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Alma Brodersen

Prof. Dr. Alma Brodersen

Evangelische Theologie - Theologie und Exegese des Alten Testaments - Professor

Contact

Alma.Brodersen@uni-siegen.de
+49 271 740-4513

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Office address

AR-K 615
Level 6
Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2
57076
Siegen
The Chair of Theology and Exegesis of the Old Testament will be represented by PD Dr. Friedrich-Emanuel Focken in the winter semester 2025/26.

PD Dr. Friedrich Emanuel Focken | University of Siegen

E-Mail: FriedrichEmanuel.Focken@uni-siegen.de

 

 

Cooperation

Secretary
Annette Schäfer
 
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer
Dr. Alicia Hein
 
Student Assistant
Lara Spies

Short vita

  • since 2025 Professor of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis, Institute for Protestant Theology, University of Siegen, Germany
  • 2019-2025 Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer in Theology (Old Testament), Faculty of Theology, University of Bern, Switzerland (fixed-term contract)
  • 2022-2025 Privatdozentin" (PD), Faculty of Protestant Theology, LMU Munich, Germany (unpaid teaching)
  • 2023 Theodor Kocher Prize, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • 2017-2022 Postdoctoral Qualification "Habilitation" in Theology (Old Testament), Faculty of Protestant Theology, LMU Munich, Germany - successfully completed January 2022 ("Dr. habil.")
  • 2019 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise, University of Heidelberg, Germany
  • 2017-2019 Leader of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Research Group “Constructions of Norms” at the Graduate School "Distant Worlds" and Postdoctoral Researcher in Theology (Old Testament), LMU Munich, Germany
  • 2016-2017 Postdoctoral Researcher in Theology (Old Testament) and Academic Coordinator for Interdisciplinary Research Grants, Graduate School Distant Worlds, LMU Munich, Germany
  • June 2016 D.Phil. in Theology, University of Oxford, UK (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. John Barton, Old Testament)
  • 2013-2016     
    Tuition for Undergraduate Students in Theology (Old and New Testament), Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, UK
  • 2012-2016 Doctoral student at the University of Oxford, UK (Faculty of Theology and Religion, St John’s College) as a Rhodes Scholar (Germany & St John’s 2012)
  • 2012 Masters’ Degree in Theology with Distinction
  • 2006-2012 Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in Theology at the Universities of Mainz (Germany), Munich (Germany), and Oxford (UK) with Scholarships of the Maximilianeum Foundation, “Max Weber-Programm” Bavaria, and the German National Academic Foundation
  • *1986    

Lectures, Seminars and Classes

  • 2026 Vorlesung / Lecture "Einführung in das Alte Testament" / "Introduction to the Old Testament"
  • 2026 Seminar "Das Richterbuch - Gewalttexte im Alten Testament" / "The Book of Judges - Texts of Violence in the Old Testament"
  • 2025 Vorlesung / Lecture "Einführung in das Alte Testament" / "Introduction to the Old Testament"
  • 2025 Seminar "Das Richterbuch - Gewalttexte im Alten Testament" / "The Book of Judges - Texts of Violence in the Old Testament"
  • 2025 Seminar "Psalmen" / "Psalms"

  • 2024 Proseminar / Introductory Seminar "Methoden der Exegese des Alten Testaments"
  • 2024 Übung / Class „Bibelkunde Altes Testament (Propheten)“
  • 2024 Vorlesung / Lecture "Richterbuch" / "Book of Judges"
  • 2024 Vorlesung / Lecture "Einführung in die Bibel" / "Introduction to the Bible" (mit / with Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schliesser)
  • 2023 Übung / Class „Bibelkunde Altes Testament (Propheten)“
  • 2023 Vorlesung / Lecture "Einführung in die Bibel" / "Introduction to the Bible" (mit / with Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schliesser)
  • 2023 Exkursion nach Köln zum Besuch der Sonderausstellung „Susanna: Bilder einer Frau vom Mittelalter bis MeToo“ im Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (mit Prof. Dr. Isabelle Noth, Prof. Dr. Andreas Wagner, Prof. Dr. Mathias Wirth)
  • 2022 Übung / Class „Bibelkunde Altes Testament (Propheten)“
  • 2022 Vorlesung / Lecture "Einführung in die Bibel" / "Introduction to the Bible" (mit / with Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schliesser)
  • 2021 Proseminar / Introductory Seminar "Methoden der Exegese des Alten Testaments"
  • 2021 Übung / Class „Bibelkunde Altes Testament (Propheten)“
  • 2021 Doktorierendenworkshop / Workshop for Doctoral Students "Psalmen und Psalter" / "Psalms and Psalter"
  • 2021 Kurs / Course "Basiswissen Altes Testament" / "Old Testament Basics"
  • 2021 Vorlesung / Lecture "Einführung in die Bibel" / "Introduction to the Bible" (mit / with Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schliesser)
  • 2020 Proseminar / Introductory Seminar "Methoden der Exegese des Alten Testaments"
  • 2020 Übung / Class „Bibelkunde Altes Testament (Propheten)“
  • 2020 Kurs / Course "Basiswissen Altes Testament" / "Old Testament Basics"
  • 2020 Vorlesung / Lecture "Einführung in die Bibel" / "Introduction to the Bible" (mit / with Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schliesser)
  • 2019 Proseminar / Introductory Seminar "Methoden der Exegese des Alten Testaments"
  • 2019 Übung / Class „Bibelkunde Altes Testament (Propheten)“
  • 2019 Doktorierendenworkshop / Workshop for Doctoral Students "Ökologische Theologie und Psalmenexegese" / "Ecological Theology and Psalms Exegesis"
  • 2019 Seminar „Psalmen und Psalter in der Hebräischen Bibel und in Qumran“

