Press Releases

April - June 2026

June

• [16.06.2026] How clear is the Bible? – Historian Volker Leppin (Yale University) to speak in Münster on the illusion that the Holy Scripture is unambiguous – public evening lecture at the Cluster of Excellence on 22 June – “How clear is the Bible?” to explore the tension between the claim to infallible authority and the necessity of interpreting the Bible
• [10.06.2026] Alfred Bodenheimer is new Hans Blumenberg Professor – The Basel professor of Jewish literary and religious history will speak in Münster next week on how historical and biblical models of behaviour are used to justify Jewish actions – Evening lecture “Forward into the Past” about Judaism in the “grip of historical analogies” at the Cluster of Excellence on 16 June