Andreas Scherer (theologian)

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Andreas Scherer (* 1967 ) is a German Protestant theologian . Since 2007 he has been a Hebrew lecturer at the Institute for Old Testament at the University of Hamburg .

Life

From 1987 to 1994 he studied Protestant theology in Münster , Heidelberg , Tübingen and Bochum . From 1994 to 2007 he held various positions at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum , where he obtained his doctorate in the Old Testament in 1998 and his habilitation in 2004.

His main research interests are the Hebrew language and the Old Testament, wisdom literature (especially Proverbia and Job), poetry, Deuteronomic history (especially the Book of Judges), prophecy and the religious history of Israel.

Publications (selection)

  • The wise word and its effect. An investigation into the composition and editing of Proverbia 10.1-22.16 (= Scientific Monographs on the Old and New Testament , Volume 83). Neukirchener Verl., Neukirchen-Vluyn 1999, ISBN 3-7887-1718-1 (also dissertation, Bochum 1998).
  • as editor with Winfried Thiel and Peter Mommer : Henning Graf Reventlow . The peculiarity of belief in Yahweh. Contributions to the theology and religious history of the Old Testament (= Biblical-Theological Studies , Volume 66). Neukirchener Verl., Neukirchen-Vluyn 2004, ISBN 3-7887-2068-9 .
  • as editor with Simone Pottmann and Peter Mommer: Interpretation of history. Studies on the history of Israel and its theological interpretation in the Old Testament (= Biblical-Theological Studies , Volume 71). Neukirchener Verl., Neukirchen-Vluyn 2005, ISBN 3-7887-2089-1 .
  • Tradition of religion and war. Exegetical and religious-historical studies on Judges 3-8 and related texts (= Scientific Monographs on the Old and New Testament , Volume 105). Neukirchener Verl., Neukirchen-Vluyn 2005, ISBN 3-7887-2067-0 (also habilitation thesis, Bochum 2004).
  • Annoying comfort. A walk through the Eliphas speeches in the Book of Job (= Biblical-Theological Studies , Volume 98). Neukirchener Verl., Neukirchen-Vluyn 2008, ISBN 3-7887-2333-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Scherer, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1967