Education
Gnilka studied 1947–1953 theology, philosophy and Oriental languages in Eichstätt, Würzburg and Rome. 1955 Gnilka earned a doctorate (Doctor of Theology).
Gnilka studied 1947–1953 theology, philosophy and Oriental languages in Eichstätt, Würzburg and Rome. 1955 Gnilka earned a doctorate (Doctor of Theology).
1953–1956 he was chaplain in Würzburg. 1959 he earned a habilitation. 1959 - 1962 Gnilka was Privatdozent (associate professor, senior lecturer) at the university of Würzburg.
1962 - 1975 he became professor for New Testament in the University of Münster.
1975 - 1997 he was professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
From 1973 to 1988 Gnilka was a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.