ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE AND ITS RECEPTION
Edited by
Hans-Josef Klauck, Bernard McGinn, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, Eric Ziolkowski
in cooperation with
Dale Allison, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Donna Bowman, Brian Britt, Michael Cameron, Mordechai Z. Cohen, Joseph Davis, Jamey Deming, Martin Forward, Peter Gemeinhardt, Haim Goldfus, Ann E. Killebrew, David W. Kling, Volker Leppin, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Martti Nissinen, Dennis T. Olson, Nils Holger Petersen, S. Brent Plate, Christine Roy Yoder, Thomas Römer, Günter Stemberger, Marvin A. Sweeney, Johan C. Thom, David R. Thomas, Samuel Vollenweider, Jan G. van der Watt, Sidnie White Crawford
Name
Prof. Dr. Martti Nissinen
Function
Professor of Bible and the Ancient Near East, University of Helsinki
Address
Department of Biblical Studies
POB 33
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
Telephone +358-(0)9 19124012
Fax +358 (0)9 19122106
E-Mail martti.nissinen@helsinki.fi
Biography
Born in Kuopio (Finland) 22.4.1959, married since 1982 to psychotherapist Leena Nissinen, father of Elina (1986) and Kaisa (1988). Doctor of Theology (University of Helsinki) 1992. Research Fellow, Academy of Finland, 1994-2002; Prof. of Bible and the Ancient Near East, University of Helsinki, 2002-2007. Editor-in-chief of Teologinen Aikakauskirja (Finnish Journal for Theology). Chairman of the Finnish Exegetical Society. Fields of speciality: Prophecy in the Bible and in the Ancient Near East; Gender issues in the Biblical World and Biblical Interpretation. Author of the following monographs: Prophetie, Redaktion und Fortschreibung im Hoseabuch. Studien zum Werdegang eines Prophetenbuches im Lichte von Hosea 4 und 11. Alter Orient und Altes Testament 231. Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker / Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag 1991; References to Prophecy in Neo-Assyrian Sources. State Archives of Assyria Studies 7. Helsinki: Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project 1998; Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: A Historical Perspective. Translated by Kirsi Stjerna. Minneapolis: Fortress Press 1998; Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East. SBL Writings from the Ancient World 12. Atlanta: SBL 2003.