Curriculum Vitae:
| since winter semester 1990/1991 |
Study of Catholic Theology, Jewish Studies and Philosophy (Vienna, Heidelberg, Jerusalem and Münster), scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation |
| 1993/94 | DAAD scholarship for the Theologisches Studienjahr (theological academic year) at Dormition Abbey, Jerusalem |
| 1999 |
Diplom (German university degree): Catholic Theology (WWU Münster) |
| since 2000 | PhD student at the Institute of Contemporary and Religious History of the Old Testament (Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology) with a PhD project on Midrash Tehillim |
| 2000-2003 | Research assistant for the subproject B4 “Religious Poetry as a Constitution of Alternative Worlds” of Sonderforschungsbereich (collaborative research centre) 493 “Functions of Religion in Ancient Near Eastern Societies”, WWU Münster |
| 2003-2009 |
Research assistant for the DFG (German Research Foundation) project “Edition of the Rabbinic Midrash Exegesis on the Psalms, Midrash Tehillim, on the Basis of the Preserved Manuscripts and Fragments and of Previous Prints” (WWU Münster, Martin Luther University Halle/Saale) |
| since November 2009 |
Research assistant for Project D 13 of the cluster of excellence “Religion and Politics” of WWU Münster |
Research Interests:
- Psalm exegesis in midrash texts/Midrash Tehillim
- Edition philology of rabbinic texts
- Functions of narrative texts within halakhisch contexts
- Martyrological texts in rabbinic sources and their medieval
Function within the Cluster:
- Research assistant, Project D 13 "Violence Against Oneself and Against Others in Ancient Judaism"
- Member of the study group "Rhetoric of Violence"
- Member of the study group "Later Ancient Latin Apologists"
Publications:
- “‘Die Männer Jerusalems sagen von innen: Gesegnet, der kommt im Namen Adonais’ (MidrPss 118,22). Zur rabbinischen Rezeption von Psalmen als poetischen und rituellen Texten am Beispiel von Psalm 118”, in: E. Zenger (ed.), Ritual und Poesie. Formen und Orte religiöser Dichtung im Alten Orient, im Judentum und im Christentum (HBS 36), Freiburg et al. 2003, 251-265.
- “Die Verwüstung des Tempels – Krise der Religion? Beobachtungen zum Volksklagepsalm 74 und seiner Rezeption in der Septuaginta und im Midrasch Tehillim”, in: J. Hahn (ed.), Zerstörungen des Jerusalemer Tempels. Geschehen – Wahrnehmung – Bewältigung (WUNT 147), Tübingen 2002, 61-91 (together with A. Cordes/E. Zenger).
- “‘Mose segnete Israel mit אשריך, und David segnete Israel mit אשרי'’. Psalm 1 und der Psalter im rabbinischen Midrash zu den Psalmen (MTeh 1)”, BZ 46 (2002), 25-47.
Contact
Dipl.theol. Therese HansbergerRoman Catholic Theology
Institute for History and Religion of the Old Testament
Geiststraße 24/25
D-48151 Münster
Germany
Tel.: +49 251 83-23502
Therese.Hansberger@uni-muenster.de
