Institut für Alttestamentliche Bibelwissenschaft, University of Graz
Contact details
Heinrichstrasse 78A-8010 Graz
Austria
Tel: +43 (0)316 380 - 6020
Email: at-institut@uni-graz.at
https://altes-testament.uni-graz.at/de/
Head of Department/Director
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Irmtraud Fischer
Tel: +43 (0)316 380 - 6021
Email: i.fischer@uni-graz.at
Activites
Awards degrees in Jewish Studies as a sole or major componentJewish Studies - History of Jewish Cultures (Joint Master of the Karl-Franzens-University Graz together with the University of Jewish Studies Heidelberg). The two-year Joint Master's program Jewish Studies - History of Jewish Cultures is a humanities and cultural studies course that deals with the diverse forms and changes in Jewish life in the past and present. The course focuses on the culture, religion, literature and history of Judaism since the Enlightenment, with particular reference to the cultural, political and social processes of change in Europe. Particular emphasis is placed on intercultural and transcultural relationships between Jewish and non-Jewish social groups, on identity formation processes and on self-perceptions and perceptions of others by the various Jewish societies in Europe.
Offers courses in Jewish Studies
Degrees offered
MA Geschichte jüdischer Kulturen
Main research activities
The Institute for Old Testament Biblical Studies is dedicated to scientific research and interpretive teaching of the Scriptures of the Old Testament. This first part of the biblical canon of the Catholic Church occurs in the form of the Hebrew Bible of Judaism and its (extended) Greek version. The broad discipline includes biblical languages, methodology and hermeneutics of text interpretation, (social and religious) history, archaeology, History of reception, Old Testament and Biblical theology, with the institute placing particular emphasis on gender research in all areas. The context of interpretation includes current social and church issues as well as ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, especially with Judaism.
The institute's research profile is essentially shaped by biblical women's and gender research, with questions relating to the history of reception being explicitly included. In particular, the project "The Bible and the Women" should be pointed out here. The variety of methodological approaches used by the researchers at the institute ranges from classic historical-critical methods to linguistic and literary approaches to contextual exegesis and perspectives from the history of reception.
Search scholars Search institutions Search scholars by subject areas