Henrik Pfeiffer

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Henrik Pfeiffer (born September 17, 1964 in Potsdam ) is a German Protestant theologian and Old Testament scholar and since the winter semester 2009/10 full professor of the Chair of Old Testament I (history and literary history) at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg .

Life

From 1986 to 1992 Pfeiffer studied Protestant theology at the Sprachenkonvikt in Berlin (East) and the Humboldt University in Berlin. After completing his studies, he worked from 1993 to 2005 as a research assistant at Matthias Köckert's Old Testament chair at the HU Berlin. He received his doctorate in 1997 with a thesis on Hosea and completed his habilitation in 2003 with a thesis on the traditions of the origin of the god Yahweh . In 2003 Pfeiffer became a private lecturer in the Old Testament at the Humboldt University in Berlin. From 2006 to 2008 Pfeiffer was a Heisenberg fellow of the German Research Foundation . In the summer semester of 2007 he held a teaching position for the administration of the vacant professorship of the Old Testament at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena . Pfeiffer has been full professor for the Old Testament at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg since winter semester 2009/2010 .

Research priorities

Pfeiffer's main research areas are the religious and literary history of the Old Testament, the Book of the Twelve Prophets and Deuteronomic literature (especially the Book of Judges ). Current publication projects include commenting on the book of judges for the Handbook of the Old Testament (HAT) and the elaboration of a religious history of Syria and Palestine as part of the anthology Religions of the Old Orient for the Outlines of the Old Testament (GAT).

Awards

In 2004, Pfeiffer was awarded the Hanns Lilje Prize for the Promotion of Theological Science of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences for his habilitation thesis .

Publications (selection)

Monographs

  • The sanctuary of Bethel as reflected in the Hosea Book, FRLANT 183,1999. (Diss. HU Berlin)
  • Yahweh's coming from the south. Jdc 5; Have 3; Dtn 33 and Ps 68 in their literary and theological history environment, FRLANT 211, 2005. (Habil. HU Berlin) ( online )

Editing

  • (together with Anselm C. Hagedorn), The patriarchs in the biblical tradition, Festschrift M. Köckert, BZAW 400, Berlin / New York 2009

Essays

  • Colliery and love. On the question of a goddess polemic in Hos 4,16-19, UF 28, 1996, 495-511.
  • The tree in the middle of the garden. On the origins of the tradition of the story of paradise, Part I: Analysis, ZAW 112, 2000, 487-500.
  • The tree in the middle of the garden. On the origins of the tradition of the story of paradise, Part II: Formative traditions and theological accents, ZAW 113, 2001, 2-16.
  • Comments on the ritual history of Lev 16, in: T. Richter u. a. (Ed.), Cultural Stories. Ancient oriental studies for Volkert Haas on his 65th birthday, Saarbrücken, 2001, 314-326.
  • "Make me a pure heart, God!" To understand the human being according to Ps 51, ZThK 102, 2005, 293-311.
  • Yahweh's coming from the south. Origin and age of a central concept in the Old Testament, Yearbook of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 2006, 115-120.
  • Image of God and cosmology. A review, in: Chr.Markschies / J. Zachuber (eds.), Die Welt im Bild, AKG 107, Berlin-New York, 2008.
  • The separation of heaven and earth in the Egyptian worldview, in: J. Brüning / P. Deuflhard / Chr. Markschies u. a. (Ed.), Atlas der Weltbilder, Berlin 2009 (in press).
  • Sodomy in Gibeah. The place of composition history of Jdc 19, in: C. Hagedorn / H. Pfeiffer (ed.), The patriarchs in the biblical tradition, BZAW 400, Berlin / New York 2009, 267-289.

Lexicon article

  • Art .: Adam and Eva, in: M. Bauks / K. Koenen (eds.), The scientific biblical dictionary on the Internet, 2007, http // www.wibilex.de.
  • Art .: Eden, in: M. Bauks / K. Koenen (eds.), The scientific Bibellexikon on the Internet, 2007, http // www.wibilex.de.
  • Art .: Paradies / Paradieserzählung, in: M. Bauks / K. Koenen (ed.), The scientific Bibellexikon on the Internet, 2007, http // www.wibilex.de.
  • Art .: Mosesegen, in: M. Bauks / K. Koenen (ed.), The scientific biblical dictionary on the Internet, 2007, http // www.wibilex.de.
  • Art .: God's names / God's names, The scientific Bible lexicon on the Internet, 2007, http // www.wibilex.de.
  • Art .: Bethel, Bethel (Place), EBR (in press).
  • Art .: Bethel (Deity), EBR (in press).

Reviews

  • Review of K. Koenen, Bethel. History, cult and theology, OBO 192, 2003, OLZ 100, 2005, 495-500.
  • Review of M. Köhlmoos, Bethel Memories of a City. Perspectives of the Old Testament Bet-El tradition, FAT 49, 2006, OLZ 102, 2007, 465-470. - Short advertisements in the ZAW book show.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Scientific Academy of Sciences in Göttingen ( Memento from March 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Academy of Sciences in Göttingen.
personal data
SURNAME Pfeiffer, Henrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and Old Testament scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam