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Dr. Marjo C.A. Korpel

Professor of Old Testament
Old Testament / Judaism

Key publications 

  • Korpel, M.C.A., "Unit Delimitation as a Guide to Interpretation: A Status Quaestionis", in: Guillaume Bady, Marjo Korpel, Les délimitations éditoriales des Écritures des bibles anciennes aux lectures modernes / Editorial Delimitations of the Scriptures from Ancient Bibles to Modern Readings(Pericope, 11), Leuven 2020, 3-33. (Open access).
  • M.C.A. Korpel, "A Subdued Demon in Exodus 15:7-8", Vetus Testamentum 69 (2019), 60-68.
  • Korpel, M.C.A. (2014), with J.C. de Moor, Adam, Eve, and the Devil: A New Beginning (Hebrew Bible Monographs, 65). Sheffield: Sheffeld Phoenix Press, ix + 322pp.
  • Korpel, M.C.A. (2011), with J.C. de Moor, The Silent God. Leiden: Brill.
  • Korpel, M.C.A. (2011), "The Messianic King: Isaiah 10:33-11:10", in: Göran Eidevall & Blazenka Scheuer (eds.), Enigmas and Images: Studies in Honor of. Tryggve N. D. Mettinger (Coniectanea Biblica. Old Testament series, 58), Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2011, 147-159.

Published books and edited volumes

  • 2020: Les délimitations éditoriales des Écritures des bibles anciennes aux lectures modernes / Editorial Delimitations of the Scriptures from Ancient Bibles to Modern Readings (Pericope, 11), with G. Bady, Leuven: Peeters, 276 pp.
  • 2017: Textual Boundaries in the Bible: Their Impact on Interpretation (Pericope, 9), with P. Sanders, Leuven: Peeters. 242 pp.
  • 2016: Open-Mindedness in the Bible and Beyond: A Volume of Studies in Honour of Bob Becking  (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 616), with L.L. Grabbe, London: Bloomsbury/T&T Clark. 384 pp.
  • 2016: Adam, Eva en de Duivel: Kanaänitische mythen en de Bijbel, with J.C. de Moor, Vught: Skandalon, 2016, 336 pp. (Dutch translation of  Adam, Eve, and the Devil, with new findings).
  • 2015: Adam, Eve, and the Devil: A New Beginning,  second enlarged edition,  with J.C. de Moor, Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2015. 358 pp.
  • 2014: Adam, Eve, and the Devil: A New Beginning (Hebrew Bible Monographs, 65), with J.C. de Moor,Sheffield: Sheffeld Phoenix Press
  • 2011: DE ZWIJGENDE GOD, with J.C. de Moor,Vught: Skandalon
  • 2011: The Silent God,  with J.C. de Moor, Leiden: Brill
  • 2009:  The Impact of Unit Delimitation on Exegesis (Pericope, 7),  with R. de Hoop and S.E. Porter, Leiden: Brill
  • 2007: Method in Unit Delimitation (Pericope 6), with J.M. Oesch and S.E. Porter, Leiden: Brill
  • 2006: Tussen Caïro en Jeruzalem: Studies over de Bijbel en haar Context (for the early retirement of M. Dijkstra and K. Vriezen), with B. Becking and J.A. Wagenaar, Utrecht: Universiteit Utrecht
  • 2005: Layout Markers in Biblical Manuscripts and Ugaritic Tablets (Pericope 5), with J.M. Oesch, Assen: van Gorcum
  • 2003: Unit Delimitation in Biblical Hebrew and Northwest Semitic Literature (Pericope 4), with J.M. Oesch, Assen: van Gorcum
  • 2002: Studies in Scriptural Unit Division (Pericope, 3), with J.M. Oesch. Assen: Van Gorcum.
  • 2001: The  Structure of the Book of Ruth (Pericope 2), Assen: van Gorcum
  • 2001: Only One God? Monotheism in Ancient Israel and the Veneration of the Goddess Asherah, with B. Becking, M. Dijkstra, K.J.H. Vriezen, Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press.
  • 2000: Delimitation Criticism: A New Tool in Biblical Scholarship (Pericope 1), with J.M. Oesch, Assen: van Gorcum
  • 1999: The Crisis of the Israelite Religion: Trans-formation of Religious Traditions in Exilic and Post-Exilic Times, with B. Becking, Leiden: Brill
  • 1998: The Structure of Classical Hebrew Poetry: Isaiah 40-55, with J.C. de Moor, Leiden: Brill
  • 1990: A Rift in the Clouds: Ugaritic and Hebrew Descriptions of the Divine, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.

Overview of publications 

  • 2020

    • Korpel, M.C.A.  (with G. Bady), Les délimitations éditoriales des Écritures des bibles anciennes aux lectures modernes / Editorial Delimitations of the Scriptures from Ancient Bibles to Modern Readings (Pericope, 11), Leuven: Peeters, 2020.
    • Korpel, M.C.A., "Unit Delimitation as a Guide to Interpretation: A status Quaestonis", in: G. Bady, M. Korpel, Les délimitations éditoriales des Écritures des bibles anciennes aux lectures modernes / Editorial Delimitations of the Scriptures from Ancient Bibles to Modern Readings (Pericope, 11), Leuven: Peeters, 2020, 3-33.
    • Korpel, M.C.A. (with G. Bady, "Préface", in: G. Bady, M. Korpel, Les délimitations éditoriales des Écritures des bibles anciennes aux lectures modernes / Editorial Delimitations of the Scriptures from Ancient Bibles to Modern Readings (Pericope, 11), Leuven: Peeters, 2020, vii-x.

  • 2019

    • Korpel, M.C.A., "A Subdued Demon in Exodus 15:7-8", Vetus Testamentum 69 (2019), 60-68.

  • 2018

    • Korpel, M.C.A.,"The Ariel of his David", Biblische Notizen 177 (2018), 61-64.
    • Korpel, M.C.A., "Fackel", online publicatie WiBiLex (gepubliceerd 01-02-2018).  

  • 2017

    • Korpel, M.C.A. (with P. Sanders) (red.), Textual Boundaries in the Bible: Their Impact on Interpretation (Pericope, 9), Leuven: Peeters, 2017.
    • Korpel, M.C.A. (with P. Sanders), "Preface", in: Korpel, M.C.A., P. Sanders (red.), Textual Boundaries in the Bible: Their Impact on Interpretation (Pericope, 9), Leuven: Peeters, 2017, vii.
    • Korpel, M.C.A., "The Transition between Isaiah 61 and 62", in: M.C.A. Korpel, P. Sanders (red.), Textual Boundaries in the Bible: Their Impact on Interpretation (Pericope, 9), Leuven: Peeters, 2017,  67-76
    • Korpel, M.C.A., "Paragraphing of Song 1:1-2:8 in Some Modern Translations", in: M.C.A. Korpel, P. Sanders (red.), Textual Boundaries in the Bible: Their Impact on Interpretation (Pericope, 9), Leuven: Peeters, 2017, 157-169.
    • Korpel, M.C.A. (with J.C. de Moor), "The Leviathan in the ancient Near East", in: Koert van Bekkum, Jaap Dekker, Henk van de Kamp, Eric Peels (red.), Playing with Leviathan: Interpretation and Reception Reception of Monsters from the Biblical World (Themes in Biblical Narrative), Leiden: Brill, 2017, 3-18.  

  • 2016

    • M.C.A. Korpel (with J.C. de Moor), Adam, Eva en de Duivel: Kanaänitische mythen en de Bijbel, Vught: Skandalon, 2016, 336 pp. (Dutch translation of  Adam, Eve, and the Devil, with new findings).
    • M.C.A. Korpel, "The Adamic Myth from Canaan", in: T. Kadari, V. Tohar, M. Poorthuis, A. Houtman (eds), Religious Stories in Transformation: Conflict, Revision and Reception (Jewish and Christian Perspectives, 31), Leiden: Brill, 2016, 23-35.
    • M.C.A. Korpel (with J.C. de Moor), `Creation and Fall in Canaanite Mythology', in: A. Laato, L. Valve (eds), Adam and Eve Story in the Hebrew Bible and in ancient Jewish Writings including the New Testament (Studies in the Reception History of the Bible, 7), Turku/Winona Lake: Åbo Akademi University/Eisenbrauns 2016, 31-45. 

  • 2015

    • M.C.A. Korpel (with L.L. Grabbe) (eds), Open-Mindedness in the Bible and Beyond: A Volume of Studies in Honour of Bob Becking  (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 616), London: Bloomsbury/T&T Clark, 2015.384 pp.
    • Korpel, M.C.A.(with J.C. de Moor), Adam, Eve, and the Devil: A New Beginning,  second enlarged edition, Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2015. 358 pp.
    • M.C.A. Korpel, `Light and Dark', in: S.E. Balentine, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Bible and Theology, Vol. 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015,  43-47.
    • M.C.A. Korpel, `Memories of Exile and Return in the Book of Ruth', in: M.C.A. Korpel, L.L. Grabbe (eds), Open-Mindedness in the Bible and Beyond: A Volume of Studies in Honour of Bob Becking  (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 616), London: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2015, 151-163.

