icon-symbol-logout-darkest-grey
This page is only available in German.

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)

Complete bibliography