Michael Theobald

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Michael Theobald (born March 7, 1948 in Cologne ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian specializing in the New Testament .

Education and university career

Theobald studied Roman Catholic theology at the University of Bonn and at the University of Münster . After receiving his doctorate in Bonn in 1979 and his habilitation in 1985 in Regensburg , Theobald was Professor of Biblical Theology at the Free University of Berlin from 1985 to 1989 . Theobald has been Professor of New Testament at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen since 1989 ; In 2016 he retired. He is one of the signatories of the Church 2011 memorandum  : A necessary departure .

Research priorities

His work focuses on the Gospel of John and the New Testament letter literature (Romans, Ephesians , Hebrews , pastoral letters ). He was one of the editors of the new standard translation of the Bible presented in September 2016 . Theobald is also a member of the National Academy Leopoldina Halle , the Theology College of the DFG , the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), the Societas Novi Testamenti (SNTS) and the Working Group of German-Speaking New Testament Scholars (AGNT). From 2009 to 2019 Theobald was chairman of the Katholisches Bibelwerk Stuttgart eV

Together with his brother Christoph Theobald , he was awarded the Theological Prize of the Salzburg University Weeks in 2014.

Works (selection)

  • The overflowing grace. Studies on a Pauline motif field (= research on the Bible. Vol. 22), Echter, Würzburg 1982, ISBN 3-429-00752-6 .
  • In the beginning was the word. Text-linguistic study on the Johannes prologue (= Stuttgart Biblical Studies. Vol. 106), Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN (formally incorrect) 3-460-04061-1.
  • The Incarnation of the Logos. Studies on the relationship of the Johannes prologue to the corpus of the gospel and to 1 Joh (= New Testament treatises, NF vol. 20), Aschendorff, Münster 1988, ISBN 3-402-03642-8 .
  • See with the eyes of the heart. The letter to the Ephesians as a guide for spirituality and the church , Echter, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-429-02278-9 .
  • The letter to the Romans . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2000, ISBN 3-534-10912-0 .
  • Studies on the Letter to the Romans (= Scientific Studies on the New Testament. Vol. 136), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2001, ISBN 3-16-147519-4 .
  • Words of the Lord in the Gospel of John . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2002, ISBN 3-451-27494-9 .
  • A book that changes our lives. Biblical time thoughts (= faith and live. Vol. 10), Lit, Münster 2003, ISBN 3-8258-6427-8 .
  • For all times to be remembered (Jos 4,7). Publishing house Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2006.
  • The gospel according to John. Pustet, Regensburg 2009.
  • Studies on the Corpus Iohanneum. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2010.
  • ed. with Peter Hünseler, Heribert Busse : Did Jesus announce Muhammad ?. Contributions to Islamic prophetology. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2012.
  • Eucharist as a source of social action. A biblical-early church reflection (= Biblical-Theological Studies. Vol. 77). Neukirchener Theologie, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2012.
  • together with Wolfgang Bretschneider: The Paulus Oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy , Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-460-08601-2 .
  • Jesus, Church and the Salvation of Others (= Stuttgart biblical essays. Vol. 56), Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-460-06561-1 .
  • Israel oblivion in the pastoral letters. A new proposal for its historical-theological location in the 2nd century AD with special consideration of the Ignatius letters (= Stuttgart Biblical Studies. Vol. 229), Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-460-03294-1 .

literature

  • Hans-Ulrich Weidemann , Wilfried Eisele (ed.): A master student. Titus and his letter. Michael Theobald on his 60th birthday. Publishing house Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Member entry by Michael Theobald (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Egbert Ballhorn elected as the new CEO. Catholic Biblical Works , accessed October 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Theobald, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne