Jan De Waard

Jan de Waard received his PhD from the University of Leiden in 1965. In addition to his career as a translation specialist of the United Bible Societies in Africa and Europe, he has been teaching Old Testament in the University of Strasbourg and is Professor Emeritus in the Free University of Amsterdam. He has published many books, including "A Handbook on Isaiah" and "A Handbook on Jeremiah" in the "Textual Criticism and the Translator" series (Eisenbrauns). He also was responsible for the...See more

Jan de Waard received his PhD from the University of Leiden in 1965. In addition to his career as a translation specialist of the United Bible Societies in Africa and Europe, he has been teaching Old Testament in the University of Strasbourg and is Professor Emeritus in the Free University of Amsterdam. He has published many books, including "A Handbook on Isaiah" and "A Handbook on Jeremiah" in the "Textual Criticism and the Translator" series (Eisenbrauns). He also was responsible for the publication of "Ruth" in the "Biblia Hebraica Quinta: General Introduction and Megilloth" fascicle (German Bible Society). See less