Dieter Lührmann

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Dieter Lührmann (born March 13, 1939 in Lingen (Ems) ; † February 7, 2013 in Marburg ) was a German Protestant theologian (New Testament scholar) and university professor.

After studying in Bethel, Heidelberg and Göttingen, Lührmann passed his first theological exam in 1962 and his second in 1965. In 1964 he was at the University of Heidelberg as a result of by Günther Born comb supervised dissertation Dr. theol. PhD. In 1965 he became an assistant and - after completing his habilitation for the New Testament in 1968 - he became a university lecturer in Heidelberg in 1969. From 1974 he held the professorship for the New Testament at the Bethel Church University . In 1982 he switched to a professorship for the New Testament at the Philipps University of Marburg , where he retired in 2000 .

Lührmann had been a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences since 1995 .

Fonts (selection)

  • The understanding of revelation among Paul and in Pauline communities (= scientific monographs on the Old and New Testament 16). Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1965.
  • The editing of the Logienquelle (= scientific monographs on the Old and New Testament 33). Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1969.
  • Belief in early Christianity. Gütersloh 1976.
  • The letter to the Galatians (= Zurich Bible Commentaries. New Testament, 7). TVZ, Zurich 1978; 3rd edition 2001.
    • Galatians. A continental commentary. Fortress, Minneapolis 1992.
  • Interpretation of the New Testament. TVZ, Zurich 1984; 2nd edition 1987.
    • An itinerary for New Testament study. SCM Press, London 1989.
  • The Gospel of Mark (= New Testament manual, 3). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1987.
  • The Gospels that have become apocryphal. Studies on new texts and on new questions. Brill, Leiden 2004.
  • Theological exegesis on the horizon of text and history. Collected essays (= Marburg Theological Studies, 120). Edited by Egbert Schlarb in collaboration with Andreas Lindemann . Evangelical Publishing House, Leipzig 2014.

literature

  • Rudolf Bultmann , Günther Bornkamm: Correspondence 1926–1976. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2014, p. 363 f.
  • Ulrich HJ Körtner : Faith between confession and world experience: On the theology of Dieter Lührmann. In: New Testament Studies 61, 2015, pp. 92–112.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yearbook of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences 2008, p. 43.
personal data
SURNAME Lührmann, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian (New Testament scholar) and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Lingen (Ems)
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 2013
Place of death Marburg