New Testament II
Chair of New Testament and Greco-Roman Culture
How did Christianity come about? What diversity characterized its beginnings? And what do texts outside the Bible tell us about the first Christians?
The NT II professorship, which focuses on the New Testament andGreco-Roman culture, invites you to explore these questions academically.
The focus is on the New Testament and early Christian texts from the first three centuries—including those that are not part of the biblical canon but are nevertheless impressive testimonies to a diverse and dynamic Christianity. Early Christianity was closely intertwined with its environment and engaged in dialogue with Jewish, Greek, and Roman ways of thinking.
Early Christian texts that document alternative concepts of Christian identity are particularly interesting: they describe ways of life, practices of piety, and approaches to religious authority that developed outside of official church doctrine. They invite us to question common notions of"Christianity "—and at the same time offer fascinating starting points for an interdisciplinary examination of modern spirituality.
Are you interested in an exciting search for clues between biblical texts, culture, and theological history? Then you've come to the right place.
