Gerhard Sellin

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Gerhard Sellin (born October 5, 1943 in Ratzeburg ; † September 13, 2017 ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

He studied theology in Hamburg , Heidelberg and Kiel . He was an assistant at the University of Münster , where he received his doctorate . After completing his habilitation, he was a private lecturer in Münster . At the University of Oldenburg he was Professor of Protestant Theology with a focus on the New Testament. From 1992 to 2009 he was professor for the New Testament and the history of religion in late antiquity at the University of Hamburg . Sellin died in September 2017 at the age of 73.

His main research interests were literary exegesis, Philo of Alexandria, theology of the New Testament, Gospel of Mark and the letter to the Ephesians.

Publications (selection)

  • Studies on the great parable narratives of the Lukas-Sondergut. The ανθρωπος-τις-narratives of the Lukas special property, especially examined using the example of Luke 10, 25-37 and 16, 14-31 . Münster 1973, ISBN 0-521-07743-5 (also dissertation, Münster 1974).
  • The dispute over the resurrection of the dead. A religious-historical and exegetical study of 1 Corinthians 15 (= research on religion and literature of the Old and New Testaments , volume 138). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1986, ISBN 3-525-53815-4 (also habilitation thesis, Münster 1981).
  • as editor with François Vouga : Logos and letters. Orality and writing in Judaism and Christianity in antiquity. With the collaboration of Stefan Alkier , Anja Cornils and Krischan Heinemann (= texts and works on the New Testament age , volume 20). Francke, Tübingen et al. 1997, ISBN 3-7720-1871-8 .
  • The letter to the Ephesians (= critical-exegetical commentary on the New Testament , volume 8). Francke, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-525-51550-1 .
  • as editor Dieter Sänger : Studies on Paul and the letter to the Ephesians (= research on religion and literature of the Old and New Testaments , volume 229). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-525-53093-1 .
  • as editor Dieter Sänger: Allegory - Metaphor - Myth - Script. Contributions to the religious language in the New Testament and in its environment (= Studies on the Environment of the New Testament , Volume 90). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-55020-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barbara Müller, Martina Böhm, Christine Gerber: Obituary for the death of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Sellin. Department of Protestant Theology at the University of Hamburg , September 26, 2017, archived from the original on September 29, 2017 ; accessed on September 28, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Sellin, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Ratzeburg
DATE OF DEATH 13th September 2017