About the Author

Geboren 1946; 1977 Promotion; 1980 Habilitation; 1982-97 Professor in Würzburg; 1997-2001 Professor in München, 1999-2003 Honorarprofessor an der Universität Pretoria/Südafrika; ab 2001 Full Professor, ab 2006 Naomi-Shenstone-Donnelley Professor an der Divinity School der University of Chicago; 2016 emeritiert.