Prof. Dr. Stephen G. Burnett

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsJewish Studies,Theology
KeywordsJudaistik, Luther, Reformationsgeschichte, Hebraistik

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityLincoln
InstitutionUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln
InstituteDepartment of Classics & Religious Studies

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Thomas KaufmannSeminar Kirchengeschichte, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2016

Programme(s)

2015Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Burnett is an international authority in the study of Christian Hebrew Scholarship in early modern Europe. He has made important contributions to the history of Christian-Jewish relations and has reconstructed the impact of Hebrew knowledge in the theological debates of the Reformation era. During his stay in Germany, he will focus on the relations between Luther's writings on Judaism and contemporary rabbinic exegesis and will continue his research on Christian-Jewish relations in the beginnings of the Reformation.