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Gerhard Wehmeier (1935–2009) was an
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Scholar hailing from
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from the Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck. Wehmeier taught
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at the
United Theological College, Bangalore United Theological College (UTC) is an ecumenical Mainline Protestant, mainline seminary founded in 1910. It is situated in the southern city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in South India and affiliated to India's first Theological Unive ...
from 1973 through 1978.K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997'', Bangalore, 1997.


Studies

Wehmeier studied at the
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in Bielefeld-Bethel and later at the Universities in
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and
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in North America.


Writings

* 1970, ''Der Segen im Alten Testament: eine semasiologische Untersuchung der Wurzel brk,'' *1974, ''The Theme Blessing for the Nations in the Promises to the Patriarchs and in the Prophetical Literature'', *1977, ''The Prohibition of Theft in the Decalogue'',


Teaching

Wehmeier began teaching
Old Testament The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Isr ...
at the
United Theological College, Bangalore United Theological College (UTC) is an ecumenical Mainline Protestant, mainline seminary founded in 1910. It is situated in the southern city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in South India and affiliated to India's first Theological Unive ...
from 1973 during the Principalship of
J. R. Chandran Joshua Russell Chandran (1918–2000) was an Indian Christian theologian, who served as President of Senate of Serampore College (University), Senate of Serampore College, Bengal (1970–1), and as President of the United Theological College, Ba ...
. Wehmeier's students who specialized in
Old Testament The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Isr ...
during that period include, *1972–1974, S. J. Theodore of the Church of South India, Diocese of Karimnagar, *1972–1975, Nitoy Achümi of the Bible Society of India, *1975–1977, R. Daniel Premkumar of the Church of South India Synod, *1976–1978, D. Dhanaraj of the Karnataka Theological College, *1977–1979, J. Bhaskar Jeyaraj of the South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies. When Wehmeier joined the
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in 1973, John Sadananda, the present Master of the Senate of Serampore College (University) was still a graduate student who benefited from the
Old Testament The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Isr ...
scholarship of Wehmeier and his other two colleagues, G. M. Butterworth and E. C. John and the three of them led the
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studies in
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while John D. W. Watts and G. Babu Rao''The Story of Serampore and its College'', Council of Serampore College, Serampore (Fourth Edition), 2005, p.92. led the
Old Testament The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Isr ...
studies in Serampore College,
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for nearly half a decade. After Wehmeier returned to
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in 1978 to take up responsibilities with his home Church, the Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck, he continued to be involved in matters relating to ministerial support for students pursuing seminary studies in India. It was Wehmeier who made possible Daniel Sadananda, ''The Johannine Exegesis of God: An Exploration Into the Johannine understanding of God'', Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2004.

/ref> the overseas research studies of Daniel Sadananda, a
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Scholar and current President of the
United Theological College, Bangalore United Theological College (UTC) is an ecumenical Mainline Protestant, mainline seminary founded in 1910. It is situated in the southern city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in South India and affiliated to India's first Theological Unive ...
Society.


Reminisce

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wehmeier, Gerhard 1935 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Christian clergy Academic staff of the Senate of Serampore College (University) Old Testament scholars