Bernhard Maier (born 1963 in
Oberkirch, Baden) is a German professor of
religious studies, who publishes mainly on
Celtic culture and religion.
Maier studied
comparative religion
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,
comparative linguistics
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Celtic
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and
Semitic studies
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at the
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg,
University of Aberystwyth
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, established = 1872 (as ''The University College of Wales'')
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, type = Public
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, the
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
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and
University of London
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. He earned his
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with a doctorate thesis on the Celtic concept of kingship and its Oriental parallels: "König und Göttin. Die keltische Auffassung des Königtums und ihre orientalischen Parallelen".
In 1998 he qualified as a professor at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn with a habilitation thesis on the religion of the Celts: "Die Religion der Kelten: Götter, Mythen, Weltbild". He was rewarded with the
Heisenberg Fellowship of the
German Research Foundation
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(DFG) from 1999 to 2004. From 2004 to 2006 he was Reader and Professor of Celtic at the
University of Aberdeen
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. Since 2006 he is Professor of
religious studies and European
history of religion
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at the
University of Tübingen
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.
Publications
Works in English
*''Kuno Meyer and Wales: letters to John Glyn Davies, 1892-1919'', Würzburg, 2017. (Bibliotheca Academica - Geschichte Bd. 8) Original in English.
*''The Celts: a history from earliest times to the present'', Edinburgh, 2018. (Translation of "Die Kelten: Ihre Geschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart")
*''Semitic Studies in Victorian Britain. A portrait of William Wright and his world through his letters''. Würzburg 2011. Original in English.
*''William Robertson Smith. His Life, his Work and his Times''. Tübingen 2009. Original in English.
*''The Celts''. Edinburgh 2003. Translated from the German.
*''Dictionary of Celtic religion and culture''. Woodbridge 1997. Translated from the German.
Works in German
* ''Die Ordnung des Himmels: eine Geschichte der Religionen von der Steinzeit bis heute'', München, 2018.
* ''Stonehenge: Archäologie, Geschichte, Mythos'', 2nd updated and expanded edition, München, 2018.
* ''Die Kelten: Ihre Geschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart'', 3rd completely revised and expanded edition, München, 2016.
* ''Keltologe zwischen Kaiserreich und British Empire: Kuno Meyers Briefe an Korrespondenten in Deutschland und Österreich, 1874-1919'', Würzburg, 2016 (Bibliotheca Academica - Geschichte Bd. 6).
* ''Ein Junge aus Hamburg im viktorianischen Schottland: Kuno Meyers Briefe an die Familie, 1874-1876'', Würzburg, 2016. (Bibliotheca Academica - Geschichte Bd. 5).
* ''Kindheit in der Gründerzeit zwischen Alster und Elbe: Kuno Meyers Tagebücher, 1868-1874'', Würzburg, 2016. (Bibliotheca Academica - Geschichte Bd. 4).
* ''Die Kelten: Geschichte, Kultur und Sprache'', Tübingen, 2015. (utb 4354).
* ''Geschichte Schottlands'', München, 2015.
* ''Gründerzeit der Orientalistik: Theodor Nöldekes Leben und Werk im Spiegel seiner Briefe'' Würzburg, 2013. (Arbeitsmaterialien zum Orient 29).
* ''Geschichte und Kultur der Kelten''. Also published as ''Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft: Geschichte und Kultur der Kelten: Band III,10''. München 2012.
* ''Wörterbuch Schottisch-Gälisch/Deutsch und Deutsch/Schottisch-Gälisch''. Hamburg 2011.
* ''Die Weisheit der Kelten. Sprichwörter aus Irland, Schottland, Wales und der Bretagne''. München 2011.
* ''Die Druiden''. München 2009.
* ''Sternstunden der Religion. Von Augustinus bis Zarathustra''. München 2008.
* ''Stonehenge. Archäologie, Geschichte, Mythos''. München 2005.
* ''Die Religion der Germanen. Götter - Mythen - Weltbild''. München 2003.
* ''Kleines Lexikon der Namen und Wörter keltischen Ursprungs''. München 2003.
* ''Die Religion der Kelten. Götter - Mythen - Weltbild''. München 2001.
* ''Koran-Lexikon''. Stuttgart 2001.
* ''Die Kelten. Ihre Geschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart''. München 2000.
* ''Das Sagenbuch der walisischen Kelten. Die vier Zweige des Mabinogi''. München 1999.
* ''Lexikon der keltischen Religion und Kultur''. Stuttgart 1994.
Works in Japanese
* ケルト事典 (Keruto Jiten, i.e. "Celtic Dictionary"), Osaka 2001. Translated from the German.
References
*https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/philosophische-fakultaet/fachbereiche/altertums-und-kunstwissenschaften/abteilung-fuer-religionswissenschaft/bibliographie-bernhard-maier/
External links
Bernhard Maier at Tübingen University
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1963 births
Living people
People from Oberkirch (Baden)
German historians of religion
Germanic studies scholars
Celtic studies scholars
University of Tübingen faculty
Writers on Germanic paganism