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99089 Erfurt
Universität Erfurt
Faculty of Catholic Theology
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt
In the winter semester 2025/26, lecturer at the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology for the part-time BA program “Church Practice in Secular Society.”
In the 2025/26 academic year, lecturer for the introduction to Biblical Greek at the Central Institute for Catholic Theology (IKT) at Humboldt University Berlin
11|2024–04|2025 Scientific editor for the journal “Welt und Umwelt der Bibel” (World and Environment of the Bible) at the Catholic Bible Society
Since 04|2023 Research assistant at the Chair of Exegesis and Theology of the New Testament
11|2022–10|2025 Deputy Commissioner for the Advancement of Women and Equality at the Faculty of Catholic Theology and member of the Equality Advisory Board at the University of Erfurt
07|2022–03|2023 Research assistant in the “Vetus Latina” project under Prof. Thomas Bauer
09|2021–07|2022 Research assistant at the Chair of New Testament Exegesis and Theology (parental leave replacement)
07|2018–08|2021 Student assistant at the Chair of Exegesis and Theology of the New Testament, University of Erfurt
01|2018–08|2021 Student assistant at the Department of Ancient Languages (Greek, Latin), University of Erfurt
10|2017–08|2021 Student assistant at the Chair of Canon Law, University of Erfurt
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Since 03|2022 Doctoral studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt with a dissertation project on the topic of “Knowledge – Power – Space. An analysis of the convergence of narratological and spatial-theoretical structures in the Gospel of Matthew.”
10|2016 - 08|2021 Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt, degree: Magistra Theologiae
with a master's thesis on "Where is the newborn King of the Jews? (Mt 2:2). On the Disposition of Places and Spaces in Matthew's Childhood Narrative" (awarded the sponsorship prize of the Catholic Theology Faculty of Erfurt)
08|2007–07|2015 Königin-Luise-Gymnasium, Gymnasium 6 in Erfurt; degree: general higher education entrance qualification
09|2025 Conference scholarship from the German Association for Research on Palestine for participation in the 2025 Palestine course on the topic of „Heiligtümer als Wirtschaftsfaktor in der Levante. Komparative Perspektiven von der Bronzezeit bis zur Spätantike“
01|2023–03|2023 Doctoral scholarship from Bischöfliche Studienförderung Cusanuswerk e.V.
11|2021 Award from the Catholic Theology Faculty of the University of Erfurt for the best thesis
01|2019–08|2021 Study scholarship from Bischöfliche Studienförderung Cusanuswerk e.V.
10|2018–12|2018 German-Scholarship
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Promovierenden und Habilitierenden im Fach Neues Testament (Ag-Ass)
AGENDA - Forum katholischer Theologinnen e.V.
European Association ob Biblical Studies (EABS)
European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR)
Deutscher Verein zur Erforschung Palästinas e.V. (DPV)
Seminar “Jesus Christ Superstar?! Interpretations of Jesus in the Bible, Music, and Film, in cooperation with Theater Erfurt and the Catholic Forum in Thuringia
Seminar on the methods of biblical theology and church history (together with Prof. Notker Baumann) for the first year of study (presence)
Course “Introduction to Biblical Greek" (presence), IKT Berlin
Seminar “The Magic of the Beginning: The Birth and Childhood of Jesus in the New Testament and Apocryphal Texts,” for the 2nd-5th year of study (presence), Erfurt
Course “Introduction to Biblical Greek" (presence), IKT Berlin
Proseminar “Faith as Action in the Face of Sociopolitical Challenges,” together with Prof. Edeltraud Koller and Prof. Bernhard Emunds (hybride), Sankt Georgen
Lecture “Introduction to the New Testament Gospels” ( standing in for Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Johann Bauer) for the first year of study (presence)
Seminar „Himmelswesen und Höllenmächte. Engel und Dämonen in neutestamentlichen und frühchristlichen Texten“ for the 2nd-5th year of study (presence)
Seminar on the methods of biblical theology and church history (together with Prof. Notker Baumann) for the first year of study (presence)
Seminar "Bach meets Matthäus. Die Matthäuspassion in Wort und Musik" (together with Floriane-Luisa Thorak) for the 2nd-5th year of study (presence)
Studium Fundamentale „Marginalisiert und dennoch stark. Was Man(n) von den Frauen im Stammbaum Jesu für gesellschaftliche und innerkirchliche Diskurse lernen kann“, together with Dr. Cornelia Aßmann and Inga-Maria Schütte M.A. (University of Eichstätt), presence
Seminar on the methods of biblical theology and church history (together with Prof. Jörg Seiler) for the first year of study (presence)
Tutorial for the course "Jesus of Nazareth. Gestalt und Anspruch" (lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Johann Bauer) for the second and third year of study (digital)
Seminar on the methods of biblical theology and church history (together with Dr. Daniel Greb) for the first year of study (presence)
Tutorial for the course "Jesus of Nazareth. Gestalt und Anspruch" (lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Johann Bauer) for the second and third year of study (hybrid teaching format)
Tutorial for the course "Introduction to the New Testament Gospels" (lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Johann Bauer) for the first year of study (hybrid teaching format)
Tutorial for students of the courses Latin I + II with Dr. Katja Kersten-Babeck, practice and repetition of forms and sentences as well as preparation for the Latin exam (in presence and digital)
Tutorial for students of the courses Greek I + II with Dr. Katja Kersten-Babeck, practice and repetition of forms and sentences as well as preparation for the Graecum examination (in presence and digital)
Spaces tell stories. Narratological and spatial theory studies on the Gospel of Matthew using the example of Matthew 1–2
In recent years, the topic of “space” has received increased attention in New Testament exegesis and has given rise to a series of studies with different methodological emphases. My dissertation project ties in with this line of research and focuses on Matthew’s genealogy and infancy narratives (Mt 1–2). Using an analytical framework that combines narratological and spatial theory categories, the narrative structures are examined to see how they open up different spatial dimensions and what significance these spaces have for Matthew's Christology. The focus is on the observation that different spatial dimensions in Matthew 1–2 intertwine and that both characters and concrete places exemplify different forms of spatial appropriation and perception. Places such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem, for example, appear not only as settings, but as symbolically condensed spaces where the events of salvation take place. Using the pericopes in Mt 1–2 as examples, the paper outlines how Matthew's Christology can be recognized as a space-related interpretive process.
The Gospel of Matthew
Methods of New Testament Exegesis
Biblical Narratology
The World and Environment of the Bible
Women (Characters) in the Bible
The following exhibition project has been developed in connection with these research interests:
Marginalisiert und dennoch stark. Die Frauen im Stammbaum Jesu (Mt 1,1–17), an ecumenical exhibition project with an exegetical focus, in collaboration with Dr. Cornelia Aßmann and Inga-Maria Schütte, 2023–2025. Over €12,000 in third-party funding has been raised for the exhibition and the accompanying program of lectures and guided tours. Information on the content and program of the exhibition can be found here
a. Articles in anthologies, journals and encyclopaedias
Prophetenworte bei Matthäus. Eine Korrelation aus Schriftverheißung und deren Erfüllung in Jesus Christus, in: Cornelia Aßmann u.A. (Ed..): Da ist Musik drin. Das Alte Testament als Resonanzraum – eine Festschrift für Norbert Clemens Baumgart, Würzburg 2025, 273–292.
Biblical-exegetical perspectives on democracy in the horizon of synodal structures in society and church, in: Patryk Zajac / Maciej Ostrowksi (Ed.): Threats to democracy: nationalism, populism, extremism and christianity´s response to them, Krakau 2025 (digital, open access), 242–263.
b. Reviews
Irmtraud Fischer/Edith Petschnigg (Ed.), Genderforschung – brauchen wir das? 25 Jahre Fakultätsforschungsschwerpunkt Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät Graz (Theologie im kulturellen Dialag 39), Innsbruck 2021, in: ThG, 68. Jg., 2025/1, Erfurt, 66f.
c. Articles in the area of corporate knowledge transfer
d. Editorial assistance
Handouts and pastoral working materials
Tochter Zion, freue Dich. Frauen und weibliche Bilder in biblischen Erzählungen, at: Eichsfeldforum (Heilbad Heiligenstadt, 04.12.2025)
Frieden für die Welt? Und was die Bibel dazu sagt. Ein paar Schlaglichter, at: Family circle of the parish of St. Severi (04.04.2025)
Wo sind Ochs‘ und Esel? Eine exegetische und motivkritische Annäherung an die Weihnachtsevangelien, at: Community Evening „Gott und die Welt“ catholic parish St. Peter and Paul Zeitz (20.11.2024)
Siehst Du diese Frau? Eine Annäherung an Lk 7,36–50, at: ecumenical womens's group Erfurt (24.09.2024)
Heiliges Jahr 2025 – Biblische Quellen, at: Hörenswertes. Der Podcast im Bistum Erfurt, 14.03.2025
… und wo sind Ochs und Esel? Ein Blick in die Weihnachtsevangelien, at: Hörenswertes. Der Podcast im Bistum Erfurt, 20.12.2024
Katholikentag 2024 – das Leitwort, at: Hörenswertes. Der Podcast im Bistum Erfurt, 16.02.2024
Meine Eine-Welt-Jahr III. Israel – das Heilige Land, at: Hörenswertes. Der Podcast im Bistum Erfurt, 19.08.2022
„Die Kirche im Radio“, mdr Radio:
01.–07.02.2026
16.–20.12.2025
12.–18.10.2025
30.03.–05.04.2025
29.12.2024–04.01.2025
23.–29.06.2024
24.–30.03.2024
30.07.–05.08.2023
12.–18.02.2023
„Gedanken zur Nacht“, mdr Radio:
21.–25.04.2025
27.–31.01.2025
09.–13.12.2024
30.10.–03.11.2023
27.–31.03.2023
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