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'This is a very insightful book, well written and balanced in its approach to Old Testament textual studies. There is recognition of the qualities of Old Testament scholars, but Albrektson challenges their foibles. ... simple and profound at one and the same time.' Theological Book Review

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Bertil Albrektson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1929 and took his doctor's degree at the University of Lund in 1963, having been a research student there and at Cambridge. He was Professor of Old Testament exegesis at Abo Academy in Finland 1967-76 and then moved back to his native Sweden, where he played a leading role in the Bible Translation Commission in Uppsala, which published the new official Swedish version of the Bible in 2001. Professor Albrektson is a member of several learned societies, among others the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala, of which he has been President, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. The Society for Old Testament Study in Britain made him an Honorary Member in 1983, and he has received honorary doctorates from Edinburgh University and Abo Academy. The British Academy awarded him the Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies in 2003.

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