Research

2 Samuel 11-24. Herder's Theological Commentary on the Old Testament. Freiburg/Br. 2025

The listening heart. Wisdom literature in the Hebrew Bible. Stuttgart 2006.

Together with. Peter Dschulnigg: Jüdische und christliche Feste (Neue Echter Bibel - Themen 9). Würzburg 2002 [Feste Ebraiche e Feste Cristiane. Prospettive dell'Antico e del Novo Testamento. Bologna 2008].

Violence in the House of David. The Narrative of Tamar and Amnon (2 Sam 13:1-22) (HBS 13). Freiburg/Br. 1997(dissertation).

Co-ed. w. Lidia Rodríguez Fernández/Arianna Rotondo (eds.): Feminist Biblical Studies in the 21st Century (Die Bibel und die Frauen. An exegetical and cultural-historical encyclopedia 9.2). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2026.

Co-ed. w. Mirja Kutzer / Annegret Reese-Schnitker (eds.): Sacred Spaces. Understandings between theology and cultural studies. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2024.

Co-ed. w. Andreas Heek / Aurica Jax / Annegret Reese-Schnitker (eds.): Zur Sprache bringen. Biblical texts and sexualized violence in pastoral care and schools. Ostfildern: Matthias Grünewald Verlag 2024.

Co-ed. w. Mirja Kutzer / Annegret Reese-Schnitker (eds.): Holy Texts. Understandings between theology and cultural studies. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2023.

Co-ed. w. Sigrid Eder et al. (eds.), Frauen, die sich einmischen. Biblical-political readings (FS Irmtraud Fischer), Stuttgart 2022.

Together w. Rainer Kampling: Re-Thinking Erich Zenger. Continuing the Conversation (SBB 80). Stuttgart: publishing house Katholisches Bibelwerk 2021.

Together w. Barbara Schmitz: Perspectives. Biblical Texts and Narratology (SBB 75). Stuttgart: Publishing house Katholisches Bibelwerk 2018.

Together with. Rainer Kampling: Speech of God. Collected essays by Erich Zenger on Jewish-Christian dialog (SBAB 65). Stuttgart: Publishing house Katholisches Bibelwerk 2018.

Together w. Paul-Gerhard Klumbies: Bible and culture. The Book of Books in Music, Literature and Film. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 2016.

Co-ed. w. Alexis Joachimides/Stephanie Milling/Yvonne Sophie Thöne: Opfer - Beute - Hauptgericht. Animal killings in interdisciplinary discourse. Bielefeld: transcript 2016.

Gem. w. Ute Eisen, God as a figure. Narratological analyses of biblical texts and their adaptations (HBS 82). Freiburg/Br.: Herder 2016.

Co-ed. w. Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger / Ruth Scoralick: God's name(s). In memory of Erich Zenger (HBS 71). Freiburg/Br.: Herder 2012.

Together w. Ulrike Eichler: Sexual violence against girls and women as a topic of feminist theology. Gütersloh 1999.

Tamar and Amnon and Their Relationship with David. In: David Shepherd and Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer (eds.), *Oxford Handbook of King David*, Oxford University Press [in press].

The Wise Woman and the City Wall of Abel Beth-Maacah (2 Sam 20) in the Context of Biblical and Other Ancient War Narratives. In Walter Dietrich (ed.): War and Peace in the Books of Samuel (forthcoming). Fribourg: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht [in press].

David’s Powerlessness. Discourses in and with the Psalms. In: Sigrid Eder, Agnethe Siquans, Kathrin Gies, Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher, Johannes Schnocks (eds.), Psalms and Power. Studies on Power and Powerlessness in the Book of Psalms and Its Reception (BBB 194), Göttingen: Brill 2026, pp. 181–200.

Ethics, Empathy, and the Exodus Narrative. In: Nancy Rahn and Nikolett Móricz (eds.): Empathy—Theological Perspectives. Fribourg: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht 2026, pp. 49–69.

Threshing Oxen, Drinking Calves, and Brooding Birds. On the Right of Animals to Be Treated Well. In: Thomas Hieke and Konrad Huber (eds.), Living the Bible Consciously: Explanations of Biblical Texts That Challenge Us to Act. Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk 2026, pp. 46–53.

With Ansgar Wucherpfennig: “Felt Justice: Biblical Perspectives on the Relationship Between Emotion and Ethics.” In: Konrad Huber, Andrea Taschl-Erber, and Wolfgang Grünstäudl (eds.): “Emotion and Exegesis: New Testament Biblical Studies in Light of the “Affective Turn.” Freiburg/Br.: Herder 2026, pp. 179–230.

Gender Aspects of Human-Animal Relationships. In: Ilse Müllner/Lidia Rodríguez Fernández/Arianna Rotondo (eds.): Feminist Biblical Studies in the 21st Century (The Bible and Women: An Exegetical and Cultural-Historical Encyclopedia 9.2). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2026, pp. 294–301.

With Dorothea Sattler: God’s Gift of Space and Time to His Creatures. A Dialogue Between Biblical Studies and Systematic Theology. In: JBTh 40 (2025): Biblical Theology Today, pp. 208–243.

Language and Gender in the Hebrew Bible. In: Yearbook of Biblical Theology 39 (2025), pp. 121–140.

