Professor Dr. Lutz Doering

Professor Dr. Lutz Doering

Wilmergasse 1-4
48143 Münster

T: + 49 251 83-22562
F: +49 251 83-22565

Academic ProfileExternal Profile

Participation in the Cluster of Excellence

 

 
Research Foci
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls and the so-called OT Pseudepigrapha (especially 1 Enoch, Jubilees, 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch)
  • Jewish religion in the Hellenistic-Roman period
  • Tannaitic Literature
  • Torah, halakhah and festivals in ancient Judaism and their reception in early Christianity
  • Epistolography and communication in ancient Judaism and early Christianity
  • The First Letter of Peter
  • The 
Synoptic Gospels
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Academic Education

Habilitation for New Testament and Ancient Judaism at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Doctoral studies in the Theological Faculty of Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (summa cum laude)
Studies of Theology and Jewish Studies at Erlangen, Jerusalem and Heidelberg

Positions

Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Studies "Beyond Canon_" (FOR 2770), University of Regensburg
Speaker of the Centre for Eastern Mediterranean History and Culture (GKM)
Dean / Head of Department, FB01
Dean of Finances / Deputy Head of Department, FB01
Fellow at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Professor of New Testament and Ancient Judaism in the Protestant Theological Faculty of WWU Münster and Academic Head of the Institutum Judaicum
Reader in New Testament and Ancient Judaism at Durham University
Lecturer in New Testament Studies at King’s College London
Teaching and Research Fellow (“Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter”, later “Assistent”) at the chair of New Testament of Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Curate in Soest
Teaching Fellow for New Testament in the Theological Faculty of Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Inspector of Studies, German Year Abroad Programme, Dormition Abbey, Jerusalem

Honors

Fellowship of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem – Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem
Aufnahme als Honorary Fellow – Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University
AHRC Research Fellowship – Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK)
Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Fellowship Program – Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
Woods-Gumbel Fellow, Tantur Institute (Jerusalem) – The British Trust for Tantur

External Functions

Editorial Board, Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZNW)
Scholarly Board, Scripta Qumranica Electronica (DIP project, PIs: R. G. Kratz, J. Ben-Dov, N. Dershowitz)
Advisory Board, Doctoral Programme in Biblical Studies, Stockholm School of Theology
Editorial Board, New Testament Studies
Verband der Judaisten in Deutschland e.V.
University commission for Internationalisation – deputy member
Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS)
Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie
Editorial Board, Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity (Leiden: Brill)
Program Co-Chair, Hellenistic Judaism Section, SBL Annual Meeting
Advisory Board, Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology (Leuven: Peeters)
Editorial Board, Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Enoch Seminar (since 2012 member of the Advisory Board)
British Association for Jewish Studies (BAJS) (2012–2014 member of the Committee)
Society of Biblical Literature
Teaching
 

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Publications

Non-Scientific Contribution (Journal)
Book Contributions
Research Article (Book Contributions)
Review Article (Book Contribution)
  • . . “Living as a Jew in Judea and Galilee.” in The World of the New Testament: Encountering Texts in Context, edited by David Cielontki, Tobias Nicklas, Lily C. Vuong and Predrag Dragutinović. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Publishers. doi: 10.2307/jj.35139555.23.

Book (Edited Collection)
  • Doering, Lutz, Frey, Jörg, and von Bartenwerffer, Laura, eds. . WUNT, Vol. 528, Purity in Ancient Judaism: Texts, Contexts, and Concepts Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag. doi: 10.1628/978-3-16-164165-7.
Articles
Research Article (Journal)
Research Article (Book Contributions)
Research Articles in a Digital Collection
  • . . “Sabbath.” Oxford Classical Dictionary

Book (Edited Collection)
  • Cover, Michael B., and Doering, Lutz, eds. . Ioudaioi, Vol. 14, Philo of Alexandria and Philosophical Discourse Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. doi: 10.13109/9783666500978.
Articles
Review Article (Journal)
Book Contributions
Research Article (Book Contributions)
Review Article (Book Contribution)
  • . in Kürze. “Letter of Jeremiah.” in Companion to the Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, edited by Randall D. Chesnutt. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
editions of primary sources in book
  • , and . in Kürze. “Das vierte Buch Esra.” in Antike christliche Apokryphen, edited by Christoph Markschies and Jens Schröter. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag.
Entry in an Encyclopedia (Book Contribution)

