Prof. Dr. Peter Lampe

Senior Professor,
Deputy Director of the Research Center for International and Interdisciplinary Theology (FIIT),
Prof. h.c., Universiteit van die Vrystaat, South Africa.

Kontakt

E-Mail: peter.lampe@ts.uni-heidelberg.de

Porträt: Prof. Dr. Peter Lampe

Curriculum Vitae

  • 1954 born in Detmold, Germany
  • 1971 Abitur
  • 1971-78 Studies in Bielefeld, Göttingen and Rome: Theology, Philosophy, Archaeology
  • 1971-81 Merit scholarships of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Bonn
  • 1981-87 Research and teaching of New Testament Studies as 
    „Wissenschaftlicher Assistent“ / junior faculty at the University of Berne, Switzerland, department of Prof. U. Luz; 
    Ph.D. in Theology (Dr. theol., s.c.l.) and Dr. habil. (Habilitation) from Berne
  • 1987-92 Prof. of New Testament Studies at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond-Virginia, USA
    • 1989-92 Full Professor with tenure and Chair of the Biblical Studies Department
  • 1992-99 Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, Germany: University
    Professor of „Geschichte und Archäologie des frühen Christentums und seiner Umwelt“ / „History and Archeology of Early Christianity and its Environment“
    • 1996-98 Dean of the School of Theology
    • 1997-99 Founder and chairman of the S.T.O.A. ("Societas Theologicum Ordinem Adiuvantium”, Kiel)
  • Since 1999 University Professor of New Testament Theology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • 2001— Director of the Heidelberg Archaeological Surface Survey in Phrygia
    • 2003 German Ecumenical Preaching Award (ökumenischer Predigtpreis, Bonn)
    • 2008 Professor honoris causa at the University of the Free State (USF), South Africa
    • 2011 Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
  • 2019 Professor emeritus
  • 2024 Senior Professor

Some of the Books

  • Die Stadtrömischen Christen in den ersten beiden Jahrhunderten: Untersuchungen zur Sozialgeschichte (Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck 1987, 2nd ed. 1989), ET:
  • From Paul to Valentinus: Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries (Minneapolis: Fortress/ London: Continuum, 2003, 6th ed. 2010); Japanese translation forthcoming
  • Die Wirklichkeit als Bild: Das Neue Testament als ein Grunddokument 
abendländischer Kultur im Lichte konstruktivistischer Epistemologie und Wissenssoziologie (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 2006); substantially revised and augmented ET:




  • New Testament Theology in a Secular World: A Constructivist Work in Philosophical Epistemology and Christian Apologetics (London/New York: T&T Clark International, 2012); Korean and Chinese translations forthcoming
  • Pepouza and Tymion: The Discovery and Archaeological Exploration of a  Lost Ancient City and an Imperial Estate (together with W. Tabbernee;  Berlin/New York: deGruyter 2008)
  • Küsste Jesus Magdalenen mitten auf den Mund? Provokationen, Einsprüche, Klarstellungen (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener 2007)
  • Felsen im Fluss: Schriftworte in provokativer Auslegung zu Themen der Zeit (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 2004)
  • Wortglassplitter (Oberhausen: Athena, 2005)
  • Pocahontas: Die Indianer-Prinzessin am Englischen Hof (biography as well as history of the first British colony; München: Diederichs 1995)
  • Eschatologie und Friedenshandeln: Exegetische Beiträge zur Frage christlicher Friedensverantwortung (together with U.Luz/J.Keler/P.Hoffmann; Stuttgart: Kath. Bibelwerk 1981, 2nd. ed. 1982)
  • Die Briefe an die Philipper, Thessalonicher und an Philemon (together with N.Walter/E.Reinmuth; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1998)
  • Die Anfänge des Christentums: Alte Welt und neue Hoffnung (together with J.Becker et al.; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1987); ET: Christian Beginnings: Word and Community from Jesus to Post-Apostolic Times (Westminster/John Knox: Louisville 1993)
  • Neutestamentliche Exegese im Dialog: Hermeneutik – Wirkungsgeschichte – Matthäusevangelium (editor., together with M.Mayordomo/M.Sato; Neukirchener: Neukirchen-Vluyn 2008)

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