Ulrich Luz

Ulrich Luz ( born February 23, 1938 in Männedorf ) is a Swiss theologian. Until 2003 he was Professor of New Testament at the University of Bern.

Life

Raised in Männedorf, Ulrich Luz made ​​his Matura 1956 at Freies Gymnasium Zurich. He studied Protestant theology in Zurich, Göttingen and Basel. After his residency, promotion 1967 Swiss with Eduard and his habilitation in 1968, he spent a year working as a pastor in Zurich -Seebach, then for two years as a guest lecturer at two universities in Tokyo. From 1972 to 1980 he was professor of New Testament at Göttingen, then until his retirement in 2003 in Bern.

His research focuses on the Gospel of Matthew - as the principal author of a highly detailed exegetical commentary -, history (especially the history of religion ) of early Christianity and biblical hermeneutics. He is or was co-editor of the Evangelical Catholic Commentary on the New Testament, the works from the estate of Albert Schweitzer and the magazines Protestant theology, Judaica and New Testament Studies.

Ulrich Luz received seven honorary doctorates, most recently in 2006 by the University of Uppsala. His works have been translated into nine languages. He lives in Laupen near Bern.

Writings

Main work

  • The Gospel according to Matthew. EKK I/1-4. Benziger, Zurich / Neukirchener, Neukirchen 1985ff Subband 1: Matthew 1-7, 1985, 5th edition 2002, ISBN 3-7887-1829-3. .
  • Volume 2: Mt 8-17, 1990 4th edition. . 2007, ISBN 3-7887-2261-4.
  • Subband 3: Mt 18-25, 1997, ISBN 3-7887-1580-4.
  • Subband 4: Mt 26-28, 2002, ISBN 3-7887-1681-9.

Other monographs

  • The view of history of Paul. Dissertation and habilitation. Kaiser, Munich 1968 ( Contributions to the Evangelical Theology, 49).
  • The story of Jesus of Matthew. Neukirchener, Neukirchen 1993. 2nd edition 2008, ISBN 3-7887-1445- X.

As co-author or editor -

  • With Yagi Seiichi: God in Japan. Kaiser, Munich 1973.
  • Pinchas Lapide with: the Jew Jesus. Theses of a Jew - Answers of a Christian. Benziger, Zurich 1979. Re: Patmos, Dusseldorf 1999 2nd edition 2003, ISBN 3-491-69405-1. .
  • Re: Ecumenism in the New Testament and today. Cambridge University Press, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-525-56355-7.
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