Robert J. V. Hiebert, PhD

Selected Research Grant Funding:

• Scholars Initiative, Museum of the Bible, "Greek Psalter Project," $51,513.17. (2015-2018)
• SSHRC Insight Grant, “Elucidating the text as produced: a new kind of commentary on the Septuagint of Genesis,” $67,716.00. (2012–2017)
• SSHRC Standard Research Grant, “Commentary on the Septuagint of Genesis,” $61,270.00. (2008–2011)
• The Lilly Theological Research Grants Program of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS): Faculty Fellowship, “Old Wine in New Wineskins: Reconstructing the Greek Text of IV Maccabees in the Age of the Computer,” $36,525.00. (2008–2009)
• Priscilla and Stanford Reid Trust Conference Grant. “Septuagint Translation(s): Retrospect and Prospect,” $13,000.00. (co-applicant: Dr. Larry Perkins). (2008)
• SSHRC Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada Grant, “Septuagint Translation(s): Retrospect and Prospect,” $13,020.00. (2008)
• SSHRC Standard Research Grant, “IV Maccabees: a critical edition and an investigation of its literary and theological context and influence,” $29,496.00. (2005–2008)
• Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, “IV Maccabees Collations and Database,” €2,300.00 (calculated value $3,655.00) plus free accommodation. (2005)
• Visiting Skirball Fellowship, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, “IV Maccabees Collations and Database,” £5,000.00 (calculated value $22,376.00) plus free accommodation. (2004–2005)

Awards & Honours

Recent Publications

Books

• Septuaginta: Vetus Testamentum Graecum Auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum, Vol. 9.4: Maccabaeorum liber IV, edited by Robert J. V. Hiebert, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen (submitted for publication).
• Themes and Texts, Exodus and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Larry J. Perkins, edited by Robert J. V. Hiebert, Jonathan Numada, Dongshin Don Chang, and Kyung S. Baek; series editor Lester L. Grabbe, Library of Second Temple Studies 101, T&T Clark, London (2024).
• “Translation Is Required”: The Septuagint in Retrospect and Prospect, edited by Robert J. V. Hiebert, Septuagint and Cognate Studies 56, Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta (2010).
• The Old Greek Psalter: Studies in Honour of Albert Pietersma, edited by Robert J. V. Hiebert, Claude E. Cox, and Peter J. Gentry, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 332, Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield (2001).
• The “Syrohexaplaric” Psalter, Septuagint and Cognate Studies 27, Scholars Press, Atlanta (1989).

Selected Articles and Book Chapters

• “The Septuagint as an Artifact of Post-Classical Greek,” Interpreting the Septuagint in Its Greco-Roman Context, edited by Jean Maurais and Tyler Horton, Septuagint and Cognate Studies (SBL Press, Atlanta, submitted for publication).
• “Some Observations regarding the Textual Histories of 2–4 Maccabees,” Das Erbe der Göttinger Septuaginta: Festschrift aus Anlass des 100. Geburtstages von Robert Hanhart (1925–2025), edited by Felix Albrecht and Reinhard G. Kratz, De Septuaginta Investigationes 20, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen (2025), pp. 267–284.
• “In and Out of Egypt: Genesis as Prelude to the Exodus Story,” Themes and Texts, Exodus and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Larry J. Perkins, edited by Robert J. V. Hiebert, Jonathan Numada, Dongshin Don Chang, and Kyung S. Baek, Library of Second Temple Studies 101, T&T Clark, London (2024), pp. 71–88.
• “A Synopsis of the Textual History of 4 Maccabees,” Editing the Septuagint: The Unfinished Task, edited by Felix Albrecht and Frank Feder, De Septuaginta Investigationes 16, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen (2022), pp. 81–93.
• “Iakob at the Iabok: Exegetical Observations concerning a Pericope in Septuagint Genesis 32,” XVII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Aberdeen, 2019, edited by Gideon R. Kotzé, Michaël van der Meer, and Martin Rösel, Septuagint and Cognate Studies 76, SBL Press, Atlanta (2022), pp. 697–713.
• “The Septuagint: The Text as Produced,” T&T Clark Handbook to Septuagint Research, edited by William A. Ross and W. Edward Glenny, Bloomsbury / T&T Clark, London (2021), pp. 349–369.
• “In the Beginning: A Commentary on the Old Greek Text of Genesis 1.1–2.3,” The SBL Commentary on the Septuagint: An Introduction, edited by Dirk L. Büchner, Septuagint and Cognate Studies 67, SBL Press, Atlanta (2017), pp. 17–67.
• “Exile and Restoration Terminology in the Septuagint and the New Testament,” Exile: A Conversation with N. T. Wright, edited by James M. Scott, IVP Academic, Downers Grove, IL (2017), pp. 93–117.
• “The Rationale for the Society of Biblical Literature Commentary on the Septuagint,” Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel, 3 (2014), pp. 476–490.
• “What Does the Computer Have to Do with Textual Criticism? Innovative Technology for the Management and Analysis of Collation Data and the Grouping of Manuscripts” (with Nathaniel N. Dykstra), Die Göttinger Septuaginta: Ein editorisches Jahrhundertprojekt, edited by Reinhard G. Kratz and Bernhard Neuschäfer, Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, N.F. 22; Mitteilungen des Septuaginta-Unternehmens 30, De Gruyter, Berlin (2013), pp. 107–131.
• “The Place of the Syriac Versions in the Textual History of the Psalter,” The Book of Psalms: Composition and Reception, edited by Peter W. Flint and Patrick D. Miller, Vetus Testamentum Supplements 99, Brill, Leiden (2005), pp. 505–536.
• “Translating a Translation: The Septuagint of Genesis and the New English Translation of the Septuagint Project,” X Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies: Oslo, 1998, edited by Bernard Taylor, Septuagint and Cognate Studies 51, Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta (2001), pp. 263–284.
• “The ‘Syrohexaplaric’ Psalter: Its Text and Textual History,” Der Septuaginta-Psalter und seine Tochterübersetzungen, edited by Anneli Aejmelaeus and Udo Quast, Mitteilungen des Septuaginta-Unternehmens 24, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen (2000), pp. 123–146.

Affiliations & Memberships

• International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS), Immediate Past President (2024–); President (2018–2023); Vice President (2012–2017); Treasurer (1997–2008); Associate Treasurer (1994–1996); Member (1984–)
• John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies, Trinity Western University, Director (2005–2023), Fellow (2023–)
• Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Co- Editor, Commentary on the Septuagint, Co-Editor, (SBLCS) (2024–); Editorial Advisory Board, (2012–2021); Joint Editor-in-Chief, SBL Commentary on the Septuagint (SBLCS) (2006–2024); Program Unit Steering Committee, The Greek Bible, (2004–2016); Member (1984–)
• Institute for Biblical Research, Member (1997–2011)
• Canadian Society of Biblical Studies: Member (1984–1988; 2003–2005; 2008–2014; 2016–2017; 2024–2025)
• Editorial Committee, New English Translation of the Septuagint (2000–2007)