Research

Using social scientific and comparative approaches, my research primarily focuses on the body and embodiment in the Hebrew Bible. This includes rhetorical uses of the body and closely related items, such as clothing, to construct ethnic identities, gender, and religious authority. My current research focuses on how the medical humanities can inform biblical accounts of pain and illness. 

Teaching

Together my colleagues, I teach the required courses in biblical studies in the bachelor's and master's programmes in Theology:

• Bibelkundskab (Introduction to Biblical Studies: co-taught with New Testament)
• Old Testament 1: Pentateuch (co-taught with Hebrew)
• Old Testament 2: Psalms, Prophets, and Wisdom
• Old Testament Theologies: Pain and Suffering in the Old Testament

I have also co-taught (with New Testament) an optional bachelor's course on "Reading the Bible with and without Jesus."

I supervise bachelor's and master's theses on Old Testament topics.

Job responsibilities

• Research
• Teaching and supervision
• Administration