Overcoming Silence: Narratives of the Rape of Women. In: Agnethe Siquans/Sigrid Eder (eds.): Is the Bible Misogynistic? Biblical Portrayals of Women and What Really Lies Behind Them. Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk 2025, pp. 171–178.

Levels of Narrative and the Credibility of the Narrative. In: Johannes Klein/David J. Shepherd (eds.): Between Fiction and Facts. History and Religion in the Books of Samuel. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2025, pp. 11–30.

Every Child Is a Figure of Hope—The Song of Hannah. In: Bible and Church 4 (2024), pp. 206–212.

In collaboration with Mirja Kutzer and Annegret Reese-Schnitker: Sacred Spaces—An Introduction. In: Mirja Kutzer/Ilse Müllner/Annegret Reese-Schnitker (eds.), Sacred Spaces: Dialogue Between Theology and Cultural Studies. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2024, pp. 9–18.

The Only Confession of Love. In: Egbert Ballhorn/Georg Steins/Regina Wildgruber/Uta Zwingenberger (eds.): 42 Great Words. Keys to the Message of the Bible. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2024, pp. 20–29.

What Is Meant by “We”? Christian Interpretations of the Old Testament Between Rejection and Appropriation. In: Christian Wiese/Joachim Valentin/Doron Kiesel (eds.): Jewish-Christian Dialogue. A Compendium. Freiburg/Br.: Herder 2024, pp. 314–335.

Uncovering, Avoiding, and Resisting Antisemitism as a Theological Task. In: Christian Frevel/René W. Dausner (eds.): Shoulder to Shoulder. A Study Guide on the Role of Judaism in Christian Theology. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2024, pp. 300–308.

Putting the Horrific into Words—Biblical Perspectives on the “Black Drawings.” In : alte und neue Kunst 53 (2024), pp. 81–87.

Silence—Speech—Setting Boundaries: Ensuring That Language Does Not Become an Act of Violence. In: Andreas Heek / Aurica Jax / Ilse Müllner / Annegret Reese-Schnitker (eds.): Putting It into Words. Biblical Texts and Sexualized Violence in Pastoral Care and Schools. Ostfildern: Matthias Grünewald Verlag 2024, pp. 27–38.

Between Hearing and Seeing: G*od. In feinschwarz (www.feinschwarz.net), February 27, 2023.

From Ethics to Speaking of God. Biblical Insights for a Contemporary Theology. In : feinschwarz (www.feinschwarz.net), February 16, 2023.

“They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them” (Luke 16:29). The Interpretation of the Old Testament in the Context of Biblical Ethics. In: Barbara Schmitz/Thomas Hieke/Mathias Ederer (eds.), Above All Else: The Old Testament (Festschrift for Christoph Dohmen, HBS 100), Freiburg im Breisgau 2023, pp. 356–370.

Based on Mirja Kutzer: Sacred Texts—An Introduction. In: Mirja Kutzer/Ilse Müllner/Annegret Reese-Schnitker (eds.), Sacred Texts: Dialogue Between Theology and Cultural Studies. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2023, pp. 9–34.

The Found Book and the Borrowed Voice. Strategies of (Self-)Authorization in Biblical Texts. In: Mirja Kutzer/Ilse Müllner/Annegret Reese-Schnitker (eds.), Sacred Texts: Dialogue Between Theology and Cultural Studies. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2023, pp. 51–68.

With Egbert Ballhorn, *Inspiratio continua: The Word of God Through the Ages*. In: Georg Braulik/Agnethe Siquans/Jan-Heiner Tück (eds.), Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet (Festschrift for Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger), Freiburg im Breisgau 2022, pp. 30–52.

Between Narrator and Author: Observations on the Boundaries of the Books of Samuel. In: Sonja Ammann/Katharina Pyschny/Julia Rhyder (eds.), Re-Evaluating the Concept of Authorship in Hebrew Bible Studies (FAT). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2022, pp. 175–191.

Body and Speech as the Site of Emotions in Biblical Narrative. In: Mathieu de Bakker, Baukje van den Berg, and Jaqueline Klooster (eds.), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond. Studies in Honor of Irene de Jong. Leiden/Boston: Brill 2022, pp. 337–350.

The Vine, the Fig Tree, and Divine Justice. Biblical-Theological Sketches on Dwelling.In: Yearbook for Christian Social Sciences 62 (2021), pp. 89–112.

Frightening Continuities. Reading Stories of Sexual Violence in the Book of Samuel Today. In : Matthias Wirth, Isabelle Noth, and Silvia Schroer (eds.), Sexualized Violence in Church Contexts. New Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Berlin: De Gruyter 2021, pp. 251–266.

Gendered Politics: Dynastic Roles of Women in the Narratives about Saul, David, and Solomon. In : L. Juliana Claassens and Irmtraud Fischer (eds.), Prophecy and Gender in the Hebrew Bible (The Bible and Women: An Encyclopedia of Exegesis and Cultural History 1.2). Atlanta: SBL Press 2021, pp. 193–227.

What Does It Mean for Us? Christian Readings of the Old Testament Between Rejection and Appropriation. In: Rainer Kampling and Ilse Müllner (eds.), Re-Thinking Erich Zenger. Continuing the Conversation (SBB 80). Stuttgart 2021, pp. 57–79.

