Biography

• Born 1971 in Zurich, Switzerland
• 1991–1998 Undergraduate and graduate studies in Protestant Theology at the University of Zurich
• 1998–2003 Research assistant and lecturer at the Theological Faculty (chairf of Old Testament Studies and Ancient Near Eastern Religions) of the University of Zurich
• 2002 Dr. theol., Theological Faculty of the University of Zurich
• 2003–2005 Visiting Scholar at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures of the University of California, Los Angeles; fellow of Swiss National Foundation
• 2005–2007 Fellow of „Nachwuchsförderungskredit“, University of Zurich
• 2007–2010 Assistant Professor of Old Testament at San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union, San Anselmo/Berkeley, California
• 2011 Habilitation, Theological Faculty of the University of Zurich
• 2010–2014 Associate Professor of Old Testament at San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union, San Anselmo/Berkeley, California (with tenure)
• since 2015 Professor of Old Testament at the Faculty of Protestant Theology (Institute of Old Testament Studies and Biblical Archaeology) of the University of Vienna
• since fall 2016: Vice-Dean and Director of Studies

Research Interests

• Primeval History (Gen 1–11)
• Priestly literature
• Wisdom literature
• Song of Songs – current major project: Commentary on the Song of Songs for the Illumination Series (Eerdmans)
• Anthropology of the Hebrew Bible (reflections on humans and humanity)
• Controversies on theological questions in ancient Israel and other ancient Near Eastern cultures
• Interrelations between the world of the Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near Eastern environment
• Reception history of Old Testament texts

Vetus Testamentum

• Since 2020: editor-in-chief of Vetus Testamentum.
  Articles can be submitted through www.editorialmanager.com/VT/default.aspx and will then undergo a peer review process.

Professional Memberships and Involvement in the Guild

• Deutscher Palästinaverein (DPV)
• European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS)
• European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR)
• Hebraistenverbund E.V.
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Orientalische Altertumswissenschaft (SGOA)
• Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
• Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie (WGTh)

• Steering Committee “Wisdom in Israelite and Cognate Traditions” (SBL)
• Arbeitskreis Rezeption des Alten Testaments (AKRAT)
• Netzwerk "Epistemology in ancient Israel"
• Forschungszentrum "Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society" (RaT)
• Advisory Board von Kerygma und Dogma (KuD)

Monographs

• Kohelet (ZBK), Zürich: TVZ 2013
• Der Mensch, das Bild Gottes? Zum Gedanken einer Sonderstellung des Menschen im Alten Testament und in weiteren altorientalischen Quellen (AThANT 101), Zürich: TVZ 2011 (Habilitation)
• Erkenntnis als Problem. Qohelet und die alttestamentliche Diskussion um das menschliche Erkennen (OBO 188), Freiburg/Göttingen: Universitätsverlag/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2002 (Dissertation)

For a complete list of publications, click here.

For PDFs of many of my publications, see http://univie.academia.edu/AnnetteSchellenberg