Prof. dr. Bob Becking

Professor 
Achter de Dom 20
Achter de Dom 20
Kamer 2
3512 JP Utrecht

Prof. dr. Bob Becking

Professor
Humanities
+31 30 253 9019
b.e.j.h.becking@uu.nl

Activities

2015

COVENANT, AGREEMENT AND LAW: THE SOCIAL CODE UNDERLYING THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH

Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
20 Jul 2015
, Tora and Tradition
Eros en Liefde: Afscheidssymposium voor Johan F. GoudBob Becking (Invited speaker)
24 Apr 2015
Centre, Periphery, and Interference: Notes on the “Passover/Mazzot”-Letter from ElephantineBob Becking (Invited speaker)
2015
, Centres and Peripheries in the Early Second Temple Perios

2014

Workshop: Herrschaftslegitimation und königliche Selbsdarstellung in nordwestsemitische Kulturen der EisenzeitBob Becking (Invited speaker)
28 Aug 2014

2013

Exchange, Replacement, or Acceptance? Two Examples of Lending Deities among Ethnic Groups in ElephantineBob Becking (Invited speaker)
8 Dec 2013
, Third Qumran Syposium (Groningen)
Paleoclimatology and Ancient Israe: Two examples David and the ExileBob Becking (Invited speaker)
3 Dec 2013
, gastcollege (Parijs, College de France)
Conference: David in Cultural MemoryBob Becking (Invited speaker)
9 Oct 2013
Haggai & Zechariah in the Stories of Ezra and 1 EsdrasBob Becking (Invited speaker)
5 Oct 2013
, Prophets and Prophecy in stories, fifth meeting of the Edinburgh Prophecy Network
Phoenician Snakes and a Prophetic Parallelism: An Implication for Zeph 1:9 of a Recent Discovery in the Egyptian Pyramid TextsBob Becking (Invited speaker)
9 Sept 2013
, iSBL (St. Andrews)
The Identity of the People at ElephantineBob Becking (Invited speaker)
8 Jul 2013
, iSBL (St Andrews)

2012

Did Jeremiah expect the Messiah?Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
12 Nov 2012
, Guestlecture (Zürich)
The Character of Jeremiah's FuturologyBob Becking (Invited speaker)
9 Nov 2012
, Aux origines du messianisme juif: Colloque de 3ème cycle en Bible hébraïque (Fribourg, Switzerland)
Materializing the Divine in Ancient IsraelBob Becking (Invited speaker)
18 Oct 2012
, Conference Materiality, Mediation, and the Study of Religion
Why Start with the Text? Or: what fifteen years of ESHM have Taught MeBob Becking (Invited speaker)
25 Jul 2012
, SBL International Meeting
Creation and Covenant in a Via Media Position:The example of J.J.P. Valeton jr.Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
24 Jul 2012
, SBL International Meeting
A Setuma after Ezra 4,6Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
24 Jul 2012
, SBL International Meeting
Coping with Drought and Famine in some Post Exilic TextsBob Becking (Invited speaker)
7 May 2012
, Symposium Thinking about Water, organized by the Universities of Edmonton and Munich (Edmonton, Canada)
Over het begin: De actualiteit van Valetons visie op Genesis 1-3Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
14 Jan 2012
, Symposium J.J.P. Valeton als mens en theoloog (Utrecht)

2011

Gottes Eifersucht als eine der Wurzeln des altisraelitischen MonotheismusBob Becking (Invited speaker)
10 Aug 2011
, Europäische Theologie Konferenz der Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie (Zürich)
An Obsolete Anachronism: Or why I do not like the Label MonotheismBob Becking (Invited speaker)
5 Jul 2011
, International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature
What Forms of Life are to be Protected? Interpreting the Fifth CommandmentBob Becking (Invited speaker)
3 Jul 2011
, International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature
Memory and Forgetting in and on the Exile Remarks on Psalm 137Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
27 Jun 2011
, symposium: Memory and Forgetting in the Persian Period (München)
Silent Witness: The Symbolic Presence of God in the Temple Vessels in Ezra and NehemiahBob Becking (Invited speaker)
14 May 2011
, symposium: Göttliche Anwesenheit und Abwesenheit (Göttingen)

2010

Israel and the Nations in the Book of MicahBob Becking (Invited speaker)
22 Nov 2010
, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting
Zedekiah, Josephus and the Dating of the Books of ChroniclesBob Becking (Invited speaker)
20 Nov 2010
, Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting
Congress: Contesting Religious IdentityBob Becking (Invited speaker)
15 Oct 2010
Conference Organization: Contesting religious IdentitiesBob Becking (Organiser)
14 Oct 201016 Oct 2010
Micah in Neo-Assyrian LightBob Becking (Invited speaker)
18 Sept 2010
, Oud Testamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Vlaanderen (Nijmegen)
Samaritan Identity in the Earliest DocumentsBob Becking (Invited speaker)
30 Jun 2010
, Internationale Tagung: Die Samaritaner und die Bibel (Zürich)
Congress: Assessing Biblical and Classical Sources for the Reconstruction of Persian Influence, History and CultureBob Becking (Invited speaker)
24 Jun 2010
David Between Evidence and IdeologyBob Becking (Invited speaker)
25 Mar 2010
, Gastvorlesung (Zürich)
Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2010
Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2010
Nederlands theologisch tijdschrift (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2010
Covenant, Creation and Community: Covenant in the Persian PeriodBob Becking (Invited speaker)
2010
, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting

2009

CongresBob Becking (Organiser)
1 Jan 2009
Heemtijdinghen (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2009

2008

Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2008
Nederlands theologisch tijdschrift (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2008

2007

Heemtijdinghen (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2007

2002

Ezra at the Cradle of JudaismBob Becking (Invited speaker)
13 Nov 2002
, Paper read for the postgraduate seminar of the Department of Theology
Interpreting Jeremiah 30-31Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
11 Nov 2002
, Guest-lectures for the Department of Theology (Nottingham)
The Temple of Yaho and its Role in the Society of ElephantineBob Becking (Invited speaker)
11 Jul 2002
, Paper read at the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature
Met beide benen in de contextBob Becking (Invited speaker)
21 Jun 2002
, Voordracht gehouden op het symposium: Oude en Nieuwe Lezers, over de methode van de exegese (Amsterdam)
Elephantine und die MonotheismusfrageBob Becking (Invited speaker)
13 Jun 2002
, Gastvortrag fur der Katholisch Theologischen Fakultat (Tubingen)
Paper read at the International Conference on Psychiatry and Religion: Psychological Aspects fo biblical Concepts and PersonsBob Becking (Invited speaker)
5 Mar 2002
Ezra at the Cradle of JudaismBob Becking (Invited speaker)
20 Feb 2002
, Paper read for the Department of Semitic and Jewish Studies (London)
Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2002
Supplementen Ex Oriente Lux (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2002
Review of Biblical Literature (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2002
Prediking van het Oude Testament (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2002
Nederlands theologisch tijdschrift (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2002

2001

Tekstinterne en tekstexterne chronologie bij Ezra 3-6Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
27 Sept 2001
, Voordracht voor de conferentie 'Tekst en Geschiedenis' van de literaire sector van Noster (Kampen)
Can Mesha be of any Help? The Moabite Stone and the Historiography of the Omride DynastyBob Becking (Invited speaker)
11 Jul 2001
, Paper presented at the Sixth Meeting of the European Seminar on Methodology in Israel's History
Sour Fruit and Blunt Teeth or the Metaphorical Meaning of a mashal (Jer. 31:29-30)Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
10 Jul 2001
, Paper read at the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature
Petucha and Setuma in Jeremiah 30-31Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
9 Jul 2001
, Paper read at the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature
Die Gottheiten der 'Juden' in ElephantineBob Becking (Invited speaker)
3 Jul 2001
, Vortrag im Rahmen einer Ringvorlesung über die Religionsgeschichte Israels (Heidelberg)
Het monotheïsme van Mozes en Mirjam ModaalBob Becking (Invited speaker)
29 Jun 2001
, Lezing voor de studiebijeenkomst Grenzen van het westers (mono-)theïsme, dwarsverband Vrouwen/Gender studies NOSTER (Utrecht)
Review of Biblical Literature (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2001
Prediking van het Oude Testament (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2001
Nederlands theologisch tijdschrift (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2001

2000

Law as Expression of Religion (Ezra 7-10)Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
8 Aug 2000
, First meeting of the European Association for Biblical Studies
Chronology: A Skeleton without Flesh? Sennacherib's Campaign as a Case-StudyBob Becking (Invited speaker)
7 Aug 2000
, Fifth meeting of the European Seminar for Historical Methodology
Jeremiah 44: A Dispute on History and ReligionBob Becking (Invited speaker)
28 Apr 2000
, LISOR Conference on Religious Polemics in Context
Expectations on the End of Time in the Hebrew BibleBob Becking (Invited speaker)
11 Apr 2000
, Oxford Millennium Conference
Supplementen Ex Oriente Lux (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2000
Prediking van het Oude Testament (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2000
Nederlands theologisch tijdschrift (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
2000

1999

Workshop op het Symposium Th.C. Vriezen: hervormd Theoloog en oudtestamenticusBob Becking (Invited speaker)
30 Sept 1999
Exodus-Theology in Jeremiah's Book of Consolation, or something else?Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
20 Jul 1999
, International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature
The Hellenistic Period and Ancient Israel: Three Preliminary StatementsBob Becking (Invited speaker)
19 Jul 1999
, Fourth Meeting of the European Seminar for Historical Methodology
Wat is profetisme?Bob Becking (Invited speaker)
11 Jun 1999
, Theologische Studiedagen 1999 van de Remonstrantse Broederschap (Hilversum)
Supplementen Ex Oriente Lux (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
1999
Review of Biblical Literature (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
1999
Prediking van het Oude Testament (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
1999
Nederlands theologisch tijdschrift (Journal)Bob Becking (Editor)
1999