Ulrich Luz (23 February 1938 – 13 October 2019) was a

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and professor emeritus at the

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Early life

He was born on 23 February 1938 in Männedorf. He studied Protestant theology in

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and

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under Hans Conzelmann, Eduard Schweizer and Gerhard Ebeling.

Academic career

He taught at the International Christian University in Tokyo from 1970 to 1971. From 1972 to 1980 he was professor for

New Testament The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...

studies at Göttingen University. He was the New Testament professor at the

in Switzerland until his retirement in 2003. Much of his research focused on the

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and was made available in English in the Hermeneia commentary on the Gospel, which was released in three volumes over a period of more than 20 years. Luz served as president of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas in 1998.

Personal life

He and his wife, Salome Keller, had three children.

Honours

Luz had seven honorary doctorates. He received one of them in 2006 from the Faculty of Theology at

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. In 2010, he was awarded the

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by the

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'in recognition of special service to Biblical Studies'.

Works

Thesis

Books

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References

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