Torsten Uhlig

Torsten Uhlig (* 1975 ) is a German Protestant theologian . He is Professor of the Old Testament at the Tabor Evangelical University in Marburg .

Life

Torsten Uhlig studied Protestant theology in Leipzig from 1995 to 2001 . In 2005 he was at the University of Gloucestershire for PhD doctorate . In 2007 he passed the second ecclesiastical examination and initially worked as a pastor in Altensalz in the Vogtland from 2007 to 2010 , then from 2011 to 2015 as a parish pastor in Wolkenstein-Schönbrunn and youth pastor in the Marienberg church district . From 2012 to 2015 he worked in the management team of MissioCamp Strobel-Mühle , from 2013 to 2015 in the management team of "jesus.echt - your training program". In 2015 he was appointed professor for the Old Testament at the Tabor Evangelical University.

Torsten Uhlig is married and has three children.

Memberships and initiatives

• Working group for evangelical theology
• Co-initiator of the advanced program for young people "jesus.echt: Your training program" within the framework of the Evangelical Youth of Saxony (2013-2015)

Research interests

• Exegesis and theology of the book of Isaiah
• Methods of Interpretation and Theology of the " Rear Prophets "
• Methods of interpretation of the Pentateuch / Pentateuch question
• Biblical hermeneutics
• Stubbornness in the Old Testament and in the context of a Biblical theology

Publications

monograph

• The Theme of Hardening in the Book of Isaiah. An Analysis of Communicative Action (= research on the Old Testament, 2nd series, volume 39). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-16-150143-2 ; also: Dissertation, University of Gloucestershire, 2005.

Editing

• Beat Weber : "Like a tree, planted on water channels" (Psalm 1,3). Contributions to the poetry and theology of psalms and psalteries for science and the church (= work on the Bible and its history, volume 41). Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-374-03228-0 .

Essays

• Too hard to understand? The motif of hardening in Isaiah. In: David G. Firth, Hugh GM Williamson (Eds.): Interpreting Isaiah. Issues and Approaches. Downers Grove, Nottingham 2009, ISBN 978-0-8308-3703-8 .
• On the importance of the Old Testament for Christians. In: Herbert H. Klement , Julius Steinberg (ed.): Thematic book on the theology of the Old Testament (= biblical monographs, volume 15). R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 2007, ISBN 978-3-417-29545-0 , pp. 55–73 (New edition as: Joy in God's instruction. Topic book on the theology of the Old Testament. ArteMedia, Riehen and Basel 2012, ISBN 978-3 -905290-67-7 ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Torsten Uhlig. In: eh-tabor.de. Retrieved March 17, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Torsten Uhlig. In: bibelwissenschaft.de. Retrieved March 17, 2018 .