Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer

Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer (born June 16, 1957 in Menziken, Switzerland), is Professor of Jewish studies at the University of Freiburg.[1]

Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer
Born(1957-06-16)June 16, 1957
NationalitySwitzerland
Alma materUniversity of Zurich
Known forHebrew literature
Spouse(s)Rainer Oberhänsli-Widmer
Scientific career
FieldsRabbinic literature, Hebrew literature, Israeli literature, Jewish literature
InstitutionsUniversity of Zurich, University of Jena, University of Bern, University of Freiburg, Abbey of the Dormition
ThesisLa complainte funèbre du haut moyen âge français et occitan (1989)

Biography

After her education Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer worked as Teacher at the comprehensive school Kallern, at several junior high schools and at the Kantonsschule Rämibühl Zürich.[2]

She studied French and Hebrew language at Zürich, Florence, Avignon, Lausanne and Lucerne. After her studies she earned the Licentiate, the Doctorate and the Habilitation. She continued her studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After these studies she worked as lecturer, adjunct professor and privatdozent for Hebrew language, Medieval French literature and history of religions. She was visiting scholar for Jewish studies at the University of Jena (1999-2000) and at the University of Bern (2003-2004).[2]

Since 2004 she is professor and head of department for Jewish studies at the university of Freiburg, Germany.

From 2008 to 2015 Oberhänsli-Widmer was head of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the university of Freiburg together with Ulrich Rebstock.[2]

She is editor of the scientific journals Judaica of the ZIID – Zurich Institute for Interreligious Dialogue,[3][4] Kirche und Israel and Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie (JBTh) and member of the managing board of the Jüdisch-Christliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft (Jewish-Christian workgroup) at Zürich.[5][2] More than 40 Articles of Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer are free for download on the FreiDok http://www.freidok.uni-freiburg.de/.[6]

Books

  • Oberhänsli-Widmer, Gabrielle (1989-01-01). La complainte funèbre du haut moyen âge français et occitan. Romanica Helvetica (in French). 106. Bern: Francke. ISBN 978-3772016752. OCLC 21872928.
  • Oberhänsli-Widmer, Gabrielle (1998-03-01). Biblische Figuren in der rabbinischen Literatur. Gleichnisse und Bilder zu Adam, Noah und Abraham im Midrasch Bereschit Rabba. Judaica et christiana (in German). 17. Bern: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. ISBN 978-3906759661. OCLC 39543653.
  • Oberhänsli-Widmer, Gabrielle (2016-12-31). Hiob in jüdischer Antike und Moderne. Die Wirkungsgeschichte Hiobs in der jüdischen Literatur (in German). Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener. ISBN 978-3788731717. OCLC 52869439.
  • Oberhänsli-Widmer, Gabrielle (2013-03-07). Bilder vom Bösen im Judentum: Von der Hebräischen Bibel inspiriert, in jüdischer Literatur weitergedacht (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG. ISBN 978-3788726713. OCLC 835077253.
  • Oberhänsli-Widmer, Gabrielle (2018-05-23). Lege mich wie ein Siegel an deinen Arm!: Jüdische Lebenswelten im Spiegel ihrer Liebesliteratur. Judentum und Christentum (in German). 25. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer W., GmbH. ISBN 978-3170349544. OCLC 1042906662.

Selected publications

Editorships

  • Brocke, Edna; Henrix, Hans Hermann; Hoffmann, Daniel; Oberhänsli-Widmer, Gabrielle; Stegemann, Ekkehard W.; Stegemann, Wolfgang (eds.). "Kirche und Israel" (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISSN 0179-7239. Retrieved 2019-03-20. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Fischer, Irmtraud; Strobel, Ulriken; Frey, Jörg; Fuchs, Ottmar; Janowski, Bernd; Koerrenz, Ralf; Leppin, Volker; Nicklas, Tobias; Oberhänsli-Widmer, Gabrielle; Poplutz, Uta; Sattler, Dorothea; Schmid, Konrad; Thomas, Günter; Vollenweider, Samuel; Welker, Michael (eds.). "Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie" (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISSN 0179-7239. Retrieved 2019-03-20. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Bloch, René; Bodenheimer, Alfred; Brasser, Martin; Domhardt, Yvonne; Ernst, Hanspeter; Kaufmann, Uri Robert; Oberhänsli-Widmer, Gabrielle; Schreiner, Stefan; Schumacher, Jutta; Starobinski-Safran, Esther; Willi, Thomas (eds.). "Judaica : Beiträge zum Verstehen des Judentums" (in German and English). ZÜRCHER INSTITUT FÜR INTERRELIGIÖSEN DIALOG (ZIID). ISSN 0022-572X. Retrieved 2019-03-24. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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