Karlheinz Müller (theologian)
Karlheinz Müller (born May 12, 1936 in Nuremberg ; † February 18, 2020 in Würzburg ) was a German theologian and Judaist .
Life
Karlheinz Müller studied Catholic theology at the University of Bamberg , University of Würzburg and University of Heidelberg . 1966 Müller was at Rudolf Schnackenburg specialist New Testament doctorate in Würzburg and in 1972 followed his Habilitation at the University of Graz . In 1982 Müller received his doctorate in Jewish Studies from the University of Cologne under Johann Maier .
From 1972 to 2004 Müller held the chair for Biblical Introduction and Biblical Auxiliary Sciences at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . Karlheinz Müller had retired in September 2004.
Müller was married to Brigitte Maria Müller since 1967; there are four children from the marriage.
Act
Müller's research areas were the origins and the historical development of early Christianity , early Jewish apocalyptic and the Halacha between the Persian period and the destruction of the Second Temple .
Müller was involved in researching the Würzburg Jewish stones from the very beginning: on January 9, 1987, numerous Jewish gravestones were found in the Pleich district of Würzburg when a former commercial building was demolished . The scientific research of the altogether 1455 tombstones, named as "Judensteine aus der Pleich", was completed by Müller and his colleagues from the Universities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Simon Schwarzfuchs , Rami Reiner and Edna Engel in 2012 with the publication of the third volume.
Müller was committed to ecumenical and interreligious dialogue. He was a member of the "Working Group for Questions of Judaism" at the Ecumenical Commission of the German Bishops' Conference and for many years the Catholic Board of Directors of the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation in Würzburg and Lower Franconia as well as scientific director of the museum opened in 2006 in the Community and Cultural Center Shalom Europe of the Jews Parish in Würzburg.
honors and awards
- 1996: Federal Cross of Merit on the ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for services to Jewish history and Jewish life in Lower Franconia
- 2001: "Pro Meritis Scientiae et Litterarum" from Bayer. State Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts
- 2006: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 2011: "Bene Merendi" in gold from the Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg
- 2011: "Behr Medal" from the city of Würzburg
such as
- Martin Ebner , Bernhard Heininger (ed.): Paradigms on the test stand. Exegesis against the grain , Festschrift for Karlheinz Müller on his retirement, Aschendorff Münster 2004, ISBN 978-3-402-04795-8
Fonts
- Kick-off and court. A study of Paulin's Jewish background. Scandal term , Kösel Munich 1969 (dissertation)
- with Rudolf Schnackenburg , Gerhard Dautzenberg : Rabbi J.: An examination of Johannes Lehmann's Jesus Report , Echter-Verlag Würzburg 1970, ISBN 978-3-429-00175-9
- The action of Jesus and the reaction of the church. Jesus of Nazareth and the beginnings of the church , Tyrolia-Verlag Würzburg 1972, ISBN 978-3-7022-1086-1
- Judaism in the religious history work on the New Testament - A critical review of the development of a methodology up to the Qumran finds , Lang Frankfurt am Main / Bern 1983, ISBN 978-3-8204-7574-6 (habilitation thesis)
- History and culture of Judaism , Schöningh Würzburg 1988, ISBN 978-3-87717-041-0
- Studies on early Jewish apocalyptic , Verlag Kath. Bibelwerk Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 978-3-460-06111-8
- with Rainer Ruß: Instructions for a successful life , Verlag Kath. Bibelwerk Stuttgart 1993
- with Marie-Louise Gubler: Resurrection of Jesus , Verlag Kath.Bibelwerk Stuttgart 1997
- with Dietmar Willoweit , Israel Yuval ; Jörg R. Müller (Ed.): Law - Violence - Memory. Lectures on the history of the Jews , Kliomedia Trier 2004, ISBN 978-3-89890-082-9
- The Würzburg Jewish Community in the Middle Ages From its beginnings around 1100 to the death of Julius Echter (1617) , Mainfränkische Studien 2004, Volume 70, ISBN 3-9800538-0-6
- with Simon Schwarzfuchs, Abraham (Rami) Reiner, Edna Engel: The gravestones from the Jewish cemetery in Würzburg from the time before the Black Death (1147–1346). 3 volumes, Wikomm-Verlag, Stegaurach 2012, ISBN 978-3-86652-958-8
- The Bible as Jews read it , Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation in Würzburg and Lower Franconia Würzburg 2016 (2nd edition); ISBN 978-3-00-054183-4
Web links
- Literature by and about Karlheinz Müller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Honor. University of Würzburg, accessed on January 11, 2012 .
- Robert Emmerich: Jewish gravestones from the Middle Ages. Science Information Service,accessed on January 11, 2012.
- Jewish gravestones 1147–1346. Shalom Europa Museum. Retrieved January 12, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ BR 24 Bavaria from February 20, 2020: Researcher of the Würzburg Judensteine: Karlheinz Müller died , accessed on February 20, 2020
- ^ "A connoisseur of Judaism" , University of Würzburg from February 25, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Karlheinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 2020 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |