Barbara Aland, née Ehlers (born 12 April 1937 in
Hamburg, Germany) is a German
theologian and was a Professor of New Testament Research and Church History at
Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster until 2002.
Biography
After having completed her degree of Theology and Classical Philology in
Frankfurt,
Marburg and
Kiel she received the PhD
(dissertation on the
Socratic Aeschines) in 1964 in Frankfurt/Germany.
In 1969 she gained her licentiate at the "Oriental Faculty" of ''Pontificio Istituto Biblico'' in Rome, Italy.
In 1972 she could habilitate in
Göttingen about the Syrian gnostic
Bardesanes of Edessa
Bardaisan (11 July 154 – 222 AD; syr, ܒܪ ܕܝܨܢ, ''Bardaiṣān''), known in Arabic as Ibn Daisan (ابن ديصان) and in Latin as Bardesanes, was a Syriac-speaking Assyrian or ParthianProds Oktor Skjaervo. ''Bardesanes''. Encyclopædia ...
.
Since 1972 she acted as private lecturer, later on she became professor for "Church History and New Testament Research with eminently consideration of
Christian Orient" at the Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät in Münster, Germany.
In 1983 she became director of the
Institute for New Testament Textual Research (which was founded in 1959 by her husband
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the '' Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung'' (Institute for New Testament Textua ...
) and also the
Bible Museum.
This institute achieved worldwide significance by publishing the
"Nestle–Aland" – Novum Testamentum Graece and the UBS Greek
New Testament.
Until her retirement Barbara Aland was also the director of
Hermann Kunst-Stiftung for Promotion of New Testament Research.
She is still working academically in her retirement.
Relevance
Aland gained an international profile due to the work on the ''
Novum Testamentum Graece
(''The New Testament in Greek'') is a critical edition of the New Testament in its original Koine Greek, forming the basis of most modern Bible translations and biblical criticism. It is also known as the Nestle–Aland edition after its mos ...
'' and the Greek New Testament
which she carried out with her husband
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the '' Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung'' (Institute for New Testament Textua ...
.
Both of them collaborated significantly with an international and interconfessional group of theologians on the approvement and updating of the ''
"Nestle–Aland" – Novum Testamentum Graece'' and also "Greek New Testament".
These editions (published by the Institute in Münster) form the basis of apprenticeship and research worldwide.
She published the first installments of the "
Editio Critica Maior
''Editio Critica Maior'' (ECM) is a critical edition of the Greek New Testament being produced by the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung (Eng. "Institute for New Testament Textual Research")—which is famous, for example, for the Novu ...
" in 1997.
This edition was the first to be based on the complete tradition of Greek manuscripts, patristic citations, and ancient versions.
In 1999 she was a founding member of the "Academia Platonica Septima Monasteriensis", which does not focus its attention primarily on the works of Plato, but rather on the writings of his early interpreters, from ancient times until the Renaissance. The Academy's goal is to promote the study of Platonist writings.
Honors
Barbara Aland achieved the following
honorary doctoral degrees:
*1988: "D.Litt." (
Doctor of Literature),
Wartburg College (Waverly/Iowa)
*1989: "D.D." (
Doctor of Divinity
A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity.
In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral degree. At the University of Oxford, doctors of divinity are ran ...
),
Mount Saint Mary's College (Emmitsburg/Maryland)
*2008: "Dr. theol. h.c.", (
Doctor of Theology
Doctor of Theology ( la, Doctor Theologiae, abbreviated DTh, ThD, DTheol, or Dr. theol.) is a terminal degree in the academic discipline of theology. The ThD, like the ecclesiastical Doctor of Sacred Theology, is an advanced research degree equiva ...
),
University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
She received following awards:
*1998:
Paulus-Plakette of Münster, Germany
*2005:
Fellow of Clare Hall,
Cambridge
*2006: Member of the
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...
*2011:
Knight's Cross (Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande)
*2016:
Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies The Burkitt Medal is awarded annually by the British Academy "in recognition of special service to Biblical Studies". Awards alternate between Hebrew Bible studies (odd years) and New Testament studies (even years). It was established in 1923 and ha ...
Works
Monographs
* (as Barbara Ehlers): ''Eine vorplatonische Deutung des sokratischen Eros. Der Dialog Aspasia des Sokratikers Aischines''. Diss. Frankfurt am Main 1964, published 1966 (
Zetemata, issue 41).
* (with Kurt Aland): ''Der Text des Neuen Testaments. Einführung in die wissenschaftlichen Ausgaben sowie in Theorie und Praxis der modernen Textkritik'', 1982.
** English translation: ''The text of the New Testament. An introduction to the critical editions and to the theory and practice of modern textual criticism''. 1987.
* ''Erziehung durch Kirchengeschichte? Ein Plädoyer für mehr Kirchengeschichte im Religionsunterricht''. Published: Idea e.V., 1984.
* ''Frühe direkte Auseinandersetzung zwischen Christen, Heiden und Häretikern''. 2005.
* ''Was ist Gnosis? Studien zum frühen Christentum, zu Marcion und zur kaiserzeitlichen Philosophie''. 2009
Editions of the New Testament
* ''A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. A Companion Volume to the United Bible Societies Greek New Testament'' (third edition) by B. M. Metzger on behalf of and in cooperation with the Editorial Committee of the United Bible Societies Greek New Testament K. Aland, M. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger and
A. Wikgren, 1971.
* ''Novum Testamentum Graece'' post Eberhard Nestle et Erwin Nestle communiter ed. K. Aland, M. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, A. Wikgren, apparatum criticum recens. et editionem novis curis elaborav. K. Aland et B. Aland una cum Instituto studiorum textus Novi Testamenti Monasteriensi (Westphalia), 26. Aufl., 1979.
* ''Novum Testamentum Latine. Novam Vulgatam Bibliorum Sacrorum Editionem secuti apparatibus titulisque additis'' ediderunt Kurt Aland et Barbara Aland una cum Instituto studiorum textus Novi Testamenti Monasteriensi, 1984.
* ''Griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der frühchristlichen Literatur by
Walter Bauer''. 6., völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage im Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung/Münster unter besonderer Mitwirkung von Viktor Reichmann hrsg. von Kurt Aland und Barbara Aland, 1988.
Publications
* ''Gnosis. Festschrift für
Hans Jonas
Hans Jonas (; ; 10 May 1903 – 5 February 1993) was a German-born American Jewish philosopher, from 1955 to 1976 the Alvin Johnson Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
Biography
Jonas was born ...
'', in Verbindung mit Ugo Bianchi, hrsg. von Barbara Aland, 1978.
*
Günther Zuntz: ''Lukian von Antiochien und der Text der Evangelien''. Hrsg. von Barbara Aland und Klaus Wachtel. Mit einem Nachruf auf den Author von Martin Hengel, 1995.
* ''Die Weltlichkeit des Glaubens in der Alten Kirche. Festschrift für Ulrich Wickert zum siebzigsten Geburtstag''. In Verbindung mit Barbara Aland und Christoph Schäublin hrsg. von Dietmar Wyrwa, 1997.
* ''Literarische Konstituierung von Identifikationsfiguren in der Antike'', hrsg. von Barbara Aland, 2003.
References
External links
www.nestle-aland.com, Homepage of the Nestle–Aland 28Barbara Aland– NTTextforschung
West AKT
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Living people
1937 births
20th-century Christian biblical scholars
20th-century German Protestant theologians
Women Christian theologians
German biblical scholars
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
New Testament scholars
Writers from Hamburg
University of Münster faculty
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
German women academics
Female biblical scholars
20th-century German women