Short CV

A Short Academic Curriculum Vitae
Drew Longacre 
updated 29 December 2020


SUMMARY

 

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Groningen who specializes in the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts and texts of the Bible. My recent publications have dealt extensively with paleography and manuscript studies and their intersection with textual scholarship.



EDUCATION

 

2011 – 2015           Doctor of Philosophy (thesis approved without corrections). University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Dissertation title: “A Contextualized Approach to the Hebrew Dead Sea Scrolls Containing Exodus.” Supervisor: Prof. Charlotte Hempel.

 

2007 – 2010           Master of Divinity. 3.93 GPA with highest honors. The Master’s Seminary, Sun Valley, CA. Thesis title: “On the Feasibility of Eclectic Editions of the Hebrew Old Testament.”

 

2005 – 2007           Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Languages. 4.0 GPA with highest honors. The Master's University, Santa Clarita, CA.

 


ACADEMIC POSITIONS

 

2016 – present       Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Groningen in the European Research Council project “The Hands that Wrote the Bible: Digital Palaeography and Scribal Culture of the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Principal investigator: Prof. dr. Mladen Popović. Subproject: “Scribes and Their Psalters: Situating Ancient Psalm Collections in Their Scribal Contexts.”

 

2014 – 2016           Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Helsinki’s Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions. Team leader: Prof. em. Anneli Aejmelaeus. Project: “The Early Greek Fragments of Exodus.”

 

 

ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

2020                      Guest Lecturer on “Introduction to Manuscript Studies and Textual Criticism for Classicists” in Academic Skills for Classicists (University of Groningen, 10 March 2020).

 

2016                      Invited Lecturer in the Book of Exodus (Agricola Theological Institute).

 

2015                      Invited Lecturer in Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament (University of St. Andrews).

 

2015                      Lecturer in Advanced Biblical Hebrew – From Captivity to Covenant: Exegesis of Exodus (University of Helsinki).

 

2013 – 2014           Lecturer in Introduction to Biblical Studies – Hebrew Bible (University of Birmingham).

 

2012                      Substitute Lecturer in Dead Sea Scrolls (University of Birmingham).

 

2012                      Substitute Lecturer in Beginning Hebrew (University of Birmingham).

 

2011 – 2012           Lecturer in Intermediate Hebrew – Exegesis of 1 Kings (University of Birmingham).

 

2010 – 2011           Private Instructor in Beginning Greek (two separate courses).



SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

 

2020 – 2021           National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship at the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem for five months. Project: “Scribes and their Psalters: Situating Ancient Psalm Collections in Their Scribal Contexts.”

 

2015                      Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Junior Research Fellow at the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem for five months. Project: “Material Reconstructions of the Dead Sea Scrolls Containing Exodus.” 

 

2011 – 2014           Doctoral Researcher Elite Scholarship from the University of Birmingham for tuition, fees, and living expenses in pursuit of a Ph.D.

 

2006                      Zondervan Biblical Hebrew Award for outstanding achievement in the area of Hebrew studies.


PUBLICATIONS

 

Monographs

 

Scribes and Their Psalters: Situating Ancient Psalm Collections in Hellenistic- and Early Roman-Period Scribal Contexts. In progress.

 

A Contextualized Approach to the Hebrew Dead Sea Scrolls Containing Exodus. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah. Leiden: Brill, accepted for publication subject to revision.

 

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

 

“Comparative Ancient Mediterranean Manuscript Studies (CAMMS): Script Interactions and Hebrew/Aramaic Writing Culture.” Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin (accepted for publication).

 

“Paleographic Style and the Dead Sea Psalms Scrolls: A Hand Fitting for the Occasion?” Vetus Testamentum (accepted for publication).

 

“Disambiguating the Concept of Formality in Palaeographic Descriptions: Stylistic Classification and the Ancient Jewish Hebrew/Aramaic Scripts.” Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin 5, no. 2 (2019): 101–128.

 

“Reconsidering the Date of the En-Gedi Leviticus Scroll (EGLev): Exploring the Limitations of the Comparative Paleographic Method.” Textus 27 (2018): 44–84.

 

“Two Selective Greek Texts of Exodus: A Comparative Analysis of Rahlfs 896 and 960.” Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies 51 (2018): 83–104.

 

“Developmental Stage, Scribal Lapse, or Physical Defect? 1QIsaa’s Damaged Exemplar for Isaiah Chapters 34–66.” Dead Sea Discoveries 20, no. 1 (2013): 17–50.

 

Contributions to Edited Books

 

“Exodus in the Second Temple Period.” In Exodus and the New Testament. Edited by Seth Ehorn and Sarah Whittle. London: T&T Clark, forthcoming.

 

“Methods for the Reconstruction of Large Literary (Sc)rolls from Fragmentary Remains.” In Research Approaches in Hebrew Bible Manuscript Studies. Edited by Élodie Attia-Kay and Antony Perrot. Textual History of the Bible Supplement. Leiden: Brill, forthcoming.

 

“Multilinear Genealogical Networks: Expanding the Scope of Textual History.” Pages 181–198 in From Scribal Error to Rewriting: How Ancient Texts Could and Could Not Be Changed. Edited by Anneli Aejmelaeus, Drew Longacre, and Natia Mirotadze. De Septuaginta Investigationes 12. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020.

 

“Exodus: Taitava kääntäjä ja ilmestysmajan arvoitus [Exodus: A Skillful Translator and the Mystery of the Tabernacle].” Pages 98–112 in Sisälle Septugintaan. Edited by Anneli Aejmelaeus, Katja Kujanpää, and Miika Tucker. Translated by Katja Kujanpää. Helsinki: Finnish Exegetical Society, 2018.

 

“Scribal Approaches to Damaged Manuscripts: Not Just a Modern Dilemma.” Pages 141–164 in The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Study of the Humanities. Method, Theory, Meaning: Proceedings of the Eighth Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies (Munich, 4–7 August, 2013). Edited by Pieter B. Hartog, Alison Schofield, and Samuel I. Thomas. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 125. Leiden: Brill, 2018.

 

Edited Books

 

Anneli Aejmelaeus, Drew Longacre, and Natia Mirotadze, eds. From Scribal Error to Rewriting: How Ancient Texts Could and Could Not Be Changed. De Septuaginta Investigationes 12. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020.

 

 Handbook, Dictionary, and Encyclopedia Articles

 

“Exodus, Book of.” In T&T Clark Encyclopaedia of Second Temple Judaism. Edited by Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Daniel M. Gurtner. London: T&T Clark, forthcoming.

 

“Appendices A–F.” Pages 577–593 in T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Edited by George J. Brooke and Charlotte Hempel. London: T&T Clark, 2019.

 

Drew Longacre and Eibert Tigchelaar. “4.1.3.2.1  Hebrew and Aramaic Paleography (Ancient).” In Textual History of the Bible, Vol. 3. Edited by Russell Fuller. Leiden: Brill, online publication 2017.

            

“Ancient Libraries.” Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2014.

 

“Masorah.” Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2014.

 

“Masoretes.” Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2014.

 

Electronic Publications

 

“Reflections on the Textual Development of the Pentateuch in Light of Documented Evidence.” Ancient Jew Review(13 February 2017). http://www.ancientjewreview.com/articles/2017/1/25/reflections-on-the-textual-development-of-the-pentateuch-in-light-of-documented-evidence

 


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