Karel van der Toorn

Karel van der Toorn (born 8 March 1956 in The Hague)^[1] is a Dutch scholar of ancient religions. From 2006 to 2011 he was chairman of the Board at the University of Amsterdam, where he was a professor from 1998 until he became the chairman.^{[citation needed]}

Karel van der Toorn
Karel van der Toorn (2021)
Born	8 March 1956 The Hague, Netherlands
Awards	Commander of the French National Order of Merit
Academic work
Discipline	ancient religions
Institutions	University of Amsterdam Utrecht University Leiden University
Notable works	Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible

Van der Toorn previously taught at Utrecht University and Leiden University. In 2012 he was made a Commander of the French National Order of Merit.^[2]

Works

• Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible; co-editor. 1995, 1999.
• Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible. Cambridge, Mass., 2007, Harvard University Press ISBN 978-0-674-03254-5
• Becoming Diaspora Jews: Behind the Story of Elephantine. New Haven, Conn., 2019, Yale University Press ISBN 978-0300243512.