Helmuth Pehlke
Professor of Old Testament for the Bonn, Germany Extension
Education
Th.D. in Semitics and Old Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1985
Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1978
Dip. in English language, Royal Society of Arts, London, UK, 1970
Dip. in English language and literature, University of Cambridge extension, 1969
Dip. in Theology, Theological Division of Bibelschule Bergstrasse, 1968
Dip. in Missions, Bibelschule Brake, 1966
Teaching Experience
Co-Promoter, Old Testament Department, University Kampen, Holland, 2000-2009
Chair of Semitics and Old Testament, Freie Theologische Akademie, Giessen, 1987-2005
Professor of Semitics and Old Testament, Freie Theologische Akademie, Giessen, 1983-2005
Teaching Assistant, Department of Semitics and Old Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1980-83
Assistant for Textual Criticism and Ugaritic, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1978-80
Lecturer of Bible and Evangelism, Bibelschule Bergstrasse, 1970-75
Ministry Experience
Chaplain, Christian guest house, 1970
Chaplain for different tourist groups to Israel
Counselor in youth camps, tent missions
Summer missions work in former communist Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
Speaker at revival meetings, numerous churches, conferences, summer camps and retreats
Publications/Research Projects
M. Dreytza, Das Buch Micha. Edition C Altes Testament. Ed. Helmuth Pehlke. Witten: SCM Brockhaus, 2009.
Helmuth Pehlke, "Erzählliteratur in der Bibel." (Narrative Literature in the Bible.) Impulse, May 2010, p. 5-6.
"Faith and Conduct in the Old Testament", Southwestern Journal of Theology 48 (2005) S. 51-67.
"Sind die alttestamentlichen Gesetze für den Christen verbindlich?" /Der Evangelist/ 2, 2006, 8-15.
Senior Editor of Edition C Altes Testament (42 volume commentary of the Old Testament), 1996-present.
Essay on “Faith and Behavior in the Old Testament,” Jahrbuch für Evangelikale Theologie (2005).
Book-review/editor, Jahrbuch für Evagelikale Theologie, 1988-2000
Articles in a multi-volume Bible dictionary
“King and Kingdom,” “Leviticus,” “Moses,” “Solomon” and “Crime and Punishment”
„Anmerkungen zur Exegese des Dekalogs” (Remarks on the Exegesis of the Decalogue) in Begründung ethischer Normen (Wuppertal, 1998).
„Das Verhältnis der Archäologie zur Exegese, dargestellt an drei Beispielen“ (The Relationship between archaeology and exegesis) in Jahrbuch für Evangelikale Theologie 10 (1996): 7-32.
„Der Versuch einer heilsgeschichtlichen Einordnung von Matthäus 24 and 25“ (An attempt to position Matthew 24 and 25 in Salvation History) Bibel und Gemeinde.
Die Geschichte Israel: Ein Königreich von Priestern (A History of Old Testament History) (Hänssler, 2001).
„Schriftlichkeit im Alten Vorderen Orient und im Alten Testament“ (Literacy in the Ancient Near East and in teh Old Testament) in Zur Umwelt des Alten Testaments: 12-41.
„Bünde im Alten Vorderen Orient und im Alten Testament“ (Covenants and Treaties in the Ancient Near East and in the Old Testament) in Zur Umwelt des Alten Testaments: 76-113.
„Propheten im Alten Vorderen Orient und im Alten Testament“ )Prophets in the Ancient Near East and in the Old Testament) in Zur Umwelt des Alten Testaments: 154-187.
Editor of Zur Umwelt des Alten Testaments (The World of the old Testament) (Hänssler Verlag, 2002).
Numerous book reviews in national and international journals.
