Francis Andersen | |
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Born | Francis Ian Andersen 28 July 1925 Warwick, Queensland, Australia |
Died | 13 May 2020 Melbourne, Australia | (aged 94)
Occupation | Professor of Studies in Religion |
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Children | 5 |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Queensland |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biblical studies |
Sub-discipline | OT studies |
Institutions | Macquarie University University of Queensland Fuller Theological Seminary |
Main interests | Biblical studies, Hebrew, Archaeology |
Notable works | Job: an introduction and commentary |
Notable ideas | Computer-assisted corpus linguistics |
Francis Ian Andersen (28 July 1925 – 13 May 2020) was an Australian scholar in the fields of biblical studies and Hebrew. Together with A. Dean Forbes (full name Alfred Dean Forbes, born 1941), he pioneered the use of computers for the analysis of biblical Hebrew syntax. He taught Old Testament, History, and Religious Studies at various institutions in Australia and the United States, including Macquarie University, the University of Queensland, and Fuller Theological Seminary. His published works include the Tyndale commentary on Job, and Anchor Bible commentaries on Hosea, Amos, Habakkuk and Micah, and over 90 papers (some as co-author).