Samuel Hildebrandt, Ph.D. (Edinburgh), Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies (Old Testament), Nazarene Theological College

Dr Hildebrandt's main research focus is the Book of Jeremiah and other prophetic and poetic texts in the Bible. He teaches Hebrew, German, and a wide variety of subjects in Biblical Studies at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, where he also acts as a Ph.D. supervisor. He is currently serving as the SOTS Book List Editor and is working on the Wiley Commentary on the reception history of the Book of Numbers.

Books

Vast as the Sea: Hebrew Poetry and the Human Condition. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2023.

Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible. LHBOTS. New York: Bloomsbury, 2024 (forthcoming; ed. with E. Kozlova).

From Words to Meaning: Studies on Old Testament Language and Theology for David J. Reimer. Hebrew Bible Monographs 100; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2021 (ed. with K. Peters and E. Ortlund).

Interpreting Quoted Speech in Prophetic Literature: A Study of Jeremiah 2.1-3.5. Vetus Testamentum Supplements 174. Leiden: Brill, 2017.

Select Journal Articles

“A Whirling Tempest: The Past, Present, and Future of Chaos in the Book of Jeremiah.” Vetus Testamentum (2024): 1–20 (online ed).

“‘I Am a Lonely Bird:’ Psalm 102 and the Psychology of Loneliness.” Biblical Theology Bulletin 53 (2023): 68–76.

 “‘I Sat Alone:’ The Language of Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible.” Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 133 (2021): 512–25.

“When Words Become Too Violent: Silence as a Form of Nonviolent Resistance in the Book of Jeremiah.” Biblical Interpretation 29 (2021): 187–205.

 “Are God’s ‘Good Plans’ Not Good Enough? The Place and Significance of Jer 29.15 in Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 45 (2021): 561–75.

““Woe is Me!”: The Book of Jeremiah and the Language of Despair.” Journal of Biblical Literature 139 (2020): 479–97.

“Whose Voice is Heard? Speaker Ambiguity in the Psalms.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 82 (2020): 197–213.

Research Supervision

Current Supervision: Lindi Wells Martsolf, Sarah Legreid (co-supervisor), Kengoro Goto

Past supervision: Jonathan Darby (co-supervisor), Hing Weng Seng

Email: shildebrandt@nazarene.ac.uk