Gerhard Maier (theologian)

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Gerhard Maier (born August 30, 1937 in Ulm ) is a German Protestant theologian with a pietistic character and lawyer. From 1980 to 1995 he was rector of the Albrecht Bengel House and from 2001 to 2005 regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg .

Live and act

Gerhard Maier first studied law . He completed this degree with the first state examination in law. He then studied art history, but switched and studied Protestant theology . From 1966 to 1968 he was a research assistant at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Tübingen . In 1969, as a student of Otto Michel, he received his doctorate in the New Testament subject with his dissertation on the subject of people and free will .

He spent his vicariate and first pastoral office from 1968 to 1973 in Baiersbronn in the Black Forest . He then became head of studies at the Albrecht Bengel House in Tübingen - Derendingen and was its rector from 1980 to 1995. From 1971 to 1977 and 1983 to 1995 he was a member of the Württemberg Evangelical Synod. He chaired the Church, Society, and Public Committee from 1983 to 1995. In 1995 he was elected prelate in Ulm to the prelature there and thus also a member of the upper church council. From October 7, 2001 to July 23, 2005 he was regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg. He returned his membership in the regional fraternity council of the Old Pietist Community Association and the chairmanship of the German Indian Pioneer Mission when he took up his office as bishop.

He teaches as a visiting professor at the state-independent Theological University of Basel in Riehen (Switzerland) and since 1991 at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Heverlee / Leuven ( Belgium ). He is a board member in the Evangelical Press Association for Württemberg and in the working group for evangelical theology (AfeT) as well as a member of the board of trustees of the evangelical association ProChrist and a member of the university council of the International University of Liebenzell .

Private

Gerhard Maier is married to Gudrun Maier and has four sons. He lives in Tübingen - Derendingen .

Awards

• In 1991 he received the Johann Tobias Beck Prize .
• 2004 Honorary professor at the University of Galați ( Romania ), October 7, 2004
• 2005 Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg , April 9, 2005
• 2016 Honorary doctorate from the state-independent Theological University Basel (STH)

Publications

• Man and free will. According to the Jewish religious parties between Ben Sira and Paulus (plus dissertation), WUNT 12, Mohr Siebeck , Tübingen 1971, ISBN 3-16-131971-0 .
• The end of the historical-critical method , R. Brockhaus , Wuppertal 1974, 5th edition 1984, ISBN 3-417-12901-X .
• The Revelation of John and the Church , WUNT 25, Mohr Siebeck , Tübingen 1981, ISBN 3-16-144132-X .
• He will come . What the Bible says about the second coming of Jesus, R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 2001.
• The Epistle of James , Historical-Theological Interpretation. Series: New Testament, R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 2004, ISBN 3-417-29722-2 .
• Church leadership through the word . Sermons and Lectures, ed. v. Gudrun Bosch, Gesangbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-931895-24-6 .
• The great Bible Lexicon , with Helmut Burkhardt; Fritz Grünzweig ; Fritz Laubach , SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten 2009, ISBN 3-417-24741-1 .
• Biblical Hermeneutics , BWM 2, SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten 6th edition 2009, ISBN 3-417-29355-3 .
• The Revelation of John , historical-theological interpretation. Series: New Testament, SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten, Vol. 1 2009, ISBN 978-3-417-29727-0 , Vol. 2 2011, ISBN 978-3-417-29728-7 .
• Lexicon for the Bible , with Fritz Rienecker, SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten 8th edition 2010, ISBN 978-3-417-24678-0 .
• Highlights of my life. Originally God should not appear at all (autobiography), SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-7751-5915-9 .

Rows

• With Adolf Pohl, editor of the New Wuppertaler Study Bible , Old Testament, R. Brockhaus von (own contributions there from 1980 to 1998).
• Several volumes of Edition-C-Bibelkommentare , Hänssler , Holzgerlingen 2007, ISBN 3-7751-3315-1 .

literature

• Eberhard Hahn (Ed.): Your word is the truth: Festschrift for Gerhard Maier , R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal, 1997, ISBN 978-3-417294248 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerhard Maier in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Gerhard Maier  in the German Digital Library
• Pictures from the summer conference of the regional synod 7th to 9th July 2005 - last bishops' report.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maier: Brief vita at gerth.de, accessed on June 30, 2015.
2. ↑ Former regional bishop Gerhard Maier turns 70 ( memento of December 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), elk-wue.de, message of August 23, 2007.
3. ↑ Kuratorium ProChrist eV , prochrist.org, accessed on June 13, 2015.
4. ↑ Maier Member of the IHL University Council , ihl.eu, notification of July 22, 2011.
5. ^ Johann Tobias Beck Prize , afet.de
6. ↑ List of medal recipients 1975–2019. (PDF; 180 kB) State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, p. 51 , accessed on June 12, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Christof Bauernfeind: Gerhard Maier: Have faith in the Bible! STH Basel. The STH Basel opened its new academic year on Saturday. In addition to the celebrations for the graduates, the pietistic theologian Gerhard Maier was awarded an honorary doctorate. IdeaSpektrum 39, September 28, 2016, page 7