Jan Alberto Soggin (M / Italy, 1926-2010), scholar

Jan Alberto Soggin (1926-2010) was an Italian scholar. Soggin graduated from the University of Rome and subsequently took his doctorate at the University of Basel. For some years he taught at Buenos Aires, Argentina, before returning to Rome as Professor of Old Testament at the Waldensian Theological Faculty, where he remained until his retirement. He was later appointed to the Chair at the University of Rome. He also held a part-time lecturership at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He was a frequent visitor and lecturer at universities in the United Kingdom, United States and Israel. He was on the Editorial Board of Vetus Testamentum from 1975 to 1995, and a leading inspirer of, and contributor to, the Journal Henoch. In 2007 he became the first Italian scholar to receive the Burkitt Medal.

Works

Books

• Introduzione all’Antico Testamento (Introduction to the Old Testament / 1968 Soggin), book
• Introduzione all’Antico Testamento, 2nd ed. (Introduction to the Old Testament / 1974 Soggin), book
  • Introduction to the Old Testament = Introduzione all’Antico Testamento, 2nd ed. (1976 Soggin / Bowden), book (English ed.)
• Introduzione all’Antico Testamento, 3rd ed. (Introduction to the Old Testament / 1979 Soggin), book
  • Introduction to the Old Testament, 2nd ed. = Introduzione all'Antico Testamento, 3rd ed. (1980 Soggin / Bowden), book (English ed.)
• Introduzione all’Antico Testamento, 4th ed. (Introduction to the Old Testament / 1987 Soggin), book
  • Introduction to the Old Testament, 3rd ed. = Introduzione all'Antico Testamento, 4th ed. (1989 Soggin / Bowden), book (English ed.)

• I manoscritti del Mar Morto (1978 Soggin), book

• [[Storia di Israele ([A History of Israel / 1984 Soggin), book]]
  • A History of Israel (1984 Soggin), book
  • Einführung in die Geschichte Israels und Judas (1991 Soggin), book (German ed.)
  • Nueva historia de Israel (1997 Soggin), book (Spanish ed.)
• Storia di Israele, 2nd ed. (A History of Israel / 2002 Soggin), book
  • Histoire d'Israël et de Juda (2004 Soggin), book (French ed.)

• Israele in epoca biblica: istituzioni, feste, cerimonie, rituali (2000 Soggin), book
  • Israel in the Biblical Period: Institutions, Festivals, Ceremonies, Rituals (2001 Soggin), book (English ed.)