Martti Nissinen
Martti Heikki Nissinen is a Finnish theologian, serving since 2007 as Professor of Old Testament studies in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki. He is known as an expert of the prophetic phenomenon in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East, but his research interests include also gender issues in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean. He has written and edited several books and a significant number of articles on topics related to prophecy, gender, and history of ancient Near Eastern religion.
Nissinen received his Th.D. from the University of Helsinki in 1992, after which he held several research and teaching positions at this institution, such as Assistant Professor of Old Testament Studies and as an Academy Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland. From 2002 to 2007, he served as Professor of Bible and the Ancient Near East. He was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. in 2008–2009 and in 2016 and a visitor in 2011. In 2014–2019, Nissinen was the director of the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions, an interdisciplinary research centre that focuses on a more comprehensive understanding of the emergence and influence of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament within the multicultural milieu of the ancient Near East.
Awards and honors
Nissinen is a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters and an honorary member of the Society for Old Testament Study. He is also the Chairman of the Foundation for the Finnish Institute in the Middle East and the Inspector of the Savonian Student Nation.
Books
In English
Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: A Historical Perspective, Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress;.References to Prophecy in Neo-Assyrian Sources, State archives of Assyria studies 7, Helsinki;.Prophecy in its Ancient Near Eastern Context: Mesopotamian, Biblical, and Arabian Perspectives, SBL Symposium Series 13, Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature;.Houses Full of All Good Things: Essays in Memory of Timo Veijola, Helsinki: Finnish Exegetical Society/Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht;.Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns;.Images and prophecy in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean, Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments 233, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht;.Constructs of Prophecy in the Former and Latter Prophets and Other Texts, Ancient Near Eastern Monographs 4, Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature;.Congress volume Helsinki 2010, Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 148, Leiden: Brill;.Ancient Prophecy: Near Eastern, Greek, and Biblical Perspectives, Oxford: Oxford University Press;.Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East, Second Edition, Atlanta, GA: SBL Press;.Prophetic Divination: Essays in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy, Berlin: De Gruyter;.
In German
Prophetie, Redaktion und Fortschreibung im Hoseabuch: Studien zum Werdegang eines Prophetenbuches im Lichte von Hos 4 und 11, Alter Orient und Altes Testament 231, Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker;.Propheten in Mari, Assyrien und Israel, Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments 201, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht;.
In Finnish
Vanhan testamentin synty, Helsinki: Yliopistopaino;.Homoerotiikka Raamatun maailmassa, Helsinki: Yliopistopaino;.Johdatus Raamattuun, Helsinki: Kirjapaja;.Synti vai siunaus? Homoseksuaalit, kirkko ja yhteiskunta, Helsinki: Kirjapaja;.Kirkkomusiikki, Helsinki: Edita;.Johdatus Raamattuun 2. tarkistettu ja korjattu painos, Helsinki: Kirjapaja;.Kiveen hakattu? Pyhät tekstit ja perinteet muutoksessa, Helsinki: Gaudeamus;.