Berndt Schaller

John Berndt Schaller (born August 28, 1930 in Heidelberg ; † May 1, 2020 in Göttingen ) was a German Protestant theologian and Judaist .

Live and act

Berndt Schaller was in 1961 at the University of Goettingen to the Dr. theol. did his doctorate and then worked there as a scientific assistant to Joachim Jeremias , Academic Council and Senior Councilor. In 1980 he qualified as a professor for "Judaic Studies including its importance for New Testament science". In 1984 he was appointed adjunct professor, in 1993/1994 he was dean of the theological faculty, in 1994 he was appointed university lecturer and in 1995 he retired. He was also a deputy professor in Heidelberg (1979/1980), Hamburg (1981/1982) and Tübingen (1989) as well as visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1990/1991).

From 1985 to 1997, Schaller was a member of the Church and Judaism Commission of the Evangelical Church in Germany . From 1998 to 2007 he was Protestant President of the German Coordination Council of Societies for Christian-Jewish Cooperation .

Works (selection)

Gen [esis] 1. 2 in ancient Judaism. Investigations into the use and interpretation of Gen. 1. 2 in ancient Judaism. Göttingen 1961 (University thesis Göttingen, Theological Faculty, dissertation of April 2, 1961)

Jesus and the Sabbath. Franz Delitzsch Lecture 1992. Inst. Judaicum Delitzschianum, Münster 1994

with Elmar Mittler (ed.): Jewish faith, Jewish life. Jews and Judaism in the City and University of Göttingen. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 1996, ISBN 3-89244-228-2

Fundamenta Judaica. Studies on ancient Judaism and the New Testament. Edited by Lutz Doering and Annette Steudel. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-53379-9

with Jens Behnsen and Friedhelm Geyer: Between the walls. The Jewish cemetery in Goslar on Glockengießerstrasse. Documentation of the graves and inscriptions. Ed .: City of Goslar, Department of Culture and Urban History, Goslar [2003]; ISBN 3-00-011100-X

Synagogues in Göttingen. New beginnings and breaks in Jewish life. [Georg-August-Universität Göttingen] Universitäts-Verlag Göttingen, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-938616-54-7 ( online, PDF at doab )

with Eike Dietert: On the steep slope. The Jewish cemetery in Adelebsen. Memory of a destroyed community. Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-941875-14-2 open access version

with Bernhard Gelderblom : The Jews of Hameln from their beginnings in the 13th century to their extermination by the Nazi regime . Appendix: Documentation of the tombstones of the Jewish cemetery created by Berndt Schaller together with Bernhard Gelderblom, Holzminden 2011.

literature

Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 22nd edition (2009), p. 3557

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Obituary notice , Göttinger Tageblatt of May 6, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Schaller, Berndt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schaller, John Berndt (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Protestant theologian and Judaist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 28, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH	1st May 2020
Place of death	Goettingen

[1] Obituary notice , Göttinger Tageblatt of May 6, 2020.