“My bones cling to my skin and flesh!” (Job 19:20). Biblical-theological aspects of illness. In: Joachim Werz (ed.), Speaking of God in Epidemics: Theology and the Church in Crisis. Münster 2021, pp. 20–32.

No Simple Truths. 30 Years of Erich Zenger’s *First Testament* (Interview). In : *Bibel heute* 225 (2021), pp. 6–9.

Based on Benedict Schöning: Commentary on the Books of Samuel. In: Catholic Bible Society (ed.), Lectio Divina. Old Testament I. The Unified Translation. Stuttgart: Catholic Bible Society 2021, pp. 337–406.

Torah—Prophecy—Kingship. A Critique of Power from the First Testament. In: Doris Reisinger (ed.), Dangerous Theologies. When Theological Approaches Legitimize the Abuse of Power. Regensburg: Pustet 2021, pp. 16–34.

The Gender of Politics. Family and Rule in the Dynastic Monarchy. In: Sara Kipfer et al. (eds.), *The Book of Samuel and Its Response to Monarchy*. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2021, pp. 281–297.

Empathy, Mournability, and Kinship. Biblical-Narratological Reflections in the Wake of Judith Butler’s Political Philosophy. In: Gunda Werner and Bernhard Grümme (eds.), Judith Butler and Theology: Challenge and Reception. Göttingen: transcript 2020, pp. 99–118.

We Are Not That Important. Co-Creation in the Old Testament. In : Herder Korrespondenz Special: Lost Paradise. How Much Religion Is Needed to Save Creation, Freiburg 2020, pp. 9–11.

With Our Eyes on God—Light for the Nations. In: Exegetical Sketches on Biblical Texts (Look [Mk 6:38]. 3rd Ecumenical Church Congress in Frankfurt am Main, May 12–16, 2021), 2020, pp. 86–94.

Beyond Adam and Eve. Gender Differences and the Fall in Gen 1–3. In: Thomas Hieke/Konrad Huber (eds.), The Bible Misunderstood. Explaining Persistent Misinterpretations of Biblical Texts. Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk 2020, pp. 36–47.

Human Suffering as God’s Will? The Punishments in Genesis as a Story of Origin (Etiology). In: Thomas Hieke and Konrad Huber (eds.), The Bible Misunderstood: Explaining Persistent Misinterpretations of Biblical Texts. Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk 2020, pp. 56–63.

No Space Free from Domination. Sexuality and Power in Biblical Writings. In: Irmtraud Fischer/Uta Poplutz (eds.), Sexuality (JBTh 33). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht 2020, pp. 23–46.

With Annegret Reese-Schnitker and Nele Spiering-Schomborg: Finding a Voice—Addressing Sexualized Violence in Religious Education. In: KatBl 144 (2019), pp. 305–311.

Gendered Politics. Dynastic Roles of Women in the Narratives of Saul, David, and Solomon. In: Irmtraud Fischer/Juliana Claassens (eds.), Prophecy (The Bible and Women 1.2). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2019, pp. 161–189.

“Who Is David? Who Is the Son of Jesse? (1 Sam 25:10). From the Books of Samuel to Reception History and Back.” In: Sara Han/Anja Middelbeck-Varwick/Markus Thurau (eds.), Bible—Israel—Church. Studies on the Jewish-Christian Encounter. Festschrift for Rainer Kampling. Münster: Aschendorff Verlag 2018, pp. 19–35.

Co-authored with Annegret Reese-Schnitker and Nele Spiering-Schomborg: Overcoming Silence. Teaching and Learning in the Light of Biblical Depictions of Sexual Violence. In: Monique Meier/Kathrin Ziepprecht/Jürgen Mayer (eds.), Teacher Education in Networked Learning Environments. Münster: Waxmann 2018, pp. 163–178.

The First Book of Samuel: Through a Woman’s Eyes. In: Egbert Ballhorn/Georg Steins/Regina Wildgruber/Uta Zwingenberger (eds.), 73 Overtures: The Openings of the Bible’s Books and Their Messages. With the collaboration of Arnold Stadler. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2018, pp. 113–123.

The Second Book of Samuel. The King Is Dead! Long Live the King! In: Egbert Ballhorn, Georg Steins, Regina Wildgruber, and Uta Zwingenberger (eds.), 73 Overtures: The Openings of the Bible’s Books and Their Messages. With the collaboration of Arnold Stadler. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2018, pp. 124–133.

Telling of God in Old Testament Biblical Writings. In: DIEGESIS. Interdisciplinary E-Journal for Narrative Research 7.2 (2018). Available online at https://www.diegesis.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/diegesis/article/download/321/529

Perspectives. Biblical Texts and Narratology. In : Ilse Müllner/Barbara Schmitz (eds.), Perspectives. Biblical Texts and Narratology (SBB 75). Stuttgart: Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk 2018, pp. 11–40.

Transparent to the Reality of God. Prophecy: An Alert Mind, a Clear Vision, and Freedom of Expression. In: frau und mutter 6 (2018), pp. 14–15.

“You yourself were a stranger in Egypt!” (Deut. 10:19). The Old Testament as Migration Literature. In: Annegret Reese-Schnitker/Daniel Bertram/Marcel Franzmann (eds.), Migration, Flight, and Displacement. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2018, pp. 39–50.

The Books of Samuel as a Work of Political Theology. In: Bernd Willmes/Christoph Gregor Müller (eds.), Thesaurus in vasis fictilibus. “Treasure in Fragile Vessels” (2 Cor 4:7) (In Honor of Bishop Heinz Josef Algermissen). Freiburg/Br.: Herder 2018, pp. 279–298.

Reading the World in the Light of God’s Horizon. The Books of Samuel IV. In: BiLi 4 (2017), pp. 297–301.

Family Policy—The Emergence of the Dynasty. The Books of Samuel III. In: BiLi 3 (2017), pp. 240–244.

David. The Books of Samuel II. In: BiLi 2 (2017), pp. 153–158.

On the Path to Kingship. The Books of Samuel I. In: BiLi 1 (2017), pp. 65–69.

Saul—The Tragically Failed King. In: BiKi 3 (2017), pp. 177–185.

Between Gender Equality and Divine Power—Allegorical Readings of the Song of Songs. In: Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger (ed.), The Song of Songs (ÖBS). Vienna: Peter Lang 2017, pp. 165–183.

Spaces – Bodies – Holiness. Dynamics of Space and Gender from an Exegetical Perspective. In: Angela Kaupp (ed.), Concepts of Space in Theology. Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Approaches. Ostfildern 2016, pp. 65–80.

Starting with Adam and Eve. On the Culturally Productive Power of the Genesis Narratives. In: Paul-Gerhard Klumbies/Ilse Müllner (eds.), Bible and Culture. The Book of Books in Music, Literature, and Film. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 2016, pp. 251–276.

Biblical Scholar and Music Therapist. David and the Psalms. In : World and Environment of the Bible 86 (2016), pp. 34–39.

The Gender of Sacrificial Animals. Reflections Based on the Torah’s Regulations on Sacrifice. In: Alexis Joachimides/Stephanie Milling/Ilse Müllner/Yvonne Sophie Thöne, Sacrifice—Booty—Main Course. The Killing of Animals in Interdisciplinary Discourse. Bielefeld: transcript 2016, pp. 69–89.

Co-authored with Thomas Naumann: “Masculinity in Combat and Pain: Aspects of Gender Anthropology in the Books of Samuel.” In: Walter Dietrich (ed.), The Books of Samuel: Stories—History—Reception History (BETL 284). Leuven: Peeters 2016, pp. 303–316.

Biblical Wisdom—Female Wisdom. Wise Women as Models of Personified Wisdom. In: German Protestant Church Congress Stuttgart 2015, pp. 359–361.

Who Are We? Reflections on an Identificatory Reading of Biblical Texts. In: BiKi 1 (2016), pp. 17–23.

Between Acceptance and Rebellion. Old Testament Approaches to Dealing with Suffering. In: Severin Lederhilger (ed.), Why Suffering? Humanity Between Resignation and Rebellion. Regensburg: Friedrich Pustet 2016, pp. 61–82.

Narrating God in People, Animals, and Things. The Books of Samuel. In: Ute Eisen/Ilse Müllner (eds.), God as a Character: Narratological Analyses of Biblical Texts and Their Adaptations (HBS 8280). Freiburg/Br.: Herder 2016, pp. 88–123.

With Ute Eisen: God as a Character—An Introduction. In: Ute Eisen/Ilse Müllner (eds.), God as a Character: Narratological Analyses of Biblical Texts and Their Adaptations (HBS 82). Freiburg/Br.: Herder 2016, pp. 11–26.

Family—So Strange and Yet So Familiar. In: BiKi 4 (2015), pp. 236–237.

Eva Wants to Know. In: Bible Today. Vol. 51, No. 4 (2015), pp. 7–10.

Constructions of Gender in Regulatory Texts of the Torah. In: Christian Frevel (ed.), More Than Ten Words? On the Significance of the Old Testament in Ethical Questions (QD 273). Freiburg/Br.: Herder 2015, pp. 115–152.

On Humans and Other Animals. The Parable of the Lost and Found Sheep—Luke 15:4–7. In: Marlene Crüsemann et al. (eds.), God Is Different. Parables Reinterpreted (In Honor of Luise Schottroff). Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2014, pp. 190–202.

Celebration and Narration. Metaleptic Features in Ex 12:1–13:16. In: Constanza Cordoni and Gerhard Langer (eds.), Narratology, Hermeneutics, and Midrash. Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Narratives from the Late Antique Period through to Modern Times. Göttingen: V&R unipress 2014, pp. 25–37.

Passover as Event and Ritual. The Narrative Inclusion of Future Generations in Ex 12:1–13:16. In: Ute E. Eisen and Peter von Möllendorff (eds.), Across the Boundary. Metalepsis in Ancient Textual and Visual Media (Narratologia 39). Berlin: De Gruyter 2013, pp. 59–94.

Son of David and Son of Abraham. Jewish National History as the Family History of Jesus Christ. In: Thomas Söding (ed.), Born in Bethlehem? Benedict XVI’s Book on Jesus and Scholarly Research. Freiburg/Br.: Herder 2013, pp. 45–63.

Depicted Violence and the Violence of Depiction. Narrative Figurations in the Stories of David. In: Irmtraud Fischer (ed.), Power—Violence—War in the Old Testament. Social Issues and the Problem of Their Representation (QD 254). Freiburg/Br.: Herder 2013, pp. 286–317.