Review Article (Journal)
Review Article (Book Contribution)

Research Article (Journal)
Research Article (Book Contributions)
  • . . “Torah and Halakah in the Hellenistic Period.” in Torah: Functions, Meanings, and Diverse Manifestations in Early Judaism and Christianity, SBL Early Judaism and Its Literature, edited by William M. Schniedewind, Jason M. Zurawski and Gabriele Boccaccini. Atlanta, GA: SBL Press.
  • . . “Creation, Sabbath, and Calendar in the Book of Jubilees.” in Kritische Schriftgelehrsamkeit in priesterlichen und prophetischen Diskursen: Festschrift für R. Achenbach zum 65. Geburtstag, Vol. 27 of BZAR, edited by Lars Maskow and Jonathan Robker. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
  • . . “Religious Context.” in The Jesus Handbook, edited by Jens Schröter, Christine Jacobi and Robert L. trans. Brawley. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
  • . . “Jesus in the Judaism of His Time (Jewish Influence on Jesus).” in The Jesus Handbook, edited by Jens Schröter, Christine Jacobi and Robert L. trans. Brawley. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

Book (Edited Collection)
  • Doering, Lutz Schumann Daniel, ed. . Münsteraner Judaistische Studien, Vol. 27, Tosefta Studies: Manuscripts, Traditions, and Topics Zürich: LIT Verlag.
Articles
Research Article (Journal)
Book Contributions
Research Article (Book Contributions)
Entry in an Encyclopedia (Book Contribution)
  • . . “Letters.” in Encyclopedia of Jewish-Christian Relations Online, edited by Martin et al. Thurner and Editor: Ehrensperger Kathy Managing. doi: 10.1515/ejcro.11549881.

Book (Edited Collection)
  • Doering, Lutz, Krause, Andrew R, and Hermut, in co-operation with Löhr, eds. . Synagogues in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods: Archaeological Finds, New Methods, New Theories Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Articles
Research Article (Journal)
Book Contributions
Research Article (Book Contributions)
Entry in an Encyclopedia (Book Contribution)
  • . . “ἀδελφός κτλ.” in Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint, Vol. 1, edited by Bons Eberhard. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag.

Book (Monograph)
  • . . Rabbinische Texte, Erste Reihe: Die Tosefta, Vol. II,1, Seder II: Moëd, 1: Schabbat: übersetzt und erklärt Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag.
Research Article (Book Contributions)

Book (Edited Collection)
  • Ceccarelli, Paola, Doering, Lutz, Fögen, Thorsten, and Gildenhard, Ingo, eds. . Letters and Communities: Studies in the Socio-Political Dimensions of Ancient Epistolography Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198804208.001.0001.
Articles
Research Articles (Journals)
Book Contributions
Research Article (Book Contributions)
  • . . “Configuring Addressee Communities in Ancient Jewish Letters: The Case of the Epistle of Baruch (2 Baruch 78–86).” in Letters and Communities: Studies in the Socio-Political Dimensions of Ancient Epistolography, edited by Paola Ceccarelli, Lutz Doering, Thorsten Foegen and Ingo Gildenhard. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • , , , and . . “Introduction.” in Letters and Communities: Studies in the Socio-Political Dimensions of Ancient Epistolography, edited by Paola Ceccarelli, Lutz Doering, Thorsten Fögen and Ingo Gildenhard. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Entries in Encyclopediae (Book Contributions)
  • . . “Letters: Judaism.” in Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, Vol. 16, edited by Helmer Christine et al.. Berlin: De Gruyter.
  • . . “Sabbat.” in Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum, Bd. 29, edited by Schöllgen G et al.. Stuttgart: Hiersemann Verlag.

