Liv Ingeborg Lied

Liv Ingeborg Lied is a Professor in Religious Studies at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (MF), where she also serves as Director of the MF Centre for the Advanced Study of Religion (MF CASR). Her research focuses on the intersection of Jewish and Christian manuscript traditions, apocalyptic literature, media studies, and textual scholarship.

• Dr.art (PhD) in Religious Studies, University of Bergen (2002-2006)
• Cand.Philol, Religious Studies, University of Bergen (2000)
• Cand.Mag. (MA) in History, Sociology, Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Religious Studies, University of Bergen (1998)

Lied specializes in 2 Baruch, apocalyptic/eschatological texts, Syriac manuscript culture, and the mediatization of religion. Her work bridges philology, media history, and cultural heritage studies, examining how texts survive through manuscript transmission and digital interpretation.

Recent publications analyze apocalyptic fiction, manuscript materiality, canonical lists, and the gendered structures of ancient imagined libraries. She leads collaborative projects like Books Known Only by Title and Medier og religion i samfunnskonflikter (Media and Religion in Societal Conflicts).

Her methodological approach integrates New Philology, media theory, and textual criticism to study early Jewish-Christian textual interactions. She co-edits with Brent Nongbri on manuscript practices and explores ethical dimensions of textual scholarship.