Alexander Wedderburn (theologian)
Alexander John Maclagan Wedderburn (born April 30, 1942 in Edinburgh , † March 31, 2018 in Munich ) was a Scottish Reformed theologian .
Life
Alexander Wedderburn studied theology in Oxford and Edinburgh and received his doctorate in Cambridge . He then completed various research stays in Heidelberg and Göttingen and subsequently became a lecturer at St. Andrews University in Scotland. In 1990 he started a position at Durham University . From 1994 to 2006 he held a professorship for the New Testament at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. He retired in 2006.
Alexander Wedderburn lived and worked in Munich despite an illness.
Research priorities
Theological research focuses on:
- Paul and the Greco-Roman environment of Paul and the New Testament
- Paul and Jesus
- The Acts of the Apostles and the History of Earliest Christianity
- The interpretation of the death of Jesus in the New Testament
- Jesus and the Historiography
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexander Wedderburn in the catalog of the German National Library
- History of the chair
- List of his publications
- Obituary for Prof. Dr. Alexander JM Wedderburn on evtheol.uni-muenchen.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Alexander Wedderburn obituary , Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 7, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wedderburn, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wedderburn, Alexander John Maclagan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish Reformed Theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 2018 |
| Place of death | Munich |