Anneli Aejmelaeus | |
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Born |
Mikkeli, Finland | September 18, 1948
Citizenship | Finnish |
Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
Anneli Pirjo Marjukka Aejmelaeus (née Halonen, b.) (September 18, 1948 in Mikkeli) [1] [2] is professor emerita of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Culture and Literature in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki, and is the vice-director of the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence "Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions". [3] Before this, she held from 1991 to 2009 the position of Professor of Old Testament and Septuagint Research in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Göttingen. [4] In addition, from 1993 to 2000, Aejmelaeus was the Director of the research institute "Septuaginta-Unternehmen" at the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. [2]