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. Thomas Christian Römer
Function
Professor of Hebrew Bible
Address
Faculté de théologie et des sciences des religions
Université de Lausanne
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Telephone +41-21-6922712
Fax +41-21-6922705
E-Mail thomas.romer@unil.ch
Biography
Born 1955; 1974-1981, Study of theology and History of Religions in Heidelberg, Tübingen and Paris.1982-1984 Minister of the French reformed Church; 1984-1988 Teaching Assistant (Hebrew, Ugaritic, Hebrew Bible) at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Geneva; 1988: ThD: "Israels Väter" (OBO 99), 1989-1993: Assistant Professor, Geneva; since 1993 Professor of Hebrew Bible, University of Lausanne. Taught also in Paris, Montpellier, Zurich, Neuchatel, Managua, Mexico. 1999-2005: Chair of the Deuteronomistic History Group (SBL). Main scientific interest: Pentateuch and Deuteronomistic History. Leisure. Movies, Travel, sport.