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Prof. Dr. Torsten Jantsch

Institute of Theology and Religious Education  (» Postal address)

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Publications

1. books

  • Adolphsen, Helge / Jantsch, Torsten / Severin-Kaiser, Martina (eds.), Den gemeinsamen Glauben bekennen. Declarations and texts of the Theological Commission of the Working Group of Christian Churches in Hamburg from three decades, Rosengarten near Hamburg 2009.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, "God all in all" (1 Corinthians 15:28). Studies on Paul's understanding of God in 1 Thessalonians and in the Corinthian correspondence (WMANT 129), Neukirchen-Vluyn 2011.
  • du Toit, David S. (with the collaboration of Torsten Jantsch) (ed.), Bedrängnis und Identität. Studien zu Situation, Kommunikation und Theologie des 1. Petrusbriefes (BZNW 200), Berlin; New York 2013.
  • Klumbies, Paul-Gerhard / du Toit, David S. (with the collaboration of Nils Neumann and Torsten Jantsch) (eds.), Paulus - Werk und Wirkung. Festschrift for Andreas Lindemann on his 70th birthday, Tübingen 2013.
  • Jantsch, Torsten (ed.), Paul - Apostel mit Geschichte und vielen Facetten, Religion betrifft uns 4/2014, Aachen: Bergmoser + Höller, 2014 [religious education material booklet].
  • Jantsch, Torsten (ed.), Women, men, angels. Perspectives on 1 Cor 11:2-16, with contributions by David S. du Toit, Torsten Jantsch and Loren T. Stuckenbruck and a bibliography by Jacob Brouwer (BThS 152), Neukirchen-Vluyn 2015.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, Jesus, the Saviour. The soteriology of the Lucan double work (WUNT 381), Tübingen 2017.
  • In preparation: Jantsch, Torsten, Jerusalem als christlicher Erinnerungsort. The beginnings. Under contract for the series Locations in Antiquity and ChristianityHiersemann: Stuttgart.

 

2. essays

  • Jantsch, Torsten, Penitential Prayer in Luke-Acts in its Early Jewish Context, in: Anuarul Uniunii Bibliştilor din România [Annual of the Union of the Biblical Scholars in Romania] 8 (2014), 45-66.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, Silent and veiled: An early Christian ideal of women?, in: WuB (4/2015), 26-31.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, "Control over Her Head" (1 Cor 11:10). Prophetic Inspiration as Background of 1 Cor 11,2-16, in: Cilliers Breytenbach (ed.), Paul's Graeco-Roman Context (BEThL 277), Leiden 2015, 401-413.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, The woman should exercise control over her head (1 Cor 11:10). On the historical, cultural and religious background of 1 Cor 11:2-16, in: Women, Men, Angels. Perspectives on 1 Cor 11:2-16, with contributions by David S. du Toit, Torsten Jantsch and Loren T. Stuckenbruck and a bibliography by Jacob Brouwer (BThS 152), Neukirchen-Vluyn 2015, 97-144.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, Introduction to the problems of 1 Cor 11:2-16 and the history of its interpretation, in: Torsten Jantsch (ed.), Frauen, Männer, Engel. Perspectives on 1 Cor 11:2-16, with contributions by David S. du Toit, Torsten Jantsch and Loren T. Stuckenbruck and a bibliography by Jacob Brouwer (BThS 152), Neukirchen-Vluyn 2015, 1-60.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, God and His Faithfulness in Paul. Aspects of The History of Research in the Light of The Letter to the Romans, in: Michael F. Bird Bird / Christoph Heilig / Jay Thomas Hewitt (eds.), God and the Faithfulness of Paul. A Critical Examination of the Pauline Theology of N. T. Wright (WUNT II/413), Tübingen 2015, 463-488.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, 'Socratic' Themes in the Areopagus. Acts 17:22-31 in the context of ancient philosophical history, in: EC 8 (2017), 481-503. https://doi.org/10.1628/186870317X15100584934621
  • Jantsch, Torsten, Cynical argumentation in the letter to the Romans. Romans 1-2 and Ps.-Diogenes, Epistula 28 in comparison, in: NTS 64 (2018), 44-63. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002868851700025X
  • Jantsch, Torsten, The God of Glory. Explicit References to God in Discourses in the Acts of the Apostles (7:2-53; 14:15-18; 17:22-31), in: Stellenbosch Theological Journal 4 (2018), 197-222. https://doi.org/10.17570/stj.2018.v4n2.a10
  • Jantsch, Torsten, Salvation and the Fate of Jesus in Luke-Acts, in: David S. du Toit / Christine Gerber / Christiane Zimmermann (eds.), Sōtēria. Salvation in Early Christianity and Antiquity: Festschrift in Honour of Cilliers Breytenbach on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday (NT.S 175, Leiden; Boston 2019, 209-226.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, Jesus as Benefactor. A Neglected Aspect of Luke's Christology, in: NT 64 (2022), 277-295. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685365-bja10023
  • Jantsch, Torsten, Jerusalem auf der "mentalen Landkarte" des Paulus, in: Huber, Konrad and Kobel, Esther (eds.), Raum und Raumvorstellungen bei Paulus (Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible 17), Leiden 2024, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.30965/9783657796533_002
  • Jantsch, Torsten, Tacitus's Excursus on the Jews (Histories 5.2-13) within its Historical Context, in: Frank Ueberschaer / Benedikt Collinet (eds.), Jew-hatred in the Second Temple Period
  • (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies), Berlin et al. (in press)

3. encyclopaedia article

4. reviews

  • Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "H. Scherer, Geistreiche Argumente. Paul's concept of pneuma in the context of his letters (NTA.NF 55), Münster 2011", in: ThRev 108 (2012), 467-469.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "J. R. Harrison, Paul and the Imperial Authorities at Thessalonica and Rome (WUNT 273), Tübingen 2011", in: ThLZ 137 (2012), 186-187.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "J. Gillner, Gericht bei Lukas (WUNT II/401), Tübingen: Mohr, 2015", in: Studies on the New Testament and its Environment (SNTU) 41.4 (2016), 224-227.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "Harry O. Maier, Picturing Paul in Empire. Imperial Image, Text and Persuasion in Colossians, Ephesians and the Pastoral Epistles, London/Edinburgh 2013", in: Review of Biblical Literature (2017), http://www.bookreviews.org.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "J.L. González, The Story Luke Tells. Luke's Unique Witness to the Gospel, Grand Rapids/Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans, 2015", in: Studies in the New Testament and its Environment (SNTU) 42.4 (2017), 219-222.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "R. Hoppe/M. Reichardt (eds.), Lukas - Paulus - Pastoralbriefe. Festschrift für Alfons Weiser zum 80. Geburtstag (SBS 230), Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2014", in: Biblische Bücherschau 6/2018 (https://www.bibelwerk.de/verein/buecherschau/).
  • Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "K. Divjanovic, Paulus als Philosoph. Das Ethos des Apostels vor dem Hintergrund antiker Populärphilosophie (NTA.NF 58), Münster: Aschendorff, 2015", in: Biblische Bücherschau 7/2018 (https://www.bibelwerk.de/verein/buecherschau/).
  • Jantsch, Torsten, review of "W. Grünstäudl/U. Poplutz, T. Nicklas (eds.), Der zweite Petrusbrief und das Neue Testament (WUNT 397), Tübingen 2017", in: Biblische Bücherschau (10/2019), www.bibelwerk.de/verein/buecherschau/.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, review of "K. Hess, Rhetor, philosopher, spirit bearer. The theme of education in the Lucanian portrayal of Paul (FzB 137), Würzburg: Echter 2019", in: Biblische Bücherschau (06/2022), www.bibelwerk.de/verein/buecherschau/.
  • Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "A. Bedenbender, Der gescheiterte Messias (Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Umwelt 5), Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 2019", in: Biblical Book Review (2024), https://www.bibelwerk.de/verein/buecherschau/.

 

5. lectures (in selection)

  • In preparation: The Current State of Research on Acts (2015-2024). Seminar paper in the seminar "Interpreting the Book of Acts in the 21st Century: Problems and Methods", at the SNTS General Meeting, Regensburg 5-9 August 2025

  • Jerusalem in Luke and contemporary Roman authors in comparison. Seminar paper in the seminar "Acta politica" at the SNTS General Meeting, Vienna 25-29 July 2023 (invited seminar paper)

  • Reading Philostratus' Life of Apollonius. Plenary session in the framework of: Reading Bioi together: Social Memory Theory meets Classics. Prague - Passau Symposium Series: Traditions, Transmissions, and Texts in Early Judaism and Christianity, Passau, 15-16 May 2023

  • "Against all other humans hostile hate:" Tacitus' accusation against Jews in Histories 5.5.1 within its historical context. Short paper at the SBL International Meeting, Salzburg, 17-21 July 2022

  • The multifaceted image of Jerusalem in the Lucan double work. Lecture at the Department of Protestant Theology at Saarland University on 22 November 2021

  • Places of Memory in Early Christianity: A New Research Paradigm (Supplements). Lecture at the New Testament Colloquium of the School of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the University of Augsburg on 15 June 2021

  • Places of Memory in the Acts of the Apostles. A new research paradigm presented on the basis of Philippi, Athens and Ephesus (Acts 16:9-40; 17:16-34; 19:1-40). Lecture at the online conference of the New Testament section of the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie on 8 September 2020. Published as a video at bit.ly/30gtpyL

  • Luke 16:19-31 against the background of Greco-Roman descriptions of Hades. A new look at an old problem in Luke research, lecture at the Protestant Theological School of the University of Göttingen, 2 December 2019

  • Jesus as Benefactor: A Neglected Aspect of Luke's Christology. Short paper for the SNTS General Meeting, 30 July - 2 August 2019, Marburg

  • A Memory of Hades: The Description of the Underworld in Luke 16:19-31 before the Background of Greco-Roman Literature. Invited paper for the conference "Social Memory Theory and the Conceptions of Afterlife in Early Judaism and Christianity", 16-17 May 2019, Prague

  • Jerusalem as "Realm of Memory" (lieu de mémoire) in Luke-Acts. Seminar paper in the seminar "Memory, Narrative and Christology in the Synoptic Gospels" at the General Meeting of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS) in Athens, 7-10 August 2018

  • The God of Glory: God in Explicit Discourses in Acts (7:2-53; 14:8-18; 17:22-31). Invited paper at the International Colloquium for the Study of the New Testament (ICSNT) in Bloemfontein, South Africa, 4 June 2018

  • Metanoia in Luke-Acts: Recent Approaches and Fresh Insights. Paper presented at the SBL Annual Meeting 18-21 November 2017, Boston, in the Section: Gospel of Luke, Chairs: John T. Carroll and Mark A. Matson

  • "Jerusalem among the Gentiles": Jerusalem as "Realm of Memory" (lieux de mémoire) in the Pagan Greek and Latin Collective Memory. Paper presented at the SBL Annual Meeting 18-21 November 2017, Boston, in the Section: Space, Place, and Lived Experience in Antiquity, Chairs: Eric C. Smith and Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre

  • Romans 1-2 in the context of Cynic philosophy. Guest lecture at the German-English Colloquium of the Institute for Ancient Judaism and Hellenistic Religious History, University of Tübingen, 19 July 2016

  • Paul among the philosophers. The episode in Athens Acts 17:16-34 in the context of ancient philosophical history. Habilitation lecture at the Protestant Theological School of the LMU Munich on 4 February 2016

  • A Cynic Background of Romans 1-2: Ps.-Diogenes, Epistula 28 and Rom 1:19-32; 2:14-15, 1729 in Comparison. Short paper for the SBL Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 22 November 2015, Pauline Epistles programme unit, Chair: Edward Adams, King's College, London

  • Penitential Prayer in Luke-Acts in its Early Jewish Context. Invited paper to the symposium of biblical scholars, Sibiu, 28 February 2014

  • Authority on Her Head (1 Cor 11:10). The Historical, Cultural and Religious Background of 1 Cor 11:2-16. Short paper for the Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense LXII. Paul's Graeco-Roman Context, Leuven, 16-18 July 2013

  • God's invisible attributes are known from the created universe? Rom 1:19-21 reconsidered. Short paper for the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Amsterdam, 25 July 2012

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