Associate Professor, Hebrew Bible, University of Uppsala
(Docent in Old Testament Exegesis)

I Areas of research

Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible; imagery in the Psalms; enemy images; ideological criticism; prophetic texts and political propaganda in the Ancient Near East; constructions of empire in the Hebrew Bible; sacrifice; rhetorical analysis; sacrificial language in the prophetic books.

II Conference papers

2001 Basel, IOSOT: “Empires as enemies in the book of Isaiah”
2002 Berlin, SBL: “Images of God, self, and the enemy in the Psalms”
2003 Köpenhamn, EABS: “Spatial metaphors in Lamentations 3”
2004 Ebeltoft, Nordic conference: “How do we deal with texts on war and violence?”
2005 Dresden, SBL: “Metaphorical landscapes in the Psalms”
2006 Budapest, EABS: “Enemies disguised as animals in some prophetic passages”
2007 Wien, SBL/EABS congress: “Metaphorical perspectives on teaching and learning in the Hebrew Bible”
2008 Boston, SBL: “The role of anonymous enemies in the book of Isaiah”
2009 New Orleans, SBL: a. “The role of sacrificial language in prophetic rhetoric”
b. “Sounds of silence in biblical Hebrew: Exploring a semantic field”
2010 Atlanta, SBL: a. “The role of metaphor in biblical studies: Possibilities and pitfalls”
b. “No sacrifice? A motif in the prophetic literature and its rhetorical functions”
c. “Commensality in metaphor and reality: Prophetic visions of YHWH’s sacrificial feast”

III Publications (a selection)

a. monographs

Prophecy and Propaganda: Images of Enemies in the Book of Isaiah. Coniectanea Biblica Old Testament Series 56; Winona Lakes, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009.
Grapes in the Desert: Metaphors, Models, and Themes in Hosea 4-14. Coniectanea Biblica Old Testament Series 43; Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1996.

b. anthologies

together with Blaženka Scheuer:
Enigmas and Images: Studies in Honor of Tryggve Mettinger. Coniectanea Biblica Old Testament Series 58; Winona Lakes, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011.

with Sigurd Bergmann:
Upptäckter i kontexten: Teologiska föreläsningar till minne av Per Frostin. Skrifter från Institutet för kontextuell teologi; Lund, 1995.

c. articles

‘The role of sacrificial language in prophetic rhetoric.’ Pp. __ in C. Eberhart (ed.), Ritual and Metaphor: Sacrifice in the Bible, Atlanta, GA: SBL, 2011 (forthcoming).

‘Horeb Revisited: Reflections on the Theophany in 1 Kings 19.’ Pp. 92-111 in: Eidevall, G. & B. Scheuer (eds.), Enigmas and Images: Studies in Honor of Tryggve Mettinger, Coniectanea Biblica Old Testament Series 58; Winona Lakes, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011.

‘Metaphorical Landscapes in the Psalms.’ Pp. 13-21 in: van Hecke, P. & A. Labahn (eds.), Metaphors in the Psalms, BETL 231; Leuven: Peeters, 2010.

”Dynamiska dialoger då och nu: Om exegetikens bidrag till predikans förnyelse.”, Pp. 119-39 in: Hanna Stenström (ed.), Allvarligt talat: Om predikan, Stockholm: Verbum, 2008.

‘Birds of the Bible.’, New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (= NIDB) vol. 1, Abingdon Press, 2006, s. 467-470.

‘Images of God, Self, and the Enemy in the Psalms.’ Pp. 55-65 in: P. van Hecke (ed.), Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible, BETL 187, Leuven: Peeters, 2005.

‘A short note on spatial metaphors in Lamentations 3,1-9.’ Pp. 133-37 in: P. van Hecke (ed.), Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible, 2005.

”Masken som röt: Metaforik och självbild i Psalm 22.” Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok 65 (2000), 133-42.

‘Lions and Birds as Literature: Some Notes on Isaiah 31 and Hosea 11.’ SJOT 7:1 (1993), 78-87.

‘Fuzzy sets and rifts in the clouds’, SJOT 6:1 (1992), 150-52.

Together with Mikael Larsson: ”Metoderna”. Pp. 187-209 in: Eriksson, L. & Å. Viberg (red.), Gud och det utvalda folket, Stockholm: Verbum, 2009.

For all publications (including further articles, reviews, etc), go to DIVA and enter search term “Eidevall”