Markus Witte
Markus Witte (* 1964 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German Protestant theologian .
Life
He studied Protestant theology, Jewish and ancient Near Eastern studies at the universities of Frankfurt am Main, Erlangen and Marburg , graduating with the First Theological Examination (1990). After receiving his doctorate in 1993 as Dr. theol. In Marburg he had a teaching position for the Old Testament from 1995 to 1996 at the Faculty of Cultural Studies at the University of Bayreuth . After his habilitation in 1997 for the subject of the Old Testament and private lecturer in Marburg, he completed the vicariate in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau from 1997 to 1998 , graduating with the second theological exam; Ordination (2002). From 1998 to 2000 he held the chair in the Protestant Theology department at the University of Frankfurt am Main. From 2000 to 2001 he was a Heisenberg fellow of the German Research Foundation . From 2001 to 2009 he taught as a university professor at Goethe University . Since 2009 he has been a university professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin ; In addition, he headed the Institute for Church and Judaism from 2010 to 2015 .
His research and work focus are the literary history of the Old Testament with a special focus on wisdom literature and non-Canonical Jewish-Hellenistic literature, theology and anthropology of the Old Testament, the history of research into the Old Testament and Hebraistics .
Fonts (selection)
- From suffering to teaching. The third speech (Job 21-27) and the editorial history of the Book of Job . Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-11-014375-5 .
- Philological notes to Job 21-27 . Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-11-014656-8 .
- The biblical prehistory. Editorial and theological history observations on Genesis 1,1 - 11,26 . Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-11-016209-1 .
- Jesus Christ in the Old Testament. A biblical-theological sketch . Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-643-50535-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Markus Witte in the catalog of the German National Library
- Prof. Dr. Markus Witte
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Witte, Markus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |