About me
I am Jonathan Stökl, Lecturer in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London.
I studied theology and Semitic languages in Bielefeld, Berlin and Oxford. After finishing my doctorate (DPhil) about Prophecy in the Ancient Near East at Lady Margaret Hall and the Oriental Institute at Oxford I went to St. John's College, Cambridge for a post-doc before moving on to UCL's history department, and then to the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) at Leiden University, as part of the ERC (European Research Council) project 'By the rivers of Babylon: New perspectives on Second Temple Judaism from cuneiform texts'.
I studied theology and Semitic languages in Bielefeld, Berlin and Oxford. After finishing my doctorate (DPhil) about Prophecy in the Ancient Near East at Lady Margaret Hall and the Oriental Institute at Oxford I went to St. John's College, Cambridge for a post-doc before moving on to UCL's history department, and then to the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) at Leiden University, as part of the ERC (European Research Council) project 'By the rivers of Babylon: New perspectives on Second Temple Judaism from cuneiform texts'.
Research Interests
I am interested in the languages, cultures and religions of the ancient Near East, in particular the following aspects:
- Israel and Judah in the context of other ancient Near Eastern (Middle Eastern) cultures
- Divination (including prophecy)
- Priests and temples
- Hebrew grammar and semantics
- the composition of the Hebrew Bible
- Gender, in particular the impact of gender on the roles of religious specialists (prophets, diviners, priests, etc)
- History of the Levant between the Late Bronze Age and Bar Kokhba
Short Curriculum Vitae
Current Position
since 2013: Lecturer in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at King's College London
Higher Education
Previous Academic Employment
Teaching
I teach courses on the History of Israel and Judah from the late Bronze Age until the end of the Bar Kokhba revolt (ca. 140 CE), Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Hebrew and Northwest Semitic Epigraphy, text classes and Hebrew language classes as well as courses on Ritual and Law and Ethics in the Hebrew Bible.
since 2013: Lecturer in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at King's College London
Higher Education
- 2004-08 DPhil in Oriental Studies (Hebrew and Akkadian) at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University (Prophecy in the Ancient Near East)
- 2003-04 M.St. in Oriental Studies (Hebrew and Akkadian) at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University (distinction)
- 2002-03 M.St. in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Oxford University
- 2001-02 Theology at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
- 1999-01 Theology at the Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel, Bielefeld
Previous Academic Employment
- 2012-13 Researcher at the University of Leiden
- 2010-12 Research Associate, History Department, University College London
- 2009-10 Affilliated Lecturer for Biblical Hebrew, Divinity Faculty, Cambridge University
- 2008-10 Naden Research Associate, St. John's College, Cambridge
- 2006-08 Teaching Assistant for Biblical Hebrew and Hebrew Epigraphy at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University
- 2001-02 Research Student for the Chair for the Theology of the Old Testament (Prof. Matthias Köckert), at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
- 1999-2000 Tutor for Biblical Hebrew, Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel, Bielefeld
Teaching
I teach courses on the History of Israel and Judah from the late Bronze Age until the end of the Bar Kokhba revolt (ca. 140 CE), Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Hebrew and Northwest Semitic Epigraphy, text classes and Hebrew language classes as well as courses on Ritual and Law and Ethics in the Hebrew Bible.
