---
title: "Douglas Mangum — author profile and papers"
description: "Douglas Mangum, University of the Free State: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2018–2022), h-index 2 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…"
canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/douglas-mangum/"
---
[Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/douglas-mangum/)

[home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Douglas Mangum

# Douglas Mangum

Douglas Mangum has 2 papers in our library, in 2018–2022, most of them on [Ancient Greek](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/ancient-greek/), [Hebrew & Aramaic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/hebrew-aramaic/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/).

2 papers in our library · 2018–2022

current affiliation [University of the Free State](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-the-free-state/), Bloemfontein, South Africa

[OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5038536252) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9268-8070) · [**h-index 2**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5038536252) · [6 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5038536252) · [6 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5038536252&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14

[2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/douglas-mangum/#papers) · [⭐ Paper Star rank #5078](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/51/#star-5078)

The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart.

Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Douglas+Mangum) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Douglas+Mangum) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Douglas+Mangum) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Douglas+Mangum)

## Affiliations

- [University of the Free State](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-the-free-state/) · Bloemfontein, South Africa —current · 2018–2022 on 3 papers

From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine.

## Topics

[Ancient Greek 2](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/ancient-greek/) · [Hebrew & Aramaic 2](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/hebrew-aramaic/) · [Semitic languages 2](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Idioms & multiword expressions 1](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/)

## Works by year

### 2020s

[**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hbo-2022-mangum-bashal-hepso-really-mean-boil/)

### 2010s

[**2018** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mangum-2018-biblical-hebrew-idiom-lift-face/)

## Papers

The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library).

1. **[The Biblical Hebrew idiom ‘lift the face’ in the Septuagint of Job](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mangum-2018-biblical-hebrew-idiom-lift-face/)** *(2018 · 2 citations)* Idioms are hard to translate because their meaning cannot be reliably assembled from their words. Mangum asks how ancient translators dealt with the Biblical Hebrew idiom "lift the face" (nasa panim). Its meaning ranges from proper respect and acceptance to improper favouritism, and context decides which reading…
2. **[Do Bashal and Hepsō really mean 'boil'? A preliminary study in the semantics of biblical Hebrew and Septuagint Greek](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hbo-2022-mangum-bashal-hepso-really-mean-boil/)** *(2022)* A short lexical study asking whether the root בשׁל (piel/pual) means "boil" or simply "cook", and whether the Septuagint's ἕψω means the same.