Willy Schottroff

Willy Schottroff (born January 25, 1931 in Frankfurt am Main ; † May 2, 1997 in Kassel ) was a German Protestant theologian ( Old Testament scholar ) and university professor.

Life

1951–53, Schottroff studied Protestant theology at Bethel , continued his studies in Tübingen from 1953–58 and now also dealt with archeology , philology and cultural history . In April 1958 he passed his first theological exam. After a stay abroad in Paris in 1958/59, the Vicariate in Brussels followed in 1960 . In 1961 he was in Mainz because one of Friedrichshorst supervised dissertation doctorate and married on July 21, 1961 Luise Klein from Berlin, which itself as Luise Schottroff became known as profiled theologian. From the end of July of this year to the autumn of 1962, he continued his studies in Jerusalem, where he added Semitic epigraphy and Egyptology to archeology and Semitic studies. He then became an assistant at the University of Mainz, where he completed his habilitation in 1964 and worked as a private lecturer . In August 1971 he was appointed adjunct professor in Mainz, but in the same year he received a call to the University of Frankfurt am Main , where he taught as a professor for the Old Testament until his retirement in 1996.

Together with Paul Mendes-Flohr, he began to prepare an edition of the complete works of Martin Buber , but had to hand this project over to Peter Schäfer due to a serious illness .

His research focused on biblical topography, Old Testament legal issues, liberation theology and the socio-historical interpretation of biblical texts - right up to Christian-Jewish dialogue .

Publications (selection)

Monographs

• “Remembrance” in the Old Orient and in the Old Testament: The root Zakar in the Semitic language area (= scientific monographs on the Old and New Testament 15), Neukirchen-Vluyn 1964.
• The old Israelite curse (= scientific monographs on the Old and New Testament 30), Neukirchen-Vluyn 1969.
• The Kingdom of God and the People: Studies on the Relationship of Christian Theology to Judaism (= Treatises on Christian-Jewish Dialogue 19), Munich 1991.

Together with Astrid Böhme

• Palmyrenian grave reliefs (= Liebieghaus Monograph 4), Frankfurt / Main 1979.

Together with Luise Schottroff

• The partiality of God. Biblical Orientations in Search of Peace and Justice. Munich 1984.
• Who is our god Contributions to a liberation theology in the context of the 'first' world. Munich 1986.
• The power of the resurrection. Social historical interpretations. Munich 1988.
• The precious love for life. Biblical inspiration. Munich 1991.
• Co-workers of creation, the Bible and the world of work. 1991.

Together with Marlene Crüsemann

• Guilt and debt. Biblical Traditions in Current Conflicts (= Kaiser Taschenbücher 121), Munich 1992.

Articles (selection)

• Horonaim, Nimrim, Luhith and the western edge of the "Land of Ataroth": A contribution to the historical topography of the Land of Moab. In: Journal of the German Palestine Association 82, Issue 2, 1966, pp. 163–208.
• Jeremiah 2: 1-3. Considerations on the method of exegesis of the prophets. In: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche 67, 1970, pp. 263–294.
• Sociology and the Old Testament. In: Annunciation and Research 17/19, 1972, pp. 46–66.
• The Itureans. In: Journal of the German Palestine Association 98, 1982, pp. 125–152.
• Goethe as a biblical scholar. In: Evangelische Theologie 44, Heft 5, 1984, pp. 463-485.
• Conclamatio et Profectio. To illustrate New Testament miracle stories. In: Religious propaganda and missionary competition in the New Testament world. Essays honoring Dieter Georgi [on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday]. Leiden / Cologne 1994, pp. 254-281.
• The parable of the wicked vine gardeners (Mk 12, 1-9 parr.). A contribution to the history of land leasing in Palestine. In: Journal of the German Palestine Association 112, Issue 1, 1996, pp. 18–48.
• “Open unlawful fetters, loosen yoke ropes”. Isaiah 58: 1–2, an example text on the subject of "Bible and Economics." In: Biblical interpretation. A journal of contemporary approaches 5, issue 3, 1997, pp. 263-278.

Editorships

• Together with Wolfgang Stegemann : The God of the Little People. Social historical interpretations. Vol. 1 (Old Testament), Munich / Gelnhausen 1979; Vol. 2 (New Testament), M. 1979; English edition: God of the Lowly. Socio-Historical Interpretation of the Bible, Maryknoll 1984 (192 p.).
• Traditions of Liberation. Vol. 1 (Methodical Approaches), Munich 1980; Vol. 2 (Women in the Bible), M. 1980.
• The interpretation of God through Jesus. Commemoration for Herbert Braun on his 80th birthday on May 4, 1983. Mainz 1983.
• Together with Luise Schottroff, Frank Crüsemann , Rainer Kessler : Learning justice. Contributions to Biblical Social History 94 (Old Testament). Gütersloh 1999.

translation

• J. Ghattas, Maheeba Akra Jahshan: Guide to Western Jordan - Jerusalem. Jerusalem 1962.

literature

• Bibliography Willy Schottroff (until 1989). In: The kingdom of God and man. Studies on the relationship between Christian theology and Judaism (= treatises on Christian-Jewish dialogue 19), Munich 1991, pp. 231–235.
• Ulrike Bail , Renate Jost : God on the edges. Social historical perspectives on the Bible. Festschrift for Willy Schottroff. Gütersloh 1996.
• Eugen Eckert : "Who sits in the hiding place of the highest". Address at the funeral service for Willy Schottroff on May 9, 1997. In: Junge Kirche 58, Heft 7/8, 1997, pp. 411-415 (with picture on p. 414).

Web links

• Works by and about Willy Schottroff  in the German Digital Library
• Entry in the directory of professors at the University of Mainz 1477-1973