Books of Samuel: Women at the Center of Israel’s History. In: Luise Schottroff and Marie-Theres Wacker (eds.), Feminist Biblical Interpretation: A Compendium of Critical Commentary on the Books of the Bible and Related Literature. Grand Rapids/Cambridge 2012, pp. 140–158.

Saved in Every Generation. On the Relationship Between Festival and Narrative in the Book of Esther. In: Stephanie Feder/Aurica Nutt (eds.), Esther’s Unknown Sides. Theological Perspectives on a Forgotten Biblical Book. Ostfildern 2012, pp. 90–101.

The Miracle of Contentment. In: Exegetical Sketches (As Much as You Need [Ex 16:18]. The Biblical Texts for the 34th German Evangelical Church Congress in Hamburg, May 1–5, 2013), 2012, pp. 5–14.

Co-authored with Yvonne Sophie Thöne: On Mother Houses, Country Daughters, and City Women. Space and Gender in the Old Testament. In: *lectio difficilior* 1/2012 (http://www.lectio.unibe.ch/).

Democratization of the Mind. Prophecy in the Present. In: frau und mutter 7.8 (2012), pp. 6–7.

“Who Is David? And Who Is the Son of Jesse?” (1 Sam 25:10). In: Bibel heute 190 (2012), pp. 6–9.

The Prophet’s Workshop. On the Origins of the Prophetic Books. In: frau und mutter 6 (2012), pp. 6–7.

Struggle, Song, and Theological Counsel. Female Prophets in the Bible. In: frau und mutter 5 (2012), pp. 6–7.

Are We Allowed to Do What We Can? The Optimization of Bodies and the Limits of Feasibility. In: Bibel und Kirche 67,1 (2012), pp. 46–47.

Militant Saints. Prophets in the Books of Samuel and Kings. In: frau und mutter 4 (2012), pp. 6–7.

Face to Face. Prophecy in the Tradition of Moses. In: frau und mutter 3 (2012), pp. 6–7.

Narratives Against Silence. Narrative Depictions of Sexual Violence in the First Testament. In: Monika Jakobs (ed.), Abused Intimacy. Sexual Assault in the Church and School (Theological Reports 34). Fribourg, Switzerland 2011, pp. 51–91.

The “Memorandum on Freedom” and Its Communicative Horizons. In: Judith Könemann and Thomas Schüller (eds.), The Memorandum: Arguments For and Against. Freiburg im Breisgau 2011, pp. 134–141.

A Wise Woman Against the Logic of War. Bible Study on the Wise Woman of Abel-Bet-Maacha in 2 Sam 20:14–22. In: Sonja Angelika Strube (ed.), Women’s Wisdom—God’s Wisdom (Women’s Bible Study 27). Stuttgart 2011, pp. 14–20.

Ahithophel and the Ambivalence of Counsel. In: Walter Dietrich (ed.), Side Glances. Literary and Historical Studies on Minor Characters in the Second Book of Samuel (Orbis biblicus et Orientalis 249). Göttingen 2011, pp. 331–353.

Homeland in the Plural. Biblical Voices on the Babylonian Exile. In: Johanna Rahner/Mirjam Schambeck (eds.), Between Integration and Exclusion. Migration, Religious Identity(ies), and Education—A Theological Reflection. Münster 2011, pp. 83–106.

Undoubtedly a Question? On the Conclusion of the Book of Jonah. In: Kerstin Schiffner, Steffen Leibold, Magdalene L. Frettlöh, Jan-Dirk Döhling, and Ulrike Beil (eds.), Questions Against the Answers (Festschrift for Jürgen Ebach). Gütersloh 2010, pp. 286–304.

Co-authored with Luise Schottroff: Resisting Violence. In: Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber/Paul-Gerhard Klumbies (eds.), Religion and Fanaticism: Psychoanalytic and Theological Approaches. Göttingen 2010, pp. 261–282.

On the Art of Practicing “Letting Be” Through Action. Biblical-Theological Moments of Happiness. In: Timo Hoyer (ed.), On Happiness and the Happy Life. Approaches from the Social Sciences and Humanities. Göttingen 2007, pp. 122–142.

The Place of Understanding. Job 28 as Part of the Discussion of Knowledge in the Book of Job. In: Theodor Seidl/Stephanie Ernst (eds.), The Book of Job. Comprehensive Interpretations—Individual Texts—Central Themes. Frankfurt am Main 2007, pp. 57–83.

The One Canon and the Many Voices. A Feminist-Theological Framework. In: Malen Bidwell-Steiner/Karin S. Wozonig (eds.), A Canon of Our Own? Canon Criticism and Canon Formation in Gender Studies. Vienna 2006, pp. 42–57.

Bad Women.Jezebel, Athaliah, Power, and Evil. In: Helga Kuhlmann/Stefanie Schäfer-Bossert (eds.), Does Evil Have a Gender? Theological and Religious Studies Perspectives. Stuttgart 2006, pp. 151–161.

The Wise Woman from the East. Books of Kings. In: Christoph Dohmen (ed.), The Regensburg Illustrated Bible for Pope Benedict XVI. Stuttgart 2006, p. 48.

The Tragic and the Victorious Hero. The Books of Samuel. In: Christoph Dohmen (ed.), The Regensburg Illustrated Bible for Pope Benedict XVI. Stuttgart 2006, p. 46.

