Greek in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto.[1]

Affiliations

From 1972 to 1980, he was secretary and archivist of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, from 1980 to 1987 he was president, and from 1993 honorary president.[1]

Views

Kurios in the LXX

Pietersma has proposed that the original

recensions, and "he argues that an analysis of the translation technique used by the LXX traducteurs when they dealt with certain instances of the Hebrew tetragram suggests that they used Kúrios to render it".[4] Sean McDonough and Natalio Fernández Marcos have accepted Pietersma's thesis.[4] On the other hand, Pierre-Maurice Bogaert, Martin Hengel and Emanuel Tov do not accept Pietersma's theory.[4]

Works

Thesis

Books

Articles

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Albert Pietersma. Professor of Septuagint and Hellenistic Greek". Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations. Faculty of Arts and Science. The University of Toronto. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
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  3. ^ Ross, William A. (2017-04-10). "LXX SCHOLAR INTERVIEW: DR. ALBERT PIETERSMA". Retrieved 2022-02-19.
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