Gerbern Oegema, McGill University
Biblical Studies
Professor
Montreal, Quebec
gerbern.oegema@mcgill.ca
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(514) 398-4126
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Gerbern S. Oegema studied Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies and New Testament and Early Judaism from 1977 to 1989 at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Freie Universität Berlin and the Universität Tübingen. From 1986 to 2001 he taught as lecturer, assistan...
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Gerbern S. Oegema studied Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies and New Testament and Early Judaism from 1977 to 1989 at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Freie Universität Berlin and the Universität Tübingen. From 1986 to 2001 he taught as lecturer, assistant professor and privatdozent at universities in Amsterdam, Berlin, Münster, and Tubingen. In 2002 he came to McGill University and joined the Faculty of Religious Studies, where he is now Professor of Biblical Studies. In 2003 and 2004 he was a scholar in residence at the Center for Theological Inquiry in Princeton, from 2004 to 2007 he held a SSHRC grant on “Non-Canonical Writings and Biblical Theology”, and from 2003 to 2007 he was the founder and first director of the McGill Center for Research on Religion (CREOR). He is an honorary faculty member of the Presbyterian College in Montreal, served on many committees and was the chair of the Graduate Committee for several years.
His research focuses on Second Temple Judaism, apocalypticism, the Pseudepigrapha, and Christian origins. He is the author and co-editor of more than twenty books as well as the co-editor of three book series.
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His research focuses on Second Temple Judaism, apocalypticism, the Pseudepigrapha, and Christian origins. He is the author and co-editor of more than twenty books as well as the co-editor of three book series.
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