Books (Edited Collections)
  • Doering, Lutz Gambetti Sandra, ed. . Journal of Ancient Judaism, Vol. 8/2 – guest edited issue, Jews and Drama Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
  • Ben-Dov, Jonathan Doering Lutz, ed. . The Construction of Time in Antiquity: Ritual, Art, and Identity New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Research Article (Journal)
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Research Article (Book Contribution)
Entries in Encyclopediae (Book Contributions)
  • . . “שָׁבַת šābat שַׁבָּת, שבת ,שַׁבָּתוֹן.” in Theologisches Wörterbuch zu den Qumrantexten, edited by Heinz-Josef Fabry and Ulrich Dahmen. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag.
  • . . “Havdalah.” in Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, edited by Orlin Eric.
  • . . “Sabbath.” in Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, edited by Orlin Eric.

Research Article (Journal)
Research Article (Book Contribution)
  • . . “Jesus und der Sabbat im Licht der Qumrantexte.” in Jesus, Paulus und die Texte von Qumran, Vol. 390 of Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe, edited by Jörg Frey and Enno Edzard Popkes. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag.

Research Article (Book Contributions)
Entries in Encyclopediae (Book Contributions)
  • . . “Sabbath.” in Enyclopedia of Ancient History Wiley-Blackwell.
  • . . “Divorce: New Testament.” in Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception Berlin: De Gruyter.

Book (Monograph)
  • . . Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 1. Reihe, Vol. 298, Ancient Jewish Letters and the Beginnings of Christian Epistolography Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag. doi: 10.1628/978-3-16-152283-3.
Book Contributions
Research Article (Book Contributions)
Entry in an Encyclopedia (Book Contribution)
  • . . “Sabbath: II. Judaism: 1. Early.” in Religion Past and Present, Vol. 11, edited by Hans Dieter Betz, Don S. Browning, Bernd Janowski and Eberhard Jüngel. Leiden: Brill.

  • . . “Urzeit-Endzeit Correlation in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Pseudepigrapha.” in Eschatologie – Eschatology: The Sixth Durham-Tübingen Research Symposium. Eschatology in Old Testament, Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity (Tübingen, September, 2009), Vol. 272 of Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 1. Reihe, edited by Christof Landmesser, Hans-Joachim Eckstein and Hermann Lichtenberger. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag.

  • . . “Sabbath Laws in the New Testament Gospels.” in The New Testament and Rabbinic Literature, Vol. 136 of Journal for the Study of Judaism Supplements, edited by R. Bieringer, Martínez F. García, D. Pollefeyt and P.J. Tomson. Leiden: Brill. doi: 10.1163/ej.9789004175884.i-544.48.
  • . . “Sabbath and Festivals.” in The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine, edited by Hezser Catherine. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Book (Edited Collection)
  • Doering, Lutz, Waubke, Hans-Günther, and Wilk, Florian, eds. . Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments, Vol. 226, Judaistik und neutestamentliche Wissenschaft: Standorte – Grenzen – Beziehungen Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Research Article (Book Contribution)

Book (Edited Collection)
  • Niebuhr, Karl-Wilhelm, Kraus, Wolfgang, and Doering, Lutz, eds. . Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 1. Reihe, Vol. 162, Frühjudentum und Neues Testament im Horizont Biblischer Theologie. Mit einem Anhang zum Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag.
Articles
Research Article (Journal)
Research Article (Book Contributions)

  • . . Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, Vol. 78, Schabbat: Sabbathalacha und -praxis im antiken Judentum und Urchristentum Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag. doi: 10.1628/978-3-16-158760-3.

  • . . “New Aspects of Qumran Sabbath Law from Cave 4 Fragments.” in Legal Texts and Legal Issues: Proceedings of the Second Meeting of the IOQS, Cambridge 1995. Published in Honour of J.M. Baumgarten, Vol. 23 of Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, edited by M Bernstein, Martínez F García and J Kampen. Leiden: Brill.
  • . . “The Concept of the Sabbath in the Book of Jubilees.” in Studies in the Book of Jubilees, Vol. 65 of Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, edited by Matthias Albani, Jörg Frey and Armin Lange. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag.

Supervised Doctoral Studies