Irmtraud Fischer – författare

Israel's story as a people of God is a tale of women, men, and their children. Moving past a patriarchal reading of the Bible, Fischer presents a new interpretation of neglected biblical narratives. From a gender-balanced perspective, she reveals the political dimension and narrative continuation of ancestral stories in the Book of Ruth. Women Who Wrestled with God demonstrates the significance of women in religious history in a way that will inspire as well as inform.Chapters are: "The 'Fathers' and the Beginnings of the People– An Introduction to Israel's Ancestor's," "Sarah, Hagar, and Abraham: Scenes From a Marriage Under the Promise, " "Rebecca: A Strong Woman With a Colorless Husband," "Rachel and Leah: The Founders of the House of Israel," "Dark Sides of the Family Chronicle," "Subversive Women at the Beginnings of the People in Egypt," "Naomi and Ruth: The Unconventional Women Ancestors of the Royal House of David," and "Women Who Wrestled with God."Irmtraud Fischer is professor of Old Testament and women's studies (theology) at the University of Bonn, as well as chair of Old Testament studies at the University of Graz, Austria. President of the European Society for Women's Research in Theology, Fischer was given the 2003 Bad Herrenalber Akademie Preis.

This volume of papers presented as a Festschrift to Professor Johannes Marbock on the occasion of his retirement is devoted to his most important field of work - the wisdom literature of the Old Testament. In their papers, numerous renowned scholars cast light on this topic from a wide variety of perspectives.

In der Zeit des Zweiten Tempels finden sich unterschiedliche Konzeptionen, um Zugänge zur transzendenten Gottheit zu erschließen. Der Bogen reicht etwa von der Gegenwart Gottes im "Wort" und in der mit Weisheit gefügten Schöpfungsordnung über personifizierte bzw. personale "Mittlerfiguren", in denen Gott begegnet, bis hin zu kultischen und mystisch-visionären Vorstellungen. Unterschiedliche Epochen und Kontexte versuchen die Gottespräsenz neu zu interpretieren, indem sie Modelle aus den umgebenden Kulturen aufgreifen. In der neutestamentlichen Rezeption knüpfen die christologischen Entwürfe an die sich herauskristallisierenden Ideen an. Welche Akzente und Impulse setzen die unterschiedlichen Konzepte in den biblischen und außerkanonischen Schriften? Welche Rezeptionslinien und Brüche werden sichtbar, gerade in den neutestamentlichen Christologien?