David Noel Freedman

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David Noel Freedman (May 22 1922 - 8 April 2008), son of Romanian and Russian immigrants, was a biblical scholar, author, editor, archaeologist and an ordained Presbyterian minister (Th.B., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1944). After earning a doctorate in Semitic Languages and Literature at the Johns Hopkins University in 1948, Freedman held a series of professorial and administrative positions at various theological institutions and universities.

As the general editor of several distinguished series, including the Anchor Bible Series (1956-2008), Eerdmans Critical Commentaries (2000-2008), and The Bible in Its World (2000-2008), and as the editor and author of numerous other award-winning volumes, including the Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000), Freedman has produced over three hundred and thirty scholarly books. Recent seminal works as an author include “The Unity of the Hebrew Bible” (1991), “Psalm 119: The Exaltation of Torah” (1999), “The Nine Commandments” (2000) and “What are the Dead Sea Scrolls and Why Do They Matter?” (2007). As editor of the “Leningrad Codex: A Facsimile Edition” (1998), Freedman and his colleagues brought the world’s oldest complete Hebrew Bible to synagogues, churches, libraries and individuals around the world for the first time in history.

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[edit] Teaching positions

1986-2008: Endowed Chair in Hebrew Biblical Studies at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). 1989-1997: Program Director for the Study of Religion at UCSD. 1986-1992: Teaches at U. Michigan and UCSD 1984-1992: Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Biblical Studies, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1971-1983: Professor of Biblical Studies, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor 1966-1971: Dean of Faculty at SFTS 1964-1971: Gray Professor of Old Testament Exegesis at San Francisco Theological Seminary (San Anselmo, CA) and the Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA) 1961-1964: James A. Kelso Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 1948-1964: Professor of Old Testament, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA 1947-1948: Assistant Instructor at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland 1946-1947: Teaching Fellow, The John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland

[edit] Excavations

Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (American Schools of Oriental Research), Jerusalem
Annual Director, 1969-70, 1976-77
Ashdod Excavation Project
Director, 1962-64

[edit] Education

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Baltimore, MD 1945-1948 Ph.D. Semitic Languages and Literature

PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Princeton, NJ 1941-1944 Th.B. Hebrew Bible

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES Los Angeles, CA 1938-1939 B.A. Modern European History

CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK New York, NY 1935-1938

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