Bernhard Lang (biblical scholar)
Bernhard Lang | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 July 1946 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biblical studies Cultural history |
| Institutions | University of Tübingen University of Paderborn University of St Andrews Sorbonne University |
Notable works | The Hebrew God: Portrait of an Ancient Deity Joseph in Egypt: A Cultural Icon from Grotius to Goethe Sacred Games: A History of Christian Worship |
Bernhard Lang is a German biblical scholar and cultural historian born in 1946.
Life
For many years he taught at the University of Paderborn, with which he has been associated since 1985.[1] He was also Professor of Divinity at the University of St Andrews from 1997 to 2003.[2]
He is perhaps best known as the author of The Hebrew God: Portrait of an Ancient Deity (2002), Joseph in Egypt: A Cultural Icon from Grotius to Goethe (2009), and Sacred Games: A History of Christian Worship (2013), which were published by Yale University Press, as was Heaven: A History (2001), of which he was a co-author together with Colleen McDannell. Another work, Meeting in Heaven, was published by Peter Lang in 2011.[3] In conjunction with the Society for Old Testament Study (of which he is an Honorary Member)[4] a volume of his essays entitled Hebrew Life and Literature was published in 2008 by Ashgate Publishing and subsequently republished by Routledge.[5]
He was formerly the editor of the International Review of Biblical Studies, and was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Theology by Aarhus University in 2008.
References
- ↑ "Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Bernhard Lang".
- ↑ "Bernhard Lang". ResearchGate.
- ↑ Lang, Bernhard (27 July 2021). Meeting in Heaven. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-62000-7.
- ↑ "Professor Dr Bernhard Lang".
- ↑ "Hebrew Life and Literature".