Thomas R. Elßner

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Thomas R. Elßner (born August 18, 1961 in Görlitz ) is a German Catholic theologian .

Life

From 1987 to 1992 he studied philosophy and theology in Erfurt and at the PTH Sankt Georgen . As a promotion Cusanuswerk scholarship (1993-1996), he wrote on his dissertation, which he in 1997 doctorate was. From 2000 to 2005 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Theology and Peace . From 2002 to 2005 he had a teaching position with Thomas Hoppe at the Helmut Schmidt University . Since 2005 he has been a military chaplain and lecturer at the Inner Guidance Center in Koblenz . After completing his habilitation in 2007/2008 at the University of Erfurt , he has been Professor of Theology and Exegesis of the Old Testament at the PTH Vallendar since April 2009 .

His main areas of research are justification of violence in biblical scriptures and deuterocanonical scriptures.

Fonts

  • The prohibition of abuse of names (Ex 20.7 / Dtn 5.11): meaning, development and early history of impact (= Erfurt theological studies. Volume 75). Benno-Verl., Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-7462-1280-4 (also dissertation, Erfurt 1997).
  • with Theresia Heither : Origen's homilies to the book of Joshua. The wars of Joshua as the saving work of Jesus (= contributions to the ethics of peace. Volume 38). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-17-019323-6 .
  • with Theresia Heither: Child soldiers (= working paper. Volume 2007,1). Inner Guidance Center, Koblenz et al. 2007, OCLC 188288233 .
  • with Hanna-Lena Krauß : German citizens of the Muslim faith in the Bundeswehr (= working paper. Volume 2007,2). Inner Guidance Center, Koblenz et al. 2007, OCLC 188288251 .
    • with Hanna-Lena Neußer: German citizens of the Muslim faith in the Bundeswehr (= working paper. Volume 2011.1). 2nd and extended edition, Inner Guidance Center, Koblenz et al. 2011, OCLC 730 049 434 .
  • Joshua and his wars in Jewish and Christian reception history (= Theology and Peace. Volume 37). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-17-020520-8 (also habilitation thesis, Erfurt 2008).
  • German citizens of the Jewish faith in the Bundeswehr . Inner Guidance Center, Koblenz et al. 2009.
    • German citizens of the Jewish faith in the Bundeswehr (= working paper. Volume 2010,2). 2nd and extended edition, Center for Inner Guidance, Koblenz et al. 2010.
  • as editor with Friedrich V. Reiterer and Renate Egger-Wenzel : Society and Religion in Late Biblical and Deuterocanonical Literature (= Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies. Volume 20). De Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2014, ISBN 3-11-031605-6 .
  • as editor with Reinhold Janke : Didactics of Military Ethics. From Theory to Practice (= International studies on military ethics. Volume 2). De Brill, Leiden et al. 2016, ISBN 978-90-04-31212-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Elßner, Thomas R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Goerlitz