Ruben Zimmermann
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Ruben Zimmermann (May 10, 1968) is a German Theologian, New Testament Scholar and Ethicist, currently Professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University at Mainz, Germany[1]
Biography and Education
1999, PhD at the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg
2003, Habilitation at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
2005-2009, Professor for Biblical Studies at Bielefeld University
since 2009, Professor for New Testament at the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz
received several grants from, for instance, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation and John-Templeton-Foundation, see enhancing-life-project (Chicago).
in 2015 the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel offered him a position[2], which he declined
Co-leader of the Mainz Research Center for Ethics in Antiquity and Christianity.
elected as one of 15 advanced career scholars in the Templeton "Enhancing Life Project"[3]
Work - Research Fields
Ethical Theory,
Biblical Ethics,
Gospel of John,
Parables (of Jesus)
Miracle Stories
Published Works
•ed. Bildersprache verstehen. Zur Hermeneutik der Metapher und anderer bildlicher Sprachformen. Mit einem Geleitwort von H.-G. Gadamer (Übergänge 38), München: Fink, 2000.
•Geschlechtermetaphorik und Gottesverhältnis. Traditionsgeschichte und Theologie eines Bildfelds in Urchristentum und antiker Umwelt ( WUNT II/ 122), Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2001.
•ed. Metaphorik und Christologie (Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann), Berlin – New York: De Gruyter, 2003 (with J. Frey / J. Rohls).
•Christologie der Bilder im Johannesevangelium. Die Christopoetik des vierten Evangeliums unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Joh 10, WUNT 171, Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004.
•ed.Imagery in the Gospel of John. Terms, Forms, Themes, and Theology of Johannine Figurative Language (WUNT 200), Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006. (with J. Frey / J. G. van der Watt).
•ed. Kompendium der Gleichnisse Jesu (hg. in Zusammenarbeit mit D. Dormeyer, G. Kern, A. Merz, Chr. Münch und E. E. Popkes), Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2007.
•ed. Hermeneutik der Gleichnisse Jesu. Methodische Neuansätze zum Verstehen urchristlicher Parabeltexte (WUNT 231), Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008.
•ed. Jenseits von Indikativ und Imperativ. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik/Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics, vol. 1, WUNT 238, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck: Tubingen, 2009. (with F. W. Horn).
•ed. Moral Language in the New Testament. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik/Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics, vol. 2, WUNT 2/296, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen, 2010. (with Jan G. van der Watt).
•ed. Rethinking the Ethics of John. The implicit Ethics in the Johannine Writings, Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics, vol. 3, WUNT 291, Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012. (with J. G. van der Watt)
•ed. Kompendium der frühchristlichen Wundererzählungen, Bd. 1: Die Wunder Jesu, Gutersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2013 (together with D. Dormeyer, J. Hartenstein, Chr. Münch, E. E. Popkes und U. Poplutz).
•ed. Normen frühchristlicher Ethik. Gut – Leben – Leib – Tugend. Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics, vol. 4, WUNT 313. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck 2013 (with F. W. Horn and U. Volp).
•ed. Handbuch Bibeldidaktik, UTB 3996, Mohr Siebeck, Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck 2013 (with Mirjam Zimmermann).
•ed. Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel. Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures in John, WUNT 314. Tübingen 2013 (with Steven A. Hunt, USA and D. Francois Tolmie, SA).
•ed. Metaphor, Narrative, and Parable in Q, WUNT 315, Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014 (with Dieter T. Roth and Michael Labahn).
•ed. Studienbuch Hermeneutik. Bibelauslegung durch die Jahrhunderte als Lernfeld der Textinterpretation. Portraits – Modelle – Quellentexte, Gutersloh: Gütersloher Verlag, 2014 (with S. Luther).
• Puzzling the Parables of Jesus. Methods and Interpretation, Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015.