Werner Stenger

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Werner Stenger (born November 14, 1938 in Bad Kreuznach ; † June 7, 1990 in Krumbach ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian .

Werner Stenger

Life

From 1957 to 1963 Stenger studied Catholic theology at the universities of Trier , Innsbruck and Munich . In 1963 he was ordained a priest in Trier and worked as a chaplain in Neuwied until 1966 . On leave for further studies, Stenger studied from 1966 to 1967 at the Institute for Catechetics and Homiletics at the University of Munich. In 1967 he went to the newly founded University of Regensburg , became an assistant at Professor Franz Mußner's chair and received his doctorate in the New Testament . In 1977 Werner Stenger was offered a professorship at the Pedagogical University of the Rhineland , Cologne Department ; from 1980 this was a professorship at the seminar for Catholic theology and its didactics at the University of Cologne . In January 1986 Werner Stenger suffered a stroke. Despite being paralyzed on one side, he resumed teaching in the following winter semester. In 1989, Stenger completed his habilitation with his thesis "Give the Kaiser what the Kaiser is.! A socio-historical study of the taxation of Palestine in New Testament times" at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Passau . Werner Stenger died on June 7, 1990 after suffering from cancer and a second stroke.

Research priorities

Fonts (selection)

  • Structural Observations on the New Testament. Leiden, New York, Kobenhavn, Cologne 1990, ISBN 90-04-09113-0
  • Give the emperor what is the emperor's! A socio-historical study of the taxation of Palestine in the New Testament period. Königstein 1988, ISBN 3-610-09104-5
  • Biblical methodology. Theology Guide 18, Düsseldorf 1887, ISBN 3-491-77681-3
  • The hymn of Christ 1 Tim 3:16. A structural analysis study. Frankfurt / M. 1977, ISBN 3-261-02282-5
  • together with Franz Schnider studies on the New Testament letter form. Leiden, New York, Kobenhavn, Cologne 1987, ISBN 90-04-08414-2
  • together with Franz Schnider Johannes and the Synoptics.  : Comparison of their parallels, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-466-25011-0
  • together with Franz Schnider The Easter Stories of the Gospels. Writings on Catechetics Vol. 13, Munich 1970
  • as editor together with Paul-Gerhard Müller continuity and unity. Festschrift for Franz Mussner on his 65th birthday, Freiburg i. Br. 1981, ISBN 3-451-19257-8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The dean of the educational science faculty of the University of Cologne (ed.): In memory of Werner Stenger 1938 - 1990, archive of the university, Cologne 1990.
personal data
SURNAME Stenger, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Kreuznach
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1990
Place of death Krumbach