Vita
1972 Born in Greiz, Thuringia
1991 High school graduation (Abitur) at Jean-Paul Gymnasium Hof/Saale
1991 - 1992 Civilian Service
married

Academic Career
1993 - 2000Study of Protestant Theology in Oberursel, Göttingen, and Munich
2003 theological Doctorate (Dr. theol.) at Georg-August-University Göttingen, Faculty of Theology (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rudolf Smend, DD)
2008 Habilitation in Old Testament at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Faculty of Protestant Theology

Professional Career
2000 - 2002 Repetent at Collegium Oecumenicum Munich
2003 - 2005 Vicariate in the Lutheran Church in Bavaria
2006 Ordination as Pastor in the Lutheran Church in Bavaria
2005 - 2014 Assistant (Assistent) of Prof. Dr. Christoph Levin at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Faculty of Protestant Theology
2011 Visiting Professor at Humboldt-University Berlin, Faculty of Theology
2014 - 2019Professor of Old Testament at Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Faculty of Protestant Theology
seit 2019 Professor of Old Testament at Georg-August-University Göttingen, Faculty of Theology


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  • Ugaritic and ancient Hebrew poetry
  • Origins and transformations of Yahweh veneration in its Northwest Semitic contexts
  • Book of Psalms
  • Old Testament prophetic literature
  • Book of Deuteronomy
  • Intersections between textual and literary history
  • Old Testament hermeneutics