Joachim Molthagen

Joachim Molthagen (born October 8, 1941 in Oldenburg ) is a German ancient historian .

Joachim Molthagen passed the Abitur in 1961 at the Old High School in Oldenburg . From 1961 he studied history, Protestant theology and Latin at the universities of Hamburg and Heidelberg . In 1967 the first state examination for teaching at grammar schools in Hamburg followed in the subjects of history and religion. Molthagen received his doctorate in 1969 at the University of Hamburg in ancient history on the subject: The Roman State and Christians in the Second and Third Centuries . In the same year he became a research assistant at the Department of Ancient History at the University of Hamburg, and in 1971 a senior scientific adviser. From 1982 until his retirement in 2005 he was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Hamburg .

His main research interests include the Roman Republic (expansion outside of Italy, internal conflicts in the late Republic), early Christianity in relation to the state and society of the Roman Empire (especially in the New Testament period) and ancient historiography.

Fonts

• The Roman State and Christians in the Second and Third Centuries . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1970, 2nd edition 1975, ISBN 3-525-25142-4 .
• Christians in the non-Christian world of the Roman Empire of the Imperial Era (1st – 3rd centuries AD) , St. Katharinen 2005, ISBN 978-3-89590-164-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Joachim Molthagen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Page by Joachim Molthagen at the University of Hamburg
• Entry of Joachim Molthagen at the Society for Free Church Theology and Journalism e. V. ( Memento from September 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )