Apl. Prof. Dr Karin Schöpflin

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Team

Lecturer:

Prof. Dr Benedikt Hensel

Research assistants:

Office:

Lecturer:

Carl von Ossietzky guest lecturer at the chair:

  • Dr Gad Barnea, University of Haifa (Israel) (winter semester 2023/24)

Student assistants:

Apl. Prof. Dr Karin Schöpflin

Lecturer in the Old Testament

Curriculum vitae

  • Summer semester 2022 Lectureship at the Theological School of the Georg August University of Göttingen
  • April 2022 Entry into retirement
  • WS 2019/20 - WS 2021/22 Interim professorship in OT at the University of Oldenburg
  • SS 2005- SS 2019 Lecturer in Biblical Theology and its Didactics (specialising in OT) at the School of Theology at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • SS 2019 Part-time position: Lecturer at the University of Oldenburg
  • WS 2018/19 Interim professorship at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Biblical Theology and its Didactics)
  • WS 2016/17 and SS 2017 Interim professorship at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Biblical Theology and its Didactics)
  • SS 2013 Part-time teaching position at the School of Theology at the University of Leipzig (4 SWS)
  • 2004 Ordination as an honorary pastor in the North Church
  • WS 2003/04 to WS 2004/05 Teaching as a private lecturer at the Georg-August-University Göttingen
  • WS 2002/03 and SS 2003 interim professorship in Old Testament (R.G. Kratz) at the Georg-August-University Göttingen
  • WS 2001/02 Habilitation at the Theological School of the Georg-August-University Göttingen
  • Topic of the habilitation thesis: "Theology as Biography in the Book of Ezekiel. A contribution to the conception of Old Testament prophecy."
  • WS 1996/97 to SS 2002 Research assistant at the Old Testament Seminar of the University of Hamburg
  • 1995 First theological examination of the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hamburg
  • WS 1988/89 - SS 1995 Theological studies at the University of Hamburg
  • 1988 Doctorate in the subject of English Studies (subsidiary subjects Italian, French)
  • Dissertation topic: "Theatre in Shakespeare's drama and on the English stage of his time"
  • 1981 Academic examination for the teaching profession at grammar schools (first state examination)
  • WS 1974/75 - SS 1988 Studies at the University of Hamburg
  • Subjects: English Studies, Classical Philology, Educational Science and Romance Studies
  • 1967-1974 Attended grammar school in Hamburg
  • 1963-1967 Primary school in Hamburg
  • 1956 born in Hamburg

Research focus

  • Scriptural prophecy, especially Ezekiel
  • Wisdom
  • Apocrypha, in particular Tobit
  • Reception of the Bible in literature

Monographs

  • Die Bibel in der Weltliteratur (UTB 3498), Tübingen 2011.
  • Italian translation: La Bibbia nella letteratura mondiale (Biblioteca di teologia contemporanea 165), Brescia 2013.
  • Theology as Biography in the Book of Ezekiel. A contribution to the conception of Old Testament prophecy, (FAT 36), Tübingen 2002.
  • Theatre in the theatre. Forms and Functions of a Changing Dramatic Phenomenon. Frankfurt /M. 1993.
  • Theatre in Shakespeare's drama and on the English stage of his time. Dissertation Hamburg 1988.

