Cilliers Breytenbach

Cilliers Breytenbach (born June 19, 1954 in Lydenburg ) is a South African Protestant theologian .

Life

He studied ancient languages, philosophy, education and evangelical theology at the University of Pretoria (1973–1978). After obtaining his doctorate (summa cum laude) in Protestant theology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (1983), he taught as an Associate Professor of the New Testament at the University of South Africa (1985–1988). After his habilitation in the New Testament subject at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (1986), he taught as a university professor for the New Testament and early church history at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (1988–1990). He was a full professor of the New Testament at the Church University in Berlin and director of the Institute for Early Christianity and Antiquity (1990–1993). He was university professor for the New Testament with a focus on the religious, literary and contemporary history of early Christianity at the Humboldt University in Berlin (1993–2019). Since 2003 he has been Associate Professor of New Testament and Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University .

Fonts (selection)

• Succession and future expectations according to Markus. A method-critical study . Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-290-12071-6 .
• Reconciliation. A study on Pauline soteriology . Neukirchen-Vluyn 1989, ISBN 3-7887-1269-4 .
• Paul and Barnabas in the province of Galatia. Studies on Acts 13f .; 16.6; 18:23 and the addressees of Galatians . Leiden 1996, ISBN 90-04-10693-6 .
• Reconciliation, Grace, Concord. The Death of Christ in Graeco-Roman Metaphors . Leiden 2010, ISBN 978-90-04-18608-8 .
• with others: Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae . Berlin 2019, DOI: 10.17171 / 1-8 .
• with Christiane Zimmermann : Early Christianity in Lycaonia and Adjacent Areas. From Paul to Amphilochius of Iconium . Leiden 2018, ISBN 978-90-04-35155-4 .
• as publisher: The roots of Christianity in Judaism. Exegetical contributions to the Christian-Jewish conversation. Ferdinand Hahn on his 70th birthday . Neukirchen-Vluyn 1996, ISBN 3-7887-1577-4 .

literature

• David S. du Toit , Christine Gerber and Christiane Zimmermann (eds.): Sōtēria. Salvation in early Christianity and antiquity. Festschrift in honor of Cilliers Breytenbach on the occasion of his 65th birthday . Leiden 2019, ISBN 978-90-04-33109-9 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Cilliers Breytenbach in the catalog of the German National Library
• Prof. Dr. Cilliers Breytenbach
• Bibliography Cilliers Breytenbach