Dr. M.F.J. (Martin) Baasten
- Lecturer
- Hebrew philology
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2257 |
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| E-Mail: | m.f.j.baasten@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SMES Hebreeuws en Aramees |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex Witte Singel 25/M. de Vrieshof 4 2311 BZ Leiden Room number 2.02a |
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2960 |
| E-Mail: | m.f.j.baasten@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Onderwijs- en Studentzaken, Onderwijsondersteuning & Studieadvies |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex Witte Singel 25/M. de Vrieshof 4 2311 BZ Leiden Room number 1.09a |
Fields of interest
Biblical and Post-biblical Hebrew
Qumran Hebrew and Dead Sea Scrolls
Rabbinic and Samaritan Hebrew
History of the Hebrew Language
Comparative Semitics
Curriculum Vitae
2006 Defence of doctoral dissertation “The Non-Verbal Clause in Qumran Hebrew” (promotor: Prof. Dr. H. Gzella). Universiteit Leiden, October 2006.
2006– Lecturer of Biblical and Post-Biblical Hebrew, Dept. of Hebrew and Aramaic, Universtiteit Leiden.
2004–2005 Teacher of Midrash, Levisson Institute, Amsterdam (Academy for Progressive Jewish Rabbis).
2003–2004 Teacher of Biblical Hebrew and Medieval Jewish exegesis, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
2003 Teacher of Persian and Hellenistic Judaism, Faculty of Theology, Universiteit Leiden.
1999–2005 Teacher, Dept. of Hebrew and Aramaic, Universiteit Leiden.
1999– Student counsellor, Dept. of Middle Eastern Studies, Universiteit Leiden.
1999–2000 Lecturer of Biblical Hebrew, Theologische Faculteit, Katholieke Universiteit Brabant.
1993–1999 Teacher of Hebrew, Dept. of Hebrew and Aramaic, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden.
1993–1997 Ph.D. student, Centre of Non-Western Studies, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden.
1990–1992 Student of Semitic Languages (Major: Hebrew-Aramaic, minor: Arabic), Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, MA degree: December 1992.
1983–1990 Student of General History, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden. MA degree: August 1990.
Teaching activities
Current:
• Biblical Hebrew
• Qumran Hebrew / Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Rabbinic Hebrew (Mishnah, Tosefta, Midrash, exegetical literature)
• Introduction to Rabbinic literature
• History of Judaism (Rabbinic and Medieval periods)
Past:
• Modern Hebrew (conversation, advanced reading)
• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Medieval Jewish exegesis
• Biblical Aramaic
• History of Judaism (Persian and Hellenistic periods)
• History of Ancient Israel
• History of the Ancient Near East (Levant)
Publications
See Published work.
2006
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Baasten, M.F.J. (2006)
The non-verbal clause in Qumran Hebrew. LEI Universiteit Leiden H. Gzella & W.T. van Peursen.
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Baasten, M.F.J. (2006)
The non-verbal clause in Qumran Hebrew. LEI Universiteit Leiden H. Gzella.
(Dissertation)
2003
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Baasten, M.F.J. & Peursen, W.T., van (Eds.) (2003)
Hamlet on a Hill: Semitic and Greek Studies Presented to Professor T. Muraoka on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday. Peeters: Leuven.
(Book editorial)
2001
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Baasten, M.F.J. (2001)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Studies in Semitic Linguistics: Selected Writings]. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis, 48, pp. 2219-221.
(Book review)
2000
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Baasten, M.F.J. (2000)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: An Introductory Grammar of Rabbinic Hebrew]. In: Journal of Semitic Studies, 45, pp. 189-192.
(Book review) -
Baasten, M.F.J. (2000)
Existential clauses in Qumran Hebrew. In Muraoka, T. & Elwolde, J.F. (Eds.) Diggers at the well. Proceedings of a Third International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ben Sira (pp. 1-11). Leiden: Brill.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
1999
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Baasten, M.F.J. (1999)
Een Genesiscommentaar uit Qumran (4A 252). Alef Beet, 9 (2), pp. 14-26.
(Article) -
Baasten, M.F.J. (1999)
Nominal Clauses with Locative and Possessive Predicates in Qumran Hebrew. In Muraoka, T. & Elwolde, J.F. (Eds.) Sirach, Scrolls and Sages. Proceedings of a Second International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Ben Sira, and the Mishnah, held at Leiden University, 15-17 December 1997 (pp. 25-52). Leiden: Brill.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
1998
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Baasten, M.F.J. (1998)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: An Introductory Grammar of Rabbinic Hebrew]. In: Alef Beet, 8, pp. 43-47.
(Book review)
1997
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Baasten, M.F.J. (1997)
Nominal clauses containing a personal pronoun in Qumran Hebrew. In: Muraoka, T. & Elwolde, J.F. (Eds.), The Hebrew of the Dead See Scrolls and Ben Sira (Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah), 26. , pp. 1-16. Leiden: Brill.
(Part of book or chapter of book)