Udo Schnelle (born 8 September 1952) is a

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, who serves as

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at the

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, and is the author of a number of theological works. Schnelle studied from 1974 to 1979 at the

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, where he graduated in 1981 and obtained his habilitation in 1985. From 1986 to 1992, he was Professor of New Testament studies at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and has continued to teach there from 1992 onwards. Since 2014, he is president of the research association Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.

Publications

* * ''History and Theology of the New Testament Writings'', trans. Boring, Minneapolis 1998, * ''Theology of the New Testament'', trans. Boring, Grand Rapids 2009,

References

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