Department of Catholic Theology and its Didactics, University of Münster, Germany

(born 1954) Studied Catholic Theology and German
1982-86 & 1991-96, Assistant at the Chair of Biblical Theology (single-line science), University of Regensburg
1996-2001, Doctorate in Theology and Habilitation in Biblical Theology
Professor of Old and New Testament Exegesis in the Department of Religious Education at the Catholic University of Freiburg
Since 2001, Professor of Biblical Theology and its Didactics, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
Member of the Catholic Film Commission for Germany
Member of the International Research Group "Film and Theology" (Coordinator from 1997-2003)
Advisory member of the Journalism Commission for the German Bishops' Conference