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, Ran HaCohen, Jamey Deming, Martin Forward, Peter Gemeinhardt, Haim Goldfus, Menachem Kellner, 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. Günter Stemberger
Function
Professor of Jewish Studies
Address
Institut für Judaistik der Universität Wien
Spitalgasse 2 Hof 7
A-1090 Wien
Austria
Telephone +43 (1) 4277 433 11
Fax +43 (1) 4277 94 33
E-Mail guenter.stemberger@univie.ac.at
Biography
Born in 1940, Innsbruck, Austria. Studies of Theology and Judaism in Austria, England, France and Italy. Dr. theol. Innsbruck 1967, lic. rer. bibl. Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Rome 1968.1968-69 Research Assistant, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Research in Jerusalem and Rome. Since 1972 at the Institute of Jewish Studies of the University of Vienna für Judaistik der Universität Wien, 1974 Habilitation, since 1977 Professor, 1984-86 simultaneously teaching at the University of Cologne, Germany.
Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. theol. h.c. Goettingen.
Main fields of interest: History, literature and religion of Judaism in late antiquity and the early middle ages.