  • 2024 Proseminar / Introductory Seminar "Methoden der Exegese des Alten Testaments"
  • 2024 Übung / Class „Bibelkunde Altes Testament (Propheten)“
  • 2024 Vorlesung / Lecture "Richterbuch" / "Book of Judges"
  • 2024 Vorlesung / Lecture "Einführung in die Bibel" / "Introduction to the Bible" (mit / with Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schliesser)
  • 2023 Übung / Class „Bibelkunde Altes Testament (Propheten)“
  • 2023 Vorlesung / Lecture "Einführung in die Bibel" / "Introduction to the Bible" (mit / with Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schliesser)
  • 2023 Exkursion nach Köln zum Besuch der Sonderausstellung „Susanna: Bilder einer Frau vom Mittelalter bis MeToo“ im Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (mit Prof. Dr. Isabelle Noth, Prof. Dr. Andreas Wagner, Prof. Dr. Mathias Wirth)
  • 2022 Übung / Class „Bibelkunde Altes Testament (Propheten)“
  • 2022 Vorlesung / Lecture "Einführung in die Bibel" / "Introduction to the Bible" (mit / with Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schliesser)
  • 2021 Proseminar / Introductory Seminar "Methoden der Exegese des Alten Testaments"
  • 2021 Übung / Class „Bibelkunde Altes Testament (Propheten)“
  • 2021 Doktorierendenworkshop / Workshop for Doctoral Students "Psalmen und Psalter" / "Psalms and Psalter"
  • 2021 Kurs / Course "Basiswissen Altes Testament" / "Old Testament Basics"
  • 2021 Vorlesung / Lecture "Einführung in die Bibel" / "Introduction to the Bible" (mit / with Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schliesser)
  • 2020 Proseminar / Introductory Seminar "Methoden der Exegese des Alten Testaments"
  • 2020 Übung / Class „Bibelkunde Altes Testament (Propheten)“
  • 2020 Kurs / Course "Basiswissen Altes Testament" / "Old Testament Basics"
  • 2020 Vorlesung / Lecture "Einführung in die Bibel" / "Introduction to the Bible" (mit / with Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schliesser)
  • 2019 Proseminar / Introductory Seminar "Methoden der Exegese des Alten Testaments"
  • 2019 Übung / Class „Bibelkunde Altes Testament (Propheten)“
  • 2019 Doktorierendenworkshop / Workshop for Doctoral Students "Ökologische Theologie und Psalmenexegese" / "Ecological Theology and Psalms Exegesis"
  • 2019 Seminar „Psalmen und Psalter in der Hebräischen Bibel und in Qumran“

  • 2015 Lectures „Psalms“, Faculty of Theology and Religion
  • 2015 Reading Class „Greek Text Class: Gospels and Jesus“, Faculty of Theology and Religion
  • 2014-2016 Revision Tutorials „God and Israel in the Old Testament“, Keble College, Trinity College
  • 2014-2015 Tutorials „God and Israel in the Old Testament“, Harris Manchester College, Keble College, Trinity College
  • 2014-2015 Revision Classes „God and Israel in the Old Testament“, Faculty of Theology and Religion
  • 2013-2014 Biblical Hebrew Reading Group, Faculty of Theology and Religion
  • 2013 Exkursion / Study Tour München / Munich, Rhodes Trust

 2023 Online Tools for Teaching Theology, Universität Bern

  • 2023 Interactive Online Tools in Classrooms, Universität Bern
  • 2021 Supervising Scholarly Writing, Universität Bern
  • 2020 Seminars on Exegetical Methods, Universität Zürich
  • 2019 Oral Examinations, Universität Bern
  • 2019 Tools in Higher Education, Universität Bern
  • 2019 Workshop Hochschullehre (Workshop Teaching in Higher Education), Universität Bern
  • 2018 „Münchener Inklusionstraining“ (Supporting Students with Disabilities and Chronic Diseases), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  • 2017 „Genderkompetenz als Schlüsselqualifikation“ (Gender Awareness), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  • 2015 Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK
  • 2014 Developing Learning and Teaching, University of Oxford
  • 2014 Preparation for Learning and Teaching at Oxford, University of Oxford        

  • 2020 Award for outstanding teaching, University of Bern
  • 2023 Award for outstanding teaching, University of Bern

  • 2024 Event "New Research on the Old Testament", University of Bern
  • 2023 Panel Discussion "The Word of God in the Old Testament", University of Bern
  • 2023 Guest Lecture on Judges 6 and 13 given by Prof. Dr. Georg Fischer SJ (University of Innsbruck), University of Bern
  • 2022 Panel Discussion "Renaissance of the Theology of the Old Testament", University of Bern
  • 2021 Panel Discussion on the History of the Faculties of Theology at the University of Bern
  • 2020 Panel Discussion (online) on Biblical Hermeneutics with Prof. Dr. Georg Fischer SJ (University of Innsbruck), University of Bern
  • 2017 Workshop on Psalms and the Dead Sea Scrolls, LMU Munich
  • 2017 Panel Discussion "Research on Religion", LMU Munich

Research

Research Interests

  • Hebrew and Greek Biblical Texts (Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint)
  • Theology and History of the Canon of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
  • Psalms and Psalters
  • Daniel
  • Ben Sira
  • Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Diachronic Intertextuality
  • Ancient Textual Authority and Biblical Texts

Scholarships

Awards

  • Theodor Kocher Prize, University of Bern (2023), CHF 50.000, https://www.unibe.ch/research/research_prizes/theodor_kocher_prize/index_eng.html
  • Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise (2019), EUR 3000, https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fiit/mlaward.html
  • Award for Outstanding Individual Performance, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2018)
  • Team Award, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2017)
  • LMUMentoring, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2017-2019)
  • Award, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2012)
  • Language Awards in Ancient Greek, Latin, English (2002-2005)
  • Bundespreis Latein des Bundeswettbewerbs Fremdsprachen (2003)

Research Funding

  • 2024 Theologische Fakultät, Universität Bern, Schweiz: Reisemittel Kongress "Theologie der Zukunft" Universität Heidelberg 2024 / Conference Travel Costs Congress "Theology of the Future" Heidelberg 2024; CHF 466
  • 2023 Theologische Fakultät, Universität Bern, Schweiz: Research Grant; CHF 400
  • 2022 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Open-access publication of the book "The Beginning of the Biblical Canon and Ben Sira", SNF project number 213932, https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/213932; CHF 9118
  • 2022 UniBern Forschungsstiftung, Universität Bern, Schweiz: Reisemittel Septuaginta-Kongress 2022, Stellenbosch, Südafrika / Conference Travel Costs Septuagint Congress 2022, Stellenbosch, South Africa; CHF 1.999
  • 2019 UniBern Forschungsstiftung, Universität Bern, Schweiz: Reisemittelzuschuss SBL 2019 Annual Meeting / Conference Travel Costs SBL 2019 Annual Meeting; CHF 1.000
  • 2018 Mentoring-Programm 2019 der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Deutschland: Mittel für die Durchführung von internationalen Gastvorträgen im Fach Altes Testament / Funding for international research lectures in Old Testament studies; EUR 3.190
  • 2018 Studienzuschüsse der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Deutschland: Mittel zur Durchführung von Berufsinformationsabenden für Theologiestudierende mit Alumni / Funding for career workshops for Theology students led by alumni; EUR 500
  • 2018 Mentoring-Programm 2018 der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Deutschland: Mittel für eine studentische Hilfskraft zur Tagungs- und Publikationsvorbereitung “Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters” / Funding for a student research assistant to prepare the conference and publication "Intertextuality and the Formation of the Psalter"; EUR 2.157
  • 2017 Mentoring-Programm 2017 der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Deutschland: Reisemittelzuschuss SBL 2017 Annual Meeting / Conference Travel Costs SBL 2017 Annual Meeting; EUR 1.707
  • 2017 Graduate School Distant Worlds, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Deutschland: Konferenzmittel für die Organisation einer internationalen Tagung / Funding for organizing the international conference „Intertextuality and the Formation of the Psalter. Methodological Reflections – Theological Implications“  / "Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters. Methodische Reflexionen – Theologiegeschichtliche Perspektiven“, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 13.-14.4.2018; Wert: EUR 2.215
  • 2017 Strukturiertes Doktoratsprogramm der Theologischen Fakultäten der Universitäten Basel, Bern und Zürich, Schweiz (with Nancy Rahn): Konferenzmittel für die Organisation einer internationalen Tagung / Funding for organizing the international conference „Intertextuality and the Formation of the Psalter. Methodological Reflections – Theological Implications“  / "Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters. Methodische Reflexionen – Theologiegeschichtliche Perspektiven“, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 13.-14.4.2018; Wert: CHF 1.953
  • 2014 Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, UK: Reisemittelzuschuss SBL 2014 International Meeting / Conference Travel Costs SBL 2014 International Meeting; GPB 250
  • 2014 St John’s College, Oxford, UK: Reisemittelzuschuss SBL 2014 International Meeting / Conference Travel Costs SBL 2014 International Meeting; GPB 250

