Markus Öhler

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Markus Öhler (born April 5, 1967 in Linz on the Danube , Austria ) is an Austrian Protestant theologian.

Life

Markus Öhler grew up in Linz on the Danube. His parents owned a medium-sized company producing stamps and signs; his father Adolf Öhler was a committed member of the Evangelical Parish in Linz-Urfahr. Markus Öhler studied Protestant theology from 1985–1991 at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna . In 1991 he took over the position of assistant at the Institute for New Testament Studies with Kurt Niederwimmer , under whose guidance he also obtained his doctorate. The title of his dissertation was Elijah in the New Testament. Investigations into the meaning of the Old Testament prophet in the New Testament . Then he devoted himself to his habilitation , which dealt with the person of Barnabas . From 1999 to 2001 he received an Erwin Schrödinger grant from the Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research , which took him to the University of Tübingen for two years to work on this study . In 2001 he received his habilitation for the subject of New Testament science at the University of Vienna with this study . After a further position as a university assistant and a visiting professor at the University of Hamburg , he took over the chair for New Testament science at the Protestant theological faculty of the University of Vienna in 2011 as the successor to Wilhelm Pratscher .

Participation in scientific associations

Öhler is a member of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS), within the framework of which he has been organizing the seminar "Social History and the New Testament" since 2010 together with Hermut Löhr and Anders Runesson . Together with Wilhelm Pratscher, he organized the 2009 SNTS annual congress in Vienna. He is active as a lecturer within the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and co-organized two international meetings in Vienna. During his time as an assistant, he and Carsten Claußen founded the Working Group of New Testament Assistants (ag-ass) in 2007.

Research priorities

At the beginning of his work, Markus Öhler's research activities focused on topics of biblical theology , later he was guided by questions of cultural and religious history for the study of early Christianity and early Christian literature. The current research focus is on the history of early Christianity, the importance of epigraphic evidence for understanding the New Testament and the epistle to the Romans of the Apostle Paul .

In addition to historical and critical research into the New Testament, Öhler also deals with bibliodrama . Together with Alexandra Grund-Wittenberg, he is the publisher of the Lebenswelten der Bibel series in the Gütersloh publishing house .

Fonts (selection)

  • Elijah in the New Testament. Investigations into the meaning of the Old Testament prophet in early Christianity (= BZNW 88). de Gruyter, Berlin – New York 1997.
  • Barnabas. The historical person and their reception in the Acts of the Apostles (= WUNT 156). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2003.
  • Barnabas. The man in the middle (= biblical figures 12). Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2005 (Hungarian 2007).
  • History of early Christianity (= UTB 4737). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2018.

As editor:

  • Old Testament figures in the New Testament, Darmstadt 1999.
  • according to with Michael Becker: Apocalyptic as a challenge to New Testament theology, WUNT 2nd row 214, Tübingen 2006.
  • according to with Wilhelm Pratscher and Markus Lang: Egyptian Christianity in the 2nd Century, SNTU.NF 6, Vienna 2008.
  • according to with Carsten Claussen: Exegesis and Dogmatics, BThSt 107, Neukirchen – Vluyn 2010.
  • Apostles' decree and ancient associations. Community and its order, WUNT 280, Tübingen 2011.
  • Baptism, Topics of Theology 5, UTB 3661, Tübingen 2012.
  • Religious Community and Identity. Processes of Jewish and Christian identity formation, BThSt 142, Neukirchen – Vluyn 2013.
  • Epigraphy and New Testament, WUNT 365, Tübingen 2016.
  • Pauline scripture reception. Basics - Characteristics - Effects - Assessments, FRLANT 268, Göttingen 2017.

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personal data
SURNAME Öhler, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH April 5th 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz on the Danube , Austria