Research

Michael Theobald is distinguished for many important contributions to New Testament Exegesis and Biblical Theology. The majority of these were made at the Seminary for Catholic Theology at the University of Tübingen. Theobald made major contributions to research into Pauline literature and theology, the letters named Deuteropaulinen, the literature of the Johannine circle, the Christian practice of Eucharistic meals, but he is best-known for his studies to Romans, important for the Christian-Jewish dialogue.

He demonstrated the relevance of the Israel-chapters Rom 9-11 and of the Jewish profile of the Pauline theology in general for a renewal of Christian theology after Auschwitz. At the present he explores the question of anti-Judaism in the Fourth Gospel in the context of the “parting of the ways” between Church and Israel.

Career

• since 1989 C4-Professor für Exegese des Neuen Testaments an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät Tübingen, Deutschland
• 1985 Annahme des Rufes auf eine C3-Professur für Biblische Theologie (insbesondere Exegese des Neuen Testaments) an der Freien Universität Berlin, Deutschland
• 1985 Habilitation an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät in Regensburg mit einer Arbeit zum Johannesprolog
• since 1984 Studienrat im Hochschuldienst für „Biblische Einleitungswissenschaften“ an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät Bamberg, Deutschland
• since 1982 Akademischer Rat in Regensburg, Deutschland