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John F.A. Sawyer
Emeritus Professor of Biblical and Jewish Studies,
Lancaster University, UK.
Dipartimento di
Linguistica, Università di Firenze.
e-mail: j.sawyer@tiscali.it
TEMI DI RICERCA
Biblical Hebrew, Semantics in Biblical Research,
Reception History, Isaiah.
PUBLICATIONS
Authored Books
1972 Semantics in Biblical Research, SCM Press,
London
1976 A Modern Introduction to Biblical Hebrew,
Oriel Press (Routledge), London
1977 From Moses to Patmos. New Perspectives in the
Study of the Old Testament, SPCK
1983 Isaiah, Vol.I, Westminster Press,
Philadelphia/St Andrew Press, Edinburgh
1984 Isaiah, Vol.I (Westminster Press/St Andrew
Press), Chinese transl., Hong Kong
1985 Isaiah, Vol.II, Westminster Press,
Philadelphia/St Andrew Press, Edinburgh
1986 Isaiah, Vol.II (St Andrew Press), Chinese
translation, Hong Kong
1987 Prophecy and the Prophets of the Old Testament,
Oxford U.P.
1988 Izaya-Sho I (Japanese transl. of Isaiah
I), Shinkyo Shuppansha Press, Tokyo
1993 Prophecy and the Biblical Prophets
(Revised edition, OUP)
- Prophecy and the Biblical Prophets (Japanese transl.), Tokyo
1996 The Fifth Gospel. Isaiah in the History of
Christianity, CUP
1999 Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts,
Routledge
Edited Books
1982 ed., Midian, Edom and Moab. Studies in Late
Bronze Age History and Archaeology, JSOT Press, Sheffield
1982 ed., Perspectives on Suffering (audiocassettes
with handbook) Audio Visual Centre, Newcastle University
1994 Religion editor (78 articles by 69 authors) for Encyclopedia
of Language and Linguistics (10 volumes), ed.R.Asher, Pergamon
Press/Aberdeen University Press
1995- (with D.F. Sawyer) series eds., Religion in
the First Christian Centuries, Routledge
1996 (ed) Reading Leviticus. A Conversation with
Mary Douglas, Sheffield Academic Press
2001 (with J.M.Y.Simpson), eds, Concise
Encyclopedia of Language and Religion, Pergamon/ Elsevier, Amsterdam
Articles
1964 "Notes on the Keret Text" (with
J.Strange) Israel Exploration Journal 14, 96-99
- "The Qumran reading of Isaiah 6.13" Ann
Swed Theol Inst 3, 111-4
1965 "What was a Moshia'?" Vetus
Testamentum 15, 475-86
1967 "Root-meanings in Hebrew" Journ of
Semitic St 12, 37-50
- "Context of Situation and Sitz im Leben"
Proc Newcastle U Phil Soc 137-47
1968 "Spaciousness. An important feature of
language about salvation" Ann Swed Theol Inst 6,20-34
1970 "An analysis of the context and meaning of
the Psalm-headings" Trans Glasg Univ Orient Soc 22, 26-38
- "Those priests in Damascus (Amos 3.12
LXX)" Ann Swed Theol Inst 8, 123-30
1970 "Literary and astronomical evidence for a
total eclipse of the sun observed in ancient Ugarit on 3 May 1375 BC" (with
FR Stephenson) Bull School of Orient & Afr St 33, 469-89
1972 "Why is a solar eclipse mentioned in the
Passion Narrative (Luke 23.45)?" Journ Theol St 23, 124-28
1972 "Joshua 10.12-14 and the solar eclipse of 30
September 1131 BC" Palestine Exploration Quarterly 139-46
1973 "Hebrew terms for the resurrection of the
dead" Vet Test 218-34
- "The place of folk-linguistics in Biblical
Interpretation" Proc Fifth World Congr.of Jew St, Jerusalem 1969,
109-113
1974 "A historical description of the Hebrew root
ys’ " Hamito-semitica, edd J & T Bynon, 142-54
- "The 'original meaning of the text' and other
legitimate subjects for semantic description", Questions disputées de
l'Ancien Testament, Leuven, 63-70
1974 "The meaning of 'in the divine image' in
Genesis 1-11" Journ Theol St 25, 418-26
1975 "The ruined house in Ecclesiastes 12. A
reconstruction of the original parable" Journ Bibl Lit 94, 519-31
1976 "A note on the etymology of sara'at
'leprosy'" Vet Test 26, 241-5
Articles on qbs, shaw', ta'ah in Theol
Handwört zum Alt Test II., ed. E.Jenni and C.Westermann, 583-6, 882-4,
1055-7
- "Response to three reviews of A Modern
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew" in Journ for the Study of Old
Testament 1, 72-5
1977 "David's treatment of the Ammonites in 2
Samuel 12.31" Trans Glasgow Univ Orient Soc 25, 96-107 (reported in
The Times 9 May 1977, pp. 1-2)
1978 "The teaching of Classical Hebrew. Options
and Priorities" General Linguistics and the Teaching of Dead
Hamito-Semitic Languages ed.J.H.Hospers, 37-50
1978 "The meaning of barzel in Hebrew
expressions for 'iron-chariots' etc." in Midian, Edom and Moab,
ed.JFA Sawyer, 180-9
1978 "The proverb of the partridge in Jeremiah
17.11" Vet Test 38,324-9
- "The Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible" Assoc
for Relig Educ Bull 11, 17-19
1979 "The authorship and structure of the Book of
Job" Journ for the Study of the Old Testament Suppl 11, 253-57
1980 "Types of prayer in the Old Testament" Semitics
7, 131-43
- "A note on Judges 5.20" Vet Test 30,
87-90
1982 "Was Jeshua ben Sira a priest?" Proc.of
Eighth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 1981, 65-71
1982 "Some Biblical views of suffering" in
Perspectives on Suffering, ed. J.F.A.Sawyer, 32-41
- "A change of emphasis in the study of the
prophets" Israel's Prophetic Tradition, edd.R.J.Coggins et al.,
233-49
1983 Article on YS' in Theol Wort des Alt
Test, edd. J.Botterweck and H.Ringgren, 3, 8/9, cols 1035-59
- "The role of Jewish Studies in Biblical
Semantics" in Scripta signa vocis ed.H.L.J. Vanstiphout, 201-8
1984 "Islam and Judaism" in Islam in the
Modern World. ed.D.M.MacEoin, 143-53
1984 "Biblical alternatives to monotheism" Theology,
87, 172-80
1986 "Blessed be Egypt, my people. A commentary
on Isaiah 19.16-25" A Word in Season, ed.J.D.Martin, 21-35
1987 "Cain and Hephaestus. Relics of metalworker
traditions in Genesis 4" J.Bowman Festschrift, ed. T.Muraoka, 57-71
1989 "Haggai, Zechariah" Guidelines edd.C.C.Rowland
& J.Rogerson, vol. 5,1, 112-26
1989 "Interpretations of Isaiah 45:8" Bibl
Ephem Theol Lovan 37, 319-323
"Daughter of Zion and Servant of the Lord in
Isaiah. A Comparison" J. Stud of the OT.44, 89-107
1990 "Etymology" article in Dictionary of
Biblical Interpretation, edd R.J. Coggins & J.L. Houlden, SCM Press,
212-214
- "History of Interpretation", op.cit.,
316-320
- "Linguistics", op.cit., 398-401
- "Semantics" article in op cit,
616-618
- "The 'original meaning of the text' and other
legitimate subjects for semantic description", Continuing Questions in
Old Testament Method and Theology, revised ed.by M.Vervenne, Leuven, 63-70,
210-12
1991 "Combating prejudices about the Bible and
Judaism" Theology, 94, 269-278
1992 "The image of God, the wisdom of serpents
and the knowledge of good and evil" in A Walk in the Garden,
edd.D.F.Sawyer & P.Morris, Sheffield, 64-73
1993 "Radical images of Yahweh in Isaiah 63"
in Among the Prophets, ed PR Davies (Sheffield Academic Press), 72-82
- "'My secret is with me' (Isaiah 24.16):
semantic links between Isaiah 24-27 and Daniel" in Understanding Poet
and Prophet: Essays in Biblical Interpretation, ed AG Auld (Sheffield
Academic Press), 307-317
1993 "Isaiah" article in Oxford Companion
to the Bible, edd.B.M.Metzger and M.Coogan (OUP, New York), 325-329
- "Messiah" article in op. cit., pp.
