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., Rafael, A. & Yli-Karjanmaa, S.
01/12/2018 → 31/12/2020
Project: University of Helsinki Three-Year 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
Wisdom and Paideia: A Study on Hellenistic Jewish Sages
01/09/2015 → 31/08/2018
Project: Research project
Activities 2009 2019
Hyvettä kohti: Filon Aleksandrialaisen luenta Jaakobin hahmosta
Elisa Uusimäki (Invited speaker)10 May 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Tuukka Kauhanen (Participant), Elisa Uusimäki (Participant), Tero Alstola (Participant), Patrik Jansson (Participant), Gina Konstantopoulos (Participant)11 May 2019
Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
Perspectives on Virtue: From Qumran to the Qur’an and Beyond
Elisa Uusimäki (Chair of organizing committee), Anna-Liisa Rafael (Member of organizing committee), Siiri Toiviainen (Member of organizing committee)8 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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
Perspectives on Virtue: From Qumran to the Qur’an and Beyond
Elisa Uusimäki (Speaker: Presenter)8 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars