Fellow Lecture by Professor Dr. Eve-Marie Becker (Fellow of the Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald/University of Münster)
The person of Jesus continues to fascinate historians, theologians and religious researchers even after almost 2,000 years. The history of research is extensive. The historically possible knowledge about Jesus of Nazareth in the context of his time has grown once again in the last 100 years or so thanks to further source discoveries (e.g. Qumran). Why and how can a new biography of Jesus be written against this background? The lecture will explain the approach of a current non-fiction project that seeks above all to capture the person of Jesus - in his work and self-claim.
Eve-Marie Becker is Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Münster. After studying Protestant theology in Marburg and Erlangen, where she completed her doctorate in 2001 and habilitated in 2004, her academic career took her to McMaster (Hamilton, Ont., Canada) as a postdoctoral researcher in 2004, to Aarhus in Denmark as Professor of New Testament Exegesis (2006-2018), to the Max Weber College in Erfurt (2014) and the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem (2017/18) as a Research Fellow, and to Emory University in Atlanta as a Distinguished Visiting Professor (2016/17). Her research focuses on Gospel and Pauline studies. Her most recent publications include: Origins of Christian Historiography. Von Markus bis zum lukanischen Doppelwerk (Leiden/Paderborn: Brill/Schöningh, 2024). In the academic year 2024/25 she is a Senior Fellow at the Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald.
Moderation: Professor Dr. Stefan Beyerle
