Klaus Koch

Klaus Koch
Born (1926-10-04)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.

Koch first studied in the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and later at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. He did his doctoral dissertation at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg under Gerhard von Rad.[1]

Later, Koch became a Pastor in the Lutheran Church in Prießnitz. He 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.[2]

Koch has identified Martin Noth and Gerhard von Rad as the Fathers of Redaction Criticism in Old Testament Studies.[3]

Koch is best known for his assertion that the Old Testament wisdom literature has no concept of divine retribution. In his 1983 article, "Is there a Doctrine of Retribution in the Old Testament?",[4] Koch argued for a "deed-consequences" construct, in which human deeds have "automatic and inescapable consequences", meaning that Yahweh does not need to intervene to punish or reward.[5]

Selected bibliography

Prof. Koch at the British Library, London in an informal gathering with his students. A picture from the 1980s.
At a Hebrew Seminar arranged at the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, Madurai in the 1980s.

References

Notes
  1. ↑ G. Ernest Wright, Studies in Biblical Theology, SCM Press Limited, 1971
  2. ↑ University of Hamburg
  3. ↑ John Van Seters, The Edited Bible, Eisenbrauns, 2006, p. 269
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Brueggemann, Walter (2012). Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy. Fortress Press. p. 296. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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