Klaus Koch (theologian)

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Klaus Koch (born October 4, 1926 in Sulzbach , today in Apolda ; † March 28, 2019 ) was a German , Protestant theologian and professor emeritus for the Old Testament and ancient oriental religious history at the University of Hamburg .

Life

From 1946 to 1950 Koch studied Protestant theology in Heidelberg , Bethel , Mainz and Tübingen . From 1950 to 1954 he was assistant to Gerhard von Rad in Heidelberg ; In 1953 he received his doctorate in the subject of the Old Testament. Between 1954 and 1956, Koch was a Protestant pastor in Jenaprießnitz . In 1957 he completed his habilitation with Friedrich Baumgärtel and accepted a private lectureship in Erlangen. A year later, Hans-Joachim Kraus brought him to the newly established Department of Protestant Theology at the University of Hamburg.

In 1960 Koch followed a call to the Wuppertal Church University. From 1962 he held the chair for the Old Testament and the history of ancient oriental religions in Hamburg, and in 1991 he retired. Visiting professorships took him to the USA and India.

Two of Klaus Koch's brothers were also university teachers: the Protestant theologian Traugott Koch (systematic theology) and the physician Gebhard Koch . From 1978 Klaus Koch was married to the doctor Eva-Maria Koch.

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Klaus Koch's main research areas were the religious history of Israel (in contrast to an understanding of the Old Testament as " revelation ", he interpreted it from the influences of his environment) and apocalyptic (he particularly devoted himself to the Book of Daniel ).

Koch coined the term doing-doing-connection and triggered discussions about the Old Testament image of God .

Klaus Koch received an honorary doctorate from the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Rostock due to his outstanding commitment to teaching and the reconstruction of the faculty. He was a member of the Joachim Jungius Society of Sciences , senior member of the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg and a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

His students include numerous domestic and foreign theologians and university teachers, u. a. Eckart Otto , Bernd Janowski , Martin Rösel, Gnana Robinson and Nelson Kirst.

Publications (selection)

  • as editor: Reclams Bibellexikon. 7th revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-15-010555-2 .
  • Imago Dei. Human dignity in the biblical text (= reports from the meetings of the Joachim-Jungius-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften eV, vol. 18, no.4). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 3-525-86306-3 .
  • with Martin Rösel : Polyglot synopsis on the book of Daniel. Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2000, ISBN 3-7887-1741-6 .
  • Expectations of the Savior in Judea at the turn of the ages. In: Shemaryahu Talmon (ed.): The Qumran Scrolls. On the exciting story of their research and interpretation. Pustet, Regensburg 1998, ISBN 3-7917-1592-5 , pp. 107-135.
  • Europe, Rome and the emperor against the background of two millennia Reception of the book of Daniel (= reports from the meetings of the Joachim-Jungius-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften eV vol. 15, no.1). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1997, ISBN 3-525-86291-1 .
  • Travel through Indonesia. Stürtz, Würzburg 1997, ISBN 3-8003-0803-7 .
  • with Peter Frei : Imperial idea and imperial organization in the Persian Empire (= Orbis biblicus et orientalis. Vol. 55). 2nd revised and greatly expanded edition. Universitäts-Verlag et al., Freiburg (Switzerland) et al. 1996, ISBN 3-7278-1045-9 .
  • History of the Egyptian Religion. From the pyramids to the mysteries of Isis. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1993, ISBN 3-17-009808-X .
  • The double exit of the Old Testament in Judaism and Christianity . In: Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie , Vol. 6 (1991), pp. 215–242.
  • The essence of ancient Egyptian religion as reflected in Egyptological research (= reports from the meetings of the Joachim-Jungius-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften eV Vol. 7, no. 1). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1989, ISBN 3-525-86239-3 .
  • What is shape history? Methods of Bible Exegesis. 5th revised and supplemented edition. Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1989, ISBN 3-7887-0683-X .
  • as editor with Johann Michael Schmidt: Apokalyptik (= ways of research. Vol. 365). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1982, ISBN 3-534-06026-1 .
  • The book of Daniel (= income from research. Vol. 144). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-534-07506-4 .
  • The prophets. 2 volumes. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1978–1980, ISBN 3-17-013678-X ;
    • Volume 1: Assyrian Period (= Kohlhammer Urban-Taschenbücher. 280);
    • Volume 2: Babylonian-Persian times (= Kohlhammer Urban pocket books. 281).
  • as editor: About the principle of retribution in religion and law of the Old Testament (= ways of research. Vol. 125). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1972, ISBN 3-534-03828-2 .
  • At a loss for apocalyptic. A pamphlet on a neglected area of ​​biblical studies and its harmful effects on theology and philosophy. Gütersloh publishing house G. Mohn, Gütersloh 1970.
  • The Growth of the Biblical Tradition. The form-critical method. Black, London 1969.
  • Church and theology in a democratic society. Achievements, failures, tasks (= aspects of modern theology. Vol. 10, ZDB -ID 990228-4 ). Gütersloh publishing house G. Mohn, Gütersloh 1969.
  • The book of books. The history of the creation of the Bible (= Understandable Science. Vol. 83, ISSN  0083-5846 ). Springer, Berlin 1963.
  • as editor with Rolf Rendtorff : Studies on the theology of the Old Testament traditions. Gerhard von Rad on his 60th birthday. Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen 1961.
  • The priestly scripture . From Exodus 25 to Leviticus 16. An investigation into the history of tradition and literary criticism (= research on the religion and literature of the Old and New Testaments. H. 71 = NF H. 53, ZDB -ID 528176-3 ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1959.
  • The Israelite view of atonement and its historical changes. Habil. Masch. Erlangen, 1956.
  • Sdq in the Old Testament. An investigation into the history of tradition. Diss. Mach. Heidelberg, 1953.
  • The origin of the concept of myth in modern biblical studies. Masch., Without place and year (Rammental near Heidelberg).

Collected Essays

  • Klaus Koch: Collected essays. 4 volumes. Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn
    • Volume 1: Traces of Hebrew Thought. Contributions to Old Testament theology. Edited by Bernd Janowski and Martin Krause. 1991, ISBN 3-7887-1343-7 ;
    • Volume 2: The realms of the world and the coming Son of Man. Studies on the Daniel Book. Edited by Martin Rösel. 1995, ISBN 3-7887-1515-4 ;
    • Volume 3: Before the Turning of Times. Contributions to apocalyptic literature. Edited by Uwe Glessmer and Martin Krause. 1996, ISBN 3-7887-1606-1 ;
    • Volume 4: The Aramaic Reception of the Hebrew Bible. Studies on Targumik and Apocalyptic. Edited by Martin Rösel. 2003, ISBN 3-7887-1893-5 .

Festschriften

  • Klaus Koch: Studies on the Old Testament and Old Oriental Religious History. For Klaus Koch's 60th birthday. Edited by Eckart Otto . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen et al. 1988, ISBN 3-525-53579-1 .
  • Dwight R. Daniels: Harvest What You Sow. Festschrift for Klaus Koch on his 65th birthday. Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1991, ISBN 3-7887-1402-6 .
  • Friedhelm Hartenstein, Martin Rösel (ed.): JHWH and the gods of the peoples. Symposium on the 80th birthday of Klaus Koch. Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2009, ISBN 978-3-7887-2240-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martina Böhm, Corinna Körting (via Thomas Römer): The Obituary of Klaus Koch. In: Zwinglius Redivivus. April 4, 2019, accessed April 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Koch, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant Old Testament scholar
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Sulzbach
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 2019