Wolfgang Feneberg (1935 – 8 March 2018) was a German

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, later an Evangelical Lutheran

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of the

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, ex-

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and

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of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria and

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. Feneberg was the founder of the "Bibelschule in Israel".

Life

Education

After studying a philosophy and

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, Feneberg continued a doctorate in New Testament theology. He completed the Pedagogy degree Magister (Mag. Ped.).

Teaching

In 1977 Feneberg started as teacher of "Introduction and Exeges of the New Testament" in the

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, and worked after leaving the Jesuit order as a pastor in volunteering in the

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, continue in Bible Schools in the

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, the German University in Armenia (Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies), and as Vice President and Speaker of the Academy of St. Paul.

Academic work

He has published on various themes of the New Testament theology and

Ignatian Ignatius of Loyola, S.J. (born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; eu, Ignazio Loiolakoa; es, Ignacio de Loyola; la, Ignatius de Loyola; – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian, ...

Spirituality,(1983) Wolfgang Feneberg, Hans Bischlager, Stefan Hofer, Lothar Lies, Elmar Mitterstieler, Karl Rahner, Günter Remmert, Ludwig Schumann, Georg Sporschill, Josef Stierli, Josef Sudbrack, Josef Thorer: Die Exerzitien des Ignatius. Zurich, Publisher Bo Cavefors. and was active in retreat accompanied and spiritual direction.

Selected works

Books

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Magazine and encyclopedia articles

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References

1935 births 2018 deaths 20th-century German Jesuits New Testament scholars 20th-century German Protestant theologians {{theologian-stub