Uwe Becker (theologian)
Uwe Becker (born October 31, 1961 in Bremen ) is a German Protestant theologian and professor of the Old Testament at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena .
Life
From 1980 to 1985 he studied theology in Bethel and Bonn, then from 1985 to 1989 he was assistant to Antonius H. Gunneweg , professor of the Old Testament in Bonn, and finally received his doctorate in 1989 with a thesis on the book of judges. 1992 he was in the Evang.-Luth. Church in Oldenburg and then worked on his habilitation thesis on the origin of the Isaiah book in a research project led by the Old Testament scholar Otto Kaiser . He completed his habilitation in 1996 in Göttingen , and between 2000 and 2003 he represented various chairs at the universities of Halle (Saale) , Frankfurt (Main) and Jena, until he accepted the chair in Jena in 2003.
His research is particularly focused on prophecy, theology of the Old Testament and its hermeneutics.
His best-known works are his book on the prophet Isaiah and the method book Exegesis of the Old Testament .
Web links
- Literature by and about Uwe Becker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of the theological faculty Jena with the publications of Uwe Becker
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| SURNAME | Becker, Uwe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian and professor of the Old Testament |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |