Dr Michael Lyons
Senior Lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew Bible
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 2845
- mal26@st-andrews.ac.uk
Biography
Michael Lyons joined the School of Divinity in 2018. He received his doctorate in Hebrew and Semitic Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005.
Teaching
DI1004 Introduction to the Hebrew Language
DI2001 Old Testament 2: Wisdom, Psalms, Apocalyptic and Apocryphal Literature
DI4726 Hebrew Readings
DI5105 Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
DI5231 Prophetic Literature
Research areas
The main focus of my research is how and why ancient Israelite and Second Temple-period authors used earlier texts. This project includes the definition of “quotation” and “allusion,” the consideration of text-referencing from the standpoints of production vs. reception, the development of criteria for identifying the direction of dependence, the creation of a typology of techniques of and motives for text-referencing, the identification of the function of text-referencing (rhetorical, structural, aesthetic, etc.) in specific texts, the identification of constraints on technique or function, and investigation into social factors associated with text-referencing (e.g., audience literacy; attitudes toward text; scribal culture; identity formation). My research aims to provide insight into the use, nature, production, and function of scripture in the Second Temple period and early Judaism and Christianity.
PhD supervision
- Ryan Brady
- Tessa Hayashida
- Sofia Howard
- Jonathan Hunter
- Nicholas Mariakis
- Emily Page
- Keith Pinckney Jr
- Rainer Thiessen
- Erik Yeary
Selected publications
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Open access
Lyons, M. A., 23 Jan 2023, In: Biblische Zeitschrift. 67, 1, p. 123-138 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Lyons, M. A., 24 Dec 2021, In: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. 46, 2, p. 161-176 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lyons, M. A. (Editor) & Stromberg, J. (Editor), 13 Aug 2021, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. 413 p. (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe; vol. 554)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
Lyons, M. A., 2017, Ezekiel: Current Debates and Future Directions. Tooman, W. A. & Barter, P. (eds.). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, p. 138-152 (Forschungen zum Alten Testament; vol. 112).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Lyons, M. A., 2016, The Formation of the Pentateuch: Bridging the Academic Cultures of Europe, Israel, and North America. Gertz, J. C., Levinson, B. M., Rom-Shiloni, D. & Schmid, K. (eds.). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, p. 1055-1074 (Forschungen zum Alten Testament; vol. 111).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Lyons, M. A., 31 Jul 2014, ‘I Lifted My Eyes and Saw’: Reading Dream and Vision Reports in the Hebrew Bible. Hayes, E. R. & Tiemeyer, L.-S. (eds.). London; New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, p. 71-83 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies; vol. 584).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Lyons, M. A., 20 Dec 2012, Reading Job Intertextually. Dell, K. J. & Kynes, W. (eds.). Bloomsbury T&T Clark, p. 169-177 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies; vol. 574).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Lyons, M. A. (Editor) & Tooman, W. A. (Editor), 2010, Eugene: Pickwick Publications (Wipf and Stock Publishers).
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Lyons, M. A., 2009, New York: T&T Clark. (LHBOTS; vol. 507)
Research output: Book/Report › Book