Peter Wick (theologian)

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Peter Stephan Wick (born July 27, 1965 in Basel ) is a Swiss Protestant Reformed theologian and New Testament scholar.

Life

In addition to studying Protestant theology at the University of Basel , he studied Catholic theology at the University of Friborg and then the history of Jewish antiquity at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He received his doctorate in 1993 from the University of Basel with a thesis on the rhetorical structure of the Philippians . In 1994 he was ordained pastor in the Evangelical Reformed Church in Basel-Stadt. In 1999, he completed his habilitation in the New Testament subject (development of early Christian worship services in the context of Jewish temple, synagogue and household piety). In 2002 he took part in an archaeological course at the German Evangelical Institute for Classical Studies in the Holy Land . From 2000 to 2003, Wick was assistant professor for the New Testament and ancient religious history in Basel; since 2003 he has held the chair for exegesis and theology of the New Testament and the history of early Christianity at the Ruhr University in Bochum .

Wick's research focuses on the letters of Paul, the Gospel of Matthew and the Letter of James , as well as New Testament ethics and their relevance for ethical discourses today.

He is president of the Canstein Biblical Institute in Westphalia.

Private

Wick is married and has four children.

Web links

Publications (selection)

  • The letter to the Philippians. The formal structure of the letter as the key to understanding its content (= BWANT Volume 135), Stuttgart et al. 1994.
  • The early Christian services. Origin and development within the framework of early Jewish temple, synagogue and household piety. (= BWANT Volume 150), Stuttgart et al. 2002 (2nd edition 2003)
  • Biblical Studies of the New Testament , Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 978-3-17018-137-3
  • Paul. Göttingen 2006.
  • Infant baptism challenges us. In the New Testament all baptismal theories reach their limit . In: Theological contributions 42 (2011), pp. 264–282. ( online )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Peter Wick
personal data
SURNAME Wick, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wick, Peter Stephan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Evangelical Reformed theologian and New Testament scholar
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel