Matthias Henze (b.1965), scholar

Matthias Henze (b.1965) is a German American scholar, at Rice University (Houston, TX), USA.

Email contact: mhenze@rice.edu

Biography

PhD (1997) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, at Harvard University. Chair in Biblical Studies and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the Dept. of Religious Studies at Rice University. Member of the Board of Directors of the Enoch Seminar, and Chair of the Sixth Enoch Seminar (Milan, Italy; June 26-30, 2011).

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Madness of King Nebuchadnezzar (1999 Henze), book

• The Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel (2001 Henze), book

• Syrische Danielapokalypse (2006 Henze), book

• Jewish Apocalypticism in Late First Century Israel: Reading 2 Baruch in Context (2011 Henze), book

Edited volumes

• Biblical Interpretation at Qumran (2005 Henze), edited volume

• A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism (2012 Henze), edited volume

Articles in edited volumes

• Nebuchadnezzar’s madness (Daniel 4) in Syriac literature / Matthia Henze / The Book of Daniel: Composition and Reception (2001 Collins/Flint), edited volume
• From Jeremiah to Baruch : pseudepigraphy in the "Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch" / Matthias Henze / Biblical Traditions in Transmission (2006 Hampel/Lieu), edited volume
• Babylon remembered: Nebuchadnezzar in the collective memory of ancient Israel / Matthias Henze / With Wisdom as a Robe: Qumran and Other Jewish Studies (2009 Dobos/Koszeghy), edited volume

Articles in academic journals

• Qoheleth and the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch / Matthias Henze / Vetus Testamentum 58.1 (2008) 28-43