Jörg-Dieter Gauger

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Jörg-Dieter Gauger (born November 27, 1947 in Lüdenscheid ; † July 7, 2015 in Bonn ) was a German ancient historian .

In 1975 Jörg-Dieter Gauger wrote his dissertation Contributions to Jewish Apologetics. Under on the authenticity of documents from Flavius ​​Josephus u. PhD in the 1st Book of Maccabees at the University of Bonn . He then worked for many years as a department head at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung , where he has been the coordinator in the social policy working group and deputy head of the scientific services department since 2003. Here he has written or edited more than 40 monographic publications for the foundation. In addition, as an ancient historian, he continued to be associated with the University of Bonn as a research assistant and qualified as a professor there in 1996 with the thesis Authenticity and Method. Investigations into the historical value of the Persian-Greek letter of rulers in literary tradition . He then taught there, first as a private lecturer , then as an adjunct professor.

Fonts

  • Contributions to Jewish apologetics. Studies on the authenticity of documents by Flavius ​​Josephus and in the 1st Book of Maccabees , Hanstein, Cologne-Bonn 1977, ISBN 3-7756-1048-0 (Bonner Biblical Contributions, Volume 49)
  • Sibylline prophecies. Greek-German , Artemis and Winkler, Düsseldorf-Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-7608-1701-7 ( Tusculum Collection )
  • Authenticity and method. Studies on the historical value of the Persian-Greek letter of rulers in literary tradition , Kovač, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-8300-0107-X (series of publications studies on historical research in antiquity, volume 6)

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supporting documents

  1. ↑ Generalanzeiger Bonn of July 11, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Gauger, Jörg-Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludenscheid
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 2015
Place of death Bonn