Dieter Vieweger

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Dieter Vieweger (born May 8, 1958 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) is a German archaeologist ( prehistoric and early historian ) and theologian ( Old Testament scholar ) who teaches at the universities in Wuppertal and Witten-Herdecke . He is director of scientific institutes in Jerusalem and Amman as well as in Wuppertal

Life

School and study

Dieter Vieweger was expelled from school in 1974 for political reasons ( EOS Theodor Neubauer, Karl-Marx-Stadt). He then attended a state-not recognized educational institution of the Evangelical Church in Saxony (Proseminar Moritzburg ). There he passed his school leaving examination in 1976 . Since he was not allowed to attend university, he studied at the Theological Seminary in Leipzig from 1976 to 1981 .

After the first theological exam in 1981, he completed the vicariate and catechetical training at the Saxon regional church from 1981 to 1982 . From 1982 to 1986 he worked as an assistant at the Theological Seminary of Leipzig and was in 1986 Siegfried Wagner and Wolfram Herrmann at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig with the Scriptures of the Old Testament, the specifics of Appeals Reports Jeremiah and Ezekiel in the context of similar units doctorate .

Parish office and theological teaching

From 1986 to 1989 Dieter Vieweger was pastor of the St. Thomas Choir in Leipzig. In 1987 he was at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig ordained . In 1989 he completed his habilitation at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig with the work The literary relationships between the books Jeremia and Ezekiel . From 1989 to 1991 he was Professor of Old Testament Studies at the Sprachenkonvikt Berlin (at the now defunct Church University Berlin ) and from 1991 to 1993 he was Professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin . Since 1993 he has been professor of the Old Testament at the Church of Wuppertal University . He took over the office of rector there in 1997/1998 and 2005/2006.

Archaeological education and academic path

In addition to teaching in Wuppertal, he studied prehistory from 1994 to 1998 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , which he completed with Jens Lüning with a doctorate on the subject of the chronology of the necropolis of Tamassos-Lambertis . Among other things, he gained archaeological excavation experience in 1994/1995 during Volkmar Fritz's campaigns in Kinneret ( Tell el-Oreme ) at the northwest end of the Sea of ​​Galilee in Israel .

Since 1991 he has been a liaison professor at the German National Academic Foundation , first at the Humboldt University in Berlin, then at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal . He regularly conducts seminars at the summer academies of the Studienstiftung.

Vieweger has been teaching fundamentals at the University of Witten / Herdecke since 1999 and was given the research professorship in Archeology and Ancient History there in 2002 , which was converted into a visiting professorship in 2009.

Honors

In 2017, Dieter Vieweger received the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class for his services to the German Evangelical Institute for Classical Studies in the Holy Land, Jerusalem and Amman and the Biblical Archaeological Institute (BAI) at the Wuppertal / Bethel University of Applied Sciences .

The Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal awarded Vieweger an honorary doctorate in July 2009 .

Membership in professional societies

  • From 1992 to 2005 member of the administrative board and later also of the scientific advisory board of the German Evangelical Institute for Classical Studies in the Holy Land, before becoming its director in December 2005.
  • Since 2006 Senior Fellow of the Albright Institute , Jerusalem.
  • From 2007 first corresponding member, since 2009 full member of the German Archaeological Institute .
  • Since 2012 advisory board in the Bibelhaus-Erlebnismuseum , Frankfurt / Main
  • Since 2015 member of the scientific advisory board of the Biblical Museum Nuremberg.
  • Member of the scientific advisory board for the publication of the journal for oriental archeology (previously Baghdader Mitteilungen and Damascene Mitteilungen) at the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin, Orient Department.
  • From 1994 to 2008 co-editor of the magazine of the German Palestine Association (ZDPV) and the treatises of the German Palestine Association (ADPV) and member of the board of the German Palestine Association.

Director of archaeological institutes

Dieter Vieweger (front left) with students in the DEIAHL garden , 2007

Vieweger has been director of the Biblical Archaeological Institute in Wuppertal since 1999 . The BAI Wuppertal particularly promotes geophysical prospecting in archeology, terrestrial photogrammetry , archeometry (focus: research into the history of technology in ancient crafts) and experimental archeology . The most important archaeological research project ('Gadara Region Project') began in 2001 and comprises the exploration of the Wadi el-Arab and the excavation on the 5000-year-old settlement hill Tall Zira'a in the triangle of Jordan , Syria and Israel .

Dieter Vieweger initiated and managed the restoration and research project “Tourist development of the old excavation under the Church of the Redeemer” in the old city of Jerusalem. The archaeological park under the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem was created “through the ages”.

Since 2015 he has been leading the excavations on Mount Zion in Jerusalem (in the Anglican-Prussian Zion Cemetery and in the "Greek Garden").

Since 2017 he has been leading the project “Protection of Cultural Property in Jordan. Digital recording and documentation of the finds in the Archaeological Museum in Amman ”(DOJAM).

Vieweger had been closely associated with the German Evangelical Institute for Classical Studies in the Holy Land (DEI) since 1992. Since 2005 he has been managing director of the German Evangelical Institute for Classical Studies of the Holy Land in Jerusalem and Amman . The institute, founded in 1900, has been headed in its long history by such famous scientists as Gustaf Dalman , Albrecht Alt and Martin Noth . In March 2007 a particularly close cooperation between the German Archaeological Institute and the DEI was initiated with a ceremony at the Foreign Office in Berlin. The DEI thus also became the research center of the German Archaeological Institute .

