ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE AND ITS RECEPTION
Edited by
Hans-Josef Klauck, Bernard McGinn, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, Eric Ziolkowski
in cooperation with
Dale Allison, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Donna Bowman, Brian Britt, Michael Cameron, Mordechai Z. Cohen, Joseph Davis, Jamey Deming, Martin Forward, Peter Gemeinhardt, Haim Goldfus, Ann E. Killebrew, David W. Kling, Volker Leppin, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Martti Nissinen, Dennis T. Olson, Nils Holger Petersen, S. Brent Plate, Christine Roy Yoder, Thomas Römer, Günter Stemberger, Marvin A. Sweeney, Johan C. Thom, David R. Thomas, Samuel Vollenweider, Jan G. van der Watt, Sidnie White Crawford
Name
Prof. Dr. Hans-Josef Klauck
Function
Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature
Address
The University of Chicago
Divinity School
Swift Hall
1025 East 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
USA
Telephone +1 773 702 8240
Fax +1 773 702 8223
E-Mail klauck@uchicago.edu
Homepage at University http://divinity.uchicago.edu/faculty/klauck.shtml
Biography
Born 1946 in Hermeskeil/Trier; Abitur at Kolleg Exaten, Netherlands, in 1966. Since that year member of the Franciscan Order (OFM). Studied philosophy and theology in Münster, Bonn and München, with periods of studies in England and Jerusalem. Dipl. theol. 1972 in Bonn; Dr. theol. in 1977 München (Dissertation: “Allegorie und Allegorese in synoptischen Gleichnistexten”); Dr. habil. 1980 in München (Habilitationsschrift: “Herrenmahl und hellenistischer Kult: Eine religionsgeschichtliche Studie zum ersten Korintherbrief”); 1981 Professor in Bonn, 1982-1997 Professor of New Testament Exegesis in Würzburg, 1997-2001 Professor in München and honorary professor at the University of Pretoria in South Africa; since 2001 Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature in Chicago; 2003-04 president of the “Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas”. Among his many books and articles are “The Religious Context of Early Christianity: A Guide to Graeco-Roman Religions” (2000) and “Religion und Gesellschaft im frühen Christentum. Neutestamentliche Studien” (2003).