Thomas Willi

Thomas Willi (born July 27, 1942 in St. Gallen ) is a Swiss Protestant theologian.

Life

Willi studied Protestant theology and ancient oriental languages ​​in Basel , Paris and Göttingen . After receiving his doctorate on February 13, 1970 as Dr. theol. At the University of Tübingen he was pastor in the Eichberg SG community and head of the Foundation for Church and Judaism in Basel . After his habilitation in 1991 in Bern , he taught from 1994 until his retirement in 2007 as a professor for the Old Testament at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald .

Works (selection)

• Herder's contribution to the understanding of the Old Testament (= contributions to the history of biblical hermeneutics . Volume 8). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1971, ISBN 3-16-131871-4 .
• The chronicle as an interpretation. Investigations into the literary design of the historical tradition of Israel (= research into the religion and literature of the Old and New Testaments . Volume 106). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1972, ISBN 3-525-53251-2 (also dissertation, Tübingen 1970).
• with Ina Willi-Plein : Faith dagger and proof of the Messiah. The encounter between Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the 13th century in Spain (= research on Jewish-Christian dialogue . Volume 2). Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1980, ISBN 3-7887-0561-2 .
• Judah - Jehud - Israel. Studies on the self-understanding of Judaism in Persian times (= research on the Old Testament . Volume 12). Mohr, Tübingen 1995, ISBN 3-16-146478-8 (also habilitation thesis, Bern 1991).
• Esra. The teacher of Israel (= Biblical figures . Volume 26). Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-374-03049-1 .
• Michael Pietsch (ed.): Israel and the peoples. Studies on the literature and history of Israel in the Persian era (= Stuttgart biblical essays. Old Testament . Volume 55). kbw, Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 3-460-06551-6 .

literature

• Julia Männchen (Ed.): My house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples (Isa 56,7). Judaism in History, Literature, and Cult since the Second Temple Period. Festschrift for Thomas Willi on his 65th birthday . Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2007, ISBN 3-7887-2242-8 .

Web links

• Constanze Steinke: University of Greifswald says goodbye to renowned theologians. In: Information Service Science . Press release from the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, July 5, 2007 .