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Barbara Aland, née Ehlers (born 12 April 1937 in
After having completed her degree of Theology and Classical Philology in
Aland gained an international profile due to the work on the '' Novum Testamentum Graece'' and the Greek New Testament
which she carried out with her husband Kurt Aland.
Both of them collaborated significantly with an international and interconfessional group of theologians on the approvement and updating of the '' "Nestle–Aland" – Novum Testamentum Graece'' and also "Greek New Testament".
These editions (published by the Institute in Münster) form the basis of apprenticeship and research worldwide.
She published the first installments of the " Editio Critica Maior" in 1997.
This edition was the first to be based on the complete tradition of Greek manuscripts, patristic citations, and ancient versions.
In 1999 she was a founding member of the "Academia Platonica Septima Monasteriensis", which does not focus its attention primarily on the works of Plato, but rather on the writings of his early interpreters, from ancient times until the Renaissance. The Academy's goal is to promote the study of Platonist writings.
Barbara Aland achieved the following honorary doctoral degrees:
*1988: "D.Litt." (
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, Germany) is a German theologian
Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...
and was a Professor of New Testament Research and Church History at Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster until 2002.
Biography
After having completed her degree of Theology and Classical Philology in Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...
, Marburg
Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approxima ...
and Kiel
Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021).
Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...
she received the PhD
(dissertation on the Socratic Aeschines) in 1964 in Frankfurt/Germany.
In 1969 she gained her licentiate at the "Oriental Faculty" of ''Pontificio Istituto Biblico'' in Rome, Italy.
In 1972 she could habilitate in Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, the population was 118,911.
General information
The ori ...
about the Syrian gnostic Bardesanes of Edessa.
Since 1972 she acted as private lecturer, later on she became professor for "Church History and New Testament Research with eminently consideration of
Christian Orient" at the Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät in Münster, Germany.
In 1983 she became director of the Institute for New Testament Textual Research
The Institute for New Testament Textual Research (german: Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its ...
(which was founded in 1959 by her husband Kurt Aland) and also the Bible Museum.
This institute achieved worldwide significance by publishing the "Nestle–Aland" – Novum Testamentum Graece and the UBS Greek New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...
.
Until her retirement Barbara Aland was also the director of Hermann Kunst-Stiftung Hermann or Herrmann may refer to:
* Hermann (name), list of people with this name
* Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language
* Éditions Hermann, French publisher
* Hermann, Miss ...
for Promotion of New Testament Research.
She is still working academically in her retirement.
Relevance
Aland gained an international profile due to the work on the '' Novum Testamentum Graece'' and the Greek New Testament
which she carried out with her husband Kurt Aland.
Both of them collaborated significantly with an international and interconfessional group of theologians on the approvement and updating of the '' "Nestle–Aland" – Novum Testamentum Graece'' and also "Greek New Testament".
These editions (published by the Institute in Münster) form the basis of apprenticeship and research worldwide.
She published the first installments of the " Editio Critica Maior" in 1997.
This edition was the first to be based on the complete tradition of Greek manuscripts, patristic citations, and ancient versions.
In 1999 she was a founding member of the "Academia Platonica Septima Monasteriensis", which does not focus its attention primarily on the works of Plato, but rather on the writings of his early interpreters, from ancient times until the Renaissance. The Academy's goal is to promote the study of Platonist writings.
Honors
Barbara Aland achieved the following honorary doctoral degrees:
*1988: "D.Litt." (Doctor of Literature
Doctor of Letters (D.Litt., Litt.D., Latin: ' or ') is a terminal degree in the humanities that, depending on the country, is a higher doctorate after the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree or equivalent to a higher doctorate, such as the Docto ...
), Wartburg College
Wartburg College is a private Lutheran liberal arts college in Waverly, Iowa. It has an additional campus, Wartburg West, in Denver, Colorado.
History
Wartburg College was founded in 1852 in Saginaw, Michigan, by Georg M. Grossmann, a nativ ...
