Dr Andrew Mein
Academic Editor
Biography
Andrew Mein joined the School of Divinity in 2020. He has degrees from Oxford (MA, DPhil) and Edinburgh (MTh). Previously he held posts at Durham University, Westcott House, Cambridge, and the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
His main research interests move between the theology and ethics of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in its ancient contexts and the later reception and interpretation of biblical texts. Particular areas of interest include the books of Ezekiel and Psalms, the Bible and warfare, vision and the visionary, and the Christian use of the Bible in liturgy, ethics and politics.
He has been editor of the Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies since 2004, and is a founding editor of the reception historical monograph series Scriptural Traces. He is co-chair of the SBL section on ?The Use, Influence and Impact of the Bible.?
Teaching
DI4711 Old Testament Special Topic: The Bible and War
Selected publications
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Biblical Scholarship at War, 1914-1918
Mein, A., 2019, The First World War and the Mobilization of Biblical Scholarship. Mein, A., MacDonald, N. & Collins, M. A. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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Psalms, Patriotism and Propaganda: A Favourite Book in Wartime Biblical Scholarship
Mein, A., 2019, The First World War and the Mobilization of Biblical Scholarship. Mein, A., MacDonald, N. & Collins, M. A. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, p. 163-185Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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The First World War and the Mobilization of Biblical Scholarship
Mein, A. (ed.), MacDonald, N. (ed.) & Collins, M. A. (ed.), 2019, London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark. (Scriptural Traces; vol. 15)Research output: Book/Report ? Book
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Ezekiel in Exclusive Inclusivity
Mein, A., 2018, In : Journal of Hebrew Scriptures. 18.1, p. 57-61 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Bishops, Baby-Killers and Broken Teeth: Psalm 58 and the Air War
Mein, A., 2017, In : Journal of the Bible and its Reception. 4, 2, p. 207-223 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Ezekiel: Structure Themes and Contested Issues
Mein, A., 2016, The Oxford Handbook of the Prophets. Sharp, C. J. (ed.). New York: Oxford University Press (OUP), p. 190-206 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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Concerning the Nations: Essays on the Oracles against the Nations in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
Mein, A. (ed.), Holt, E. K. (ed.) & KIm, H. C. P. (ed.), 2015, London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark.Research output: Book/Report ? Book
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The Wrong Kind of Island? Notes from a ?Scept?red Isle.?
Mein, A., 2015, Islands, Islanders and the Bible: RumiNations. Havea, J., Aymer, M. & Davidson, S. V. (eds.). Atlanta: SBL Press, p. 185-197Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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The armies of Gog, the merchants of Tarshish, and the British empire
Mein, A., 2014, In the Name of God: The Bible in the Colonial Discourse of Empire. Crouch, C. L. & Stökl, J. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 133-149 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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Ezekiel?s Awkward God: Atheism, Idolatry and the Via Negativa
Mein, A., 2013, In : Scottish Journal of Theology. 66, 3, p. 261-277 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article