Bernhard Lang (theologian)

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Bernhard Lang (born July 12, 1946 in Stuttgart ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian . He should not be confused with the Protestant theologian Bernhard Lang (* 1936) from Stuttgart.

Life

Lang was promoted to Dr. theol. PhD at the University of Tübingen . 1977 followed the habilitation at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . From 1977 to 1982 he was professor in Tübingen and from 1982 to 1985 professor at the University of Mainz . From 1985 until his retirement in 2011 he was professor for the Old Testament at the University of Paderborn .

Lang held visiting professorships in 1982 in Philadelphia , in 1991 at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, in 1992/1993 at the Sorbonne , and in 1999/2003 at the University of St. Andrews .

In 2008 he received an honorary doctorate from Aarhus University in Denmark. In 2011 Lang signed the memorandum Church 2011: A Necessary Awakening .

Works

  • How do you become a prophet in Israel? Essays on the Old Testament. Düsseldorf: Patmos, 1980, ISBN 3-491-77377-6 .
  • as editor: The only god. The birth of biblical monotheism. Munich: Kösel, 1981, ISBN 3-466-20216-7 .
  • with Colleen McDannell: Heaven. A cultural history of eternal life (= Edition Suhrkamp . Vol. 1586). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 1990, ISBN 3-518-11586-3 . Orig .: Heaven. A history. London, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988.
  • The Bible. A critical introduction. Paderborn: Schöningh, 1990, ISBN 3-8252-1594-6 ; 2nd edition 1994, ISBN 3-506-99409-3 .
  • Rediscover the Bible. Drewermann as a reader of the Bible. Munich: Kösel, 1995, ISBN 3-466-20393-7 .
  • Holy game. A History of Christian Worship. Munich: Beck, 1998, ISBN 3-406-44075-4 .
  • Yahweh , the biblical God. A portrait. Munich: Beck, 2002, ISBN 3-406-48713-0 .
  • The Bible. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2004, ISBN 3-596-16126-6 .
  • Joseph in Egypt: A Cultural Icon from Grotius to Goethe. London: Yale University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-300-15156-5 .
  • Jesus the dog. Life and teaching of a Jewish cynic. Munich: Beck, 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-60629-8 .
  • The 101 most important questions. The Bible. Munich: Beck, 2013, ISBN 978-3-406-65299-8 .
  • with Anton Grabner-Haider : What remains of the Christian faith? Cultures of Belief in the 21st Century. Paderborn: Schöningh, 2015, ISBN 978-3-506-78218-2 .
  • Philo of Alexandria: The Life of the Politician or About Joseph. A philosophical story. Translated and introduced by Bernhard Lang. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2017, ISBN 978-3-647-53468-8 .
  • Religion and Literature in Three Millennia. A hundred books. Paderborn: Schöningh, 2018, ISBN 978-3-506-79227-3 .
  • Heaven, hell, paradise. Beyond worlds from antiquity to today . Munich: Beck, 2019. ISBN 978-3-406-74241-5 .

literature

  • Medard Ritzenhofen: Wise, victorious, life-giving. Bernhard Lang finds the key to the Semitic religions in three functions . In: RM No. 36, September 5, 2002.
  • Jan Assmann : Review: Bernhard Lang, Jahwe, the biblical God. Munich 2002 . In: FAZ, March 19, 2002.
  • Christoph Bultmann: Make one out of three. Bernhard Lang portrays the God of the Old Testament . In: Berliner Zeitung , July 15, 2002.

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personal data
SURNAME Lang, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart