Klaus Koch
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| Klaus Koch | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 4, 1926 Sulzbach, Germany |
| Education | Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
| Church | Lutheran |
| Writings | The Growth of the Biblical Tradition: The Form Critical Method |
| Offices held | Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, University of Hamburg |
| Title | Reverend Doctor |
Klaus Koch (born October 4, 1926) is an Old Testament Scholar with major contribution to the growth of Biblical Studies.
Koch first studied in the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (one of the top ten Universities in Germany) and later at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (one of the oldest universities in Germany).
He did his doctoral dissertation at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (the third University established in the Holy Roman Empire) under Gerhard von Rad the then Old Testament scholar.[1]
Later, Koch became a Pastor in the Lutheran Church[2] in Prießnitz.
The University of Hamburg, Hamburg. Klaus Koch is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament and History of Ancient and near Eastern Religions.
Koch began his teaching career as a professor at the University of Kiel. He is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament and History of the Ancient near East Religions at the University of Hamburg, Germany.[3]
He identified Martin Noth and Gerhard von Rad as the Fathers of Redaction Criticism in Old Testament Studies.[4] Klaus Koch's inquisitive articles kept the interest in Old Testament. One of them was Is there a Doctrine of Retribution in the Old Testament ?[5]
Appraisal
- Gnana Robinson, 1975 alumni of the University of Hamburg:
| “ | ... Prof. Dr. Klaus Koch, a student of Gerhard von Rad, is among the outstanding scholars of our day and he has made significant contributions in the field of the Old Testament through his many publications. Prof. Koch combines in himself fine scholarship and pastoral, humane concerns.[6] | ” |
Selected bibliography
Prof. Koch at the British Library, London in an informal gathering with his students. A picture from the 1980s.
- Die Priesterschrift von Exodus 25 bis Leviticus 16 (1959)
- Was ist Formgeschichte?: Methoden der Bibelexegese: Mit einem Nachwort, Linguistik und Formgeschichte (1964; 5th ed. 1989) ISBN 3-7887-0394-6
- Book of Books: The Growth of the Bible (1969) ISBN 0-664-24840-3
- The Growth of the Biblical Tradition: The Form-critical Method (1969) ISBN 0-7136-0135-3
- The Rediscovery of Apocalyptic: A Polemical Work on a Neglected Area of Biblical Studies and Its Damaging Effects on Theology and Philosophy (1972) ISBN 0-334-01361-5
- Um das Prinzip der Vergeltung in Religion und Recht des Alten Testaments (Wege der Forschung) (1972) ISBN 3-534-03828-2
- Amos: Untersucht mit den Methoden einer strukturalen Formgeschichte (Alter Orient und Altes Testament) (1976) ISBN 3-7666-8954-1
At a Hebrew Seminar arranged at the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, Madurai in the 1980s.
- Das Buch Daniel (Erträge der Forschung) (1980) ISBN 3-534-07506-4
- The Prophets I - The Assyrian Period (1983) ISBN 0-8006-1648-0
- The Prophets II - The Babylonian and Persian Periods (1984) ISBN 0-8006-1756-8
- Daniel (Biblischer Kommentar. Altes Testament) (1986) ISBN 3-7887-0788-7
- Deuterokanonische Zusätze zum Danielbuch: Entstehung und Textgeschichte (Alter Orient und Altes Testament) (1987) ISBN 3-7666-9525-8
- Geschichte der ägyptischen Religion: Von den Pyramiden bis zu den Mysterien der Isis (1993) ISBN 3-17-009808-X
- Die Reiche der Welt und der kommende Menschensohn: Studien zum Danielbuch (Gesammelte Aufsätze) (1995) ISBN 3-7887-1515-4
- Vor der Wende der Zeiten: Beiträge zur apokalyptischen Literatur (Gesammelte Aufsätze) (1996) ISBN 3-7887-1606-1
- Reise durch Indonesien (1997) ISBN 3-8003-0803-7
- Die Schriftrollen von Qumran. Zur aufregenden Geschichte ihrer Erforschung und Deutung (1998)ISBN 3-7917-1592-5
- From Amos to Jesus - Biblical Eschatology and its Social and Political Implications, (1999) ISBN 81-7214-499-7
- Reclams Bibellexikon. Sonderausgabe (2000) ISBN 3-15-010470-X (with Eckart Otto and Jürgen Roloff)
- Biblischer Text und theologische Theoriebildung (2001) ISBN 3-7887-1835-8
- Europa, Tausendjähriges Reich und Neue Welt (2003) ISBN 3-17-017875-X (with Mariano Delgado and Edgar Marsch)
- Der Gott Israels und die Gotter des Orients Religionsgeschichtliche Studien II, (2006) ISBN 3-525-53079-X
References
- Notes
- ↑ G. Ernest Wright, Studies in Biblical Theology, SCM Press Limited, 1971
- ↑ ibid.
- ↑ University of Hamburg
- ↑ John Van Seters, The Edited Bible, Eisenbrauns, 2006, p. 269
- ↑ Klaus Koch, Is there a Doctrine of Retribution in the Old Testament ? in Theodicy in the Old Testament, ed. James L. Crenshaw, Philadelphia, Fortress Press, 1983, pp. 57-87. Cited by Bruce C. Birch in Let Justice Roll Down: The Old Testament, Ethics, and Christian Life, Westminister, John Knox Press, 1991, p. 351.
- ↑ Foreword by Gnana Robinson in Klaus Koch's From Amos to Jesus - Biblical Eschatology and its Social and Political Impolications, United Theological College, Bangalore, 1999, Author's introduction.
- Further reading
- Florentino Garcia Martinez, Gerard P. Luttikhuizen (1999). Interpretations of the Flood. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-11253-7.
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