Frank Crüsemann

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Frank Crüsemann (born July 9, 1938 in Bremen ) is a German Old Testament scholar and taught at the Bethel Church University from 1980 to 2004 . He was best known for his publications on the Torah, Elijah and the social history of the Old Testament , as well as his participation in the Christian-Jewish dialogue and his participation in the German Evangelical Church Days .

biography

Crüsemann was born in Bremen in 1938 as the son of Gustav and Jutta Crüsemann (née Ermisch). The family name Crüsemann is well known in Bremen - so Crüsemannallee was dedicated to Conrad Carl Eduard Crüsemann (1826–1869) . Crüsemann had an eventful school career due to the war and his father's occupation, with the stations Sörnewitz in Saxony, Hamburg , Weiler im Allgäu , Munich and again Hamburg, where he passed his Abitur in 1958. After studying Protestant theology in Hamburg, Heidelberg , Mainz and Erlangen and the first theological exam in Bavaria , he returned to the University of Mainz in 1964 to do his doctorate with Hans Walter Wolff . The dissertation was published in 1969 under the title: Studies on the history of forms of the hymn and song of thanks in Israel (WMANT 32). released. In 1970 the second theological exam followed, the ordination and the beginning of an assistant activity in Heidelberg, which in 1975 led to the habilitation on the anti-royal texts of the Old Testament and which was entitled: The resistance against royalty (WMANT 49). 1978 was released. His interest in the reality of biblical Israel was reflected in his participation in numerous archaeological projects in Israel (1971–1982) and their theoretical reflection. In 1980, Crüsemann was appointed professor at the Church University in Bethel and taught there until his retirement in 2004.

Crüsemann has been married to the New Testament scholar Marlene Crüsemann for the second time since 1982 and has a daughter, Nicola Crüsemann (from his first marriage) and a son.

Focus of work

Crüsemann's main area of ​​work is the social history of ancient Israel , as well as the hermeneutical question of the role of the Tanakh for the Christian faith as a whole. His main concern is to restore the Old Testament to the status it deserves in the New Testament, i.e. as Scripture. In contrast to a purely historicizing view, his focus is on the scientific understanding of the canonical text .

From 1990 he worked in the working group Jews and Christians at the German Evangelical Church Congress . So there was also Crüsemann's collaboration on the main draft of the Westphalian Church from 1999 "God did not repudiate his people", as well as the collaboration in the study commission for Church and Judaism of the Evangelical Church in Germany , and thus in the preparation of the study "Christians and Jews III. Steps of Renewal in Relation to Judaism ”from 2000.

At the same time, Crüsemann took part in the exegetical working group of the German Evangelical Church Congress from 1990 onwards, where he was jointly responsible for the Kirchentag translations, which became one of the roots of the Bible in fair language that he published in 2006 .

His main areas of work are the hermeneutics of the Old Testament, social and legal history, canonical exegesis and Christian-Jewish dialogue. He is co-editor of the journal Evangelical Theology , the journal Biblical Interpretation , and the Bible in Just Language .

The “core thesis” of his book The Old Testament as Truth Space of the New (2011) reads: “For Christians and Christian theology, and ultimately for the Christian faith, the Old Testament must have the same theological status that it has in the New Testament thus for Jesus and for the authors of (most) New Testament writings. "

Others

Crüsemann was a member of the Christian Peace Conference and participant in the 1st and 2nd All-Christian Peace Meetings in Prague in 1961 and 1964, respectively .

On October 31, 2008 ( Reformation Day ), alongside Ulrich Duchrow , Heino Falcke , Christian Felber , Kuno Füssel , Detlef Hensche , Siegfried Katterle, Arne Manzeschke, Silke Niemeyer, Franz Segbers , Ton Veerkamp and Karl Georg Zinn, he was the first to sign the appeal for peace with the Capital? A call against the adjustment of the Evangelical Church to the power of the economy.

Works (selection)

  • Resistance to royalty. Resistance to royalty. The anti-royal texts of the Old Testament and the struggle for the early Israelite state . WMANT 49, 1978, hardcover Neukirchen 1986 ( ISBN 978-3788705350 ).
  • How God rules the world. Biblical interpretations , Munich 1986 ( ISBN 978-3459016402 ).
  • See what a god. Biblical Interpretations , 1987 ( ISBN 978-3922463528 ).
  • (Ed.): What is man? Contributions to the anthropology of the Old Testament. Hans Walter Wolff on his 80th birthday , Munich 1992 ( ISBN 978-3579018119 ).
  • The Torah. Theology and social history of the Old Testament law , Munich 1992; 2nd edition Gütersloh 1997; Special edition = 3rd edition Gütersloh 2005 ( ISBN 978-3579052120 ).
  • Preservation of freedom. The theme of the Decalogue in a social-historical perspective (KT 78), Munich 1983 ( ISBN 3459015187 ), paperback edition Gütersloh 1993 2nd edition 1998 ( ISBN 978-3579051284 ).
  • Elijah - the discovery of the oneness of God. A reading of the stories about Elijah and his time . Gütersloh 1997 ( ISBN 978-3579051543 ).
  • with and Udo Theissmann (ed.): I believe in the God of Israel. Questions and answers on a subject that is missing from the Christian creed. (KT 168), Gütersloh 1998, 2nd revised edition 2001 ( ISBN 978-3579051680 ).
  • Scale: Torah. Israel's directive for Christian ethics . (Ed. Chr. Kaiser), Gütersloh 2003, 2nd edition 2004 ( ISBN 978-3579051970 ).
  • Canon and social history. Contributions to the Old Testament , Gütersloh 2003 ( ISBN 978-3579053974 ).
  • with Ulrike Bail, Marlene Crüsemann et al. (Eds.): Bible in just language , Gütersloh 2006, 3rd edition 2007 ( ISBN 978-3579055008 ).
  • The Old Testament as a truth space of the new. The new view of the Christian Bible. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2011. ISBN 978-3-57908122-9

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ibid. P. 28. For this book cf. Franz Josef Backhaus , Annett Glercke-Ungerman and Thomas Kroll .
personal data
SURNAME Crüsemann, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Old Testament scholar
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen