Anneli Aejmelaeus | |
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 Aejmelaeus giving a presentation | |
| Born | (1948-09-18)18 September 1948 Mikkeli, Finland |
| Died | 18 November 2025(2025-11-18) (aged 77) Järvenpää, Finland |
| Citizenship | Finnish |
| Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
Anneli Pirjo Marjukka Aejmelaeus (née Halonen; 18 September 1948 – 18 November 2025) was a Finnish academic who was professor emerita of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Culture and Literature in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki, and was the vice-director of the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence "Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions".[1] Before this, she held from 1991 to 2009 the position of Professor of Old Testament and Septuagint Research in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Göttingen.[2] In addition, from 1993 to 2000, Aejmelaeus was the Director of the research institute "Septuaginta-Unternehmen" at the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.[3] Aejmelaeus was born in Mikkeli on 18 September 1948,[4][3] and died in Järvenpää on 18 November 2025, at the age of 77.[5]
Books
- Parataxis in the Septuagint: a study of the renderings of the Hebrew coordinate clauses in the Greek Pentateuch. Helsinki: Suomen Tiedeakatemia. (ISBN 951-41-0441-2).
- On the trail of the Septuagint translators: collected essays. Leuven: Peeters, 2007. (ISBN 978-90-429-1939-6).
- Täyttä hepreaa: johdatus Vanhan testamentin hepreaan. Helsinki: Kirjapaja, 2007. (ISBN 978-951-607-599-3).
References
- ^ "CSTT Board | Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions". blogs.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen -. "Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - Old Testament". www.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Anneli Aejmelaeus - Research portal Tuhat - University of Helsinki". tuhat.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ Kuka kukin on 2011 [Who's Who: Finnish biographies of 2011]. Helsinki: Otava. 2011. p. 26. ISBN 978-951-1-24712-8.
- ^ Obituary for Anneli Aejmelaeus (1948–2025) (in Finnish)
