Personal details

• 1982 born in Hamburg
• 2002 A-levels at the Cäcilienschule in Oldenburg
• Married, two sons (2011; 2014)

Academic education

• 2002 - 2009 Studied Protestant Theology at the Georg August University of Göttingen
• 2002 - 2004 Studied Protestant Religion and German Philology at the Georg August University of Göttingen (teaching degree for grammar school)
• 2006 - 2007 Theological study year in Jerusalem (DAAD scholarship)
• 2009 Diplom at the Georg-August-University Göttingen
• 2009 - 2015 Doctoral studies at the Georg-August-University Göttingen (doctoral supervisor: Prof. Dr Reinhard G. Kratz)
• 2016 Doctorate (Dr theol.) at the Georg August University of Göttingen
• 2025 Habilitation in the subject of Old Testament at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Academic appointment

• 2004 - 2009 Student assistant to Prof. Dr Reinhard G. Kratz at the Old Testament Seminary of the Georg-August-University Göttingen; tutor for Hebrew in the winter semester 2004/05
• 2009 - 2010 Research assistant to Prof. Dr Reinhard G. Kratz at the Old Testament Seminary of the Georg-August-University Göttingen
• 2009 - 2014 Scholarship holder in the Research Training Group 896 Images of God - Images of God - Images of the World (DFG)
• 2012 - 2013 Participation in the Göttingen University Didactics certificate programme
• 2018 Participation in the archaeological excavation Tel Azekah (Israel) under the direction of Prof. Dr Oded Lipschits (Tel Aviv) and Prof. Dr Manfred Oeming (Heidelberg)
• since 2014 Research assistant (permanent since 2022) for the subject Old Testament at the Institute for Protestant Theology and Religious Education at the University of Oldenburg
• Since 2025 Private lecturer at the Protestant Theological School of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
• SS 2026 interim professorship Old Testament (Prof. Dr Sebastian Grätz) at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Research focus

• Theological and literary history of the Old Testament
• Pentateuch
• Psalms
• Prophecy (especially Jeremiah)

Memberships and international networks

• since 2007 Forum Studienjahr Jerusalem e.V.
• 2009 - 2015 Member of the international network Old Testament Studies: Epistemologies and Methods (OTSEM)
• since 2015 Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
• since 2019 German Association for the Study of Palestine (DVP)
• since 2020 European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS)
• since 2022 Scientific Society for Theology (WGTh)
• since 2023 Associate member of the DFG project "Concepts of Biblical Israel" (Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Prof. Dr Jakob Wöhrle and Charles University Prague, Assoc. Prof. Dr Jan Rückl)
• since 2025 member of the steering committee of the "Genesis" section of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
• since 2025 Member of the steering committee of the Research Unit "Concepts of Biblical Israel" of the European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS)

Monographs

• Scholarly Hymns. The Form, Theology and Intention of Psalms 145 and 146-150 (BZAW 491), Berlin / Boston 2016 [dissertation]
• Jacob and the nations. On the Origin and Intention of Genesis 25-35 and 49 (FAT), Tübingen (forthcoming 2026) [habilitation thesis]

Collected volumes

• Rainer Albertz, Pentateuchstudien, edited by Jakob Wöhrle, with the collaboration of Friederike Neumann (FAT 117), Tübingen 2018
• Mark Brett / Jakob Wöhrle (eds.), The Politics of the Ancestors. Exegetical and Historical Perspectives on Genesis 12-36, in collaboration with Friederike Neumann (FAT 124), Tübingen 2018
• Alma Brodersen / Friederike Neumann / David Willgren (eds.), Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters. Methodological Reflections - Theological Perspectives (FAT II/114), Tübingen 2020
• Filip Čapek / Friederike Neumann / Jan Rückl (eds.), Northern Traditions in the South (SCCB), Leiden and others (forthcoming 2026)
• Jürg Hutzli / Friederike Neumann (eds.), Unity and Literary Profile(s) of the Priestly Texts, in: HeBAI (in preparation)

