Annette M. Böckler

Annette Mirjam Böckler (born June 26, 1966 in Remscheid ) has been Head of Judaism at the Zurich Institute for Interreligious Dialogue since May 2017 . From April 2007 to April 2017 she was librarian and lecturer in the Bible and Jewish liturgy at Leo Baeck College in London .

biography

After studying Protestant theology in Tübingen, Bern, Bonn and Wuppertal, Annette M. Böckler passed her first theological exam in March 1993 and was accepted into the church preparatory service as a vicar on April 1, 1993. In March 1995 she passed the second theological exam of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland. In 1996 she was accepted into the church service as a pastor. On February 2, 1997, she was ordained as pastor of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland (EKiR) in the parish Unterbarmen- Mitte (Wuppertal) . Until September 1998 she worked full-time at the Church University of Wuppertal , at times as a vicariate assistant. On October 1, 1998, she was dismissed from the church service (last position: "Pastor in auxiliary service with a special scientific assignment"). In February 2000 she completed her doctorate in the Old Testament at the Church of Wuppertal University on "God as Father" (Gütersloh 2nd edition 2002). In 2001 she converted to Judaism . From 2000 to 2002 she headed the office of the Jüdische Verlagsanstalt Berlin , from 2003 to 2004 she was a research assistant at the Rabbinical Seminar Abraham-Geiger-Kolleg , Potsdam, where she taught Hebrew, Talmud and Jewish liturgy. From 2004 to 2007 she was a research assistant for the Bible and Jewish interpretation of the Bible at the University for Jewish Studies in Heidelberg . Her areas of work are the literary analysis of biblical texts, the reception of the Bible in the Jewish liturgy and the literary analysis of the Jewish prayer book .

She is the translator of the Seder haTefillot prayer book (Gütersloh 1997). She also translated other liturgical texts, such as the Haggadah , ed. by Michael Shire and Birkat Hamason . She translated and edited the Torah commentary by Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut (Gütersloh 1999-2004, new edition 2008). She was editor of the Jewish calendar Through the Jewish Year , which has been published by the Jewish Publishing House Berlin since 2001 . She has served as a Chasanit in various liberal and conservative communities since 2004 .

Scientific publications (selection)

• God as Father in the Old Testament. Traditional historical research into the origin and development of an image of God. 472 pages, Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2002, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-579-02664-X
• Jewish worship. Essence and structure. Jüdische Verlagsanstalt Berlin, Berlin 2002. ISBN 3-934658-19-9
• The Torah: The Five Books of Moses after the translation by Moses Mendelssohn. With the prophet readings in the appendix. Edited and revised by Annette M. Böckler, Jüdische Verlagsanstalt Berlin, Berlin 2004, 3rd edition, ISBN 3-934658-10-5
• Does God Guilty When A Righteous One Stumbles? On the Jewish and Christian exegesis of Ez III, 20. In: Vetus Testamentum. 48: 437-452 (1998)
• No paternal chastisement! On the exegesis of Prov 3.12b. In: Biblical Notes. 96: 12-18 (1999)
• Did we lie or were we hard of hearing? On the history of the text and the meaning of the Ashamnu prayer. In: Frankfurt Judaic Contributions. 31 (2004), pp. 125-153
• One night, unlike any other night. Thoughts on Seder celebrations in churches. In: Freiburg circular. No. 2 (2005), pp. 94-107
• Jewish women pray. In: Brood of snakes. 23 (2005), pp. 14-18
• Prayer as learning and learning as divine command. The prayer book as a textbook in Judaism. In: B. Ego; H. Merkel (Ed.): Religious learning in the biblical, early Jewish and early Christian tradition. (WUNT 180), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2005, pp. 157-173

Popular publications

• Walter Homolka ; Annette Böckler (Hg): The wisdom of Judaism. Thoughts for every day of the year. Gütersloher Verlagsanstalt, Gütersloh 1999, ISBN 3-579-02232-6
• Through the Jewish year. Appointment planner, 2001–2009 at the Jüdische Verlagsanstalt Berlin

Translations (selection)

From the Hebrew:

• Seder ha-Tefillot. The Jewish prayer book. Edited by Rabbi Jonathan Magonet in collaboration with Rabbi Walter Homolka, Gütersloher Verlagsanstalt, Gütersloh 1997, Volume I. In: Shabbat, Weekdays and Pilgrimage Festivals. ISBN 3-579-02216-4 ; extended TB edition, Jüdische Verlagsanstalt Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-934658-24-5 . Volume II: High Holidays . ISBN 3-579-02216-4 .
• The Passover Haggadah. Edited by Michael Shire . From the Hebrew by Annette Böckler, 2nd edition, Jüdische Verlagsanstalt Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-934658-82-2 .
• Birkat ha-Mason. Tischdank , Jüdische Verlagsanstalt Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-934658-42-3

From English:

• Jonathan A. Romain; Walter Homolka: Progressive Judaism. Life and teaching. Translated and edited by Annette M. Böckler, Knesebeck-Verlag, Munich 1999
• The Torah in a Jewish interpretation . Edited by W. Gunther Plaut. Authorized translation and editing by Annette Böckler, 5 volumes, Gütersloher Verlagsanstalt, Gütersloh 1999–2004. ISBN 3-579-02645-3
• Lawrence Kushner: The Book of Miracles. Jewish spirituality for young people. Jewish Publishing House Berlin, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-934658-47-4

Web links

• Literature by and about Annette M. Böckler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Annette M. Böckler

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zurich Institute for Interreligious Dialogue. Retrieved October 10, 2017 . 
2. ^ New Librarian for Leo Baeck. ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) March 19, 2007