Thomas Johann Bauer

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Thomas Johann Bauer (* 1973 ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian and university professor .

Life

Bauer studied Catholic theology at the University of Regensburg and the Gregorian and classical philology at the University of Giessen , where he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . To the Dr. theol. He received his doctorate in 2011 from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . In 2007, his philosophical doctoral thesis was awarded the dissertation prize of the Justus Liebig University in Gießen and his theological doctoral thesis was awarded the Bernhard Welte Prize in 2011. He taught in Giessen and as an academic councilor a. Currently at the New Testament Literature and Exegesis division in Freiburg im Breisgau . In 2009, Bauer was appointed Associate Professor of the New Testament at the Department of Biblical Studies in Freiburg im Üechtland and has been Professor of Exegesis and Theology of the New Testament at the University of Erfurt since 2014 . From July 2017 to September 2019 he was dean of the Erfurt faculty. Since 2014 he has also been the scientific director of the Vetus Latina Institute Beuron. In this function he coordinates and heads the edition of the remains of the oldest Latin translation of the biblical writings ( Vetus Latina ). He is working on a critical edition of the testimonies of the oldest Latin translation of the Gospel of Luke.

Bauer was elected dean of the Sectio theologica of the Bavarian Benedictine Academy in November 2019 , of which he has been a member since 2017.

His current research interests include the Revelation of John and early Christian and early Jewish apocalyptic; New Testament, early Christian and ancient letters; Beginnings of Christianity and its literature in the context of the cultural and religious history of the Roman Empire; Beginnings, History and Tradition of the Latin Bible.

Fonts (selection)

  • The millennial messiah kingdom of the Revelation of John. A literary-critical study on Rev 19.11 - 21.8 (= supplements to the journal for the New Testament science and the knowledge of the older church . Volume 148). De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019550-7 (also dissertation, Gießen 2006).
  • Who is who in the world of Jesus? . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2007, ISBN 3-451-29615-2 .
    • Who is who in the world of Jesus? (= Herder spectrum . Volume 6192). Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2013, ISBN 3-451-06192-9 .
  • Paul and the imperial epistolography. Contextualization and analysis of the letters to Philemon and to the Galatians (= Scientific Studies on the New Testament . Volume 276). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-019550-7 (also dissertation, Freiburg im Breisgau 2011).
  • as editor with Ferdinand R. Prostmeier : Co-workers of the word - co-workers of truth. Studies in Biblical Philology and Theology. Articles and unpublished works by Georg Schmuttermayr . EOS, Sankt Ottilien 2013, ISBN 978-3-8306-7639-3 .
  • as editor: Traditio et Translatio. Studies on the Latin Bible in honor of Roger Gryson (= Vetus Latina - From the history of the Latin Bible . Volume 40). Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2016, ISBN 978-3-451-31103-1 .
  • as editor with Peter von Möllendorff : The letters of Ignatios of Antioch. Motives, strategies, contexts (= Millennium Studies. Millennium Studies Studies on culture and history of the first millennium AD. Volume 72). De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-061799-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Johann Bauer elected the new dean of the Sectio Theologica of the Bavarian Benedictine Academy, news from November 12, 2019 on uni-erfurt.de.
  2. ↑ List of members of the Sectio Theologica of the Bavarian Benedictine Academy on benediktinerakademie.org (last accessed on November 14, 2019).
personal data
SURNAME Bauer, Thomas Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1973