Eugene "Gene" Charles Ulrich (born November 5, 1938) is an American Dead Sea scrolls scholar and the John A. O'Brien Professor emeritus of Hebrew Scripture and Theology in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.[1] He is chief editor of the biblical texts of the Dead Sea scrolls and one of the three general editors of the Scrolls International Publication Project.
Eugene Ulrich | |
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| Born | November 5, 1938 |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
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| Institutions | University of Notre Dame |
| Main interests | Dead Sea scrolls |
| Notable works | Discoveries in the Judaean Desert |
Biography
editEarly life and education
editEugene Ulrich was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He has the following degrees: Litt.B., Xavier University. From 1964 he holds his Ph.L. from Loyola University Chicago. In 1970 he earned his M.Div. at Woodstock College. He then entered Harvard University and obtained his M.A. in 1967 and in 1975 his Ph.D.[2]
Career
editUlrich co-authored The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible with Martin Abegg and Peter Flint. He is also a member of the translation teams of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the Modern English Version, and the New American Bible. He is a specialist in the texts of the Septuagint, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Scriptures.[3]
As Chief Editor of the Dead Sea Scrolls he published five volumes of critical editions in Discoveries in the Judaean Desert (Oxford) and was an Area Editor for Oxford's Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Ulrich has worked under two editors in chief on the scrolls project, namely John Strugnell and Emanuel Tov.
Appointed to the Grinfield Lecturership at the University of Oxford (1998–2000), he was twice elected as President of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies and was invited as a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Recently, he was elected as President of the Catholic Biblical Association and as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3]
Ulrich is the John A. O'Brien Professor emeritus of Hebrew Scripture and Theology in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.[4]
Awards
editUlrich received the Award Medal of the University of Helsinki, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and several grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Publications
edit- Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, Volume XII. Qumran Cave 4: VII: Genesis to Numbers Edited by Eugene Ulrich, Frank Moore Cross and James R. Davila, Published by the Oxford University Press
- The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible, Eugene Ulrich, Martin Abegg and Peter Flint, Published by HarperCollins
- Modern English Version: Amos, Edited by Eugene Ulrich, Stanley M. Horton and James F. Linzey, Published by Passio
References
edit- ^ Greenspoon, L. (2002-09-20). "Eugene Ulrich. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible:Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Col., 1999. xviii, 309 pp". AJS Review. 26 (1): 121–123. doi:10.1017/S0364009402250047. S2CID 162904258.
- ^ "Eugene Ulrich". Department of Theology. University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ a b ENR // OPAC // University of Notre Dame. "Eugene Ulrich". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- ^ Greenspoon, L. (2002-09-20). "Eugene Ulrich. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible:Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Col., 1999. xviii, 309 pp". AJS Review. 26 (1): 121–123. doi:10.1017/S0364009402250047. S2CID 162904258.
- ^ "Eugene Ulrich". The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ "Professor Eugene Ulrich". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-21.