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Matthias Henze
Born
Hanover, Germany
OccupationProfessor of Religion
TitleIsla Carroll and Perry E. Turner Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism
Academic background
EducationTheological Colloquium, Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel, University of Heidelberg
Alma materHarvard University (PhD)
Thesis (1997)
Academic work
DisciplineBiblical studies
InstitutionsRice University
Notable worksA Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism (2012)
Websitehttp://henze.rice.edu

Matthias Henze is the Isla Carroll and Perry E. Turner Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at Rice University in Houston, Texas.[1]

Early life and education

Matthias Henze was born in Hanover, Germany. Initially he studied at Theological Colloquium, Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel, Germany in 1986. Henze earned a Master of Divinity in Protestant Theology in 1992 from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, after which he emigrated to the United States. There he studied for a Ph.D. at Harvard University's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.[1]

Career

After earning his doctorate in 1997, Hence joined Rice University's Department of Religion. He eventually became their Isla Carroll and Perry E. Turner Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism.[2]

He has interests in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Second Temple Jewish literature and culture, apocalyptic literature, Syriac language and literature, and the Qumran fragments. Additional he follows the history of biblical interpretation. Prominent also are his studies in 'Apocrypha' and 'Pseudepigrapha' writings.[2]

Henze has authored and edited nine books. His most recent published research includes a monograph on 2 Baruch, a Jewish apocalypse from the late first century, titled Jewish Apocalypticism in Late First Century Israel: Reading Second Baruch in Context (Mohr Siebeck, 2011). He has written many scholarly articles, book chapters and encyclopedia entries. Currently he is working on a critical commentary on Second Baruch (CEJL; De Gruyter).[2]

Works

Books

  • Henze, Matthias (1999). The Madness of King Nebuchadnezzar: the ancient Near Eastern origins and early history of interpretation of Daniel 4. Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism. Vol. 61. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. ISBN 978-9-0041-1421-0. OCLC 41628213.
  • Henze, Matthias (2001). The Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel: introduction, text, and commentary. Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum. Vol. 11. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 978-3-1614-7594-8. OCLC 48111935. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Henze, Matthias, ed. (2005). Biblical Interpretation at Qumran. Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-83937-4. OCLC 56592338. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editormask= ignored (|editor-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Henze, Matthias, ed. (2011). Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Early Judaism and Its Literature. Vol. 29. Atlanta, GA ; Leiden: Society of Biblical Literature ; Brill. ISBN 978-1-5898-3541-2. OCLC 706803964. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editormask= ignored (|editor-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Henze, Matthias (2011). Jewish Apocalypticism in Late First Century Israel: Reading Second Baruch in Context. Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum. Vol. 142. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 978-3-1615-0859-2. OCLC 744284904. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Henze, Matthias (2012). A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-80388-7. OCLC 731009625. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Henze, Matthias; Boccaccini, Gabriele, eds. (2013). Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch: Reconstruction After the Fall. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism. Vol. 164. Boston, MA: Brill. ISBN 978-9-0042-5867-9. OCLC 858940144. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editormask= ignored (|editor-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Henze, Matthias; Stone, Michael E. (2013). 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: Translations, Introductions, and Notes. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press. ISBN 978-0-800-69968-0. OCLC 869919398. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

Articles

  • Henze, Matthias (2005). "'A Scribe of all Signs of Wisdom': Reflections on George W. E. Nickelsburg in Perspective". Review of Rabbinic Judaism. 8 (1): 275–286. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Henze, Matthias (2007). "The Reemergence of Second Temple Judaism in German Scholarship". Henoch. 29: 209–212. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Henze, Matthias (2008). "Qoheleth and the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch". Vetus Testamentum. 58: 28–43. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

References

  1. ^ a b "Matthias Henze's CV" (PDF). Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Matthias Henze: Biography at Rice University". Retrieved April 7, 2016.