Biography
| 1956 | Born in Oberhausen (Rheinland) |
| 1975-1980 | Studies in Theology at the Universities of Göttingen and Jerusalem |
| 1980-1985 | Studies in Jewish History and Literature at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; pastoral training in the Lutheran Church of Hannover |
| 1985-1994 | Research fellow at the Institute of Jewish Studies, Free University Berlin, secretary of DFG projects „Translation of the Hekhalot Literature“, „Synoptic Edition of the Talmud Yerushalmi” |
| 1988 | Dr. theol., Kirchliche Hochschule Berlin |
| 1994-1997 | Assistant professor at the Institute of Jewish Studies, Free University Berlin, collaborator of the Center for Hebrew textual research; member of the Leibniz research team on „The Talmud Yerushalmi and its Greco-Roman context“ |
| 1996 | Habilitation at the Philosophical Faculty of the Free University in Berlin, venia legendi for Judaistik (Jewish studies) |
| 1997-2024 | Full professor for New Testament und ancient Judaism, Director of the Institute of Jewish studies at Göttingen University; member of Verband der Judaisten in Deutschland and the European Association for Jewish Studies |
Research interests
- Rabbinic literature und theology.
- Intertextual exegesis of the New Testament.
- Early Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah, Hasidism.
- German and Hebrew Jewish literature of the 20th century.
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