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

Jan Alberto Soggin (1926-2010) was an Italian scholar.

Biography

Jan Alberto Soggin was born in Italy in 1926. He 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 on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Introduzione all’Antico Testamento (1968 Soggin), book, dalle origini alla chiusura del Canone alessandrino (Brescia 1968; 19742; 19793; 19874)
  • Introduction to the Old Testament (1976 Soggin), book, from Its Origins to the Closing of the Alexandrian Canon (Philadelphia 1976; 19802; Louisville 19893)
• I manoscritti del Mar Morto (1978 Soggin), book
• Storia di Israele (1984 Soggin), book, dalle origini a Bar Kochba (Brescia 1984; 2002)
  • A History of Ancient Israel (1984 Soggin), book, from the Beginnings to the Bar Kochba Revolt, AD 135 (London 1984)
• 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.)