Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Dr Elisa Uusimäki is a scholar of ancient Jewish literature and holds the title of docent at the University of Helsinki, currently working in the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies and serving as the PI of the research project "Conceptions of Virtue in Early Judaism" (2018-2020). Uusimäki has published especially on wisdom and torah, the Dead Sea Scrolls, early biblical interpretation, the figure of the sage, ancient ethical discourses and exemplarity. Apart from Helsinki, she has studied and conducted research at the University of Manchester, Yale University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Uusimäki's websites:
http://helsinki.academia.edu/ElisaUusimäki
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/jewishvirtue/
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/ancienttravel/
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
Keywords
- 614 Theology
- 6121 Languages
- 6122 Literature studies
- 615 History and Archaeology
Publications 2009 2020
Sages as Mediators of Divine Knowledge in Jewish Antiquity
Uusimäki, E. K., 2020, (Accepted/In press) The Textualization of Revelation. Stökl, J. & Tervanotko, H. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Angels and Demons: Spiritual Beings in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Weissenberg von, H. M. & Uusimäki, E. K., 2019, (Accepted/In press) Bible and Magic.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Beatitudes (4QBeatitudes)
Uusimäki, E. K., 2019, (Accepted/In press) T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism. Gurtner, D. M. & Stuckenbruck, L. T. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury T&T ClarkResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Blessings and Curses in the Biblical World
Uusimäki, E. K., 2019, (Accepted/In press) Bible and Magic.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
In Search of Virtue: Ancestral Inheritance in the Testament of Qahat
Uusimäki, E. K., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Biblical Interpretation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Projects 2014 2020
Conceptions of Virtue in Early Judaism
Uusimäki, E. K., Rafael, A. & Yli-Karjanmaa, S. P.
01/12/2018 → 31/12/2020
Project: University of Helsinki Three-Year Research Project
Society and Religion in Late Second Temple Judaism
Jokiranta, J. M., Hakola, R. T., Bonnie, R. G. L. M., Tervanotko, H. K., Uusimäki, E. K., Antin, K. M., Vanonen, H. M., Penner, J. S. & Yli-Karjanmaa, S. P.
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
CSTT: Centre of Excellence in Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions
Nissinen, M. H., Aejmelaeus, A. P. M., Weissenberg von, H. M., Pakkala, J. K., Jokiranta, J. M., Kletter, R., Mattila, R. A., de Hulster, I. J., Silverman, J. M., Svärd, S. S., Valkama, K. M. J., Alstola, T. E., Saarelainen, K. M., Saari, S. L., Tapiola, E. A. K., Tynjä, T. M., Töyräänvuori, J. S., Perttilä, H. E., Kujanpää, K. H., Liljeström, T. M., Orpana, J. A., Pulkkinen, M. L. T., Seppänen, J. J. C., Tucker, M. P., Müller, R., Voitila, A., Borchardt, F., Kauhanen, T. E. J., Pajunen, M. S., Hakola, R. T., Latvus, K. H. O., Bonnie, R. G. L. M., Tervanotko, H. K., Uusimäki, E. K., Antin, K. M., Vanonen, H. M., Mäkipelto, V. J., Nommik, U., Yli-Karjanmaa, S. P., Penner, J. S., Longacre, D. G., Silverman, J. M., Tekoniemi, T. T., Dixon, H. M., Ito, S., Huotari, P. J., Keady, J. M., Fink, S. C., Konstantopoulos, G. V., Zaia, S. S., Nõmmik, A. & Laine, L. T. M.
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
Wisdom and Paideia: A Study on Hellenistic Jewish Sages
01/09/2015 → 31/08/2018
Project: Research project
Activities 2009 2019
Wisdom and Torah in Jewish Antiquity: What Can We Learn from the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Elisa Uusimäki (Invited speaker)12 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
ANEE Workshop: ‘How to Get Research Funding?’
Elisa Uusimäki (Speaker)27 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
HCAS Fellows' seminar
Elisa Uusimäki (Speaker: Presenter)9 Apr 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting 2018
Elisa Uusimäki (Chair)1 Aug 2018 → 2 Aug 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
CSTT Workshop ‘Turn of the Era’
Elisa Uusimäki (Speaker: Presenter)31 May 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars