Johann Maier (Judaist)

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Johann Maier (born May 17, 1933 in Arriach , Carinthia ; † March 16, 2019 in Mittenwald , Upper Bavaria ) was an Austrian Judaist, historian and theologian who spent most of his academic career at the University of Cologne, where a leading German School for Judaic Studies founded.

Maier passed the Matura in 1951 in Villach . He studied Protestant theology (doctorate in 1958) and from 1956 Jewish studies , Semitic studies and history in Vienna , among others with Kurt Schubert . In 1960 a second doctorate (Jewish studies) took place in Vienna and in 1964 the habilitation for Jewish studies in Vienna. In 1966 he was the founder and director of the Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne , where he had been a full professor since 1966. In 1984 he was slightly injured in a rampage by a student in which his colleague Hermann Greive was shot. In 1996 he retired.

He wrote German-language standard works on Jewish history and Judaism, dealt with Qumran research, Kabbalah , the tradition of Jesus in the Talmud , Jewish philosophy and the relationship between Judaism and Christianity.

Fonts

  • The Dead Sea lyrics . E. Reinhardt, Basel 1960. Vol. 1: Translation ; Vol. 2: Notes .
    • Revised and supplemented new edition under the title The Qumran-Essenes . E. Reinhardt, Basel / UTB, Munich 1995.
      • Vol. 1: The texts of caves 1–3 and 5–11
      • Vol. 2: The texts of the cave 4
      • Vol. 3: Introduction, chronology, index and bibliography
      • Digital edition under the title: Die Qumran-Essener. Dead Sea lyrics . Three volumes, 1995.
  • From cult to gnosis. Studies on the prehistory and early history of the Jewish Gnosis. Ark of the Covenant, God's throne and Märkābāh (= Kairos. Religious Studies , Vol. 1). O. Müller, Salzburg 1964.
  • History of the Jewish Religion. From the time of Alexander the Great to the Enlightenment, with a view of the 19th and 20th centuries. Century . de Gruyter, Berlin 1972 (and other editions, including Herder, Freiburg 1992).
  • Judaism. From biblical times to modern times ( Kindler's Kulturgeschichte series ). Kindler, Munich 1973 (and other editions).
  • Jesus of Nazareth in the Talmudic tradition (= results of research , vol. 82). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1978.
  • Fundamentals of the history of Judaism in antiquity . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1981.
  • with Peter Schäfer: Small Lexicon of Judaism . Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 1981 (and other editions, including Christliche Verlagsanstalt, Konstanz 1981).
  • Jewish confrontation with Christianity in antiquity . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1982.
  • Intellectualism and mysticism as factors of Jewish self-definition . In: Kairos. Journal for Religious Studies and Theology , Vol. 27 (1985), pp. 229-240.
  • Between wills. History and Religion in the Second Temple Period . Echter-Verlag, Würzburg 1990.
  • Order of Peace and Martial Law in Medieval Judaism. Represented on the basis of the writings of Maimonides (= contributions to the ethics of peace 16 ). Institute for Theology and Peace, Barsbüttel 1993.
  • The Kabbalah. Introduction - classic texts - explanations . CH Beck, Munich 1995, 2nd, revised edition 2005.
  • The teacher of justice. Franz Delitzsch lecture 1995 . Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum, Münster 1996.
  • The Dead Sea Temple Scroll and the "New Jerusalem". 11Q19 and 11Q20, 1Q32, 2Q24, 4Q554-555, 5Q15 and 11Q18. Translation and explanation . E. Reinhardt, Basel / UTB, Munich, 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition 1997.
  • Martial law and peace in the Jewish tradition . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2000.
  • Judaism from A to Z: faith, history, culture . Herder, Freiburg 2001, ISBN 3-45-105169-9 .
  • Foreign and foreign in the Jewish tradition and in the Sefar Chasidim . Kliomedia, Trier 2002.
  • Studies on the Jewish Bible and its history . de Gruyter, Berlin 2004.
  • The Judaic System of the Dead Sea Scrolls. In: Jacob Neusner (ed.): Judaism in Late Antiquity , Vol. 2: Historical syntheses . Brill, Leiden 2004, pp. 84-108.
  • Jewish history in dates . CH Beck, Munich 2005.
  • Judaism. Reader ( Study Religions Series ). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2007.
  • with Anton Grabner-Haider : Cultural history of early Christianity . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008.
  • with Anton Grabner-Haider, Karl Prenner: Cultural History of the Early Middle Ages. From 500 to 1200 n. Chr . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2010.
  • with Anton Grabner-Haider, Karl Prenner: Cultural History of the Late Middle Ages. Of 1200 to 1500 n. Chr . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2012.
  • Hebrew-Aramaic glossary on ancient Jewish law. With an introduction to ancient Jewish law and an overview of sources , De Gruyter 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://judaistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/38632.html
  2. ↑ VJD Newsletter, April 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ Maier's Universal Lexicon ; accessed on Dec. 14, 2013
  4. ↑ Erika Wantoch: Protocol of an illness in Die Zeit , year 1984, issue 15 ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Maier, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Judaist, historian and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Arriach
DATE OF DEATH 16th March 2019
Place of death Mittenwald