Ellen van Wolde

Ellen van Wolde
Photograph of Ellen van Wolde
Ellen van Wolde
Born1954 (1954)
NationalityDutch
OccupationBiblical scholar

Ellen José van Wolde (born 1954) is a Dutch biblical scholar. In her research she focuses mainly on the Hebrew Bible, applying achievements of semiotics and linguistics. She became known to the general public mainly through her oration (2009) on the first three sentences of the book of Genesis. Since the summer of 2021 she is Emeritus Professor at the Radboud University Nijmegen.