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Dirk Obbink, whose ancestors came from the Dutch-speaking region who immigrated to the U.S., studied English (to BA), then Classical Studies and Papyrology at the University of Nebraska (to MA). At Stanford University he became in 1986 with a dissertation on the treatise "On the piety of the Greek philosophers Philodem for Ph. D. After an assistant professorship at Columbia University in New York in 1995 he appointed to Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek literature, of the Faculty of Classics at Oxford University and head of the Oxyrhynchus papyri project. In addition, he has since 2003 Ludwig Koenen Collegiate Professor of Papyrology at the University of Michigan. |
Dirk Obbink, whose ancestors came from the Dutch-speaking region who immigrated to the U.S., studied English (to BA), then Classical Studies and Papyrology at the University of Nebraska (to MA). At Stanford University he became in 1986 with a dissertation on the treatise "On the piety of the Greek philosophers Philodem for Ph. D. After an assistant professorship at Columbia University in New York in 1995 he appointed to Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek literature, of the Faculty of Classics at Oxford University and head of the Oxyrhynchus papyri project. In addition, he has since 2003 Ludwig Koenen Collegiate Professor of Papyrology at the University of Michigan. |
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In 2001, Obbink received the MacArthur Fellowship for his work on the papyri from Oxyrhynchus and Herculaneum. In May 2007 awarded him the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven awarded him an honorary doctorate. |
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Obbink has been established by a revolutionary and exemplary edition of the writing of philosophers Philodem About piety as one of the leading Papyrologen in the area of Greek language and is one of the employees of Philodemus Project. In the edition he has mostly charred and therefore extremely difficult to decipher and to be reconstructed papyrus scrolls from Herculaneum merged into a convincing whole. At Oxford, he is working on the Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Since 1999 he is one to decipher papyri from the multi-spectral imaging (MSI) technology. From the work on the Philodem papyri he devoted more work out of Hellenistic philosophy. Obbink is working on other papyri such as the Derveni papyrus and those from the fields of ancient magic and astrology. Lastly Obbink has written a critical text edition of the astrological poem submitted to the Anubion. |
Obbink has been established by a revolutionary and exemplary edition of the writing of philosophers Philodem About piety as one of the leading Papyrologen in the area of Greek language and is one of the employees of Philodemus Project. In the edition he has mostly charred and therefore extremely difficult to decipher and to be reconstructed papyrus scrolls from Herculaneum merged into a convincing whole. At Oxford, he is working on the Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Since 1999 he is one to decipher papyri from the multi-spectral imaging (MSI) technology. From the work on the Philodem papyri he devoted more work out of Hellenistic philosophy. Obbink is working on other papyri such as the Derveni papyrus and those from the fields of ancient magic and astrology. Lastly Obbink has written a critical text edition of the astrological poem submitted to the Anubion. |
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Professor Dirk Obbink (born 1957 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American-born papyrologist and Hellenist.
Biography
Dirk Obbink, whose ancestors came from the Dutch-speaking region who immigrated to the U.S., studied English (to BA), then Classical Studies and Papyrology at the University of Nebraska (to MA). At Stanford University he became in 1986 with a dissertation on the treatise "On the piety of the Greek philosophers Philodem for Ph. D. After an assistant professorship at Columbia University in New York in 1995 he appointed to Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek literature, of the Faculty of Classics at Oxford University and head of the Oxyrhynchus papyri project. In addition, he has since 2003 Ludwig Koenen Collegiate Professor of Papyrology at the University of Michigan.
In 2001, Obbink received the MacArthur Fellowship for his work on the papyri from Oxyrhynchus and Herculaneum. In May 2007 awarded him the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Obbink has been established by a revolutionary and exemplary edition of the writing of philosophers Philodem About piety as one of the leading Papyrologen in the area of Greek language and is one of the employees of Philodemus Project. In the edition he has mostly charred and therefore extremely difficult to decipher and to be reconstructed papyrus scrolls from Herculaneum merged into a convincing whole. At Oxford, he is working on the Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Since 1999 he is one to decipher papyri from the multi-spectral imaging (MSI) technology. From the work on the Philodem papyri he devoted more work out of Hellenistic philosophy. Obbink is working on other papyri such as the Derveni papyrus and those from the fields of ancient magic and astrology. Lastly Obbink has written a critical text edition of the astrological poem submitted to the Anubion.
Select publications
- Alan K. Bowman (Author, Editor), R.A. Coles (Editor), N. Gonis (Editor), Dirk Obbink (Editor), Peter John Parsons (Editor), Oxyrhynchus: A City and Its Texts Egypt Exploration Society (2007) ISBN-10: 085698177X
- Christopher A. Faraone (Editor), Dirk Obbink (Editor) Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion OUP USA (1997) ISBN-10: 0195111400
- Marcello Gigante and Dirk Obbink Philodemus in Italy: The Books from Herculaneum (The Body in Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism) The University of Michigan Press (2002) ISBN-10: 0472089080
- Dirk Obbink, Philodemus and Poetry: Poetic Theory and Practice in Lucretius, Philodemus, and Horace Oxford University Press USA (1995) ISBN-10: 0195088158* dirk obbink, Anubio: Carmen Astrologicum Elegiacum (Bibliotheca Teubneriana) K G Saur Verlag (2003) ISBN-10: 3598712286
- T. V. Evans (Editor), D. D. Obbink (Editor) The Language of the Papyri Oxford University Press (2009) ISBN-10: 0199237085
- A.E. Raubitschek (Author), Dirk Obbink (Editor), Paul A.Vander Waerdt (Editor), The School of Hellas: Essays on Greek History, Archaeology and Literature Oxford University Press Inc (1991) ISBN-10: 0195056914
- Dirk Obbink, Philodemus On Piety: Part 1, Critical Text with Commentary: Critical Text with Commentary Pt.1 Clarendon Press (1996) ISBN-10: 0198150083
- Jean-Jacques Aubert (Contributor), Roger S. Bagnall (Editor), Dirk D. Obbink (Editor) Columbia Papyri X (American Studies in Papyrology) American Society of Papyrologists (1996) ISBN-10: 0788502751
- N. Gonis (Editor), Dirk Obbink (Editor), P. J. Parsons (Editor) Oxyrhynchus Papyri 68 (4639-4704) (Graeco-Roman Memoirs) Egypt Exploration Society (2003) ISBN-10: 0856981427
- N. Gonis (Editor), Dirk Obbink (Editor), D. Colombo (Editor) Oxyrhynchus Papyri: v. 69 (Graeco-Roman Memoirs) Egypt Exploration Society (2005) ISBN-10: 0856981435
- N. Gonis (Author), Dirk Obbink (Author) Oxyrhynchus Papyri: Pt. 73 (Graeco-Roman Memoirs) Egypt Exploration Society (2009) ISBN-10: 0856981826
- John T. Fitzgerald (Author, Editor), Dirk Obbink (Author), Glenn Stanfield Holland (Author), et al Philodemus and the New Testament World (Novum Testamentum Supplements) Brill (2003) ISBN-10: 9004114602