THE DINUR CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN JEWISH HISTORY
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rofe, Alexander - Emeritus

Personal:
Born 1932, Pisa (Italy); Ph.D. 1970, Hebrew Univ.; Lect. 1971; Sen. Lect. 1973; Assoc. Prof. 1978; Prof. 1986.

Research Interests:

History of biblical literature, law and religion. Criticism of the Pentateuch. Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic literature. Biblical text-criticism. The biblical text at Qumran.

Research Projects:

Preparation of a comprehensive Introduction to the Literature of the Hebrew Bible.

Abstracts of Current Research:

Introduction to the literature of the Hebrew Bible:

An introduction to the Hebrew Bible is being prepared; Part 3 deals with the Historical Books; Part 4: Psalmody and Wisdom Literature.

Recent Publications:

Rofe, A. (1988) The Prophetical Stories: The Narratives about the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, Their Literary Types and History. Jerusalem, Magnes Press, 218 pp.
Rofe, A. (1989) The texts of Qumran and the history of the community. Revue de Qumran, 14(54): 249-254.
Rofe, A. (1991) Ephraimite versus Deuteronomistic History. In: Scritti in onore di J.A. Soggin, eds. D. Garrone and F. Israel, Brescia, Paideia, pp.221-235.
Rofe, A., ed. (1995) Textus, Studies in Text-Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. Vol. 18, 178 pp. (English) + xxvii pp. (Hebrew).
Rofe, A. (1992) Introduction to the Prophetic Literature. Jerusalem, Academon, 99 pp. (Hebrew); Italian translation: Brescia, Paideia,1995.
Rofe, A. (1992) A neglected meaning of the verb kwl and the text of 1QS VI: 11-13. In: Sha`arei Talmon: Studies in the Bible, Qumran and the Ancient Near East, Presented to Shemaryahu Talmon, eds. M. Fishbane and E. Tov, Winona Lake, IN, Eisenbrauns, pp.315-321.
Rofe, A. (1993) Abraham Kuenen's contribution to the study of the Pentateuch. In: Abraham Kuenen (1828-1891): His Major Contributions to the Study of the Old Testament (OTS Vol.29), eds. P.B. Dirksen and A. van der Kooij, Leiden, E.J. Brill, pp.105-112.
Rofe, A. (1994) Introduction to the Composition of the Pentateuch. Jerusalem, Academon, 141 pp. (Hebrew).
Rofe, A. (1994) The editing of the Book of Joshua in the light of 4Q Joshua. In: New Qumran Texts and Studies, Proceedings of the First Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies, Paris, 1992, eds. G.J. Brooke with F. Garcia Martinez, Leiden, E.J. Brill, pp.73-80.
Rofe, A. (1995) Not exile, but annihilation for Zedekiah's People: The purport of Jeremiah 52 in the Septuagint. In: VIII Congress of the International Organization for the Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Paris 1992, eds. L. Greenspoon and O. Munnich, Atlanta, GA, Scholars' Press, pp.165-170.
Rofe, A. (1996) Ruth 4:11LXX: A Midrashic dramatization. In: Texts, Temples, and Traditions: A Tribute to Menahem Haran, eds. M.V. Fox et al., Winona Lake, IN, Eisenbrauns, pp. 119*-124* (Hebrew).