Background
Aland, Barbara Edith was born on December 4, 1937 in Hamburg, Germany. Daughter of Ludwig and Edith (Repsold) Ehlers.
Aland, Barbara Edith was born on December 4, 1937 in Hamburg, Germany. Daughter of Ludwig and Edith (Repsold) Ehlers.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Frankfurt, Germany, 1964. License, Istituto Biblico Pontifico, Rome, Italy, 1969. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, 1988.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Mount St. Mary's, Emmitsburg, Maryland, 1989.
Professor University Muenster, Germany, since 1980, director Institute for Neutestamentliche Textforschung Germany, since 1983.
Member Hermann Kunst-Stiftung Förderung der neutestamentlichen Textforschung, Verwaltungsrat of the German Biblical Society, Kuratorum Stiftung Bibel und Kultur.
Married Kurt Aland, July 1972 (deceased April 1994).