Bernhard Maier

Bernhard Maier ( born 1963 in Oberkirch (Baden) ) is a German scholar of religion, which researches and publishes in particular to culture, religion and language of the Celts.

Life

Bernhard Maier studied Comparative Religious Studies, Comparative Linguistics, Celtic Philology and Semitic Studies at the Albert- Ludwigs- University of Freiburg, the Aberystwyth University and the Rheinische Friedrich- Wilhelms- University of Bonn and the University of London, and he in 1989 with King and Goddess. The Celtic conception of kingship and its oriental parallels to Dr. phil. received his doctorate. In 1998 he completed his habilitation at the Rheinische Friedrich- Wilhelms-Universität Bonn on The Religion of the Celts: gods, myths, world view. From 1999 to 2004 he was a Heisenberg Fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

From 2004 to 2006, Maier Reader and Professor of Celtic at the University of Aberdeen, since 2006 he has been a professor of General Religion Science and European religious history at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen held. Bernhard Maier is married and has four children.

Writings (selection )

  • King and Goddess. The Celtic conception of kingship and its oriental parallels. Thesis. University of Bonn, 1989.
  • Dictionary of Celtic religion and culture. Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5.
  • The word book of the Welsh Celts. The four branches of the Mabinogi. German paperback publishing house, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-423-12628-0.
  • The Celts. Its history from the beginnings to the present. Beck, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-406-46094-1.
  • The religion of the Celts. Gods - Myths - worldview. Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-48234-1.
  • Quran Dictionary. Kröner, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-520-34801-2.
  • The religion of the Teutons. Gods - Myths - worldview. Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-50280-6.
  • Small dictionary of names and words of Celtic origin. Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-49470-6.
  • Stonehenge. Archeology, history, myth. Beck, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-406-50877-4.
  • Great moments in religion. From Augustine to Zarathustra. Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-57367-5.
  • The Druids. Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-56266-2.
  • William Robertson Smith. His Life, his Work and his Times. Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen, 2009, ISBN 978-3-16-149995-1.
  • Dictionary Schottisch-Gälisch/Deutsch and German / Scottish Gaelic. Buske, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-87548-557-8.
  • The Wisdom of the Celts. Proverbs from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany. Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-61355-5.
  • Semitic Studies in Victorian Britain. A portrait of William Wright and his world through his letters. Ergon, Würzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-89913-855-9.
  • History and culture of the Celts. Also published as Handbook of Classical Studies: History and Culture of the Celts: Volume III 10 Beck, Munich, 2012. ISBN 978-3-406-64140-4 ISBN 978-3-406-64142-8 respectively.
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