Ole Christian Kvarme

Ole Christian Kvarme, 2006.
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Ole Christian Mælen Kvarme (born November 11, 1948 in Molde ) is a Norwegian Lutheran theologian. From 2005 to 2017 he was Bishop of the Diocese of Oslo in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway .

Kvarme grew up in Trondheim and studied at the Theological College in Oslo ( Menighetsfakultetet ). There he was an assistant from 1972–1974 and also worked on the Norwegian translation of the Bible. He also studied Hebrew at the University of Oslo and Jewish Studies at the University of Göttingen and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .

From 1976 to 1981 he was mission pastor of the Norwegian Israel Mission in Haifa , 1982–1986 director of the “ Caspari Center for Biblical and Jewish Studies” in Jerusalem , 1986–1996 General Secretary of the Norwegian Bible Society ( Det Norske Bibelskap ) and 1996–1998 cathedral provost at Oslo Cathedral . He was appointed on March 11, 2005 and installed in office on April 3, 2005. From 1998 to 2005 he was bishop of the diocese of Borg .

Fonts (selection)

• (with Kai Kjær-Hansen :) Messianske jøder. En kristen minoritet i Israel. Luther, Oslo 1979.
  • Messianic Jews. Jewish Christians in Israel. Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission, Erlangen 1983.
• Kirkens jødiske røtter. Den norske Israelmisjon, Oslo 1985.
• Apostlenes Gjerninger - studiebok på hebraisk. Jerusalem 1986.
• Bibelen på norsk. Kort om bibeloversettelse i Norge. Det norske bibelselskap, Oslo 1988.
• Bibelen i Norge , Oslo 1991
• Evighet i tiden. En bok om jødisk sabbatsglede and kristen søndagsfeiring. Verbum, Oslo 1992.
• (with Olav Fykse Tveit :) Evangeliet i vår culture. Verbum, Oslo 1995.
• Åtte dager i Jerusalem. En bok om Jesu påske, om jødisk and kristen påskefeiring. Verbum, Oslo 1996; revised edition 2019.
• Gjennom det gode lands. Verbum, Oslo 1997.
• Barnet and byen. En bok om Bethlehem. Verbum, Oslo 2003.
• Forunderlig merciful. Meditative vandringer in nådens landskap. Luther, Oslo 2018.

Web links

• Kvarmes profile on kirken.no (norw.)
• Article . In: Store norske leksikon (Norwegian).