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Jürg Hutzli is a Swiss academic specializing in Hebrew Bible studies, currently serving as a Maître d'enseignement et de recherche (suppléant) at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and University of Geneva (UNIGE) since 2021. Affiliated with the Institut romand des sciences bibliques (IRSB) and the UMR 7192 research group at Collège de France, his work bridges textual criticism, Priestly literature analysis, and Ancient Near Eastern contextual studies.
- Research focuses:
- Priestly texts in Genesis-Exodus
- Deuteronomistic historiography
- Ancient Hebrew text transmission
- Samuel-Kings narrative traditions
- Material aspects of biblical text production
- Aramaic documents and their Hebrew Bible connections
Key contributions include 2023 monograph The Origins of P (Mohr Siebeck) analyzing priestly text stratification, and 2016-2021 publications on Davidic theology, Genesis cosmology, and scribal interventions. His 2011 study on 'îr dāwād in Samuel/Kings challenged conventional Jerusalem identifications, while 2015 work explored sacred tree motifs in Pentateuch translations.
Academic affiliations span multiple societies: Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Société Suisse de théologie, Société Asiatique, and editorial membership at Semitica journal. His 2016-2019 Swiss National Science Foundation (FNS) research focused on Pentateuchal textuality, and 2009-2011 Collège de France work examined priestly diachrony.
