Gillis Gerleman

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Gillis Gerleman (born March 27, 1912 in Rogberga, today part of Jönköping ; † July 23, 1993 in Lund ) was a Swedish Lutheran theologian and Old Testament scholar .

Live and act

Gerleman came from a rural background. After studying theology and philosophy, he received his doctorate in theology in 1943 with his dissertation on the Zefanja book, submitted in 1942 at Lund University . From 1942 he taught biblical studies at the local theological faculty and was professor of exegesis of the Old Testament there from 1949 to 1978. From 1954 to 1958 he was a member of the Justice Chapter of Lund and in 1957, 1958 and 1963 also a member of the Church Assembly (Kyrkomot) of the Swedish Church , where, among other things, he participated in the controversial dispute about the introduction of the ordination of women . He deconstructed the arguments of the fundamentalist opponents as not exegetically justified. Gerleman was a member of several scientific societies in Lund and for many years editor of the Annual of the Swedish Theological Institute .

In science, Gerleman was mainly concerned with the ketuvim . He has written commentaries on the Book of Ruth , the Song of Songs and the Book of Esther , as well as the critical apparatus for the Book of Job in the BHS .

Works

  • Zephaniah. Examined text-critical and literary (dissertation Lund 1942)
  • Studies in the Septuagint , 3 volumes on Chronicle , Job and Proverbs (1946–56)
  • Synoptic Studies in the Old Testament (1948)
  • Studies in Old Testament Theology (1980)
  • The Son of Man (1983)
  • Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (BKAT) Vol. 18/1: Ruth (1960–1963)
  • BKAT Vol. 18/2: The Song of Songs (1963–1965)
  • Studies on Esther. Material, structure, style, meaning (1966)
  • BKAT Vol. 21: Esther (1970–1973)
  • Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia , fascicle 12a: Liber Iob (1974)
  • The Apostle to the Gentiles. Heretical Considerations on Paul's Sermon, At the same time a foray into mythology (1989)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johanna Andersson, the nödvändiga manligheten. Om masculinitet som soteriologisk significantly i den svenska debattenom prästämbeteoch Koen, Göteborg 2019 ( PDF ).
personal data
SURNAME Gerleman, Gillis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gerleman, John Gillis Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish Lutheran theologian and Old Testament scholar
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Rogberga församling, Jönköpings län
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1993
Place of death Lund