Gerhard Podskalsky

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Gerhard Podskalsky (born March 16, 1937 in Saarbrücken ; † February 6, 2013 in Cologne ) was a German Byzantinist , Slavist and theologian . He presented basic works on medieval orthodoxy in the empire of the Kievan Rus , in the Ottoman Empire as well as in Bulgaria and Serbia , but also in Byzantium .

Life

Gerhard Podskalsky entered the Jesuit order on June 1, 1956 , shortly after he had passed the Abitur at the state Ludwigsgymnasium . From 1958 to 1961 he studied philosophy at the University of Philosophy in Pullach near Munich, completed an educational internship in Bonn and then studied theology from 1963 to 1967 at the Philosophical-Theological University of St. Georgen . He then studied Byzantine, Slavic and ecumenical theology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He was with Hans-Georg Beck with the work Byzantine Reichseschatologie. The periodization of world history in the four great empires (Dan 2 and 7) and the millennial kingdom of peace (Apk 20) ​​is doing his doctorate. Beck also accompanied the habilitation thesis Theology and Philosophy in Byzantium. The dispute over the theological methodology in late Byzantine intellectual history (14th / 15th century), its systematic basis and historical development . In 1975 he received the license to teach .

In 1976 he was given a visiting professorship at the Philosophical-Theological University of St. Georgen , and in 1981 he was given the chair of Byzantine, Slavic and Ancient Church History there, which he held until 2005. In 2009 he retired to the “Friedrich-Spee” senior community in the Caritas nursing home in Cologne-Mülheim .

Publications (selection)

  • Christianity and theological literature in the Kiever Rus' (988–1237). CH Beck, Munich 1982 (Russian 1996, Polish 2000).
  • Greek theology during the Turkish occupation (1453–1821). Orthodoxy in the area of ​​tension between the post-Reformation denominations of the West. CH Beck, Munich 1988 (modern Greek 2003).
  • Theological literature of the Middle Ages in Bulgaria and Serbia (865–1459). CH Beck, Munich 2000.
  • From Photios to Bessarion. The primacy of humanistic theology in Byzantium and its lasting importance. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2003.

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SURNAME Podskalsky, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Byzantinist, Slavist and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 2013
Place of death Cologne