Time, Space, Characters, Perspective. Hermeneutical and Methodological Foundations for the Analysis of Biblical Narratives. In: PzB 15 (2006), pp. 1–24.

One Question—Five Answers: My Common Thread Through the Bible. In: KatBl 131 (2006), pp. 249–254.

Dialogical Authority. Feminist-Theological Reflections on Canonical Scriptural Interpretation. In: Antonio Autiero (ed.), Annali di Studi Religiosi 6 (2005). Trento 2006, pp. 371–383 (reprinted in: Egbert Ballhorn and Georg Steins (eds.), The Biblical Canon in Biblical Interpretation: Methodological Reflections and Exemplary Exegeses. Stuttgart 2007, pp. 74–84).

Both Teacher and Subject. Didactic Aspects of Personified Wisdom in Prov 1–9. In: Ilona Riedel-Spangenberger and Erich Zenger (eds.), FS Helen Schüngel-Straumann. Paderborn 2006, pp. 215–225.

Dialogical Authority. Feminist-Theological Reflections on Canonical Scriptural Interpretation. In: lectio difficilior 2 (2005), www.lectio.unibe.ch.

Wisdom Personified as a Woman in the Hebrew Bible. In: IFF-Info 22,30 (2005), pp. 7–22.

Aggiornamento for the Bible as Well. Despite many compromises, the Second Vatican Council enabled a new perspective on the biblical writings and their significance. In: Die Furche 43 (Nov. 3, 2005), p. 10.

Jezebel, Athaliah, Power, and Evil. Bible study on royal women in 1 Kings 18–21; 2 Kings 9 and 11. In: Anneliese Hecht (ed.), Evil Women (FrauenBibelArbeit, vol. 15). Stuttgart/Düsseldorf 2005, pp. 29–40.

Literary Diachrony in the Elihu Speeches of the Book of Job ( Job 32–37). In: Frank-Lothar Hossfeld and Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger (eds.), “The Manna Still Falls Today.” Contributions to the History and Theology of the Old Testament (Festschrift for Zenger/HBS 44). Freiburg/Br. 2004, pp. 447–469.

Commentary on the Books of Samuel. In: Erich Zenger (ed.), Stuttgart Old Testament. Unified Translation with Explanations. Stuttgart 2004.

Against One’s Will.Sexual Violence in the Old Testament. In: Essener Unikate 21 (2003), pp. 8–21.

Insight Through Dialogue.On the Significance of (Verbal) Encounters in the Book of Job. In: Irmtraud Fischer/Ursula Rapp/Johannes Schiller (eds.), In the Footsteps of the Scribal Sages (Festschrift for Johannes Marböck/BZAW 331). Berlin, et al., 2003, pp. 167–180.

“Prophetic Violence: The Marital Metaphor and Its Impact on Female and Male Readers.” In: Irmtraud Fischer/Konrad Schmid/Hugh G.M. Williamson (eds.), Prophecy in Israel (Old Testament and Modernity 11). Münster 2003, pp. 199–204.

Moral Learning from Immoral Role Models. On the Textual Pragmatics of the Story of Cain and Abel (Gen 4:1–16). In: German Coordination Council (ed.), “Abel, Rise Up, So That Things May Begin Anew Among Us All”—50 Years of the Week of Brotherhood. Bad Nauheim 2002, pp. 19–23.

Co-authored with Justus Cobet and Andreas Göbel: “Text and Domination: A Review Essay.” In: *Sociologia Internationalis*, Vol. 39, No. 1 (2001), pp. 147–159.

Storytelling Against Violence. The Command to Remain Silent as a Strategy of Sexual Violence. In: Klara Butting et al. (eds.), Dreams of a Nonviolent World. Bible—Quran—Practical Steps. Wittingen 2001, pp. 127–133.

“God is gracious and just” (Ps 116:5). Biblical-theological perspectives on God’s justice. In: Heinrich Schmidinger (ed.), Justice Today: Aspiration and Reality (Salzburg University Weeks 2000). Innsbruck/Vienna 2000, pp. 73–106.

Raising Our Voices in Lament: Women’s Voices in the Old Testament. In: Georg Steins (ed.), Silence Would Be Blasphemous: The Healing Power of Lament. Würzburg 2000, pp. 69–86.

Sexual Violence in the Old Testament. In : Ulrike Eichler and Ilse Müllner (eds.), Sexual Violence Against Girls and Women as a Topic in Feminist Theology. Gütersloh 1999, pp. 40–75.

The Return of the Unique. Biblical-Theological Reflections on the Topic of Time. In: *Diakonia*, vol. 30, no. 6 (1999), pp. 393–399.

A Tool of the Masters? Narrative Analysis from a Feminist Perspective. In: Erhard S. Gerstenberger and Ulrich Schoenborn (eds.), Hermeneutics—A Social-Historical Approach. Münster 1999, pp. 133–147.

Lethal Differences. Sexual Violence as Violence Against Others in Judges 19. In: Athalya Brenner (ed.), Judges: A Feminist Companion to the Bible (Second Series). Sheffield 1999, pp. 126–142.

A Shift in Perspective: David and Bathsheba in 20th-Century Novels. In: Cheryl Exum (ed.), *Beyond the Biblical Horizon: The Bible and the Arts*. Leiden/Boston/Cologne 1999, pp. 90–108.

