Ruben Zimmermann (born May 10, 1968) is a German Theologian, New Testament Scholar and Ethicist, currently Professor at the
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.[1]
Biography and education
Zimmerman received his PhD at the
Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg in 1999, and his Habilitation at the
Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich in 2003. From 2005–2009, he was Professor for Biblical Studies at Bielefeld University; since then he is Professor for New Testament and Ethics at the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz.
He is Co-leader of the Mainz Research Center for Ethics in Antiquity and Christianity (e/ac),[a] and he has been elected as one of 15 advanced career scholars in the Templeton "Enhancing Life Project".[3]
Zimmermann is member of the
Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation and was awarded with the Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship and with fundings as visiting scholar in Pretoria (University of Pretoria, 2008), Nijmegen (Radboud University, 2010), Melbourne (Australian Catholic University, 2016), New Haven (Yale University, Divinity School, 2024).
Work – Research fields
His areas of research are in ethics (ethical theory, biblical ethics, applied ethics, e.g. bioethics and climate/earth ethics[4]) the
Gospel of John, the
parables of Jesus, and miracle stories. Challenging scholarly consensus Zimmermann identifies also parables in the Gospel of John, such as the parable of the good shepherd (John 10:1-5) or the dying grain (John 12:24).[5]
Faszination der Wunder Jesu und der Apostel. Die Debatte um die frühchristlichen Wundererzählungen geht weiter (BThS 184), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2020.
siehe Verlagsseite
Zimmermann, Ruben et al. (eds., 2024), Ethik der Zeit - Zeiten der Ethik. Ethische Temporalität in Antike und Christentum. WUNT 510, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2024, ISBN 978-3-16-160721-9, see Ruben Zimmermann: Knappe Zeit zum Handeln. Das μικρὸν χρόνον-Motiv im Johannesevangelium in schöpfungsethischer Perspektive, pages 229–246.
Notes
^The centre for Ethics in Antiquity and Christianity was established in 2009 and provides a forum for scholars in the disciplines of Old Testament, New Testament, Church History/Patristics, and Systematic Theology/Ethics to engage in a focused exchange of ideas with researchers in other areas of antiquity (Jewish Studies, Classics, ancient Near Eastern studies, ancient philosophy, and ancient history) as well as in contemporary ethics and moral philosophy.[2]
^Deming, Will (2003-01-01). "Geschlechtermetaphorik und Gottesverhältnis: Traditionsgeschichte und Theologie eines Bildfelds in Urchristentum und antiker Umwelt . Ruben Zimmermann". The Journal of Religion. 83 (1): 111–112.
doi:
10.1086/491230.
ISSN0022-4189.