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Assoc Prof Ian Young

PhD (Sydney), BA (Sydney)
Associate Professor, Chair of Department


Ian Young has been teaching Classical Hebrew and Biblical Studies in the department since 1989.

Research areas

  • language of the Hebrew Bible, especially linguistic dating of biblical books;
  • textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible;
  • canonization of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.

Current projects

  • A Textual and Linguistic Commentary on the Book of Daniel.

Selected Publications

  • (with R. Rezetko). Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts Volume 1: An Introduction to Approaches and Problems (Bible World; Equinox, London, 2008).
  • (with R. Rezetko and M. Ehrensvärd). Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts Volume 2: A Survey of Scholarship, a New Synthesis and a Comprehensive Bibliography (Bible World; Equinox, London, 2008).
  • (ed.), 'Biblical Hebrew: Chronology and Typology.' Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement, 369, T and T Clark, London, 2003.
  • 'The Stabilization of the Biblical Text in the Light of Qumran and Masada: A Challenge for Conventional Qumran Chronology?' Dead Sea Discoveries 9, 2002, p.364-390.
  • 'Israelite Literacy: Interpreting the Evidence Parts I-II,' Vetus Testamentum, 46, 1998, pp.239-253; 408-422.
  • 'Diversity in Pre-Exilic Hebrew', Forschungen zum Alten Testament 5, JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen, 1993.

A full list of Ian Young's publications is available as a pdf.

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Areas of Teaching and Research Supervision

Teaching

  • Hebrew Bible and related texts (e.g. Dead Sea Scrolls, inscriptions);
  • Other Northwest Semitic languages (e.g. Phoenician);
  • Biblical Studies.

Supervision

  • Language and Text of the Hebrew Bible.
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Conference activity

  • In 2009 two sessions of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA were devoted to discussing my book, Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts, to which I responded. I will present a paper at the equivalent sessions this year in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • In 2008 I presented a paper at the Society of Biblical Literature International Meting in Auckland, New Zealand.
  • In 2007 I presented papers at the National Association of Professors of Hebrew conference in Sydney, the Society for Old Testament Study conference in Sheffield, and at the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Vienna.
  • In 2004 I presented papers at the Gilgamesh conference at the University of Sydney and at the Society of Biblical Literature conference in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
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