Essays

• "Yhwh will fight for you, but you will be silent." (Ex 14:14). Violence and the potential for violence in the Old Testament, in: ZThG 22 (2017), 186-202
• Israel and the nations. A discourse on enmity and overcoming enmity at the end of the Psalter, in: Kathrin Liess / Johannes Schnocks (eds.), Gegner im Gebet, Studien zu Feindschaft und Entfeindung im Buch der Psalmen (HBS 91), Freiburg im Breisgau 2018, 301-338
• A song of praise to Jerusalem. The theological-historical background of Psalm 147 and its significance for the development of the Psalter, in: Alma Brodersen / Friederike Neumann / David Willgren (eds.), Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters. Methodological Reflections - Theological Perspectives (FAT II/114), Tübingen 2020, 93-118
• All's well that ends well. The final Psalm (Psalm 146-150) and its significance in the history of redaction, in: BiKi 75 (2020), 238-245
• Praise beyond Borders. Transformations of Traditions and Universal Worship in Psalm 150, in: Christian Frevel (ed.), "Mit meinem Gott überspringe ich eine Mauer" / "By my God I can leap over a wall". Interreligiöse Horizonte in den Psalmen und Psalmenstudien / Interreligious Horizons in Psalms and Psalms Studies (HBS 96), Freiburg im Breisgau 2020, 158-174
• Jacob, Laban and the Two Daughters. Insights into the Formation of the Jacob-Laban-Story (Genesis 29-31), in: Benedikt Hensel (ed.), The History of the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25-35). Recent Research on the Compilation, the Redaction, and the Reception of the Biblical Narrative and Its Historical and Cultural Contexts (ArchB 4), Tübingen 2021, 35-55
• "Yhwh shall be King forever!" (Ps 146:10). The Phenomenon of Updating within the Final Hallel, in: Gianni Barbiero / Marco Pavan / Johannes Schnocks (eds.), The Formation of the Hebrew Psalter. The Book of Psalms Between Ancient Versions, Material Transmission and Canonical Exegesis (FAT 151), Tübingen 2021, 383-399
• Von Urkunden, Erzählkern und Redaktionen - Neue Überlegungen zur Entstehung der Jakoberzählung, in: BiKi 79, 2024, 11-18
• "City of my Joy" (Jer 49:25): Literary and Historical Reflections on Aram and Damascus in the Latter Prophetsin: Jordan Davis / Benedikt Hensel (eds.), A Prophet to the Nations: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Jeremiah 46-51 (VTOA 4), Göttingen 2025, 170-192
• The "God of Israel" in the Book of Jeremiah, in: Jan Rückl / Kristin Tröndle (eds.), Israel in the Latter Prophets (FAT), Tübingen (forthcoming 2026)
• From North to South - Origins of the Jacob Story and Consequences for a Concept of Israel, in: Filip Čapek / Friederike Neumann / Jan Rückl (eds.), Northern Traditions in the South (SCCB), Leiden and others (forthcoming 2026)
• "... and he went to Paddan-Aram" (Gen 28:5): Political Geography and the Priestly Passages within the Jacob Storyin: HeBAI (in preparation)

Encyclopaedia article

• Art. Dank / thank you (AT), in: wibilex (2018)
• Art. gesture / facial expression, in: wibilex (2021)

Reviews

• Review of Alma Brodersen, The End of the Psalter. Psalms 146-150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint (BZAW 505), Berlin / Boston 2017, in: ZAW 130 (2018), 123-124
• Review of Mika S. Pajunen / Jeremy Penner (eds.), Functions of Psalms and Prayers in the Late Second Temple Period (BZAW 486), Berlin / Boston 2017, in: ThLZ 144 (2019), 1245-1247
• Urmas Nõmmik, Die Erzelternerzählungen im Lichte höfischer Erzählkunst. Motif-critical studies on the traditions of Lot, Isaac, Rebekah and Jacob (FAT 161), Tübingen 2023, in: ZAW 135, (2023), 673-674
• Review of Christoph Berner / Stephen Germany / Harald Samuel (eds.), Book-Seams in the Hexateuch II: The Book of Deuteronomy and Its Literary Transitions (FAT 168), Tübingen 2023, in: ZAW 136 (2024), 463-464

Selection of lectures

• Göttingen-Lausanne Graduate Meeting (Lausanne 2012): A Scribal Hymn: Psalm 146 and Its Intertextual References
• OTSEM Meeting (Oxford 2012): A Scribal Hymn. Psalm 146 and Its Intertextual References
• IOSOT Congress (Munich 2013): Life or Death - A Question of Relationship. On the function and theology of the hymn in the small Hallel on the basis of Psalm 146
• Symposium "Theology in Discourse" (Oldenburg 2015): Death or life? On the function and theology of the hymn in the small Hallel
• Symposium of the GFTP "Radicalisation in the name of religion" (Nuremberg 2016): "YHWH will fight for you, but you will be silent." (Ex 14:14). Violence and the potential for violence in the Old Testament
• SBL Annual Meeting (San Antonio 2016): Scribal Hymns: The Intention of the Hallelujah Psalms (Ps 146-150) at the End of the Psalter
• SBL International Meeting (Berlin 2017): Instruments of Remembrance: The Hymnic Transformation of Traditions in Psalm 150
• SBL Annual Meeting (Boston 2017): Instruments of Remembrance: The Hymnic Transformation of Traditions in Psalm 150
• Conference "Intertextuality and the Origin of the Psalter. Methodological Reflections - Theological Perspectives" (Munich 2018): A Song of Praise of Jerusalem. The theological-historical background of Psalm 147 and its significance for the development of the Psalter
• SBL Annual Meeting (Denver 2018): Hope for Zion: Prophecy of Salvation in the Book of the Twelve and its Reception in Late Psalms
• Conference "The History of the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25-35)" (Tel Aviv 2018): Jacob, Laban and the Two Daughters: Insights into the Formation of the Jacob-Laban-Story (Genesis 29-31)
• SBL International Meeting (Rome 2019): "Yhwh shall be King forever!" (Ps 146:10) - Theology and Fortschreibung within the Final Hallel
• IOSOT Congress (Aberdeen 2019): Blessing for Jacob - Curse for Esau? On Blessing, Power and Politics in Genesis 27
• SBL Annual Meeting (San Diego 2019): "And Laban had two Daughters ..." (Gen 29:16): The Historical Background of the Jacob-Laban-Story (Gen 29-31)
• SBL Annual Meeting (San Antonio 2021): "Return to the Land of your Fathers and to your Relatives, and I will be with you." (Gen 31:3) - The Jacob Story in the Persian Period
• Societät der Alttestamentlichen Seminare der Universitäten Heidelberg und Tübingen (Tübingen 2022): How Esau became a hairy man (Gen 27:11). The beginnings of the Jacob narrative
• Conference "Transjordan in Biblical Traditions. Exploring New Aveneus and Perspectives for Future Research on Ancient Transjordan from Hebrew Bible Studies and Related Fields" (Oldenburg 2022): Land, Identity, and the Question of Return: The Jacob Story in the Persian Period
• SBL International Meeting (Salzburg 2022): Land, Identity, and the Question of Return: The Jacob Story in the Persian Period
• SBL Annual Meeting (Denver 2022): The Twelve Sons of Jacob: Considerations on the Birth Stories in Genesis 29-30
• Workshop "Unity and Literary Profile of the Priestly Writings" (Prague 2023): "... and He went to Paddan-Aram" (Gen 28:5). The Priestly Passages within the Jacob Story
• EABS Meeting (Syracuse 2023): The Twelve Sons of Jacob: The Jacob Story and the Concept of Biblical Israel
• SBL Annual Meeting (San Antonio 2023): Exile and Return - The Jacob Story in the Persian Period
• Lecture Series "Respect, Tolerance and Human Rights - Religious History(s) as a Model" (Oldenburg 2023): Rule, tolerance and respect between peoples. The Narrative of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible as an Example
• Conference "Israel in the Latter Prophets" (Tübingen 2024): The God of Israel in the Book of Jeremiah
• SBL Annual Meeting (San Diego 2024): The Land of Canaan and Paddan-Aram: Reflections on the Political Geography of the Priestly Jacob Story
• EABS Meeting (Uppsala 2025): The "God of Israel" in the Book of Jeremiah
• IOSOT Congress (Berlin 2025): "... and It Shall Consume the Palaces of Ben-Hadad" (Am 1:4b; Jer 49:27b): The Formation and Historical Background of Jeremiah 49:23-27 and the Oracles Against the Nations
• Conference "Northern Traditions in the South" (Prague 2025): From North to South - Origins of the Jacob Story and Consequences for a Concept of Israel
• SBL Annual Meeting (Boston 2025): The Story of Dinah and Shechem and the Deuteronomistic Law: Genesis 34 as a Narrative Interpretation of Deuteronomy 7 and 22
• Conference of the WGTh "Die Erzelternüberlieferung" (Berlin 2026): "and through you all the families of the earth shall receive blessing" (Gen 12:3) - Reflections on the political dimensions of blessing in the archangel narrative
• Workshop "Concepts of Biblical Israel" (Tübingen 2026): Israel as a Nation of Twelve Tribes? A Review of a Common Assumption based on the Jacob Story, the Josef Story, and the Song of Deborah
• EABS Meeting (Leuven 2026): The Land and the People - Israel in the Priestly Texts of the Pentateuch

Teaching in selection

• Seminar Introductory course Old Testament
• Seminar Major Texts of the Old Testament
• Seminar Introduction to the exegetical methods of the Old Testament
• Seminar The Psalms. Origin and theology
• Seminar Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Fathers of Israel
• Seminar The Kingship of God in the Psalms
• Seminar "...for you were strangers in Egypt". Strangeness and identity in the Old Testament
• Seminar Abraham: archetype of faith, encouragement to set out, father of religions?
• Seminar From Creation to the Flood. Good and evil in Genesis 1-11
• Seminar "Go out of your fatherland!" Home and foreign lands in the Old Testament
• Seminar The narratives of the parents. Origin and theology
• Seminar "Your people are also my people" - Identity and foreignness in the texts of the Old Testament (with excursion)
• Seminar The primeval history in Genesis 1-11: genesis and theology
• Seminar God as Creator, God as King - Images of God in the Psalms
• Lecture Introduction to the Old Testament
• Lecture The Psalms
• Colloquium to accompany Bachelor's theses
• Colloquium to accompany Master's theses