513-4
1994 "Babel", Encyclopedia of Language
and Linguistics (Pergamon Press/ Aberdeen Univ.Press), vol. 1, pp. 295-6
- "Christianity in Europe", op cit,
vol. 2, pp. 546-8
- "Hymns", op cit., vol. 3, pp.
1622-3
- "Names, Religious beliefs about", op
cit., vol. 5, pp. 2672-4
- "Prayer", op cit., vol. 6, pp.
3293-4
- "Religion", op cit., vol. 7, pp.
3531-4
- "Word of God", op cit., vol. 9, pp.
4989-90
- "Isaiah as a source-book for scriptural texts
about death and mourning" in Ritual and Remembrance. Responses to Death
in Human Societies, ed.J.G.Davies, Sheffield Academic Press, 86-102
1995 "The ethics of comparative
interpretation", Currents In Research. Bibl. Studies 3, 153-68
1996 "The language of Leviticus" in
Reading Leviticus, ed. JFA Sawyer (Sheffield), 16-20
1997 "King David's Treatment of the
Ammonites" (2 Sam.12:31) in Law, Morality and Religion. Global
Perspectives, ed.A.Watson, Univ. of Georgia Press, Athens/London, 165-178
1999 "Judaism": introduction, 18 articles,
"tree diagram" and bibliography (11,500 words), Taiwan Museum
"Contemporary Religions" project: Eng. version published on internet:
http://www.philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia
1999 "Isaiah" in Dictionary of Biblical
Interpretation ed.J Hayes, Abingdon Press, Atlanta, pp. 549-555
2000 "Reading other people’s readings of
scripture", in Spirituality and the Jewish-Christian Dialogue (The Way.
Supplement 97), ed. M.Barnes, S.J., pp. 11-20
- "Isaiah" in Oxford Companion to
Christian Thought, ed.Adrian Hastings, pp. 329-330
- "The Gospel according to Isaiah", Expository
Times 113, 2, 40-43
- "Allegory", Concise Encyclopedia of
Language and Religion (Pergamon/Elsevier), p. 238
- "Apocrypha, Christian", op cit., p.
100
- "Driver, Godfrey Rolles", op.cit., p.
423
-
"Oracle", op .cit.,p.276
- "Pseudepigrapha", op. cit., p. 131
- "Introductions", op. cit., pp. 3,
99, 153, 237, 285, 321
In press
2003 "Isaiah and Zionism" in Memorial Volume
for Robert Carroll, edd. P.R.Davies (Sheffield Academic Press)
- "Isaiah and the Jews. Some Reflections on the
Church’s Use of the Bible" in David Clines Festschrift, edd. C.Exum &
H.Williamson (Sheffield Academic Press)
In Preparation
2003 ed., Sacred Texts and Sacred Meanings. Essays
in Hebrew and Biblical Interpretation (Sheffield Academic Press): 110,000
word collection of my own articles, most of them previously published, some in
obscure journals or Festschrifts
2003 Concise Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (Westminster/John
Knox, Kentucky): 150,000 words, 500-600 articles
2001- with C.C.Rowland (Oxford) & J.Kovacs
(University of Virginia) edd., Blackwell Bible Commentary Series,
Blackwell Publishers, Oxford
2003 Isaiah, volume in the Blackwell Bible
Commentary Series (see above)
2003 ed., Blackwell Companion to the Bible and
Culture (Blackwell, Oxford).
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