Селезнёв Михаил Георгиевич

Responsibilities

Moderator of the “Religion and Power” Seminar

Education and Degrees

2023

Doctor of Sciences*

1986

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Philology
Lomonosov Moscow State University

1982

Degree in Structural and applied linguistics
Lomonosov Moscow State University

* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.

* Doctor of Sciences
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.

Professional Interests

Ancient Near (Middle) East, languages, cultures Classical Hebrew Hebrew Bible/Old Testament New Testament Septuagint

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2024

Courses (2024/2025)

Ancient Hebrew Language and Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Can a history of Ancient Israel be written? (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Genesis and Structure of the New Testament Corpus (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
Genesis and Structure of the New Testament Corpus (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
Genesis and structure of the Old Testament corpus (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Hebrew Bible and the World of Hellenistic Judaism (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
Mentor’s Seminar Septuagint and Hellenistic Judaism in cross-cultural perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
Research Seminar "Exegesis of the Hebrew Bible" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Past Courses

Timetable for today

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Conferences

2018
«Die Septuaginta. Themen – Manuskripte – Wirkungen» (Wuppertal). Presentation: «Βασιλεύς and ἄρχων in the Septuagint»
«Greek expanded, Greek transformed: The Vocabulary of the Septuagint and the Cultural World of the Translators» (Оксфорд). Presentation: «On the Usage of στερέωμα in the LXX, with an Appendix on the Non-Usage of στερέωμα in Περὶ ὕψους»
5t International Conference Theology of the Septuagint «Law and Justice» (Фессалоники). Presentation: «Between νόμος Μωυσέως and Σόλωνος νόμοι: grammatical number of νόμος in the LXX»
«Language contact and translation in religious context. Comparative approaches» (Париж). Presentation: «Metaphors they lived by: the metaphors of the Hebrew Bible in the Old Greek and modern Russian translations»
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 2018 (Denver). Presentation: The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings and the Arithmetic of the Ancient Scribes
«Евангелие от Матфея: исторический и теологический контекст» (Москва). Presentation: “Theology of the Septuagint” and the place of the Septuagint in theological development of the Second Temple Judaism

2017
Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting 2017 (Berlin). Presentation: Nomos and Nomoi in the LXX, and Jer 38:33 LXX

2016
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 2016 (San Antonio). Presentation: The Greek Bible through the Lenses of “Pagan” Vocabulary and Cosmology

2015
“Christ of the Sacred Stories” (Belgrade ). Presentation: Christ of the Psalms’ Story

Employment history

Mikhail Seleznev has been at HSE since 2017.

Mikhail Seleznev

Responsibilities

Education and Degrees

Professional Interests

Awards and Accomplishments

Courses (2024/2025)

Courses (2023/2024)

Courses (2022/2023)

Courses (2021/2022)

Courses (2020/2021)

Timetable for today

Conferences

Employment history