Joachimsen, Kristin

EDUCATION
1989: Historie grunnfag (1 year History, basic level), Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo
1996: Cand. theol., Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo
1996/97: Yates Senior Scholar and D. Phil Student at St. Hugh's College and Oxford University
2000: Hebraisk mellomfag (3 semesters Biblical Hebrew, Intermediate level), Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo
1997-02: Doctor Student funded by Norwegian Research Council and Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo
2006: Universitetspedagogisk seminar (UPS), (Pedagogical Education for University Teachers), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tromso
2007: Dr. theol., Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo

POSITIONS
2002-: Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tromso
2005 (Aug. 1)-2009 (July 31): Head of Department of Religious Studies
2006-2009: Translator for Norwegian Bible Society's revision of the Old Testament (The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther)
2007-2008: Theological Adviser for the Norwegian Bible Society's revision of the Old Testament (The Book of Isaiah chaps. 40-66)

POSTS
2003-05: Medlem i programstyret for Master i språk og samfunnsfag med integrert praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning (Member of the Programme Committee for Master Degree in Language and Social Science with Integral Practical-Pedagogical Education)
2004-05: Head of Department (Elected)
2001-05, 08-: Board Norsk gammeltestamentlig selskap (Norwegian Old Testament Society), President 2004-05 and 2010-
2008-2011: Medlem av Teologisk Nemnd, Mellomkirkelig råd (Member of Theological Committee, Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations)           2009- 2011: Styremedlem Kirkelig utdanningssenter i nord (KUN) (Member of the Board, Centrefor Ecclesiastical Education in Northern Norway)

JUDGING COMMITTEES, EVALUATIONS, EXTERNAL EXAMINER, ETC.
2003: Member of selection comittee of doctor student at Dept. of Religious Studies, University of Tromso

2003: Evaluation of course for Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanningen (NOKUT)- Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education

2005-: External Examiner at Det teologiske menighetsfakultet (Norwegian School of Theology), Oslo

2006-: External Examiner at Misjonshøgskolen i Stavanger (School of Misssion and Theology

2008: Internal member in Examination Committe for PhD. thesis: Bengt-Ove Andreassen, "Et ordinært fag i særklasse" . En analyse av fagdidaktiske perspektiver i innføringsbøker i religionsdidaktikk. (June 26, 2008, University of Tromso)

2009: Secretary, Selection Comittee of Position as Associate Professor in Theology at Dept. of Religious Studies, University of Tromso

2010-: External Examiner at Institutt for kulturstudier og orientalske språk (IKOS), Ui(Department of Culture Studies and Oriental languages), University of Oslo

2011: External Examiner Phd-thesis: Mette Behrndtz, "Den dynamiske spærring: En narratologisk analyse af fortællingen i Ezra og Nehemjas Bøger" (February 25, 2011, Aarhus University)

MEMBERSHIPS

Norsk gammeltestamentlig selskap (NGTS)(Norwegian Old Testament Society)

Norsk religionshistorisk forening (http://nrf.uib.no

Old Testament Studies: Epistemologies and Methods (OTSEM) www.tf.uio.no/otsem

Constructing Cultures: Memory in Transition and Conflict (CoCult) www.tf.uio.no/CoCult

Oxford University Society Norway

The Society of Old Testament Study (SOTS) www.sots.ac.uk

European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS) www.eurassbibstudies.group.shef.ac.uk/about.htm

International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT)

Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) www.sbl-site.org

Norsk faglitterær forfatter- og oversetterforening www.nffo.no

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
- the prophetical and poetical literature
- the book of Isaiah
- the books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Linguistics, narratology, intertexuality, historiography, cultural memory, reception history of the Bible, Bible and politics

FORSKNINGSOPPHOLD/ STAYS IN PURPOSE OF RESEARCH
2000 and 2002: St. Hugh's College and Oxford University
2006 (Nov.)-2007 (Nov.): Visiting Scholar UC Berkeley
2007 (Nov./Dec.): Tantur Ecumenical Institute for Theological Studies, Jerusalem
2008 (March, May, July-August): Ecole Biblique Jerusalem                                         
2009 (May, July): Ecole Biblique Jerusalem

2010: Ecole Biblique Jerusalem/ Cambridge University (Jan-March), American University of Beirut (April), Humboldt Universität Berlin (April-October), Ecole Biblique Jerusalem (November-December)

2012 (Jan-Aug) Ecole Biblique Jerusalem/Tel Aviv University

Projects

BOUNDARIES IN FLUX IN THE BOOKS OF EZRA AND NEHEMIAH

The project focuses on Judean identity formations in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, related to identity markers of history, geography, ethnicity, religion and gender, all located within crossing and fluid boundaries as well as competing definitions. An experience of exile is particularly central to these identity formations. At an overall level it has been common to contrast between the community of  הַגּוֹלָה “the returned exiles” as “Israel”, and  עַם־הָאָרֶץ“the people of the land” as their antagonists in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. However, the dichotomy between  הַגּוֹלָה“the returned exiles” and the others is often explained as due to a threat in the relationship between the two groups, not because they are so different, but because they are so similar. By close readings of various crises related to boundaries in these books, this project focuses on zones of interaction where the borders are not so clear cut. עַם־הָאָרֶץ  “the people of the land” are identified, not as foreigners, but as the “other” Israel, where the identity formations which are taking place in the Persian period concern an Israel which is at odds with itself.

IDENITITIES IN TRANSITION. PURSUITS OF ISA. 52:13-53:12
Dissertation Dr. theol 2007. Supervisor: Professor Hans M. Barstad, University of Oslo (former)/University of Edinburgh (present). Published as Identities in Transition. The Pursuit of Isa. 52:13-53:12 (VTS 142; Leiden: Brill): Isa. 52:13-53:12 has occupied a special position within Jewish and Christian traditions, as well as within biblical scholarship. This book focuses particularly on different ways of reading this text. Historical-critical readings in the tradition after Bernhard Duhm are challenged. In Duhmian readings of Isa. 52:13-53:12, Gottesknecht has become a technical term, Ebed-Jahwe-Lied a genre, Stellvertretung an established theological concept and “servant song research” a separate discipline within biblical scholarship. After a critical presentation of the Duhmian readings, three other ways of reading Isa. 52:13-53:12 based on variations of linguistic theory are presented: one linguistic, one narratological and one intertextual. These show in different manners how the text is unstable, heterogeneous and composite. In these readings, the trope of personification is central.