John Van Seters

2.3k total citations
82 papers, 569 citations indexed

About

John Van Seters is a scholar working on Religious studies, Archeology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Van Seters has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 569 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Religious studies, 41 papers in Archeology and 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in John Van Seters's work include Biblical Studies and Interpretation (60 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (37 papers) and Historical and Linguistic Studies (23 papers). John Van Seters is often cited by papers focused on Biblical Studies and Interpretation (60 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (37 papers) and Historical and Linguistic Studies (23 papers). John Van Seters collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Ireland. John Van Seters's co-authors include J. J. M. Roberts, Susan Niditch, Joel S. Kaminsky, John Marks, Victor Avigdor Hurowitz, David Damrosch, Alan R. Schulman, Erhard Blum, Baruch Halpern and Nahum M. Sarna and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The American Historical Review and Journal of Biblical Literature.

In The Last Decade

John Van Seters

61 papers receiving 329 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Van Seters Canada	14	419	317	214	62	45	82	569
Mark S. Smith United States	15	415 1.0×	311 1.0×	213 1.0×	36 0.6×	64 1.4×	57	620
Karel van der Toorn Netherlands	13	251 0.6×	267 0.8×	125 0.6×	35 0.6×	41 0.9×	57	434
Harold W. Attridge United States	14	418 1.0×	248 0.8×	290 1.4×	56 0.9×	33 0.7×	55	575
Luke Timothy Johnson United States	14	593 1.4×	194 0.6×	408 1.9×	50 0.8×	41 0.9×	56	721
Carol Meyers United States	12	339 0.8×	222 0.7×	179 0.8×	34 0.5×	89 2.0×	53	510
Martin Hengel Germany	14	488 1.2×	273 0.9×	312 1.5×	51 0.8×	15 0.3×	78	596
Natalio Fernández Marcos Spain	4	282 0.7×	114 0.4×	200 0.9×	39 0.6×	28 0.6×	33	392
Michael Fishbane United States	14	470 1.1×	249 0.8×	306 1.4×	40 0.6×	57 1.3×	47	650
Joseph Blenkinsopp United States	14	434 1.0×	242 0.8×	236 1.1×	38 0.6×	87 1.9×	68	531
James L. Kugel United States	11	248 0.6×	182 0.6×	186 0.9×	34 0.5×	19 0.4×	38	361

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Seters, John Van. (2013). The Yahwist. Penn State University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

Seters, John Van. (2011). Two Stories of David Sparing Saul's Life in 1 Samuel 24 and 26: A Question of Priority. Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament. 25(1). 93–104. 1 indexed citations

Seters, John Van. (2009). The Biblical Saga of King David. Penn State University Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations

Seters, John Van. (2009). The Biblical Saga of King David. Penn State University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

Seters, John Van. (2006). The Edited Bible. Penn State University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Seters, John Van. (2003). The redactor in biblical studies : a nineteenth century anachronism. 29(1). 1–19. 2 indexed citations

Seters, John Van. (2003). A Law Book for the Diaspora: Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library).

Seters, John Van. (2003). The artistry of imitation as a means to the 'truth' in the story of David. Old Testament Essays. 16(1). 113–124.

Seters, John Van. (2003). From child sacrifice to paschal lamb : a remarkable transformation in Israelite religion. Old Testament Essays. 16(2). 453–463. 3 indexed citations

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Seters, John Van & Konrad Schmid. (2000). Erzvater und Exodus: Untersuchungen zur doppelten Begrundung der Ursprunge Israels innerhalb der Geschichtsbucher des Alten Testaments. Journal of Biblical Literature. 119(2). 341–341. 3 indexed citations

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Seters, John Van & Bernard M. Levinson. (1999). Deuteronomy and the Hermeneutics of Legal Innovation. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 119(3). 514–514. 1 indexed citations

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Seters, John Van & Susan Niditch. (1998). Oral World and Written Word: Ancient Israelite Literature. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 118(3). 436–436. 54 indexed citations

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Seters, John Van. (1996). The Law of the Hebrew Slave. Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. 108(4). 2 indexed citations

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Seters, John Van & Richard J. Friedman. (1984). The Poet and the Historian: Essays in Literary and Historical Biblical Criticism. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 104(4). 774–774. 5 indexed citations

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Seters, John Van & Abraham Malamat. (1982). The World History of the Jewish People. Journal of Biblical Literature. 101(2). 278–278. 2 indexed citations

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Seters, John Van. (1980). Tradition and social change in ancient Israel. 7(2). 96–113. 1 indexed citations

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Seters, John Van. (1971). Obadiah, A Critical Exegetical Commentary JOHN D.W. WATTS Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans 1969. 78. $3.50. Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 1(3). 262–262. 1 indexed citations

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Seters, John Van, et al.. (1970). The Date and Origin of the Priestly Code in the Old Testament. Journal of Biblical Literature. 89(1). 94–94. 1 indexed citations

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Seters, John Van. (1968). The Problem of Childlessness in near Eastern Law and the Patriarchs of Israel. Journal of Biblical Literature. 87(4). 401–401. 9 indexed citations

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Seters, John Van. (1964). A Date for the 'Admonitions' in the Second Intermediate Period. The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 50. 13–13. 2 indexed citations

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