The Books of Samuel. Women at the Center of Israel’s History. In: Luise Schottroff and Marie-Theres Wacker (eds.), Compendium of Feminist Biblical Interpretation. Gütersloh 1998, pp. 114–129.

“Man Is Two, and God Even More.”Literary Criticism and the Creation Accounts of Genesis. In: Schlangenbrut 68 (1997), pp. 5–8.

“The Commercialized Paradise: The Utopian Content of the Biblical Creation Narratives.” In: In Search of a Spirituality of Solidarity, published by the Episcopal Relief Agency Misereor, edited by Norbert Arntz. Aachen 1997, pp. 27–40.

Deadly Differences. Sexual Violence as Violence Against Others in Judges 19. In: Luise Schottroff/Marie-Theres Wacker (eds.), Rooted in the Source. Christian-Feminist Exegesis in Confrontation with Anti-Judaism (Biblical Interpretation Series 17). Leiden 1996, pp. 81–100.

Co-authored with Aggi Kemmler: “Conflicts Among Women in the Bible.” In: KatBl 11 (1994), pp. 802–809.

“For I am God, not a man” (Hos 11:9). Feminine and Masculine Images of God in the First Testament. In: Kirche und Schule 92 (1994), pp. 1–12.

The Crucial Question. On the Discussion of Anti-Judaism in *Schlangenbrut*. In: *Schlangenbrut* 41 (1993), pp. J5–J7.

With a Woman’s Weapons? Strength and Beauty in the Book of Judith. In: KatBl 6 (1993), pp. 399–406.

The God of Israel Transforms Weakness into Strength. Judith’s Prayer in Chapter 9. In: Bibel heute 110 (1992), pp. 128–131.

“…that I may give birth in her lap.” Religiosity and Biblical Motifs in Margaret Atwood’s *The Handmaid’s Tale*. In: *Schlangenbrut* 37 (1992), pp. 32–35.

Art. Midwife. In: WiBiLex 2012, www.wibilex.de.

Art. Fiction. In: WiBiLex 2009, www.wibilex.de.

Art. Bathsheba. In: WiBiLex 2007, www.wibilex.de.

Art. Hermeneutics. Feminist theology. In: Elisabeth Gössmann et al. (eds.), Dictionary of Feminist Theology. Gütersloh 2nd revised ed. 2002, pp. 276-278.

Together with F. G. Untergaßmair: Art. Wrath of God. In: Manfred Görg/Bernhard Lang (eds.), Neues Bibel-Lexikon. Volume III, Düsseldorf/Zurich 2001, pp. 1225-1227.

Tod Linafelt/Claudia V. Camp/Timothy Beal (eds.), The Fate of King David: The Past and Present of a Bliblical Icon (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 500). New York: T&T Clark 2010. in: RBL 03/2012

Hedwig-Jahnow-Forschungsprojekt (ed.), Zeit wahrnehmen-theologische Perspektiven auf das Erste Testament (SBS 222). Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk 2010, in: Theologische Revue 107 (2011) 4, pp. 283-284.

Konrad Schmid, Job as a Biblical and Ancient Book. Historical and intellectual contexts of his theology (SBS 219). Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk 2010, in: Biblische Zeitschrift 55/2011, pp. 130-131.

Isa Breitmaier, Lehren und Lernen in der Spur des Ersten Testaments. Exegetical studies on the 5th book of Moses and the book of Proverbs from a religious education perspective (Beiträge zum Verstehen der Bibel; Vol. 8). Münster: LIT 2004. in: Religionspädagogische Beiträge 63/2009, pp. 95-96.

Tarja S. Philip, Menstruation and Childbirth in the Bible. Fertility and Impurity. New York et al: Peter Lang 2006 (Studies in Biblical Literature, vol. 88). In: ZAW 121 (2009), p. 323.

Andreas Kunz-Lübcke, The Child in the Ancient Cultures of the Mediterranean. Israel - Egypt - Greece. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag 2007 In: Theologische Literaturzeitung 134 (2009) 3, 301-302.

Sigrun Welke-Holtmann, Die Kommunikation zwischen Frau und Mann. Dialogue structures in the narrative texts of the Hebrew Bible. Münster: LIT Verlag 2004. in: ZAW 119 (2007), p. 165.

Wolf-Dieter Syring, Job and his lawyer. The Prose Texts of the Book of Job and their Role in its Editorial and Reception History. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter 2004, in: ThRev 103 (2007) 1, pp. 35-37.

Angela Volkmann, "Eva, where are you?". The gender perspective in religious education using the example of a religious book analysis on biblical themes. Würzburg: Königshausen and Neumann 2004, in: KatBl 132 (2007) 1, pp. 74-75.

Sigrun Welke-Holtmann, Die Kommunikation zwischen Frau und Mann. Dialogue structures in narrative texts of the Hebrew Bible. Münster: LIT Verlag 2004. In: Querelles-Net 19 (2006), querelles-net.de/2006-19/text19.muellner.shtml.

Kenneth Numfor Ngwa, The Hermeneutics of the 'Happy' Ending in Job 42:7-17 (BZAW 354). Berlin/New York 2005, in: ZAW 118 (2006), pp. 311-312.

