History of the Chair

Here you will find a list of the previous holders of the Chair of Old Testament Studies.

1964 to 1971

Prof. Dr. theol. Othmar Schilling (* November 15, 1910; † January 30, 1971) 1953 to 1964 Professor of Old Testament at the philosophical-theological university in Paderborn

1971 to 1984

Prof. Dr. theol. Lothar Ruppert (* March 23, 1933; † September 17, 2011) 1984 to 1998 Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg984 bis 1998 Professor für Alttestamentliche Literatur und Exegese an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Prof. Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Manfred Görg (* September 8, 1938; † September 17, 2012) 1974 Adjunct Professor of Old Testament at the Ruhr University Bochum 1975 to 1984 Professor of Old Testament at the University of Bamberg, 1985 to 2003 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

1984 to 2004

Prof. Dr. theol. Werner Berg (* 29. März 1940)

since november 2004

Prof. Dr. theol. Christian Frevel (* July 31, 1962) 2000 to 2004 Professor of Biblical Theology at the University of Cologne since July 2015 additionally Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Old Testament Studies at the University of Pretoria, South Africa2000 bis 2004 Professor für Biblische Theologie an der Universität zu Köln seit Juli 2015 zusätzlich Extraordinary Professor am Department of Old Testament Studies der University of Pretoria, South Africa detailed CV