Prof. Dr. Louis Cloete Jonker, distinguished professor of Hebrew Bible and Old Testament at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, was awarded the prestigious Georg Forster Research Award in 2023. Within the framework of the research award, he will be able to spend several months of research at the Ruhr-University Bochum from 2024–2026 to conduct a project on the literary history of the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods with his host Prof. Dr. Christian Frevel.

Further information: Prof. Dr. Louis Cloete Jonker - Profil - Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (humboldt-foundation.de), Homepage: Prof. Louis Jonker (sun.ac.za).