Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
This website has been updated until the end of 2019. Currently, Elisa Uusimäki serves as an associate professor at Aarhus University (Denmark).
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
Fields of Science
- 614 Theology
- 6121 Languages
- 6122 Literature studies
- 615 History and Archaeology
Publications 2009 2020
Angels and Demons: Spiritual Beings in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Weissenberg von, H. M. & Uusimäki, E. K., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Bible and Magic.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Atleetti ja harjoitteleva mieli: Jaakobin matka hyveeseen
Uusimäki, E., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Jumalan kaltaisuuteen? . Seppälä, S. (ed.). Helsinki: Suomen patristinen seuraResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Blessings and Curses in the Biblical World
Uusimäki, E. K., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Bible and Magic.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Casual, Cosmopolitan, Cosmic: The Mobility of Scribes in the Bible and Beyond
Uusimäki, E., 2020, (Accepted/In press) The Scribe in the Biblical World: A Bridge between Scripts, Languages and Cultures. Eshel, E. & Langlois, M. (eds.). Leuven: Peeters, (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis).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., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Biblical Interpretation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Projects 2011 2020
Conceptions of Virtue in Early Judaism
Uusimäki, E., Rafael, A. & Yli-Karjanmaa, S.
01/12/2018 → 31/12/2020
Project: University of Helsinki Three-Year Research Project
Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions (CSTT)
Aejmelaeus, A., Jokiranta, J., Nissinen, M., Pakkala, J., Sollamo, R., Latvus, K., Weissenberg von, H., Voitila, A., Saukkonen, J. M., Alanne, M., Borchardt, F., Kauhanen, T., Kilkkinen, H. P., Liljeström, M., Pajunen, M., Perttilä, E., Saarelainen, K., Seppänen, C., Tenhunen, K., Tervanotko, H., Tynjä, T., Uusimäki, E., Valkama, K. & Vanonen, H.
24/02/2011 → …
Project: Research Evaluation 2011
Wisdom and Paideia: A Study on Hellenistic Jewish Sages
01/09/2015 → 31/08/2018
Project: Research project
Society and Religion in Late Second Temple Judaism
Jokiranta, J., Hakola, R., Bonnie, R., Tervanotko, H., Uusimäki, E., Antin, K., Vanonen, H., Penner, J. & Yli-Karjanmaa, S.
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
CSTT: Centre of Excellence in Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions
Nissinen, M., Aejmelaeus, A., Weissenberg von, H., Pakkala, J., Jokiranta, J., Kletter, R., Mattila, R., de Hulster, I., Silverman, J. M., Svärd, S., Valkama, K., Alstola, T., Saarelainen, K., Saari, S., Tapiola, E., Tynjä, T., Töyräänvuori, J., Perttilä, E., Kujanpää, K., Liljeström, M., Orpana, J., Pulkkinen, M., Seppänen, C., Tucker, M., Müller, R., Voitila, A., Borchardt, F., Kauhanen, T., Pajunen, M., Hakola, R., Latvus, K., Bonnie, R., Tervanotko, H., Uusimäki, E., Antin, K., Vanonen, H., Mäkipelto, V., Nommik, U., Yli-Karjanmaa, S., Penner, J., Longacre, D., Silverman, J. M., Tekoniemi, T., Dixon, H., Ito, S., Huotari, P., Keady, J., Fink, S., Konstantopoulos, G., Zaia, S., Nõmmik, A. & Laine, L.
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
Activities 2009 2019
Fringe Orientalisms
Elisa Uusimäki (Speaker: Chair)6 Jun 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 2019
Elisa Uusimäki (Chair)23 Nov 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Opetusvideo: Erilaisia tutkimustuloksia teologiassa ja uskonnontutkimuksessa
Anuleena Kimanen (Teacher), Johanna Vilja-Mantere (Participant), Anna-Maija Viljanen- Pihkala (Participant), Isto Peltomäki (Participant), Teemu Pauha (Participant), Elisa Uusimäki (Participant)May 2019 → …
Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - External teaching and subject coordination
Two lectures at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou (China)
Elisa Uusimäki (Invited speaker)4 Nov 2019 → 6 Nov 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Conference on ‘Jewish Wisdom from the Judean Wilderness to Diaspora’
Elisa Uusimäki (Speaker: Presenter)3 Dec 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars