Jan Joosten (biblical scholar), Date of Birth

Jan Joosten (biblical scholar)

professor

Date of Birth: 17-May-1959

Profession: biblical scholar

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jan Joosten (born 17 May 1959 in Ekeren, Belgium) is a Belgian biblical scholar.
Since 2014, he has been Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford.
He was previously Professor of the Old Testament at the University of Strasbourg.
He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature. Joosten finished his studies in 1981 in Brussels.
His areas of interest are the Septuagint, Syriac versions of the Bible, a biblical manuscript found at Qumran, and the Diatessaron.