Hans-Josef Klauck (born 1946) is a

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-born theologian, religious historian, and

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. He is Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Early Christian Literature at the

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Life

Klauck studied in Münster and Bonn (Germany) and received his Doctorate of Theology degree from the

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, Germany in 1977. He completed his Habilitation (Dr. habil.) at the University of Munich, Germany in 1980. Klauck received an honorary doctorate from the

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in 2008. Professor Klauck was the 2003–04 president of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. Having taught at the University of Chicago between 2001-2016, Professor Klauk retired in the Summer of 2016 and became Emeritus faculty.

Professional career

Hans-Josef Klauck is one of the most prolific New Testament scholars today, and has worked extensively on topics such as the parables of Jesus, Paul’s Corinthian correspondence, and the Johannine letters. He has also specialized in the religious and social history of the Greco-Roman world as a necessary background to New Testament studies. Klauck is the editor of ''Herders Biblische Studien'' and ''Stuttgarter Biblische Studien''; coeditor of ''Hermeneia, Evangelische-Katholische Kommentar zum Neuen Testament'' and ''Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament''; New Testament area editor for the new edition of ''Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart''; and the main New Testament editor of "Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception".

Selected works

Books

Klauck has authored over thirty books and over 250 articles. His most recent books include: * * * * * * * * *

References

External links

Hans-Josef Klauck's faculty page at the University of Chicago
{{DEFAULTSORT:Klauck, Hans-Josef 1946 births Living people American Roman Catholic priests 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Roman Catholic biblical scholars New Testament scholars Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts University of Chicago Divinity School faculty Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni American Friars Minor American biblical scholars American male non-fiction writers