Günter Stemberger
Günter Stemberger (born December 7, 1940 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian Judaist .
Life
After studying Catholic theology and Jewish studies in Austria, Great Britain, France and Italy, he received his doctorate in Innsbruck in 1967. After a year at the Pontificio Istituto Biblico in Rome (1968), Stemberger worked as a research assistant at Duke University in Durham (USA) and returned to Austria in 1972 after a research stay in Israel . He worked at the Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Vienna , where he qualified as a professor in 1974 for the Department of Jewish Studies with a specialization in Judaism in Antiquity and was appointed full professor in 1977. In 2009 he retired. From 1984 to 1986 he held parallel courses at the University of Cologne .
Stemberger is a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . In 2005 the internationally renowned Judaist received an honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the University of Göttingen . In 2010 he received the Great Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria , and in 2011 the Wilhelm Hartel Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. In 2015 the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Potsdam recognized his life's work with an honorary doctorate, as did the University of Tel Aviv in 2017 .
Fonts
- Classical Judaism. Culture and history of the rabbinical period. Beck, Munich 1979; completely revised and updated edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-58403-9 .
- The Talmud: introduction, texts, explanations. Beck, Munich 1982; 4th edition 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-08354-9 .
- with Hermann L. Strack : Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash. 7th edition. Beck, Munich 1982 (previously von Strack alone); 9th, completely revised edition (without Strack) 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-62289-2 .
- Roman rule in the judgment of the Jews. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1983, ISBN 3-534-09228-7 .
- Studies on Rabbinic Judaism. Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-460-06101-4 .
- Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes. Catholic Biblical Works, Stuttgart 1991; Revised new edition 2013, ISBN 978-3-460-30030-9 .
- Jewish religion. Beck, Munich 1995; 6th edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-45003-7 .
- Introduction to Judaic Studies. Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-49333-5 .
- (as translator and editor) Mekhilta de-Rabbi Jishma'el . An early midrash to the Book of Exodus. Verlag der Weltreligionen, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-458-70027-2 .
- Judaica Minora. 2 volumes. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-16-150403-7 , ISBN 978-3-16-150571-3 .
literature
- Mauro Perani (Ed.): “The Words of a Wise Man's Mouth are Gracious” (Qoh 10,12): Festschrift for Günter Stemberger on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday. De Gruyter, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-11-018849-X .
Awards
- 2010: Great Silver Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2011: Wilhelm Hartel Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Web links
- Literature by and about Günter Stemberger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Page at the University of Vienna (with list of publications)
Individual evidence
- ^ Austrian Academy of Sciences: Wilhelm Hartel Prize 2011 ( Memento of November 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on October 13, 2012)
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stemberger, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Judaist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |