Paul L. Maier

Paul Luther Maier (born May 31, 1930 ) is an American historian .

Live and act

Maier is the son of the evangelical theologian Walter A. Maier (1893–1950).

Following his school days, Maier studied at Harvard University and later switched to Concordia Seminary in Clayton , Missouri . His student achievements were honored with a Fulbright scholarship , with which he was able to study at the universities of Heidelberg and Basel for some time . In Basel he was a. a. Student of Karl Barth and Oscar Cullmann . He was able to successfully complete his studies in 1957 ( summa cum laude ) with a doctorate .

The main focus of his work was the Greek and Roman antiquity . But Maier also published some things on early Christianity and the Reformation . He also wrote several historical novels and books for young people . His articles can also be found regularly in magazines such as Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte , Christian Century , Harvard Theological Review or Hermes .

Fonts (selection)

Children's books

• The very first christmas . 1998.
• The very first Easter . 1999.
• Martin Luther . A man who changed the world . 2004.

Novels

• The flames of Rome . 1981.
  • German: Rome in flames. The time of the first Christians . Hänssler, Stuttgart 1996.
• A skeleton in god's closet . 1993.
  • German: The Markus Complott . Brockhaus, Wuppertal 2007.

Non-fiction

• A man spoke, a world listened. The story of Walter A. Maier . 1963.
• Pontius Pilate . 1968
  • German: Pontius Pilatus. His life and time according to documents . Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1970
• First christmas. The true and unfamiliar story in words and pictures . 1971.
  • German: The greatest event. A documentation of the Christmas story . Aussaat-Verlag, Wuppertal 1978.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod , St. Louis .