
Lotta Valve
University Lecturer
University lecturer in Classical languages and Biblical Studies, DTh, Head of Degree Programme
School of Theology, Philosophical Faculty
[email protected] | +358 50 598 3293
My research interests focus on the prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible (dissertation in 2014 on the Book of Malachi) and tradition history of the Hebrew Bible. Other fields of interest are reception history of the Bible in Second Temple Judaism and in the New Testament. I am also interested in the reception and influence of the Bible in more modern times, for example in art and literature. My overall interest thus lies in the diachronic survey of the Bible in the broadest sense.
Publications
”The Enigma of the Parable of the Automatic Seed (Mark 4:26-29)” pp. 145–156 in Lauri Thurén, Antti Kyytsönen & Katri Antin (eds), Parables as Persuasive Devices: Towards a New Era in Parable Research, WUNT/II, 633, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2025.
“Deviant Behavior in the Elijah-Elisha Cycle and Its Reception” pp. 3–20 in Guido Baltes, Lukas Bormann & Martin Meiser (eds.), Understanding Abnormalities in Biblical Figures. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 11, Network for the Study of the Reception History of the Bible, Åbo Akademi University 2022.
“Elijah, Elisha, and other ‘Prophets’ in Hebrews 11:33–38” pp. 65–82 in Anssi Voitila, Niilo Lahti, Mikael Sundkvist & Lotta Valve (eds.), From Text to Persuasion: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Lauri Thurén on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday. Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society 123, Helsinki: Finnish Exegetical Society 2021.
“Isaiah 61 in Reception: Elijah and Elisha in Luke 4” pp. 232–249 in Pekka Lindqvist & Lotta Valve (eds.), Herald of Good Tidings: Essays on the Bible, Prophecy, and the Hope of Israel in Honour of Antti Laato. Hebrew Bible Monographs 97, Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press 2021.
“Water in the Life of Adam and Eve” pp. 131–142 in Antti Laato & Lotta Valve (eds), Life of Adam and Eve: Using Jewish Traditions and Confronting Gnostic Reversed Exegesis. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 9, Network for the Study of the Reception History of the Bible, Åbo Akademi University 2019.
“God’s Presence and Theophany in the Life of Adam and Eve” pp. 93–108 in Antti Laato & Lotta Valve (eds), Life of Adam and Eve: Using Jewish Traditions and Confronting Gnostic Reversed Exegesis. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 9, Network for the Study of the Reception History of the Bible, Åbo Akademi University 2019.
“The ‘Wooing of Rebekah’ and the Methodological Rift between Tradition History and Reception History” pp. 81–96 in Lukas Bormann (ed.), Abraham’s Family: A Network of Meaning in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 415, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2018.
(& Antti Laato), “Understanding the Story of Adam and Eve in Three Abrahamic Religions” pp. 1–36 in Antti Laato & Lotta Valve (eds), Adam and Eve Story in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Perspectives. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 8, Turku & Winona Lake, IN: Åbo Akademi University & Eisenbrauns 2017.
”Elijah, the Servant, and Phinehas: The Exegetical Tradition behind Ben Sira’s Portrayal of Elijah’s Coming (Sir 48:10–11)”pp. 1 –30 in Pekka Lindqvist & Sven Grebenstein (eds), Take Another Scroll and Write: Studies in the Interpretive Afterlife of Prophets and Prophecy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 6, Turku & Winona Lake, IN: Åbo Akademi University & Eisenbrauns 2016.
“The Lord Elijah in the Temple as in Malachi 3.1: ‘Overkilling’ Elijah Traditions in Luke 2” pp. 144–159 in Mogens Müller & Jesper Tang Nielsen (eds), Luke’s Literary Creativity. London, New York etc.: Bloomsbury 2016.
(& Antti Laato), “Understanding the Story of Adam and Eve in the Second Temple Period” pp. 1–29 in Antti Laato & Lotta Valve (eds), Adam and Eve Story in the Hebrew Bible and in Ancient Jewish Writings Including the New Testament. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 7, Turku & Winona Lake, IN: Åbo Akademi University & Eisenbrauns 2016.
Early Modes of Exegesis: Ideal Figures in Malachi as a Test Case. Diss., Turku: Åbo Akademi University Press 2014.
“Moses and Elijah at Horeb and at the End of Malachi” pp. 101–121 in Erkki Koskenniemi & J. Cornelis de Vos (eds), Holy Places and Cult. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 5, Turku & Winona Lake, IN: Åbo Akademi University & Eisenbrauns 2014.
“The Case of Messenger-Elijah: The Origins of the Final Appendix to Malachi (3:23–24)” pp. 93–103 in H. M. Niemann & M. Augustin (eds), “My Spirit at Rest in the North Country” (Zechariah 6.8): Collected Communications to the XXth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, Helsinki 2010. BEATAJ 57, Frankfurt a.M. etc.: Lang, 2011.
”Typological Use of Traditions of the Jacob Cycle in the Book of Malachi” pp. 27–46 in Erkki Koskenniemi & Pekka Lindqvist (eds), Rewritten Biblical Figures. Studies in Rewritten Bible 3, Turku & Winona Lake, IN: Åbo Akademi University & Eisenbrauns 2010.
Publications
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Deviant Behavior in the Elijah-Elisha Cycle and Its Reception
Valve, Lotta. Teoksessa: Baltes, Guido; Bormann, Lukas; Meiser, Martin(toim.) , 2022. Understanding Abnormalities in Biblical Figures. s. 3-20. Network for the Study of the Reception History of the Bible A4 Conference proceedings -
Elijah, Elisha, and other "Prophets" in Hebrews 11:33-38
Valve, Lotta. Teoksessa: Voitila, Anssi; Lahti, Niilo; Sundkvist, Mikael; Valve, Lotta(toim.) , 2021. From Text to Persuasion: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Lauri Thurén on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday. s. 65 - 82. Suomen eksegeettinen seura A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
From Text to Persuasion: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Lauri Thurén on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday
Voitila, Anssi; Lahti, Niilo; Sundkvist, Mikael; Valve, Lotta. 2021. Publications of the Finnish exegetical society. . Suomen eksegeettinen seura C2 Edited book, conference proceedings or special issue of a journal -
Herald of Good Tidings: Essays on the Bible, Prophecy, and the Hope of Israel in Honour of Antti Laato
Lindqvist, Pekka; Valve, Lotta. 2021. Hebrew Bible Monographs. . Sheffield phoenix press C2 Edited book, conference proceedings or special issue of a journal -
Isaiah 61 in Reception: Elijah and Elisha in Luke 4
Valve, Lotta. Teoksessa: Lindqvist, Pekka; Valve, Lotta(toim.) , 2021. Herald of Good Tidings: Essays on the Bible, Prophecy, and the Hope of Israel in Honour of Antti Laato. s. 232-249. Sheffield phoenix press A3 Book section, Chapters in research books