Background
Knauf, Ernst Axel was born on August 6, 1953 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Son of Helmuth Knauf.
Knauf, Ernst Axel was born on August 6, 1953 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Son of Helmuth Knauf.
Degree in theology, University Tübingen, Germany, 1980. Doctor of Theology, University Kiel, Germany, 1982.
Assistant instructor University Tübingen, 1978—1980, University Kiel, 1980—1982. Assistant director German Protestant Institute for Archaeology of the Holy Land, Amman, Jordan, 1982—1985. Assistant professor Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan, 1985—1987.
Lecturer, reader University Heidelberg, Germany, 1987—1993. Adjunct professor University Geneva, 1993—1996. Professor University Bern, Switzerland, since 1997.
Visiting lecturer University Fribourg, Switzerland, 1992. Visiting professor University Jena, Germany, 1999—2000. Senior field archaeologist The Megiddo Expedition, Tel Aviv, since 1999.
Fellow Institute for Advanced Studies Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2002—2003.
Member of Deutscher Verein zur Erforschung Palästinas, Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, American Schools Oriental Research, Israel Exploration Society, Schweizer Gesellschaft für Orientalische Altertumskunde, Figurina Helvetica (editor 2000), Verein für das Zinnfigurenmuseum Zürich (life).
Life partner Michele L. Burns. Children: Eva Friderike, Andrea Maryam.