Hubert Kaufhold (born March 19, 1943, in

Braunschweig, Germany Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the No ...

) is a German legal scholar and judge, with special research interests in the languages and legal history of the Christian Orient.

Education

Kaufhold studied law (1962–1966) at the

University of Münster The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over ...

, the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

, and the

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from 1962 to 1966. After passing his first state examination as a lawyer, he continued his study of the Philology of the Christian Orient, Semitic Studies, and Judaism at the University of Göttingen and the

from 1966 to 1969. From 1969 to 1970 he was a research assistant at the

Leopold Wenger Institute for Ancient Legal History and Papyrus Research The Leopold Wenger Institute for Ancient Legal History and Papyrus Research is an institute of the law school of the University of Munich. It traces itself back to the Seminar for Papyrus Research founded by Professor Leopold Wenger in 1909 (which ...

at the

. In 1970, he received his Dr. phil. degree in the Philology of the Christian Orient from the

with a dissertation on the Law Book of the

Nestorian Nestorianism is a term used in Christian theology and Church history to refer to several mutually related but doctrinarily distinct sets of teachings. The first meaning of the term is related to the original teachings of Christian theologian N ...

Catholicos Catholicos, plural Catholicoi, is a title used for the head of certain churches in some Eastern Christian traditions. The title implies autocephaly and in some cases it is the title of the head of an autonomous church. The word comes from ancient ...

Yoḥannan bar Abgare (which he would publish in 1971 as ''Syrische Texte zum islamischen Recht. Das dem nestorianischen Katholikos Johannes V. bar Aḇgārē zugeschriebene Rechtsbuch'' (= Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, phil.-hist. Klasse, NF, Volume 74).

Career

From 1970 to 1973 he was scholarly assistant at the

. After completing the Dr. iuris degree in 1973 (with a dissertation on the legal collection of

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, the 9th-century Nestorian metropolitan of Baṣra), and passing his second state examination as a lawyer in that year also, Kaufhold served as a public prosecutor and judge in Munich from 1973 to 2008. Since 1977, he has regularly taught

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and the legal history of the Christian Orient at the

, where he held the title of Honorary Professor since 1986. Since 1979, Kaufhold has been an editor of the journal ''

Oriens Christianus ''Oriens Christianus'' (English: "Christian East") is an academic journal established in 1901 by Otto Harrassowitz with Asian and oriental studies as the major focus. It was edited by Anton Baumstark (1872-1948). The current editors-in-chief are ...

''. Since 1996, he has been a member of the editorial board of the electronic magazine ''Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies''. Since 1999 he has been a member of the board of directors of the Görres Society in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. From 1997 to 2015, he was a member of the Commission for the Editing of the Corpus of Greek Documents of the Middle Ages and Modern Times (since 2010: the Commission for Greek and Byzantine Studies) of the

Bavarian Academy of Sciences The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (german: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) is an independent public institution, located in Munich. It appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledg ...

. He undertook additional study in

canon law Canon law (from grc, κανών, , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is th ...

(2007–2010) at the Klaus Mörsdorf Study Program in Canon Law (Das Klaus-Mörsdorf-Studium für Kanonistik) at the

and was awarded a licentiate of canon law (Lic. Iur. Can.) in 2013. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Christian Orient Research Center at the

Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt The Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU) is a Roman Catholic research university in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Compared to other German universities it is a rather small institution with 4,800 students in 2019; n ...

. Since 1992 he has been a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (philosophical-historical class). The

awarded him the Academy Award in 2011. The Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I. Iwas awarded him the St. Ephräm Order in 2013. The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising awarded him the Audomar Scheuermann Study Prize in 2015. Since 2017 he has been a member of the Accademia Ambrosiana in Milan. Kaufhold is the author or editor of 11 books, 75 scholarly articles, and over 170 book reviews.See the list of publications at: http://www.hubert-kaufhold.de/pub.html

Selected publications

* Hubert Kaufhold, ''Syrische Texte zum islamischen Recht. Das dem nestorianischen Katholikos Johannes V. bar Aḇgārē zugeschriebene Rechtsbuch'' (= Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, phil.-hist. Klasse, NF, Volume 74). Munich: Bavarian Academy of Sciences, 1971. * Hubert Kaufhold, ''Die Rechtssammlung des Gabriel von Baṣra und ihr Verhältnis zu den anderen juristischen Sammelwerken der Nestorianer (= Münchener Universitätsschriften – Juristische Fakultät, Abhandlungen zur rechtswissen-schaftlichen Grundlagenforschung''. Band 21). Berlin: Schweitzer, 1976. * Hubert Kaufhold, ''Syrische Handschriften juristischen Inhalts in südindischen Bibliotheken (= Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Antike Rechtsgeschichte. Nummer 5) (= Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte 535) ''. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1989. * Hubert Kaufhold, with Ludwig Burgmann, eds., ''Bibliographie zur Rezeption des byzantinischen Rechts im alten Rußland sowie zur Geschichte des armenischen und georgischen Rechts (= Forschungen zur byzantinischen Rechtsgeschichte.'' Volume 18). Frankfurt am Main: Löwenklau-Gesellschaft, 1992. * Hubert Kaufhold, ed., ''Die armenischen Übersetzungen byzantinischer Rechtsbücher. Erster Teil: Allgemeines. Zweiter Teil: Die „Kurze Sammlung“ (= Forschungen zur byzantinischen Rechtsgeschichte. '' Volume 21). Frankfurt am Main: Löwenklau-Gesellschaft, 1997. * Hubert Kaufhold, with Walter Selb, eds., ''Das Syrisch-römische Rechtsbuch (= Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Antike Rechtsgeschichte''. Number 9) (=''Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Denkschrift'' 295). Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2002. * Hubert Kaufhold, ''Christlicher Orient und schwäbische Heimat. Leben und Werk von Prälat Professor Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Georg Graf (15. März 1875 – 18. September 1955). Katalog der Ausstellung im Rathaus Dillingen a. d. Donau anläßlich der Gedenkveranstaltungen zum fünfzigsten Todestag Georg Grafs am 17. und 18. September in Dillingen''. Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, 2005. * Hubert Kaufhold, ed., ''Georg Graf: Christlicher Orient und schwäbische Heimat. Kleine Schriften. Anläßlich des 50. Todestages des Verfassers (= Beiruter Texte und Studien''. Volume 107). Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, 2005. * Hubert Kaufhold, ed., ''Kleines Lexikon des christlichen Orients''. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2007. * Hubert Kaufhold, ''Zur Datierung nach christlicher Ära in den syrischen Kirchen'' (=''Analecta Gorgiana''. Volume 125). Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2009. * Hubert Kaufhold, ''Franciscus Peña und der Inquisitionsprozeß nach seiner „Introductio seu Praxis Inquisitorum“ (= Münchener Theologische Studien. III. Kanonistische Abteilung''. Vol. 67). St. Ottilien: EOS, 2014. * Hubert Kaufhold, ''Ebedjesus von Nisibis „Ordo iudiciorum ecclesiasticorum“. Eine Zusammenstellung der kirchlichen Rechtsbestimmungen der ostsyrischen Kirche im 14. Jahrhundert'' (=''Eichstätter Beiträge zum Christlichen Orient'', Volume 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2019.

References

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