Udo Schnelle

Schnelle was born in Nauen, Brandenburg, on 8 September 1952. He studied Protestant theology at the University of Göttingen from 1974 to 1979. He earned the doctorate in theology at Göttingen in 1981 and completed the habilitation there in 1985. == Career ==

After completing the habilitation, Schnelle served as a parish pastor in Gieboldehausen from 1984 to 1986. He held his first chair as Professor of New Testament at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg from 1986 to 1992. He then joined the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg as Professor of New Testament in 1992 and later became professor emeritus. Schnelle is a co-editor and long-time lead editor of Neuer Wettstein, a reference series that assembles Greco-Roman and Jewish parallels to the New Testament and situates early Christian writings within their ancient context. == Publications ==

• • History and Theology of the New Testament Writings, trans. Boring, Minneapolis 1998, • Theology of the New Testament, trans. Boring, Grand Rapids 2009, == Notes ==