Publications

Brodersen, Alma (2022): The Beginning of the Biblical Canon and Ben Sira (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 162), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 978-3-16-161599-3 (print), ISBN 978-3-16-161992-2 and DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-161992-2 (open access ebook). - Full Open Access: https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/the-beginning-of-the-biblical-canon-and-ben-sira-9783161619922

Brodersen, Alma (2017): The End of the Psalter. Psalms 146-150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 505), Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 9783110536096.
= Brodersen, Alma (2018): The End of the Psalter. Psalms 146-150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint, Waco, TX: Baylor University Press [Paperback]. ISBN 9781481308991.

Brodersen, Alma (2013): Die Bedeutung der Schöpfungsaussagen für die Theologie von Psalm 147 [The Significance of Creation References for the Theology of Psalm 147] (Biblisch-Theologische Studien 134), Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Theologie. ISBN 9783788726850.

-> For short abstracts of the monographs see Research.

Brodersen, Alma / Neumann, Friederike / Willgren, David (eds.) (2020): Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters. Methodische Reflexionen – Theologiegeschichtliche Perspektiven [Intertextuality and the Formation of the Psalter. Reflections on Methodology – Perspectives on the History of Theology] (Forschungen zum Alten Testament II 114), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 9783161563430.

Brodersen, Alma (2025): Psalms, Judaism, Second Temple and Hellenistic Judaism, in: Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR), Vol. 25, Berlin: De Gruyter. Ahead of Print: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/database/EBR/entry/MainLemma_6384/html

Brodersen, Alma (2024): Comparing Ben Sira beyond the Hebrew Bible, in: Bührer, Walter / Focken, Friedrich-Emanuel / Krause, Joachim J. (eds.): Citations and Allusions in Wisdom Literature (Biblische Notizen 202), Freiburg: Herder, 109-120.

Brodersen, Alma (2024): The Role of the Bible for the Theology of the Septuagint, in: Cook, Johann / Kraus, Wolfgang / Rösel, Martin (eds.): Septuagint Theology and Its Reception. Stellenbosch Congress on the Septuagint, 2022 (Septuagint and Cognate Studies 78), Atlanta: SBL Press, 25-48.

Brodersen, Alma (2024): Omen, Omens, Judaism, Second Temple and Hellenistic Judaism, in: Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR), Vol. 22, Og (King of Bashan) – Papyrus, Papyri, Berlin: De Gruyter, 250, https://doi.org/10.1515/ebr.omenomens

Brodersen, Alma (2024): Oracle, Oracles, Judaism, Second Temple and Hellenistic Judaism, in: Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR), Vol. 22, Og (King of Bashan) – Papyrus, Papyri, Berlin: De Gruyter, 518, https://doi.org/10.1515/ebr.oracleoracles

Brodersen, Alma (2023): Thinking beyond the Hebrew Bible: A Response to Christian Frevel, in: Wagner, Andreas / van Oorschot, Jürgen / Allolio-Näcke, Lars (eds.): Archaeology of Mind in the Hebrew Bible / Archäologie alttestamentlichen Denkens, Berlin: De Gruyter, 117-122. - Full Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110742428-006

Brodersen, Alma (2022): The Basis of the Exegetical and the Ethical: What is the Biblical Text?, in: Clifford, Hywel / Daffern Megan (eds.), The Exegetical and the Ethical. The Bible and the Academy in the Public Square: Essays for the Occasion of Professor John Barton’s 70th Birthday (Biblical Interpretation Series 197), Leiden: Brill, 13-27.

Brodersen, Alma (2021): No Final Hallel. Material Sources for Psalms 146–150, in: Barbiero, Gianni / Pavan, Marco / Schnocks, Johannes (eds.), The Formation of the Hebrew Psalter. The Book of Psalms Between Ancient Versions, Material Transmission and Canonical Exegesis (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 151), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 369-381.

Brodersen, Alma (2020): Quellen und Intertextualität. Methodische Überlegungen zum Psalterende, in: Brodersen, Alma / Neumann, Friederike / Willgren, David (eds.): Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters. Methodische Reflexionen – Theologiegeschichtliche Perspektiven (Forschungen zum Alten Testament II 114), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1-4.

Brodersen, Alma / Neumann, Friederike / Willgren, David (2020): Einführung, in: Brodersen, Alma / Neumann, Friederike / Willgren, David (eds.): Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters. Methodische Reflexionen – Theologiegeschichtliche Perspektiven (Forschungen zum Alten Testament II 114), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 7-31.

Brodersen, Alma (2018): Keine Theologie ohne Anthropologie? Response zum Beitrag von Judith Gärtner, in: Wagner, Andreas / van Oorschot, Jürgen (eds.): Gott und Mensch im Alten Testament. Zum Verhältnis von Gottes- und Menschenbild (Veröffentlichungen der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft für Theologie 52), Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 213-216.

Brodersen, Alma (2018): Schutz, in: Das Wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, http://www.bibelwissenschaft.de/stichwort/27401 (Full Open Access).

Brodersen, Alma (2018): The Septuagint’s Relevance for the End of the Psalter, in: Meiser, Martin / Geiger, Michaela / Sigismund, Marcus / Kreuzer, Siegfried (eds.): Die Septuaginta – Geschichte, Wirkung, Relevanz, 6. Internationale Fachtagung veranstaltet von Septuaginta Deutsch (LXX.D), Wuppertal 21.–24. Juli 2016 (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 405), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 588-600.

Brodersen, Alma (to be published 2025): Psalm 151, in: Aitken, James K. / Dhont, Marieke / Longenecker, Bruce W. (eds.): The Apocrypha and the Septuagint (Ancient Literature for New Testament Studies 1), Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic. Final manuscript accepted by the editors.

Brodersen, Alma (2024): Krusche, Marcel, Göttliches und irdisches Königtum in den Psalmen (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2019), in: Zeitschrift für Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte 30, 303-304.

Brodersen, Alma (2024): McDonald, Lee Martin, The Formation of the Biblical Canon, 2 vols. (London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2017), in: Review of Biblical Literature 10/2024, https://www.sblcentral.org/API/Reviews/1002031_73209.pdf

Brodersen, Alma (2022): Gesche, Bonifatia / Lustig, Christian / Rabo, Gabriel (eds.), Theology and Anthropology in the Book of Sirach (Atlanta: SBL 2019), in: Dead Sea Discoveries 29, 1, 112-113.

Brodersen, Alma (2022): Schmidt, A. Jordan, Wisdom, Cosmos, and Cultus in the Book of Sirach (Berlin: De Gruyter 2019), in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 134, 2, 296-297.

Brodersen, Alma (2020): Corley, Jeremy / Miller, Geoffrey David (eds.), Intertextual Explorations in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (Berlin: De Gruyter 2019), in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 132, 1, 169-170.

Brodersen, Alma (2019): Ossandón Widow, Juan Carlos, The Origins of the Canon of the Hebrew Bible. An Analysis of Josephus and 4 Ezra (Leiden: Brill 2019), in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 144, 11, 1145-1147.

Brodersen, Alma (2018): Beentjes, Pancratius C., „With All Your Soul Fear The Lord“ (Sir. 7:27). Collected Essays on the Book of Ben Sira II (Leuven: Peeters 2017), in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 130, 2, 300.

Brodersen, Alma (2018): Hossfeld, Frank-Lothar / Bremer, Johannes / Steiner, Till Magnus (eds.), Trägerkreise in den Psalmen (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Rupprecht 2017), in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 143, 10, 1015-1016.