Article

  • Lukas' Prodigal Son and Rilke's Malte Laurids Brigge. Eine rezeptions-geschichtliche Notiz, in: Jan Dochhorn / Rainer Hirsch-Luipold / Ilinca Tanaseanu-Döbler (eds.), Über Gott, FS Reinhard Feldmeier zum 70. Geburtstag, Tübingen 2022, 673-691.
  • Else Torge, Das Urteil des Salomo, in: Elena Deinhammer / Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher / Antonia Krainer / Imelda Rohrbacher (eds.), König, Weiser, Liebhaber und Skeptiker. Receptions of Solomon, Studies in Literature and Religion 4, Berlin 2022, 287-308.
  • "man does not know what will be" (koh 10:14) the unpredictability of life in the light of the OT, in: braunschweiger beiträge zur religionspädagogik 162 (1/2021), 4-10.
  • Census as a punishable offence. A hypothesis on the background of 2Sam 24 and 1Chr 21, in: BN 187 (2020), 59-70.
  • Old Testament wisdom as subtext and key to Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz. The story of Franz Biberkopf, in: Corinna Körting/ Reinhard G. Kratz (eds.), Neuere Forschung zu Psalmen und Weisheit in Israel und dem Alten Orient, FS Hermann Spieckermann (FAT), Tübingen, 443-458.
  • Prophet, throne of God, human heart of stone, field of the dead and source of life. Aspects of the reception of the Book of Ezekiel , in: Jan Christian Gertz, Corinna Körting, Markus Witte (eds), Das Buch Ezechiel. Composition, Editing and Reception (BZAW 516), Berlin/ Boston 2020, 297-327.
  • Crisis management in the OT, in: bb (Braunschweiger Beiträge) 155-3 (2018), 2-6.
  • God in the image. The Speech of God in Art, in: Chibueze C. Udeani / Klaus Zapotoczky (eds.), The Speech of God. Interdisziplinäre und interkulturelle Zugänge (ISRIT 6), Vienna 2018, 245-275.
  • Women's Roles in the Narrative and Theology of the Book of Tobit, in: G.G. Xeravits (ed.), Religion and Female Body in Ancient Judaism and Its Environment (DCLS 28), Berlin/ New York 2015, 173-185.
  • Forms of biblical narrative in world literature - a tour with Cain and Abel, in: M.E. Fuchs/ D.Schliephake (eds.), Bibel erzählen, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2014, 121-142.
  • Political Power and Ideology in Qohelet, in: G.G. Xeravits (ed.), Political Power and Ideology in Early Judaism (BN 161), Freiburg i.Br. 2014, 19-36.
  • Samson in European Literature. Some Examples from English, French and German Poetry, in: E. Eynikel / T. Nicklas (ed.), Samson - Hero or Fool? The Mnay Faces of Samson (TBN 17), Leiden/ Boston 2014, 177-196.
  • The Hellenisation of the Jewish designation of God. An attempt based on observations of the late biblical Book of Tobit, in: T. Georges / F. Albrecht / R. Feldmeier (ed.), Alexandria (Civitatum Orbis MEditerranei Studia - COMES 1), Tübingen 2013, 313-340.
  • Scriptural Authority and the Ancestor as its Teacher and Example in the Book of Tobit, in: I. Kalimi/ T. Nicklas / G.G. Xeravits (ed.), Scriptural Authority in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity (DCLS 16), Berlin / New York 2013, 85-107.
  • Wisdom - a matter of the heart. The importance of the heart for Solomon, Ezekiel, Ben Sira and Wilhelm Hauff, in: R. Egger-Wenzel/ K. Schöpflin/ J.F. Diehl (eds.), Weisheit als Lebensgrundlage. Festschrift for Friedrich V. Reiterer on his 65th birthday (DCLS 15), Berlin/ New York 2013, 297-320.
  • "... for he has seen the lowliness of his handmaid" (Lk 1:48). Thoughts on the background of the conceptual field tapei,nwsij in selected prophetic texts of the Septuagint, in: K. Schöpflin/ F.V. Reiterer (eds.), Zwischen Niedrigkeit und Demut. Festgabe for the 60th birthday of Reinhard Feldmeier. BN 155, Freiburg 2012, 5-22.
  • Genesis 4:7 - interpreted by John Steinbeck, in: BN 154 (2012), 3-28.
  • Judith on Stage: The Dramatic Career of a Biblical Heroine, in: G.G. Xeravits (ed.), A Pious Seductress. Studies in the Book of Judith, DCLS 14, Berlin/ New York 2012, 198-213.