  • 2014

    • Korpel, M.C.A. (met J.C. de Moor), Adam, Eve, and the Devil: A New Beginning (Hebrew Bible Monographs, 65), Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, ix + 322pp.
    • M.C.A. Korpel (with J.C. de Moor), "Adam, Eve, and the Devil", online publicatie op The Bible and Interpretation, December 2014.

  • 2013

    • Korpel, M.C.A. (with J.C. de Moor), "Reaction to the Contributions of our Reviewers". In B. Becking (ed.), Reflections on the Silence of God: A Discussion with Marjo Korpel and Johannes de Moor (Oudtestamentische studiën, 62). Leiden: Brill, 169-179.

  • 2012

    • Korpel, M.C.A. Eschmun. WIBiLex bibelwissenschaft.de.Korpel, M.C.A. (2012).
    •  Review of Bickel, Bilder als Quellen (Fs. Keel) [Book review of Bickel, S. et al. (eds.) — Bilder als Quellen. Images as Sources. Studies on Ancient Near Eastern artefacts and the Bible inspired by the work of Othmar Keel. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Sonderband)]. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 68, 523-528.                                                     
    • Korpel, M.C.A. The Silent God (paperback edition). With J.C. de Moor, Leiden: Brill.                                                                                                             
    • Korpel, M.C.A. Review of Adrian Schenker, Anfänge der Textgeschichte des Alten Testaments [Book review of Adrian Schenker, Anfänge der Textgeschichte des Alten Testaments: Studien zu Entstehung und Verhältnis der frühesten Textformen,Review of Biblical Literature, 09/2009.

  • 2011

    • Korpel, M.C.A. fbot - ring, signet ring. In  J.C. De Moor, B.E.J.H. Becking, & M.C.A. Korpel (eds.), KLY Database: Utensils in the Hebrew Bible. Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap (online publicatie)
    • Korpel, M.C.A. byt - house, housing, sachet. In J.C. De Moor, B.E.J.H. Becking & M.C.A. Korpel (eds), KLY Database: Utensils in the Hebrew Bible. Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap (online publicatie)
    • Korpel, M.C.A. lpyd - cresset, torch. In J.C. De Moor, B.E.J.H. Becking & M.C.A. Korpel (Eds.), KLY Database: Utensils in the Hebrew Bible(pp. 1-7). Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap (online publicatie).
    • Korpel, M.C.A. jwtm - seal, signet ring. In J.C. De Moor, B.E.J.H. Becking & M.C.A. Korpel (Eds.), KLY Database: Utensils in the Hebrew Bible(pp. 1-18). n.v.t.: Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap.
    • Korpel, M.C.A. zyq - fiery missile. In J.C. De Moor, B.E.J.H. Becking & M.C.A. Korpel (Eds.), KLY Database: Utensils in the Hebrew Bible(pp. 1-8). n.v.t.: Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap.
    • Korpel, M.C.A. "The Messianic King: Isaiah 10:33-11:10". In Göran Eidevall & Blazenka Scheuer (eds.), Enigmas and Images: Studies in Honor of. Tryggve N. D. Mettinger (Coniectanea Biblica. Old Testament series, 58), Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2011, 147-159.          
    • Korpel, M.C.A. The Silent God. With J.C. de Moor. Leiden: Brill.

  • 2010

  • 2009

  • 2009

  • 2008

    • Korpel, M.C.A. "Fit for a Queen: Jezebel's Royal Sea"l. Biblical Aracheology Review, 34(2), 32-37.
    • Korpel, M.C.A. "Queen Jezebel's Seal". Ugarit-Forschungen, 38, 379-398.

  • 2007

    • Korpel, M.C.A., Oesch, J.M. & Porter, S.E. Method in Unit Delimitation. Leiden/Boston: Brill.
    • Korpel, M.C.A. & Moor, J.C. (2007). Paragraphing in a Tibero-Palestinian Manuscript of the Prophets and Writings. In: M.C.A. Korpel, S.E. Porter J.M. Oesch (eds.), Method in Unit Delimitation (pp. 1-34). Leiden: Brill.
    • Korpel, M.C.A. The Demarcation of Hymns and Prayers in the Prophets (2). In: E. Peels & B. Becking (eds.), Psalms and Prayers: Papers Read at the Joint Meeting of the Society of Old Testament Study and the Oud Testamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België (pp. 140-157). Leiden/Boston: Brill.