Günter Mayer (theologian)
Günter Mayer (born April 6, 1936 in Pirmasens , † December 29, 2004 in Zornheim ) was a German theologian .
Life
Mayer grew up in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse . After graduating from high school there in 1955, he studied Protestant theology and Jewish studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, a. a. with Eugen Ludwig Rapp .
After graduating in 1959, he was promoted to Dr. theol. is doing his doctorate with a thesis on the mixed natractic Para. His ordination took place in Landau in 1961. Mayer passed the theological exams in 1960 and 1964 at the Palatinate Church in Speyer. Mayer performed his vicariate in Bellheim and Haßloch ; He was ordained a Protestant pastor on April 1, 1965.
Mayer then received a position as a research assistant to Karl Heinrich Rengstorf at the University of Münster in Westphalia, where he completed his habilitation in 1970.
After a time as a private lecturer , Mayer received a professorship for the history and literature of Judaism. In 1995 he followed the call of the University of Mainz to the chair of his doctoral supervisor; In 2001 he retired.
Web links
- Literature by and about Günter Mayer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of October 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayer, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pirmasens |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 2004 |
| Place of death | Anger home |