Gerhard Wehmeier (1935–2009) was an

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

Scholar hailing from Germany from the Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck. Wehmeier taught

at the

United Theological College, Bangalore United Theological College (UTC) is an Eccumenical Christian seminary founded in 1910 situated in the southern city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in South India and affiliated to India's first Theological University, the Senate of Seram ...

from 1973 through 1978.K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997'', Bangalore, 1997.

Studies

Wehmeier studied at the seminary in Bielefeld-Bethel and later at the Universities in Göttingen, Basel, Bonn and Atlanta in North America.

Writings

* 1970, ''Der Segen im Alten Testament: eine semasiologische Untersuchung der Wurzel brk,'' *1974, ''The Theme Blessing for the Nations in the Promises to the Patriarchs and in the Prophetical Literature'', *1977, ''The Prohibition of Theft in the Decalogue'',

Teaching

Wehmeier began teaching

at the

from 1973 during the Principalship of J. R. Chandran. Wehmeier's students who specialized in

during that period include, *1972-1974, S. J. Theodore of the

Church of South India The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India. It is the result of union of a number of mainline Protestant denominations in South India after independence. The Church of South India is the successor of a number of Pr ...

, Diocese of Karimnagar, *1972-1975, Nitoy Achümi of the

Bible Society of India The Bible Society of India is a Christian body that is authorized to translate, produce, distribute and market the Bible and is a member of the United Bible Societies. The motto of the Society is to translate the word of God into languages, which ...

, *1975-1977, R. Daniel Premkumar of the

Church of South India Synod Church of South India Trust Association (CSITA) Director board is the highest administrative body of CSI (Church of South India). Synod (CSI Synod) is the annual general meeting of CSI. Moderator of the Synod is a Bishop who is a presiding officer ...

, *1976-1978, D. Dhanaraj of the Karnataka Theological College, *1977-1979, J. Bhaskar Jeyaraj of the

South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS ), is a Christian institution for post-graduate studies in Bangalore, India. The motto of SAIACS is: "Excellence for service." The institution claims to have an evangelical ethos. His ...

. When Wehmeier joined the seminary in 1973, John Sadananda, the present Master of the Senate of Serampore College (University) was still a graduate student who benefited from the

scholarship of Wehmeier and his other two colleagues, G. M. Butterworth and E. C. John and the three of them led the

studies in Bangalore while

John D. W. Watts John D. W. Watts (August 9, 1921 – July 21, 2013) was a Baptist theologian and Old Testament scholar. Career Europe In 1948, Watts was a member of the founding faculty of the International Baptist Theological Seminary, Rüschlikon in Switzerl ...

and G. Babu Rao''The Story of Serampore and its College'', Council of Serampore College, Serampore (Fourth Edition), 2005, p.92. led the

studies in Serampore College, Serampore for nearly half a decade. After Wehmeier returned to Germany in 1978 to take up responsibilities with his home Church, the Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck, he continued to be involved in matters relating to ministerial support for students pursuing seminary studies in India. It was Wehmeier who made possible

Daniel Sadananda Daniel Rathnakara Sadananda is a New Testament Scholar who is re-elected as the General Secretary ''(Triennium 2017-2020)'' of the Church of South India Synod headquartered in Chennai as well as the Chairperson ''(triennium 2015-2018)'' of the C ...

, ''The Johannine Exegesis of God: An Exploration Into the Johannine understanding of God'', Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2004.

/ref> the overseas research studies of

, a New Testament Scholar and current President of the

Society.

Reminisce

Bishop :de:Martin Hein, EKD,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wehmeier, Gerhard 1935 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Christian clergy Academic staff of the Senate of Serampore College (University) Old Testament scholars