Michael Tilly

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Michael Tilly

Michael Tilly (born November 16, 1963 in Berlin ) is a German theologian. He is professor of the New Testament and Ancient Judaism at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen , director of the Institute for Ancient Judaism and Hellenistic Religious History, and author of specialist books, essays and lexicon articles on Judaic and biblical subjects.

Career

Tilly studied Protestant theology in Mainz and Heidelberg from 1982 to 1989 , became active in the SS 1983 in the VDSt Königsberg-Mainz , received his doctorate in 1993 in the New Testament in Mainz and worked from 1991 to 1997 as a research assistant, then until 2001 as a research assistant there Seminar for Jewish Studies . In 2001 he obtained his habilitation (subject: Jewish studies). He then taught in 2001/2002 at the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Education and at the Koblenz-Landau University in Koblenz.

From 2002 to 2012 he was a university lecturer at the Jewish Studies Seminar in Mainz. In 2002 he taught at the Theological Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena , in 2003 at the Protestant Theology Department of the Saarland University in Saarbrücken , 2005/2006 at the Church University of Wuppertal , 2006/2007 and 2012 in the Jerusalem Theological Year .

From 2007 to 2012 he was the professor for the New Testament and Biblical Didactics at the Institute for Protestant Theology at the University of Koblenz-Landau in Landau. In the 2004/2005 winter semester he received the “Prize for Excellent Teaching” from the Senate of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . In September 2007 he was appointed adjunct professor and in November 2009 he was ordained in the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate .

He accepted the offer of a W3 professorship for New Testament and Ancient Judaism at the Protestant theological faculty of the University of Tübingen on April 1, 2012. In June 2012 he was appointed Research Associate in the Department of New Testament Studies, University of Pretoria (South Africa) and in July 2016 he was appointed a full member of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science. From 2016 to 2019 he was dean of the Tübingen Evangelical Theological Faculty.

He is the editor of the Rabbinical Texts series . Since 2016 he has been a member of the editorial team of the series Scientific Monographs on the Old and New Testament and the journal Kerygma und Dogma . Since 2017 he has been co-editor of the review magazine Theologische Rundschau and has been responsible for New Testament science and its sub-disciplines. Since August 2018 he has been a member of the Minerva Fellowship Committee of the Max Planck Society .

His academic research and publications focus on the literature and religion of ancient Judaism, the Septuagint , the Tosefta , the interpretation and transmission of the Holy Scriptures in ancient Judaism and early Christianity, as well as hostility towards Jews and anti-Semitism in the past and present.

Publications (selection)

His publications include the following monographs :

  • as ed. with Burton Visotzky : "Judaism III: Culture and Modernity" (= Religions of Mankind . Volume 27.3), Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2020, ISBN 978-3-17-032588-3 .
  • as ed. with Ulrich Mell : »Antagonists. On dealing with the opponent in early Jewish and early Christian literature " (= Scientific investigations on the New Testament . Volume 428), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-16-156096-5 .
  • as ed. with Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Beth Langstaff : "Make Disciples of All Nations" (= Scientific studies on the New Testament . 2nd series, Volume 482), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-16-156673- 8 .
  • as ed. with Friedrich Avemarie , Predrag Bucovec and Stefan Krauter: Die Maccabees (= Scientific Studies on the New Testament . Volume 382), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-16-153861-2 .
  • as ed. with Matthias Morgenstern and Volker Henning Drecoll : L'adversaire de Dieu - The Adversary of God. 6th Symposium Strasbourg, Tübingen, Uppsala. 27.-29. June 2013 in Tübingen (= Scientific Studies on the New Testament . Volume 364), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-16-154236-7 .
  • as ed. with Lothar Triebel : Necessary Encounters. Judaism and Christianity from antiquity to the present day - contributions from science, synagogue and church. Text book for the 25th anniversary of the expansion of the basic article of the church order of the Ev. Church in Hesse and Nassau , Verlag der Hessische Kirchengeschichtliche Vereinigung, Darmstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-931849-46-7 .
  • with Wolfgang Oswald : History of Israel. From the beginnings to the 3rd century AD Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-534-26805-4 .
  • 1 Maccabees (= Herder's Theological Commentary on the Old Testament ). Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2015, ISBN 978-3-451-26822-9 .
  • with Günter Mayer : way of life and standard of living in ancient Judaism. Studies on Jewish religious sociology and theology in Hellenistic-Roman times (= Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies. Volume 30). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-041590-2 .
  • as ed. with Luke Neubert : One God and the Nations in eschatological perspective. Studies on inclusion and exclusion in biblical monotheism (= Biblical-Theological Studies. Volume 137). Neukirchener Theologie, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2013, ISBN 978-3-7887-2679-9 .
  • History and tradition. Essays on ancient Judaism and the Jewish legacy of early Christianity (= work on New Testament theology and contemporary history. Volume 12). Institute Church and Judaism, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-938435-05-2 .
  • Apocalyptic (= UTB Profile. Volume 3651). Francke, Tübingen / Basel 2012, ISBN 978-3-8252-3651-9 .
  • with Wolfgang Zwickel : Religious history of Israel. From prehistoric times to the beginnings of Christianity. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2011 (2nd, revised edition 2015), ISBN 978-3-534-25718-8 .
  • as ed. with Karin Finsterbusch : Understand what one reads. On the indispensability of historical-critical Bible reading , Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-525-58012-7 .
  • Judaism. marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-8438-0219-2 (2nd, revised edition 2008; 3rd, revised and supplemented edition 2010; 4th, revised and supplemented edition 2012; 5th, revised and supplemented edition 2013; 6th, corrected and supplemented edition 2015; 7th, corrected and supplemented edition 2018).
  • Introduction to the Septuagint. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2005, ISBN 978-3-534-70908-3 .
  • Tosefta Moed katan. Translation and explanation (= Rabbinical texts. 1st row, Volume II 5). Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-17-018125-4 .
  • Jerusalem - the center of the world. Lore and functions of sanctuary traditions in ancient Judaism. Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-17-017265-4 (also habilitation thesis, University of Mainz 2001).
  • This is how Jesus' contemporaries lived. Everyday life and piety in ancient Judaism. Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-7867-2030-4 (2nd, revised edition by Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-7668-4062-2 ).
  • John the Baptist and the Biography of the Prophets. The Synoptic Anabaptist tradition and the Jewish image of the prophet at the time of the Baptist (= contributions to the science of the Old and New Testament. Volume 137). Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-17-013180-X (also dissertation, University of Mainz 1993).

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SURNAME Tilly, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German university professor of Jewish studies
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin