Curriculum Vitae:

27.1.1982 born in Bochum
2001-2009 Studies of Protestant Theology, Chemistry and Mathematics at WWU Münster
2006-2008 Student assistant at the Department of Biblical Studies of the Old Testament in Protestant Theology (chair of Prof. Dr. Rainer Albertz)
August 2007 Participant at the excavation in Ramat Rachel (Israel) under the direction of Prof. Dr. Oded Lipschits (Tel Aviv) and Prof. Dr. Manfred Oeming (Heidelberg)
since summer semester 2008 Studies at the Institute of Ancient Oriental Philology and Middle Eastern Archaeology
2008/2009 Student/graduate assistant at the cluster of excellence “Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures” (project C1)
September 2009 First Theological Examination (Evangelical Church of Westphalia)
January to March 2010 Graduate assistant for the DFG-aided project "Family and Household Religion" (Prof. Dr. Rainer Albertz/PD Dr. Rüdiger Schmitt)
since April 2010 PhD student and research assistant at the graduate school of the cluster of excellence “Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures” at WWU Münster

PhD project:

The other and the self. Constructions of collective identities in Deuteronomy

Research interests:

  • The formation and theology of Deuteronomy
  • The mechanisms of identity construction 

Function within the Cluster/Membership in projects and groups:

Conference contributions:

  • 20.5.2010: Wer gehört nicht (mehr) zur Gemeinde? Spielarten des sozialen Ausschlusses und der partiellen Integration. Auf dem Workshoptag: Wer gehört zur Gemeinde? Konzeptionen der Volkszugehörigkeit und der Identität Israels im Pentateuch. Ein Workshop (with Prof. Dr. R. Achenbach, Prof. Dr. R. Albertz, Prof. Dr. S. Olyan [Brown University, Providence] and PD Dr. J. Wöhrle)
  • 6.1.2011: “You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever”. Strangers in the Assembly of Yhwh (Deut 23:2-9). Im Rahmen der PhD-Days “Religions and Politics in Antiquity” des Exzellenzclusters „Religion und Politik“ in Zusammenarbeit mit der National Research School in Classical Studies in the Netherlands (OIKOS) vom 6.-7.1.2011 in Münster.
  • 9.5.2011: „Lerne nicht, die Gräuel dieser Völker zu tun!“ Das Bild des Fremden und Israels Ringen um die eigene Identität im Buch Deuteronomium. Im Rahmen des Kolloquiums des Mittelbaus des Centrums für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Mittelmeerraums (WWU Münster)
  • 20.11.11: Outpouring of the Spirit and Salvation. Joel 3 as a corrective reception of Zech 12:9-13:9 in the Book of the Twelve. Im Rahmen der Gruppe „Book of the Twelve“ auf dem Annual Meeting der Society of Biblical Literature vom 19.-22.11.2011 in San Francisco

Contact

Ruth Ebach Dipl. Theol.
Protestant Theology Department of Biblical Studies of the Old Testament Universitätsstraße 13-17 Room 317
D-48143 Münster
Germany
Tel.: +49 251 83-22529
Fax: +49 251 83-23340

Supervisor

Prof. Dr. Rainer Albertz Department of Biblical Studies of the Old Testament Domplatz 20-22 Room 326
D-48143 Münster
Germany
Tel.: +49 251 83-23206
Fax: +49 2505 93 82 89

Mentor

PD Dr. Rüdiger Schmitt

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