Prof. Dr. Johannes Schnocks
Current affiliations
- Professorship of History of time and religion of the Old Testament (Prof. Schnocks)
- Centre for Eastern Mediterranean History and Culture (GKM)
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Studies on the Book of Psalms
- Studies on the Books of Maccabees
- Divine and human violence in the Old Testament
- Concepts of resurrection in the Old Testament
- Studies on Job
- History of religion of ancient Israel
Academic Education | |
| 2008 | Habilitation, University of Bonn |
| 2002 | Doctorate (Advisors: H.-J. Fabry and F.-L. Hossfeld) |
| 1995 - 2001 | Doctoral program in Bonn |
| 1990 - 1998 | Scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation |
| 1989 - 1995 | Catholic Theology (diplom), University of Bonn and Dormition Abbey, Jerusalem |
Work Experience | |
| since 03/2012 | Professor for History and Religion of the Old Testament |
| since 2007 | Lecturer at the theological program at the Dormition Abbey, Jerusalem |
| 2008 - 2011 | Researcher at the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" in project D1 "Divine Violence: Religious-Historical and Reception-Hermeneutical Analyses of the Images of God in the Hebrew Bible" |
| 1999 - 2008 | Research assistent at the Institute for Old Testament, University of Bonn |
| 2003 | Scholarship from the "Evangelical Church in Germany" and participation in the course of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem and Amman |
| 1997 - 1999 | Lecturer for Biblical Hebrew at the University of Bonn |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2014 | Vertrauensdozent der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| since 2013 | Executive board of the catholic-theological faculties association |
| since 2011 | Editorial board of the "Wissenschaftliche Monographien zum Alten und Neuen Testament" |
| since 2008 | Society of Biblical Literature |
| since 2005 | Netzwerk "Theologie und Hochschuldidaktik" |
| since 1999 | German Association of Old Testament scholars |
Publications
Schnocks, Johannes (2025) In: Achermann, Eric; Speth, Sebastian (eds.), Vergeltung und Verfahren. Zur Verbrechensdarstellung vor der klassischen Kriminalliteratur, 27-39. Berlin: J.B. Metzler Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-70004-4 Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Schnocks, Johannes (2025) In: Axt-Piscalar, Christine; Sattler, Dorothea (eds.), Zur Freiheit befreit. Ökumenische Perspektiven, 77-95. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder Verlag. Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Schnocks, Johannes (2025) In: Fuchs, Doris; Krems, Eva-Bettina; Wagner-Engelhaaf, Martina (eds.), Emotion and Religion in Times of Crisis, 201-213. Baden-Baden: Ergon Verlag. Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Schnocks, Johannes (2024) In: Werkner, Ines-Jacqueline (eds.), Handbuch Religion in Konflikten und Friedensprozessen, 725-739. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-44929-2_54 Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Schnocks, Johannes (2024) In: Ballhorn, Egbert; Steins, Georg; Wildgruber, Regina; Zwingenberger, Uta (eds.), 42 große Wörter. Schlüssel zur Botschaft der Bibel, 39-47. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus. Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/11/2012 - 31/12/2018 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: since 02/09/2011 Type of project: Own resources project | |
Duration: since 30/05/2011 Type of project: Own resources project |
Doctorates
| Construction and deconstruction of the enemies as a strategy of overcoming violence in Ps 35-41 Candidate: Katharina Fockenbrock, Mag. Theol. | Supervisors: Schnocks, Johannes; Dyma, Oliver | Reviewers: Schnocks, Johannes; Dyma, Oliver Period of time: 01/01/2019 - 30/09/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |