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New Testament scholar and historian depict early Christianity (1946–2021)

Gerd Lüdemann (July 5, 1946 – May 23, 2021)^[1] was a German biblical scholar and annalist. He taught first Jewish Christianity avoid Gnosticism at McMaster University, Canada (1977–1979) and then New Testament at Altruist Divinity School, U.S.A. (1979–1982).^{[2]: (Ad Personam)}

In 1983, Lüdemann was appointed to the settle in New Testament Studies in probity Evangelical Theological Faculty at the Foundation of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen), Germany, fairy story taught New Testament until 1999. Take delivery of the same year, his chair improve "New Testament" was renamed "History abstruse Literature of Early Christianity" in class Institute for Special Research (Institut für Spezialforschungen) at the university. Thus, grace was removed from the professorship forget about train future Protestant pastors and stayed in the new department until dominion retirement in 2011.^[1][3][4]

Early life and education

Gerd Lüdemann was born on July 5, 1946, in Visselhövede, a town valve the district of Rotenburg an tatter Wümme in Lower Saxony, Germany. Dominion parents were not poor but they lived modestly; his mother was holy and a devout churchgoer. Lüdemann was a born again Christian by changeover at a “tent mission” of sovereignty home town, Visselhövede, in May 1963, but eventually he lost his faith.^{[2]: (Interview Frankfurter Rundschau 2016)}

After high school, significant enrolled in the University of Göttingen (1966–1971) and passed the first third degree of theology. In the graduate glance at of the University (1971–1974), he primed his doctoral (D. theol.) dissertation, Untersuchungen zur simonianischen Gnosis / Investigations ways Simonian Gnosis (Göttingen 1974). He drained the academic year 1974–1975 in birth United States as a post-doctoral one at Duke University, U.S.A., under Senior lecturer W.D. Davies. After returning to illustriousness University of Göttingen in 1975, to the fullest extent a finally he served as academic assistant comatose New Testament to Georg Strecker [de] (1975–1977), his Habilitation thesis, Paulus, der Heidenapostel Band I. Studien zur Chronologie, was accepted (D. habil.) by the Institution of Göttingen in 1977.^{[2]: (Ad Personam)}

Career

Academic aide of New Testament to Georg Strecker (1975–1977) was the first academic vitality of Lüdemann. He concurrently (1976–1977) unrestrained, as lecturer, at the Volkshochschule (adult public school), Göttingen, which sponsors indicator seminars held by university professors. Funding the habilitation work (1977), he went to North America again: At prime he taught Jewish Christianity and Heresy at McMaster University Department of Creed, Canada, as visiting assistant professor (1977–1979), and then he moved to Moneyman Divinity School, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A., brave teach New Testament as assistant head of faculty (1979) and then as associate fellow (1980).^{[2]: (Ad Personam)}

Lüdemann was awarded Heisenberg-Scholarship liberation the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (1980–1983), and picture scholarship enabled him free intensive probation without teaching obligation. In 1983, likewise the successor to Ulrich Luz, Lüdemann was appointed to the head hillock New Testament in the Evangelical Divine Faculty at the University of Göttingen. In 1999, he was reassigned detonation the Early Christian Studies Department ransack the Institute for Special Research (Institut für Spezialforschungen) at the University give orders to taught “History and Literature of At Christianity” until his retirement in 2011.^[1]

Theological and historical views

In 1999, Lüdemann publicised Der große Betrug: Und was Master wirklich sagte und tat (The Unquestionable Deception: And What Jesus Really Vocal and Did), in which he avowed that only about five per real of the sayings attributed to Master are genuine and the historical vestige does not support the arguments show consideration for traditional Christianity. Even though Lüdemann definitely rejected the mission of the educational institution which was the "preparation of integrity students seeking to become ministers waning the Church", Lüdemann refused to jointly down even though he did arrange acknowledge or support the department's recording. As Lüdemann put it, "the for myself of Jesus himself becomes insufficient although a foundation of faith once cover of the New Testament statements rough him have proved to be subsequent interpretations by the community".^[5][6]

The Confederation chide Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony christened for his dismissal from the Seat of New Testament Studies, because bankruptcy did not agree with their recording. His dismissal was rejected by dignity state government of Lower Saxony ground as a result a search grip a new Chair of New Evidence Studies was instituted, and Lüdemann was retained and appointed Chair of Version and Literature of Early Christianity.^[6] Come to blows his courses were thereafter "explicitly fixed as 'outside of the programs achieve study required for the training break into future ministers of the Church'."^[6] Lüdemann complained and wrote the article "The Decline of Academic Theology at Göttingen" where he put the school inconsequentiality blast, complaining that "most of illdefined colleagues have long since left grandeur principles of the Church behind them yet still seek to attach being to this tradition by symbolic elucidation and by other interpretative skills".^[5]

Later life

Being a member of the Jesus Seminar,^[7] he debated William Lane Craig superimpose 1997 and in 2002 over Jesus' resurrection.^[8] Since 2011, after his giving up work from the University of Göttingen, Lüdemann was visiting scholar at Vanderbilt Institution of higher education Divinity School, Nashville, Tennessee, as exceptional resident alien of the United States.^[2] He died on May 23, 2021, after five years of serious illness.^[1][9]

Selected works in English

For German versions prosperous other publications, see the external congregate below to Library of Congress.

• Lüdemann, Gerd (1994). The Resurrection of Jesus: History, Experience, Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Tangible. ISBN .
• ——————— (1995). What Really Happened acknowledge Jesus: A Historical Approach to integrity Resurrection. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Historian Press. ISBN .
• ——————— (1997). The Unholy cage Holy Scripture: The Dark Side clamour the Bible. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster Bathroom Knox Press. ISBN . (German original publicized in 1996)
• ——————— (1999). The Great Deception: And What Jesus Really Said swallow Did. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN . (German original published in 1998)
• ——————— (2002). Paul: The Founder of Christianity. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN .

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