(Waverly/Iowa)
*1989: "D.D." ( Doctor of Divinity), Mount Saint Mary's College (Emmitsburg/Maryland)
*2008: "Dr. theol. h.c.", ( Doctor of Theology), University of Halle-Wittenberg
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...
, Germany
She received following awards:
*1998: Paulus-Plakette of Münster, Germany
*2005: Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge
Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...
*2006: Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
*2011: Knight's Cross (Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande)
*2016: Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies
Works
Monographs * (as Barbara Ehlers): ''Eine vorplatonische Deutung des sokratischen Eros. Der Dialog Aspasia des Sokratikers Aischines''. Diss. Frankfurt am Main 1964, published 1966 ( Zetemata, issue 41). * (with Kurt Aland): ''Der Text des Neuen Testaments. Einführung in die wissenschaftlichen Ausgaben sowie in Theorie und Praxis der modernen Textkritik'', 1982. ** English translation: ''The text of the New Testament. An introduction to the critical editions and to the theory and practice of modern textual criticism''. 1987. * ''Erziehung durch Kirchengeschichte? Ein Plädoyer für mehr Kirchengeschichte im Religionsunterricht''. Published: Idea e.V., 1984. * ''Frühe direkte Auseinandersetzung zwischen Christen, Heiden und Häretikern''. 2005. * ''Was ist Gnosis? Studien zum frühen Christentum, zu Marcion und zur kaiserzeitlichen Philosophie''. 2009 Editions of the New Testament * ''A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. A Companion Volume to the United Bible Societies Greek New Testament'' (third edition) by B. M. Metzger on behalf of and in cooperation with the Editorial Committee of the United Bible Societies Greek New Testament K. Aland, M. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger and A. Wikgren, 1971. * ''Novum Testamentum Graece'' post Eberhard Nestle et Erwin Nestle communiter ed. K. Aland, M. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, A. Wikgren, apparatum criticum recens. et editionem novis curis elaborav. K. Aland et B. Aland una cum Instituto studiorum textus Novi Testamenti Monasteriensi (Westphalia), 26. Aufl., 1979. * ''Novum Testamentum Latine. Novam Vulgatam Bibliorum Sacrorum Editionem secuti apparatibus titulisque additis'' ediderunt Kurt Aland et Barbara Aland una cum Instituto studiorum textus Novi Testamenti Monasteriensi, 1984. * ''Griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der frühchristlichen Literatur byWalter Bauer
Walter Bauer (; 8 August 1877 – 17 November 1960) was a German theologian, lexicographer of New Testament Greek, and scholar of the development of Early Christianity.
Life
Bauer was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, and raised in Marburg, ...
''. 6., völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage im Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung/Münster unter besonderer Mitwirkung von Viktor Reichmann hrsg. von Kurt Aland und Barbara Aland, 1988.
Publications
* ''Gnosis. Festschrift für Hans Jonas'', in Verbindung mit Ugo Bianchi, hrsg. von Barbara Aland, 1978.
* Günther Zuntz: ''Lukian von Antiochien und der Text der Evangelien''. Hrsg. von Barbara Aland und Klaus Wachtel. Mit einem Nachruf auf den Author von Martin Hengel, 1995.
* ''Die Weltlichkeit des Glaubens in der Alten Kirche. Festschrift für Ulrich Wickert zum siebzigsten Geburtstag''. In Verbindung mit Barbara Aland und Christoph Schäublin hrsg. von Dietmar Wyrwa, 1997.
* ''Literarische Konstituierung von Identifikationsfiguren in der Antike'', hrsg. von Barbara Aland, 2003.
References
External links
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Auflistung aller derzeit verfügbaren Ausgaben. {{DEFAULTSORT:Aland, Barbara Living people 1937 births 20th-century Christian biblical scholars 20th-century German Protestant theologians Women Christian theologians German biblical scholars Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences New Testament scholars Writers from Hamburg University of Münster faculty Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany German women academics Female biblical scholars 20th-century German women