Claudia Rakel, Judit - on beauty, power and resistance in war. A feminist-intertextual reading (BZAW 334). Berlin/New York 2004, in: ThRev 102 (2006) 2, pp. 130-132.

Angela Volkmann, "Eva, where are you?". Die Geschlechtsperspektive im Religionsunterricht am Beispiel einer Religionsbuchanalyse zu biblischen Themen (Forum zur Pädagogik und Didaktik der Religion N.F. 2). Würzburg: Königshausen and Neumann 2004. in: KatBl (2006).

Susanne Gorges-Braunwarth, "Frauenbilder - Weisheitsbilder - Gottesbilder" in Spr 1 - 9. Die personifizierte Weisheit im Gottesbild der nachexilischen Zeit (Exegese in unserer Zeit 9). Münster 2002, in: ZAW 118 (2006), p. 143.

Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer, Job in Jewish Antiquity and Modernity. The history of Job's impact in Jewish literature. Neukirchen-Vluyn 2003, in: ZAW 118 (2006), p. 159.

Frank Anthony Spina, The Faith of the Outsider. Exclusion and Inclusion in the Biblical Story. Grand Rapids, Michigan/Cambridge U.K. 2005. in: ZAW (2006).

Karin Finsterbusch, Instructions for Israel. Studies on Religious Teaching and Learning in Deuteronomy and its Context (FAT 44). Tübingen 2005, in: BZ (2006).

The project was funded by the Central Research Fund of the University of Kassel from August 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023. A conference on The Normativity of the Torah in the Christian Bible, funded by the Thyssen Foundation, took place from March 15 to 17, 2023 at the Hochschule Sankt Georgen; the conference proceedings will be published by Kohlhammer-Verlag in 2026.

Project management:

• Prof. Dr. Ilse Müllner, University of Kassel
• Dr. Ansgar Wucherpfennig, University of Regensburg

Research and student assistants:

• Matthias Brudek, University of Kassel
• Jessica Lust, Sankt Georgen University of Applied Sciences
• Tina Krasenbrink, University of Kassel

The Books of Samuel have long been a focus of research in the department. Their literary quality predestines these texts for an interpretation based on literary studies. Biblical narratology is particularly appropriate here. At the same time, the Books of Samuel raise the question of the peculiarities of biblical historiography. The commentary aims to take the Books of Samuel seriously in their double face of literary and historiographical text and to show the connections between these approaches. Another focus is on the gender-sensitive interpretation of the texts. In addition to the philological precision that follows the movements of the text at hand, anthropological and theological cross-sectional themes are also dealt with and lines of reception from inner-biblical references to contemporary art are shown.

A first volume on 2 Sam 11-24 was published in 2025.

The research project focuses on a critical examination of the depiction of sexualized violence in the Bible and religious education. Findings from biblical studies, biblical didactics and religious education are interlinked in an interdisciplinary manner. An important research goal is to integrate sexualized/sexual violence as a teaching/learning subject into the practice of religious education and thus break through the taboo surrounding the topic. After all, working with biblical texts that address (sexual) violence in a contrastive variety of ways can make it possible to talk about a taboo subject without having to focus on one's own experiences.
The starting point for this is laid in the first phase of teacher training. Student teachers are introduced to the topic step by step and through dialogue with biblical stories and sensitized to the central categories of (sexual) violence, power and gender. In dialogue with the students, building blocks for a (initially university didactic) learning environment around the subject of sexualized/sexual violence are developed, tested and evaluated.

The research project (supervisor Marcel Franzmann) is embedded in the concept"Professionalization through networking - continuation and potentiation" (^PRONET2) and is funded by the "Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung" of the federal and state governments. Further information can be found under this link:

https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtung/zlb/forschung-innovationsprojekte/pronet2

Over a period of four years (2014-2017), the interdisciplinary research network Animal-Human Society at the University of Kassel investigated human-animal relationships in history and society under the guiding concept of "relationality". This encompassed the coexistence of humans and animals in communities of actors and thus a variety of practices.

The theological and biblical studies project (supervisor Dr. Yvonne Sophie Thöne) focused on the animal orders of the Torah . The project aimed to investigate how animal-animal relations, animal-human relations and animal-God relations are presented and produced in the Torah in literary terms. The extent to which classification systems also work across texts and genres was discussed.

Further information can be found at the following link:

https://www.uni-kassel.de/projekte/tier-mensch-gesellschaft-ansaetze-einer-interdisziplinaeren-tierforschung/startseite.html

This research context is based on an action-oriented concept of space. Space is not narrowed down topographically and perceived as one object of research among many, but is seen as a central analytical category. Gender is also understood performatively.

The innovative potential of this interdisciplinary research training group lies in the combination of these two categories of analysis from the social and cultural sciences. The temporal and geographical range of the projects gathered here was wide, and the diversity of methods was not least due to the interdisciplinary nature of the program. The interdisciplinary discussion and the disciplinary debates were in a productive interrelationship both at the level of conceptualization and in the work on the objects of research.

Nele Spiering-Schomborg's dissertation project "You can't decide what you are born as." The Exodus Exposition in the Horizon of Narratology, Empirical Bible Didactics and Intersectionality. Impulses for biblical interpretation and didactics was completed in 2016.
Anja Bartels' project "Concepts of space, gender and the body in Job 1-2 " is still in progress.