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Machiela Daniel, Associate Professor

**At this time, Daniel Machiela is not accepting new graduate students.**
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Daniel Machiela

Associate Professor

Adjunct and Associate Members
Department of Religious Studies

Area(s) of Interest:

Biography

Research Interests

My research and teaching are focused on the history, literature, archeology, languages, and social milieus of ancient Judaism. Areas of special interest include the formation and reception of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Aramaic and Hebrew language, ancient forms of biblical interpretation, and the Jewish setting of the New Testament.

My published research has focused especially on the Dead Sea Scrolls and early Jewish interpretation of the Bible. I am currently working on several, coordinated projects concerned with the Dead Sea Scrolls written in Aramaic. In my graduate seminars, I tend to stress direct engagement with primary texts and relevant ancient languages.

**At this time, Daniel Machiela is not accepting new graduate students.**

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, 2007
  • M.A. Jerusalem University College, 2000
  • B.B.A. Grand Valley State University, 1998

Teaching

Courses

Undergraduate

  • Archaeology and the Bible (1AB3)
  • From Creation to Exile: Exploring the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (2HB3)
  • The Five Books of Moses (2DD3)
  • The Bible as Literature (2VV3/Comp.Lit. 2GO3)
  • Psalms and Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible (3MO3)
  • The Jewish World at the Time of the New Testament (3DD3)

Graduate

  • Readings in Aramaic Texts: Biblical Aramaic, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Other Aramaica (RS 739)
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls: Texts and Topics (742)
  • Topics in Rabbinic Judaism: Introduction to Early Rabbinic Hermeneutics (RS 744)
  • Topics in Early Jewish Literature – The Origins and Early History of Biblical Commentary (RS 747)
  • Translating and Interpreting Isaiah in (and beyond) the Second Temple Period (747/761)

Research

 

My research focuses on the ancient Jewish thought and literature, including the early history and reception of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament within Second Temple period Judaism. The following selection of publications gives an idea of the scope of my research.

 

Monographs

 
 

Edited Volumes

Journal Articles

Essays