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Martin Ehrensvärd

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Martin Ehrensvärd (b. 1967) holds a PhD in Semitic philology and has been a lecturer in Biblical Exegesis at the University of Copenhagen since 2012. His research focuses on the linguistic dating of Hebrew biblical texts and textual criticism, a line of inquiry he has pursued since 1996. He served as Hebrew translator and Old Testament editor on the 2020 Danish Bible, and is now lead translator of the five Books of Moses for the forthcoming authorised Bible 2036.

120
citations on ResearchGate
2036
target year for the Bible 2036 project, which Ehrensvärd is the lead translator on

What's new

  • 2026-05

    Ehrensvärd participated in the public debate about the upcoming Bible translation with a contribution on kirke.dk about the translation principles for Bible 2036.

  • 2025-09

    Ehrensvärd published an article in Kritisk Forum for Praktisk Teologi (no. 175, pp. 54-71) about Bible translation.

  • 2025-05

    The Bible Society published the first sample translations for Bible 2036, including the Book of Genesis translated by Ehrensvärd.

  • 2025-03

    Ehrensvärd demonstrated live translation from Hebrew at the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, in the event 'Bible Translator for a Day'.

  • 2024

    Ehrensvärd was co-author of a peer-reviewed dataset paper about the Samaritan Pentateuch in Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Tracks

Bibelen 2020 (GT-oversætter og -redaktør)Ehrensvärd was a Hebrew translator and OT editor on the latest Danish Bible translation
Første Mosebog (nudansk, 2014)Modern Danish translation of the Book of Genesis, published by the Bible Society
Prædikerens Bog (nudansk)Ehrensvärd translated Ecclesiastes into modern Danish for the Bible Society
Første Mosebog - Bibelen 2036 (prøveoversættelse, 2025)First trial translation for the forthcoming authorized Bible 2036, published May 2025

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