Robert Gordon#
| Membership Number: | 6830 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 1995 - 2012 Regius Professor of Hebrew, University of Cambridge
- 1979 - 1995 Lecturer in Old Testament and Intertestamental Studies, University of Cambridge
- 1969 - 1979 Lecturer in Hebrew and Semitic Languages, University of Glasgow
Fields of Scholarship
- Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
- Hebrew Bible in Jewish and Christian tradition
- The Hebrew Bible and its ancient versions in Greek, Aramaic, Syriac, Latin
- Biblical Exegesis and theology
- The ancient Near Eastern context of the Hebrew Bible
Honours and Awards
- 2003 President, Society for the Study of the Old Testament (UK/Ireland)
- 2004 Doctor of Letters, University of Cambridge
- 2011 Festschrift, Studies on the Text and Versions of the Hebrew Bible in Honour of Robert Gordon (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 149)
- 2011 Fellow of British Academy (FBA)
