Oda Wischmeyer

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Oda Wischmeyer (born August 20, 1944 in Köslin ) is a Protestant theologian . From 1993 to 2009 she was Professor of the New Testament at the University of Erlangen .

Life

From 1963 to 1968, Oda Wischmeyer studied German and Protestant theology in Göttingen and Heidelberg , where she received her doctorate in 1973 with a thesis on 1 Cor 13. In 1993 she completed her habilitation in Heidelberg on the book Jesus Sirach . From 1993 to 2009 she was Professor of New Testament at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

From 2005 to 2007 Oda Wischmeyer was Dean of the Faculty of Theology.

Oda Wischmeyer was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology at Lund University (2009 to 2012). In 2008/2009 she was a member of the “Theologies, Religious Studies” working group of the Science Council . In 2015, Lund University awarded her an honorary doctorate.

Work and research

Oda Wischmeyer's research focus is New Testament hermeneutics . Further research areas are the life and work of Paul , the Gospel of Mark, the epistle of James and early Judaism, especially Ben Sira.

Fonts (selection)

  • The highest way. The thirteenth chapter of 1 Corinthians. Mohn, Gütersloh 1981, ISBN 3-579-00080-2 .
  • The culture of the book of Jesus Sirach. , de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1995, ISBN 3-11-014564-2
  • New Testament hermeneutics. A textbook, Francke, Tübingen / Basel 2004, ISBN 3-7720-8054-5 .
  • From Ben Sira to Paul. Collected essays on texts, theology and hermeneutics of early Judaism and the New Testament. ed. v. E.-M. Becker, Tübingen 2004 (WUNT 173).
  • Love as agape. The early Christian concept and the modern discourse , Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2015.

As editor

  • with E.-M. Becker: What is a text? , Tübingen / Basel 2001 (NET 1).
  • Origin and Future of New Testament Science. Tübingen / Basel 2003 (NET 6).
  • with S. Scholz: The Bible as a text. Tübingen 2008 (NET 14).
  • with Ch. Lubkoll: Ethical Turn? Humanities in a new responsibility. Munich 2009.
  • Lexicon of Biblical Hermeneutics. Berlin / New York 2009.
  • with L. Scornaienchi: Polemics in early Christian literature. Texts and contexts. (BZNW 170), Berlin / Boston 2011.
  • Paul. Life - Environment - Works - Letters. 2nd improved and expanded edition (UTB), Tübingen: A. Francke, 2012.
  • Paul. Life - Setting - Work - Letters. London / New York: T&T Clark. Continuum, 2012.
  • with D. Sim / I. Elmer: Paul and Mark. Authors at the Beginning of Christianity / Paulus und Markus and the beginnings of early Christian theology. de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2013.
  • with E.-M. Becker: Handbook of Biblical Hermeneutics , Berlin 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Wischmeyer, Oda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian, New Testament scholar
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Koslin