Brodersen, Alma (2018): Kwon, JiSeong James, Scribal Culture and Intertextuality. Literary and Historical Relationships between Job and Deutero-Isaiah (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2016), in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 143, 3, 207-209. 

Brodersen, Alma (2018): Neumann, Friederike, Schriftgelehrte Hymnen. Gestalt, Theologie und Intention der Psalmen 145 und 146–150 (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2016), in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 130, 1, 158-159.

Brodersen, Alma (2018): Pajunen, Mika S. / Penner, Jeremy (eds.), Functions of Psalms and Prayers in the Late Second Temple Period (Berlin: De Gruyter 2017), in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 130, 2, 306-307.

Brodersen, Alma (2017): Mensah, Michael Kodzo, „I turned back my feet to your decrees“ (Psalm 119,59). Torah in the Fifth Book of the Psalter (Frankfurt: Peter Lang 2016), in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 142, 9, 902-904.

Brodersen, Alma (2014): Homolka, Walter / Hans-Gert Pöttering (eds.), Theologie(n) an der Universität. Akademische Herausforderung im säkularen Umfeld (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2013), in: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 38, 5 (Society for Old Testament Study Booklist 2014), 17-18.

Brodersen, Alma (2022): The Beginning of the Biblical Canon and Ben Sira (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 162), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 978-3-16-161599-3 (print), ISBN 978-3-16-161992-2 and DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-161992-2 (Open Access eBook).

  • Beentjes, Pancratius (2023) in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 148 (11), 1069-1071, https://www.thlz.com/artikel/24832/
  • Corley, Jeremy (2023) in: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 47, 5 (Society for Old Testament Study Booklist 2023), 146-147.
  • Hieke, Thomas (2024), in: Old Testament Abstracts 47 (1), 270.
  • Karner, Gerhard (2024), in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 136, 4, 624-626.
  • Ossandón Widow, Juan Carlos (2023) in: Rivista Biblica, 71, 249-252.
  • Schmidt, Jordan (2025), in: Journal for the Study of Judaism, 56, 114-117.

Brodersen, Alma (2017): The End of the Psalter. Psalms 146-150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 505), Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 9783110536096.

  • DeClaissé-Walford, Nancy L. (2019) in: Review of Biblical Literature 21 (1), https://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11828.
  • Gerstenberger, Erhard S. (2018) in: Biblica, 99, 3, 453-455.
  • Gies, Kathrin (2021): Die Psalmen im Psalter. Wege der gegenwärtigen Forschung, in: Theologische Revue 117, https://doi.org/10.17879/thrv-2021-3474
  • Hieke, Thomas (2019) in: Biblische Notizen, 2, 112-113.
  • Janowski, Bernd (2019) in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 144 (1), 58-60, http://www.thlz.com/artikel/20576.
  • Müller, Reinhard (2018) in: Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie 57, 2018, 111-112.
  • Neumann, Friederike (2018) in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 130 (1), 123–124.
  • Tosco, Lorenzo A. (2018) in: Old Testament Abstracts 41 (3), 727 (#2075).
  • Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2018) in: Folia Orientalia 55, 441.
  • Willgren, David (2018) in: Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok 83, 202-206.

= Brodersen, Alma (2018): The End of the Psalter. Psalms 146-150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint, Waco, TX: Baylor University Press [Paperback]. ISBN 9781481308991.

  • Barker, John R. (2019) in: Bible Today 57 (3), 185.
  • Begg, Christopher T. (2019) in: Old Testament Abstracts 42 (2), 251 (#780).
  • Brueggemann, Walter (2019) in: Interpretation 73 (3), 109.
  • Girard, Marc (2019) in: Revue Biblique 126 (3), 474-475.
  • Gray, Alison (2021) in: Journal of Theological Studies 71 (2), 828-830.
  • Firth, Jill (2020) in: Euangelion, 3.10.2020, https://www.patheos.com/blogs/euangelion/2020/10/the-end-of-the-psalter
  • Hunter, Alastair G. (2019) in: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43 (5), 86-87.
  • Moore, Michael S. (2019) in: Catholic Biblical Quarterly 82 (3), 520-521.
  • Screnock, John (2019) in: Review of Biblical Literature, 9, https://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=12642
  • Vickery, Zachary A. (2020) in: Bulletin for Biblical Research 30, 137-139.

Brodersen, Alma (2013): Die Bedeutung der Schöpfungsaussagen für die Theologie von Psalm 147 [The Significance of Creation References for the Theology of Psalm 147] (Biblisch-Theologische Studien 134), Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Theologie. ISBN 9783788726850.

  • Eder, Sigrid (2014) in: Biblische Bücherschau (12). http://www.biblische-buecherschau.de/2014/Brodersen_Psalm147.pdf.
  • Niemann, Hermann Michael (2016), in: Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie 55, 95.

Brodersen, Alma / Neumann, Friederike / Willgren, David (eds.) (2020): Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters. Methodische Reflexionen – Theologiegeschichtliche Perspektiven (Forschungen zum Alten Testament II 114), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 9783161563430.

  • Becker, Uwe (2021) in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 133 (1), 111-112.
  • Botha, Phil J. (2021) in: Review of Biblical Literature, 9, https://www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDetails/13732
  • Tucker, W. Dennis (2021) in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 146 (7), 689-691, https://www.thlz.com/artikel/22064
  • Weber, Beat (2021) in: Theologische Revue 117, 1-3.

Research lectures and conferences

  • Inaugural lecture, University of Siegen ("Do we need books to understand the Old Testament?")
  • Advanced Seminar Old Testament, University of Marburg, online ("Aus der Psalmenforschung" / by invitation / invited paper)

  • European Congress for Theology "Theology of the Future", Scientific Society for Theology, University of Heidelberg
  • Symposium on the Books of Samuel, University of Bern
  • Swiss Dead Sea Scrolls Meeting, University of Bern
  • Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS), Winter Meeting, University of Cambridge, Online ("Why Ben Sira did not read the Bible" / by invitation / invited paper)

  • Congress on the Theology and Theological Reception of the Septuagint, Stellenbosch University, South Africa ("The Role of the Bible in Septuagint Theology" / by invitation / invited paper)
  • Swiss Dead Sea Scrolls Meeting, Université de Lausanne
  • Swiss Old Testament Society, University of Basel
  • Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT), University of Zurich ("No Canon in Ben Sira")
  • Biblische Sozietät, University of Bern (Lecture on the occasion of the completed habilitation "Why Sirach did not read the Bible")
  • Studies in Second Temple Judaism: A Global Enterprise, An International Online Conference, University of Michigan, USA, Online ("Ancient Intertextuality Beyond the Bible" / by invitation / invited paper)

  • Swiss Dead Sea Scrolls Meeting, University of Zurich
  • Deutschschweizer Sozietät Altes Testament, University of Fribourg
  • Scroll Approaches to the Hebrew Bible, International Symposium, KU Leuven, Belgium, Online
  • 11th Enoch Seminar - LMU Munich Congress on Apocalypticism in Antiquity, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Online (Response, auf Einladung / invited response)
  • Guest lecture in the seminar "Psalms in Interpretation", Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, Canada, Online ("The End of the Psalter" / auf Einladung / invited paper)
  • Alttestamentliche Sozietät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Online ("Von Zirkelschlüssen und Traditionsvielfalt: Jesus Sirach und der Beginn des Bibelkanons" / auf Einladung / invited paper)

  • Alttestamentliches Forschungskolloquium, University of Bern, Online ("Ben Sira and the Beginning of the Biblical Canon", by invitation / invited paper)
  • Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Virtual Annual Meeting, Online
  • Deutschschweizer Sozietät Altes Testament, University of Bern (organized together with Dr. Nancy Rahn)
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls in Recent Scholarship: A Virtual Public Conference, New York University, USA, Online

  • Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Annual Meeting, San Diego ("Traditional Figures and Textual Authority in Ben Sira's 'Praise of the Ancestors'")
  • Biblische Sozietät, University of Bern ("Does Sirach know the Bible?", by invitation / invited paper)
  • Deutschschweizerische Sozietät Altes Testament, University of Zurich ("Jesus Sirach und der Beginn des Bibelkanons", by invitation / invited paper)
  • Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), International Meeting, Rome ("No Final Hallel: Material Sources for Psalms 146-150", by invitation / invited paper)
  • Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise 2019 Colloquium, University of Heidelberg ("Biblical Canon and Ben Sira", by invitation / invited paper)
  • Old Testament Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ("Jesus Sirach: The Beginning of the Bible? A report on the history of research", by invitation / invited paper)
  • Research Forum, Graduate School Distant Worlds, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich ("Jesus Sirach: The Beginning of the Bible?")

