Werner H. Kelber is a biblical scholar who specializes in the Gospel of Mark. He taught religious studies at Rice University. [1] [2] He is the author of The Oral and Written Gospel (1983), [1] [3] and became known for approaching biblical studies through an understanding of oral tradition. [4] The scholar David Rhodes wrote that "It is difficult to overestimate the significance" of Kelber's biblical studies. [5] As of 2010, Kelber was Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Rice. [6]
Kelber attended the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and University of Tübingen. [7] In 1974, he was an assistant professor of religious studies at Rice University. [8] By 1984 he was professor and had written four books on the Gospel of Mark. [9] By 1995, he was the chair of the university's religious studies department. [7]
Werner H. Kelber is a biblical scholar who specializes in the Gospel of Mark. He taught religious studies at Rice University. [1] [2] He is the author of The Oral and Written Gospel (1983), [1] [3] and became known for approaching biblical studies through an understanding of oral tradition. [4] The scholar David Rhodes wrote that "It is difficult to overestimate the significance" of Kelber's biblical studies. [5] As of 2010, Kelber was Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Rice. [6]
Kelber attended the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and University of Tübingen. [7] In 1974, he was an assistant professor of religious studies at Rice University. [8] By 1984 he was professor and had written four books on the Gospel of Mark. [9] By 1995, he was the chair of the university's religious studies department. [7]