Willibald Evil

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Willibald Bösen (* 1938 in Mettlach ) is a Roman Catholic theologian , biblical scholar and was Professor of New Testament and Didactics at Bielefeld University .

From 1982 until the end of the 2003 summer semester he was Professor of Biblical Theology and its Didactics at Bielefeld University.

Bösens research focus is on the question of the historical Jesus. In his endeavors to reconstruct the world from which Jesus came and in which he lived, he seeks to illuminate the Gospels and make them speak anew with the help of archaeological investigations in Israel, especially in Galilee and Jerusalem. As a teacher with many years of practice, the didactic question is also a central concern for him. On the basis of the observation that the majority of people are visually inclined, he tries to reveal the inner structure of the biblical texts to the reader of the two testaments by means of text elevations, schemes, diagrams and further them with the help of geographic and topographical maps and sketches, as well as reconstruction drawings to illustrate.

Scientific career

Bösen studied philosophy and Catholic theology in Trier, Friborg (Switzerland), Innsbruck and Saarbrücken from 1959 to 1965, and education and German studies in Saarbrücken from 1962 to 1965. In 1965 he completed his studies with the 1st and 1967 with the 2nd state examination for teaching. During his twelve years as a teacher at various schools in Saarland (from 1965 to 1976), he obtained a Magister Artium degree in Pedagogy, German Studies and Theology (MA) and in 1970 with a thesis on The Silent God in the Psalms at the University of Saarland was made Dr. Josef Blank in 1976 with a study of the Mahl motif in Lukas. phil. PhD. From 1976 to 1982 he worked as a research assistant at the PH Westfalen-Lippe (Münster department), where he completed his habilitation in 1982 with a thesis on the Galilee - the living space and field of activity of Jesus . In 1982 he passed the examination for Dipl. Theol. At the theological faculty in Trier. from. From 1982 to 2003, Bösen was a full professor of biblical theology and its didactics at Bielefeld University. Since his retirement in 2003 he has continued to work in adult and teacher training.

He lives in Heusweiler and is married to Inge Bösen.

Publications (selection)

Book publications

  • The painting motif in Lukas. Studies on the Lucanian understanding of meal with special consideration of Lk 22,14-20 , Saarbrücken (typewriter printing ) 1976
  • Jesus meal - Eucharistic meal - End times meal. A contribution to the theology of Luke , (SBS 97) Stuttgart 1980
  • From Jesus Supper to Mass today. A series of lessons for secondary level I , teacher commentary, Freiburg 1981.
  • From Jesus Supper to Mass today. A series of lessons for secondary level I , student booklet 7/8, Freiburg 1981
  • Galilee as the living space and field of activity of Jesus. A contemporary historical and theological investigation , Freiburg 1985; ²1990; 1998 (TB)
  • On the lonely road to God. The secret of the Carthusians , Freiburg 1987; ²1990; 31991; two special editions for the Kartausenmuseum in Buxheim 1995
  • Bruno of Cologne. The father of the Carthusians (A. Helly / W.Böse), translated from the French and with a report on the hermits by “St. Bruno ”provided, Würzburg 1992
  • The last day of Jesus of Nazareth. What really happened , Freiburg February 1994; July 1994; ³1995; 1999 (TB). - In Polish translation: Ostatni dzien Jezusa z Naretu 2002 - In Italian translation: L'ultimo giorno di Gesù di Nazaret, 2007
  • On the path of silence. A hermit learns about Johannes von Kreuz (A. Helly / W.Böse), translated from the French and edited, Munich 1997
  • Born in Bethlehem. The childhood stories of the Gospels , Freiburg 1999
  • Raised according to the scriptures. The Biblical Foundation of the Easter Faith , Freiburg 2006 (2009 translation into Portuguese)
  • I want to tell about His closeness. Experiences and experiences with God , Paderborn 2011

Lexicon article

  • Galilee: I. Landscape of Palestine; II. Location of Jerusalem , in: Lexicon for Theology and Church 5 (1995).
  • Gennesaret , in: Lexicon for Theology and Church 5 (1995).
  • Golan , in: Lexicon for Theology and the Church 5 (1995).
  • Crucifixion: I. General (Roman punishment); II. Crucifixion of Jesus , in: Lexicon for Theology and Church 6 (1997).
  • Praetorium , in: Lexicon for Theology and Church 8 (1999).
  • Prozess Jesu, I. Biblisch - New Testament , in: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche 8 (1999).
  • Tod Jesu , in: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche 9 (1999).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ W. Bösen: Crucified for us? The death of Jesus in the New Testament. Freiburg i. Br. 2018. p. 21.
personal data
SURNAME Evil, Willibald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Mettlach