  • The Bible and the Academy. Symposium in Honor of Professor John Barton, Oxford ("Textual Criticism: From Urtext to Parallel Columns", by invitation / invited paper)
  • Old Testament Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ("Textkritik des Alten Testaments: Recent Research Trends", by invitation / invited paper)
  • Archaeology of Mind, Interdisciplinary Explorations in the Field of Old Testament Thinking, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland (Response, auf Einladung / invited paper)
  • "Intertextuality and the Formation of the Psalter. Methodological Reflections - Theological Implications" / "Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters. Methodische Reflexionen - Theologiegeschichtliche Perspektiven", Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Organization http://www.gs-distantworlds.mzaw.lmu.de/de/News/Konferenz-Intertextualitaet-und-die-Entstehung-des-Psalters-13-14-April-2018, Paper / Vortrag "Quellen und Intertextualität: Methodische Überlegungen zum Psalterende")
  • The Eras of Empires: Four Kingdoms Motifs in Ancient Historiographies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  • 7th International Symposium on the Septuagint "The Septuagint. Themes - Manuscripts - Effects", Wuppertal ("Canon and the Greek Prologue to Ben Sira", by invitation / invited paper)

  • Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), 2017 Annual Meeting, Boston
  • Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), International Meeting, Berlin ("The End of the Psalter")
  • Old Testament Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich ("Sirachprolog und Kanonfrage", by invitation / invited paper)
  • 4th International Conference of the Project Group "Anthropology(s) of the Old Testament", topic "God and Man in the Old Testament. On the relationship between the image of God and the image of man", Bern (response, by invitation / invited paper)
  • Discovering, Deciphering and Dissenting: Ben Sira's Hebrew Text, 1896-2016, Cambridge

  • 6th International Symposium on the Septuagint "Die Septuaginta. Geschichte - Wirkung - Relevanz", Wuppertal ("The Septuagint's Relevance for the End of the Psalter", auf Einladung / invited paper)
  • Old Testament Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ("Der Bibelkanon und Jesus Sirach", auf Einladung / invited paper)
  • Old Testament Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ("The End of the Psalter (Das Ende des Psalters)", auf Einladung / invited paper)
  • 3rd International Conference of the Project Group "Anthropology(s) of the Old Testament", topic "Individuality and Self-Reflection in the Literatures of the Old Testament II", Wittenberg (response, by invitation / invited paper)
  • "Ethical Reading" Workshop, Oxford
  • Oxford Psalms Network Workshop, Oxford
  • Oxford & Cambridge Biblical Studies Conference, Oxford

  • Old Testament Seminar, University of Oxford ("The End of the Psalter: Final Results", by invitation / invited paper)
  • Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS), Summer Meeting, Edinburgh
  • Old Testament Graduate Seminar, University of Oxford (Chair)
  • Oxford & Cambridge Biblical Studies Conference, Cambridge (Chair)
  • Old Testament Seminar, University of Oxford ("Praise or Revenge? Psalms 150 and 149 at the End of the Psalter", by invitation / invited paper)

  • Old Testament Studies Epistemologies and Methods (OTSEM), Hamburg
  • Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS), Summer Meeting, Oxford
  • Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), International Meeting, Vienna ("Impact of Septuagint Intertextuality: A Comparison of Selected Psalms in Hebrew and Greek")
  • St Andrews Symposium for Biblical and Early Christian Studies, St Andrews ("The End of the Psalter: Text Forms and Intertextuality")
  • Oxford & Cambridge Biblical Studies Conference, Oxford (Organization)
  • Old Testament Graduate Seminar, University of Oxford ("Psalm 150: Where, Why, and How is God to be Praised?")
  • Oxford-Leiden-Bonn Biblical Studies Colloquium, Oxford
  • Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS), Winter Meeting, Durham ("The End of the Psalter. An Intertextual Analysis of the Oldest Hebrew and Greek Sources of Psalms 146-150")
  • Global Scholars Symposium, Oxford

  • Theologischer Arbeitskreis Pfullingen (TAP), Bad Herrenalb ("Theologie(n) am Ende des Psalters? An intertextual analysis of the oldest sources of Psalms 146-150 and 151LXX")
  • Oxford-Bonn Seminar, Bonn (Response)
  • International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT), Munich (Chair)
  • Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS), Summer Meeting, Bangor
  • Oxford & Cambridge Biblical Studies Conference, Cambridge ("'Neither delighteth he in any man's legs': How to Explain Psalm 147")
  • Old Testament Graduate Seminar, University of Oxford ("Why Creation in Psalm 147?")
  • Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS), Winter Meeting, Cambridge
  • Global Scholars Symposium, Cambridge