Commissioned by the Evangelical Church in Germany

Vieweger is the Deputy Provost of the Evangelical German Language Congregation in Jerusalem and coordinates educational work on behalf of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in Israel. During the change between two officials, he took over the post of provost in Jerusalem for a few months in 2012.

Dieter Vieweger is the initiator of the award-winning peace project “My City - My Story”, which is carried out annually in cooperation between DEI Jerusalem and Schmidt's Girls School , Jerusalem.

Excavation projects in the Orient

Dieter Vieweger is / was director of various archaeological research projects in Jordan , Israel and Italy . This work was largely carried out on behalf of the Biblical Archaeological Institute in Wuppertal, u. a .:

  • Esch-Schallaf (Jordan) 1998–1999 Co-Director
  • Ba'ja I near Petra (Jordan) 1999 Director
  • Sal (Jordan) 1999–2000 co-director
  • Gadara Region Project with the excavation of Tall Zira'a (Jordan) - since 2001 (planned until 2025)
  • Archaeological Park “Through the Times” - Touristic and museum development of the excavation under the Church of the Redeemer in the old city of Jerusalem (2009–2012)
  • Excavations on Mount Zion in Jerusalem (2015-2022)
  • DOJAM 2018–2021 Protection of Cultural Property in Jordan. Digital recording and documentation of the finds in the archaeological museum in Amman
  • Geophysical exploration of the Christian quarter of the old city of Jerusalem 2014–2018

Works (selection)

  • History of the Biblical World (3 volumes). Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2019, ISBN 978-3-579-01479-1 .
  • Archeology of the Biblical World. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 978-3-8252-2394-6 . (1st extended edition, Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2012, ISBN 978-3-579-08131-1 ).
  • When stones speak - archeology in Palestine. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 978-3-525-53623-0 .
  • Controversy over the Holy Land - What everyone should know about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 6th expanded edition. Gütersloh 2017, ISBN 978-3-579-06757-5 .
  • The specifics of the calling reports of Jeremiah and Ezekiel in the context of similar units of the Old Testament. (= Contributions to the study of the Old Testament and ancient Judaism, Volume 6; Simultaneously: Dissertation, Leipzig, 1985). Lang, Frankfurt am Main / Bern / New York 1986, ISBN 3-8204-8948-7 .
  • The literary relationship between the books of Jeremiah and Ezekiel. (= Contributions to the Study of the Old Testament and Ancient Judaism, Volume 26). Lang, Frankfurt am Main / Bern / New York 1993, ISBN 3-631-40725-4 .
  • On the chronology of the necropolis of Tamassos-Lambertis, Cyprus. Dissertation, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main 1998.
  • The Secret of the Tell - An Archaeological Journey to the Orient. (Archeology for children from 10–12 years; with Friederike Rave and Claudia Voigt) Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 978-3-8053-3519-5 .
  • with Friedrike Rave: غموض التلّ. رحلة أثريّة إلى الشّرق, Amman 2016, 80 pages.
  • Adventure Jerusalem - The exciting story of a city of three world religions. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2011, ISBN 978-3-579-06736-0 .
  • with Shimon Gibson (Ed.): The archeology and history of the Church of the Redeemer and the Muristan in Jerusalem - a collection of essays from a workshop on the Church of the Redeemer and its vicinity held on 8th / 9th September 2014 in Jerusalem. Archaeopress Archeology, Oxford 2016, ISBN 978-1-78491-419-6 (English).
  • with Jutta Häser (Ed.): Tall Zirāʿa - The Gadara Region Project (2001–2011), 1. Introduction. Gütersloher publishing house. Gütersloh 2017, ISBN 978-3-579-08290-5 (English).
  • Dieter Vieweger; Christian Vogg, How to find a royal tomb. Archeology for Beginners, Freiburg 2013, ISBN 3-451-30308-6 .
  • with Gabriele Förder-Hoff: The archaeological park under the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem. Wichern, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-88981-351-0 .
  • with Siegfried Kreuzer: Proseminar I Old Testament. A work book. 2nd revised and expanded edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-17-019063-4 .

Web links

Commons : Dieter Vieweger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Witten-Herdecke
  2. ↑ Cross of Merit 1st Class for Dieter Vieweger , Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal / Bethel, December 21, 2017, accessed April 8, 2018
  3. ↑ Honorary doctorate for Prof. Dr. Dr. Dieter Vieweger , Press Office Uni Wuppertal, July 9, 2009, accessed April 8, 2018
  4. ↑ Homepage of the "Tall Zira'a" excavation
  5. ↑ Homepage of the archeology park "Through the ages"
  6. ↑ Homepage of the excavations "Mount Zion Jerusalem"
  7. ↑ Homepage of the DOJAM project "Protection of Cultural Property in Jordan"
  8. ↑ On the chronology of the necropolis of Tamassos-Lambertis, Cyprus. In: publications.ub.uni-frankfurt.de. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
predecessor Office successor
Uwe Grabe Evangelical provost of Jerusalem
2012 (provisional) 		Wolfgang Schmidt
personal data
SURNAME Vieweger, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Karl Marx City