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Harald Samuel is a Lecturer in Hebrew and Old Testament at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen since 2024. He previously held the Departmental Lecturer in Classical Hebrew role at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford (2021-2023), and served as Deputy Chair of History and Religious History of Israel and its Environment at the University of Leipzig (2020-2021). His academic career spans research and teaching roles since 2012, with a habilitation thesis on Linguistic Dating methods in Old Testament studies.
- Education: Dr. theol. (2012) from Georg-August-University Göttingen with a dissertation on Levi and Levites in Second Temple Literature
- Research Focus: Dead Sea Scrolls, Hexateuch Composition, Hebrew Language History, and Literary Analysis
His publications and projects emphasize textual transitions in biblical corpora, linguistic methodologies, and comparative studies of authority structures. Recent work includes co-editing the Book-Seams in the Hexateuch series and participating in international academic societies like the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS). He serves on editorial boards for the Journal of Biblical Literature (since 2023) and Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (since 2020).
- Academic Leadership: Chair of the SBL Book of Deuteronomy Unit (2018–2023), former Chair of EABS Law and Narrative Research Group (2013–2017)
- Collaborations: Involved in DFG projects and transnational research with institutions like the University of Haifa
