Magne Sæbø (born 23 January 1929) is a Norwegian biblical scholar specializing in the Old Testament.
He has spent most of his professional life as student and professor of the Lutheran
MF Norwegian School of Theology
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society ( no, MF vitenskapelig høyskole for teologi, religion og samfunn), formerly the Free Faculty of Theology ( no, Det teologiske menighetsfakultet) and MF Norwegian School of Theology, is an accr ...
in
Oslo
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. 1995–1998 he was president of the
International Organisation for the Study of the Old Testament. He is a member of the
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway.
History
The Royal Frederick Unive ...
and Knight First Class of the Royal Norwegian
Order of St. Olav.
He was a candidate in theology in 1956 and received his PhD in 1969 with a doctoral thesis on Zechariah 9-14. He was subsequently professor of Old Testament studies from 1970 to 1999, as well as
dean twice (1975–77 and 1988–90). He has edited the ''Biblia Hebraica Quinta'' series, and a number of English encyclopedias and reference books, as well as the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: A History of its Interpretation, (Göttingen).
Sæbø has also been active in revision of the Norwegian translation of the Bible, and contributed to the
Norwegian Bible Society
The Norwegian Bible Society ( Norwegian: ) is a Norwegian Christian foundation which translates, produces, and distributes the Bible in Norway. It is the official Bible society of Norway. The Norwegian Bible Society is organized as a publishi ...
from 1965 to 1991.
He resides at
Evje
Evje is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1877 until 1960. It was located in what is now the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Evje og Hornnes in the Setesdal valley of A ...
.
See also
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Biblia Hebraica Quinta
The ''Biblia Hebraica Quinta Editione'', abbreviated as BHQ or rarely BH5, is the fifth edition of the '' Biblia Hebraica'' and when complete will supersede the fourth edition, the ''Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia'' (BHS).
BHQ Fascicles and Edi ...
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References
1929 births
Living people
Translators of the Bible into Norwegian
Norwegian biblical scholars
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society faculty
Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
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