  • Susanna's Career in Reformation Drama. A Reception-Historical Perspective with an Outlook on Fine Art, in: G.G. Xeravits / J. Zsengellér (ed.), Deuterocanonical Additions of the Old Testament Books. Selected Studies, DCLS 5, Berlin/ New York 2010, 143-170.
  • The Revivification of the Dry Bones: Ezekiel 37:1-14, in: T. Nicklas/ F.V. Reiterer/ J. Verheyden (eds.), The Human Body in Death and Resurrection, DCL Yearbook 2009, Berlin/ New York 2009, 67-85.
  • Naaman. His Healing and Conversion in the Old and New Testaments, in: BN 141 (2009), 35-56.
  • Abraham's conversation with God and the scriptural stylisation of the Abraham figure in Gen 18:16b-33, in: A.C. Hagedorn / H. Pfeiffer (eds.), Die Erzväter in der biblischen Tradition, FS für Matthias Köckert (BZAW 400), Berlin/ New York 2009, 93-113.
  • Belshazzar - the literary career of a biblical villain, in: BThZ 25 (2008), 324-357.
  • The angels celebrate their comeback, in: braunschweiger beiträge 123 (1/2008), 38-45.
  • Die Tyrosworte im Kontext des Ezechielbuches, in: M. Witte/ J.F. Diehl (eds.), Israeliten und Phönizier - Ihre Beziehungen im Spiegel der Archäologie und der Literatur des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt (OBO 235), Fribourg/ Göttingen 2008, 191-213.
  • Yhwh's Agents of Doom. The Punishing Function of Angels in Post-Exilic Writings of the Old Testament, in: F.V. Reiterer/ T. Nicklas/ K. Schöpflin (eds.), Angels. Concepts of Celestial Beings - Origins, Development and Reception. Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature: Yearbook 2007; Berlin 2007, 125-137.
  • God's Interpreter. The Interpreting Angel in Post-Exilic Prophetic Visions of the Old Testament, in: F.V. Reiterer/ T. Nicklas/ K. Schöpflin (eds.), Angels. Concepts of Celestial Beings - Origins, Development and Reception. Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature: Yearbook 2007; Berlin 2007, 189-203.
  • Psalms. Newer exegetical approaches and their possible perspectives for the teaching of the Psalms, in: braunschweiger beiträge 117 (2006), 20-25.
  • Ezekiel - the book of a visionary and theologian, in: BN 130 (2006), 17-29.
  • The Destructive and Creative Word of the Prophet in the Book of Ezekiel, in: H.M. Niemann/ M. Augustin (eds.), Stimulation from Leiden. Collected Communications to the XVIIIth Congress of the IOSOT, Leiden 2004 (BEAT 54), Frankfurt/M. et al. 2006, 113-118.
  • Old Testament and religious education - an interdisciplinary opportunity. In: Martin Rothgangel & Edgar Thaidigsmann (eds.), Religionspädagogik als Mitte der Theologie? Theological disciplines in discourse. Stuttgart 2005, 176-188.
  • The Composition of Metaphorical Oracles Within the Book of Ezekiel; in: Vetus Testamentum 55 (2005), 101-120.
  • What is "Old Testament"? in: Michael Roth (ed.), Leitfaden Theologiestudium (UTB 2600), Göttingen 2004, 11-43.
  • Jotham's Speech and Fable as Prophetic Comment on Abimelech's Story. The Genesis of Judges 9; in: SJOT 18 (2004), 3-22.
  • Yotam's Fable (Judges 9:8-15) - A Prophetic Text within the Book of Judges. in: M. Augustin / H.M. Niemann (eds.), Basel und Bibel. Collected Communications to the XVIIth Congress of the International Organisation for the Study of the Old Testament, Basel 2001, (BEAT 51) Frankfurt a. M./ Berlin/ Bern et al. 2004, 97-102.
  • Jacob blesses his son. Genesis 49:1-28 in the context of Joseph's and the father's story, in: ZAW 115 (2003), 501-523.
  • A glimpse into the underworld (Isaiah 14), in: ThZ 58 (2002), 299-314.
  • משל - a peculiar concept of Hebrew literature; in: BZ 46 (2002), 1-24.
  • Notschrei, Dank und Disput: Praying in the Book of Jonah, in: Biblica 78 (1997), 389-404.
  • Boccaccio's Griselda and Job, in: Romanistisches Jahrbuch 42 (1991), 136-149.
  • Also encyclopaedia articles and numerous book reviews
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