Background
Koch, Klaus was born on October 4, 1926 in Sulzbach, Germany. Son of Wilhelm Eugen and Hildegard A. Koch.
theologian university professor
Koch, Klaus was born on October 4, 1926 in Sulzbach, Germany. Son of Wilhelm Eugen and Hildegard A. Koch.
Total harmonic distortion Heidelberg, Germany, 1953. Habilitation, University Erlangen, Germany, 1956. Doctor of Theology (honorary), University Rostock, Germany, 1996.
He did his doctoral dissertation at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg under Gerhard von Rad. He began his teaching career as a professor at the University of Kiel. He is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament and History of the Ancient near East Religions at the University of Hamburg, Germany.
Koch has identified Martin Noth and Gerhard von Rad as the Fathers of Redaction Criticism in Old Testament Studies.
Koch is best known for his assertion that the Old Testament wisdom literature has no concept of divine retribution.
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Member of Bayersiche Academy der Wissenschaften.
Married Eva-Maria Koch.