Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München / Hochschule für Philosophie München, Germany
Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eckart Otto
Professor Emeritus of Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Lehrstuhl Altes Testament II
Official University Profile: LMU München – Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eckart Otto
Expertise: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible; Pentateuch Studies; Deuteronomy; Old Testament Theology; Biblical Law; Ancient Near Eastern Law; Ancient Israelite Religion; Historical-Critical Exegesis; Biblical Archaeology; Theology of Ancient Israel; Hermeneutics; Ancient Near Eastern Studies.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
1996–2009
Professor and Chair of Old Testament II at the Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät of Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München.
Education
1965–1971
Studied Protestant Theology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies.
1973
Doctorate in Theology, University of Hamburg.
1975
Habilitation and venia legendi in Old Testament.
Academic Positions
1971–1973
Research Assistant position at the Old Testament Seminar, University of Hamburg.
1973–1978
Research Assistant at the Old Testament Seminar, University of Hamburg.
1978–1979
Deputy Director of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology of the Holy Land in Jerusalem.
1979–1996
Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Archaeology at the Old Testament Seminar, University of Hamburg.
1986–1991
Professor of Protestant Theology: Old Testament and Palestinian Archaeology at the University of Osnabrück. Director of the Research Centre for Historical Palestine Studies.
1991–1996
Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Archaeology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
1996–2009
Chairholder of Old Testament II at the Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät of Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München.
Since 1996
Professor of Old Testament (Ordinarius) and Head of the Institute for Old Testament Theology at the Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät of Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München.
2001
Appointed Honorary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2007
Awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Pretoria.
Selected Visiting Lectureships, Academic Appointments, and Activities
1979–1985
Regular lectures and seminars in the study year of the Dormitio Abbey in Jerusalem.
1984
Visiting Lecturer at Martin-Luther-Seminary in Lae, Papua New Guinea.
1992
Invited lecture at the XVI IOSOT Congress in Paris.
Since 1992
Chair of the specialist subgroup “Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Legal History” of the Scientific Society for Theology.
1993
Guest lectures and seminars at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and at the Department of Near Eastern Cultures and Languages, Indiana University, Bloomington, on Ancient Near Eastern legal history and Deuteronomy research.
Since 1993
Member of the Biblical Law Group of the Society of Biblical Literature.
1994/1995
Invited guest lectures in Helsinki, Leiden, and Leuven.
Since 1995
Founding member of the Society for the Study of Ancient Near Eastern Law.
1997
Visiting Professor at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, with guest lectures at universities in Cape Town, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, West Cape, Fort Hare, and Natal.
2000
Visiting Professor at the Theological Faculty of the University of Innsbruck.
2000
Visiting Professor at the Theological Faculty of the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2001
Director of the “Pentateuch Project” together with Prof. J. Le Roux at the Department of Old Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.
2002
Honorary Professor at the Department of Old Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.
2002
Awarded Honorary Membership of the Old Testament Society of Southern Africa.
2004
Invited to panel discussions and invited papers at congresses of the Society of Biblical Literature and the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament.
2006
Lectures at the Theological Faculty of the University of Pretoria and the University of South Africa.
2006
Chair of the conference on Pentateuch research, ProPent, together with Prof. Dr. J. Le Roux.
2007
Organisation of the international congress “Prophets and Tora” at Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München, together with Prof. Dr. J. Le Roux.
Publications
Deuteronomium 1–11. Erster Teilband: 1,1–4,43. Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament. Freiburg/Basel/Wien, 2012.
Deuteronomium 1–11. Zweiter Teilband: 4,44–11,32. Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament. Freiburg/Basel/Wien, 2012.
Deuteronomium 12–34. Erster Teilband: 12,1–23,15. Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament. Freiburg/Basel/Wien, 2016.
Deuteronomium 12–34. Zweiter Teilband: 23,16–34,12. Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament. Freiburg/Basel/Wien, 2017.
Further publications can be found in the official publication list.