Peter Stuhlmacher

Peter Stuhlmacher (; 18 January 1932 – 5 April 2025) was a German Protestant theologian and professor of New Testament studies at the University of Tübingen from 1972 to 2000. Several of his books were translated into English and other languages.

Early life and career Stuhlmacher was born in Leipzig on 18 January 1932.

Stuhlmacher studied Protestant theology from 1951 to 1958 at the universities of Tübingen and Göttingen. He then worked as an assistant to Ernst Käsemann in Tübingen. There he earned his doctorate in 1962 and his habilition in 1967, focusing on the New Testament. Stuhlmacher was professor of New Testament studies at the University of Erlangen from 1968, and professor of New Testament studies at the University of Tübingen He was interested in the New Testament in the context of the complete Bible. and in 1997 a Festschrift was published in his honour. Evangelium – Schriftauslegung – Kirche: Festschrift für Peter Stuhlmacher zum 65. Geburtstag included contributions from Brevard Childs, James Dunn, E. Earle Ellis, Scott J. Hafemann, Martin Hengel, and Ben F. Meyer. He was emerited in 2000.

Stuhlmacher died on 5 April 2025, at the age of 93.

Works Works by Stuhlmacher have been translated into English, French, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Korean, and Japanese.

Books

- translated from the 1992 German title Biblische Theologie des Neuen Testaments

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