Ulrich Luz

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Ulrich Luz (born February 23, 1938 in Männedorf ; † October 13, 2019 in Laupen ) was a Swiss theologian . Until 2003 he was Professor of New Testament at the University of Bern .

Life

Raised in Männedorf, Ulrich Luz made his graduation in 1956 at the Free School of Zurich. He studied Protestant theology in Zurich , Göttingen and Basel . After his assistantship, his doctorate in 1967 with Eduard Schweizer and his habilitation in 1968, he worked for one year as a pastor in Zurich-Seebach , then for two years as a visiting lecturer at two universities in Tokyo . From 1972 to 1980 he was full professor for the New Testament in Göttingen , then in Bern until his retirement in 2003.

His main research interests are the Gospel of Matthew - as the main author of an extremely detailed exegetical commentary -, the history (especially the history of religion ) of early Christianity and biblical hermeneutics . He is or was co-editor of the Evangelical-Catholic Commentary on the New Testament , the works from Albert Schweitzer's estate and the journals Evangelische Theologie , Judaica and New Testament Studies .

Ulrich Luz received seven honorary doctorates , most recently from Uppsala University in 2006 . His works have been translated into a total of nine languages. He lived in Laupen near Bern.

Fonts

Main work

Further monographs

  • Paul's understanding of history. Dissertation and habilitation. Kaiser, Munich 1968 ( Contributions to Protestant Theology , 49).
  • The story of Jesus in Matthew. Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1993. 2nd edition 2008, ISBN 3-7887-1445-X .

As a co-author or editor

  • with Seiichi Yagi : God in Japan. Kaiser, Munich 1973.
  • with Pinchas Lapide : The Jew Jesus. Theses of a Jew - Answers of a Christian. Benziger, Zurich 1979.
  • with Rudolf Smend : Law. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1981 ( Biblical Confrontations , 1015).
  • as co-author: eschatology and peace action. Exegetical contributions to the question of Christian responsibility for peace. Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 1981. 2nd edition 1982, ISBN 3-460-04011-4 ( Stuttgarter Bibelstudien , 101).
  • as editor: Apple of contention Bible. One Bible - many accesses. A theological conversation. TVZ, Zurich 1992. 3rd edition 2002, ISBN 3-290-10874-0 .
  • with Hans Weder (Ed.): The middle of the New Testament. Unity and diversity of New Testament theology. Festschrift for Eduard Schweizer on his 70th birthday. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1983.
  • as co-author: middle of the font? A Judeo-Christian conversation. Texts from the Bern Symposium from 6 to 12 January 1985. Lang, Bern 1987 ( Judaica et Christiana , 11).
  • with Christian Link , Lukas Vischer : “But they stuck to the community”. Unity of the Church as a Process in the New Testament and Today. Reinhard / Benziger, Basel / Zurich 1988.
    • New edition: Ecumenism in the New Testament and Today. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-525-56355-7 .
  • with Jürgen Becker : The letter to the Ephesians. The epistle to the Colossians . In: The letters to the Galatians, Ephesians and Colossians. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, ISBN 3-525-51340-2 , pp. 105-244 (NTD 8.1).
  • with Walter Dietrich , Martin George (ed.): Anti-Judaism - Christian hereditary burden. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1999.
  • with Axel Michaels : Jesus or Buddha. Comparison of life and teaching. Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-47602-3 (BsR 1462).

See also

  • Elisabeth Luz , aunt of Ulrich Luz, known for a Swiss letter exchange program she organized between Jewish parents and children who had been forcibly separated due to acts of war and persecution in Germany.

literature

  • Moisés Mayordomo : The formative power of the texts. Hermeneutics and history of the impact of the New Testament. A symposium in honor of Ulrich Luz. Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-460-04991-X ( Stuttgarter Bibelstudien , 199).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ref.ch The Reformed Portal of October 16, 2019: New Testament scholar Ulrich Luz is dead , accessed on October 16, 2019
  2. ^ Moisés Mayordomo: Do not administer the Bible, but make it shine - on the death of the theologian Ulrich Luz. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. October 18, 2019, accessed November 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Luz, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss reformed theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Männedorf , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 2019
Place of death Laupen