Paula Josephine Greiner-Bär

Scientific Activities

since 04/2023 Research assistant at the Department of Exegesis and Theology of the New Testament

• since 11/2022 Deputy Representative for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality at the Faculty of Catholic Theology

07/2022-03/2023 Research assistant in the project "Vetus Latina" with Prof. Thomas Bauer

09/2021-07/2022 Research assistant at the Department of Exegesis and Theology of the New Testament (parental leave replacement)

07/2018-08/2021 Student Assistant at the Department of Exegesis and Theology of the New Testament, University of Erfurt

01/2018-08/2021 Student assistant at the Lectorate for Ancient Languages (Greek, Latin), University of Erfurt

10/2017-08/2021 Student assistant at the Department for canon law, University of Erfurt

Studies

Since 03/2022 Doctoral studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Erfurt, with a dissertation project about "Knowledge - Power - Space. An Analysis of the Convergence of Narratological and Spatial Theoretical Structures in the Gospel of Matthew."

10/2016 - 08/2021 Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt, Degree: Magistra Theologiae.
With a master's thesis on the topic "Where is the newborn King of the Jews? (Mt 2,2). On the Disposition of Places and Spaces in the Matthean Infancy Narrative".

The M.A. thesis was honored on Nov. 15, 2021, with the Faculty of Catholic Theology's Advancement Award.

Memberships

Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Promovierenden und Habilitierenden im Fach Neues Testament (Ag-Ass)

AGENDA - Forum katholischer Theologinnen e.V.

European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS)

European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR)

Summer term 2024

Seminar on the methods of biblical theology and church history (together with Prof. Jörg Seiler) for the first year of study (presence)

Seminar "Bach meets Matthäus. Die Matthäuspassion in Wort und Musik" (together with Floriane-Luisa Thorak) for the 2nd-5th year of study (presence)

Winter term 2023/24

Studium Fundamentale „Marginalisiert und dennoch stark. Was Man(n) von den Frauen im Stammbaum Jesu für gesellschaftliche und innerkirchliche Diskurse lernen kann“, together with Dr. Cornelia Aßmann and Inga-Maria Schütte M.A. (University of Eichstätt), presence

Summer term 2023

Seminar on the methods of biblical theology and church history (together with Prof. Jörg Seiler) for the first year of study (presence)

Tutorial for the course "Jesus of Nazareth. Gestalt und Anspruch" (lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Johann Bauer) for the second and third year of study (digital)

Summer term 2022

Seminar on the methods of biblical theology and church history (together with Dr. Daniel Greb) for the first year of study (presence)

Winter term 2021/22

Tutorial for the course "Jesus of Nazareth. Gestalt und Anspruch" (lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Johann Bauer) for the second and third year of study (hybrid teaching format)

Tutorial for the course "Introduction to the New Testament Gospels" (lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Johann Bauer) for the first year of study (hybrid teaching format)

Winter term 2017/18 - Summer term 2021

Tutorial for students of the courses Latin I + II with Dr. Katja Kersten-Babeck, practice and repetition of forms and sentences as well as preparation for the Latin exam (in presence and digital)

Tutorial for students of the courses Greek I + II with Dr. Katja Kersten-Babeck, practice and repetition of forms and sentences as well as preparation for the Graecum examination (in presence and digital)

Publications in a scientific context

a. Articles in journals and encyclopaedias

• (Nicht) einen Frieden, wie die Welt ihn gibt... Biblische Schlaglichter auf Frieden als göttliche Verheißung und menschliche Verantwortung, in: Eulenfisch - Limburger Magazin für Religion und Bildung, Nr. 31 (2/2023), 17. Jg., 27-32; reprinted in: Eulenfisch - Limburger Magazin für Religion und Bildung, special edition Katholikentag Erfurt 2024, 21–26.
   
• Paulina von Paulinzella (Thüringen), in: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL), volume XLVI, Nordhausen 2023, 907–1007; online: www.bbkl.de.

b. Articles in the area of corporate knowledge transfer

• Between prophecy and prayer. Christian metaphors and biblical motifs in the songs of Taylor Swift, Blog post on the blog of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt Theologie Aktuell, 18.07.2024.
• Countdown zum Katholikentag – an Interview, in: y-nachten.de, A theology blog from Generation Y, 04.03.2024.
   
• Opening of the bible exhibition "Marginalisiert und dennoch stark. Die Frauen im Stammbaum Jesu (Mt 1,1–17), log post on the blog of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt Theologie Aktuell, 30.11.2023.
   
• Zwischen Furcht und Vertrauen – Emotionen in der Bibel, Blog post on the blog of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt Theologie Aktuell, 03.11.2022.
   
• Die Bedürfnisse der Menschen wahrnehmen & kreatives Potenzial nutzen. Gottesdienste unter den herausfordernden Bedingungen der Pandemie, Interview for the blog of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt Theologie Aktuell, 20.01.2022.
   
• Gender lernen – Perspektiven für Theologie und Kirche,Blog post on the blog of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt Theologie Aktuell, 11.10.2021.
   
• A. Todtwalusch (Abel) / P. Greiner-Bär: Wo werden Theologinnen und Theologen gebraucht?, Blog post on the blog of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt Theologie Aktuell, 10.07.2018.

c. Editorial assistance

• Advancement Office of Bethlehem University (Ed.): Bethlehem University (BUN). In the Holy Land (Campus-Magazine), Vol. 23, 02/2015–2016.
• Advancement Office of Bethlehem University (Ed.): Bethlehem University (BUN). In the Holy Land (Campus-Magazine), Vol. 23, 01/2015–2016.

Publications in a non-scientific context

a. Articles in journals

•  „…da hilft nur Gottvertrauen“. Wie Kirche in die Gesellschaft strahlt, in: Die (Erz-) Bischöfe von Berlin, Dresden-Meißen, Erfurt, Görlitz und Magdeburg (Hrsg.), Auf den Spuren der Königin von Saba. Eindrücke einer Reise nach Äthiopien, Sonderausgabe der katholischen Wochenzeitung Tag des Herrn, August 2018, 7.
   
• Furchtlos durchs Leben, in: missio magazin. Das Magazin des Internationalen katholischen Missionswerks, 06/2018, 43.
   
• „Beauty ist kein Kompliment“. Persönliche Eindrücke von drei DVHL-Volontärinnen, zusammengestellt von Willie Haentjes, in: Deutscher Verein vom Heiligen Lande (DVHL, Hrsg.), Das Heilige Land, 148. Jg., 01/2016, 75.
   
• „Man muss seinen Traum finden, dann wird der Weg leicht“ (Hermann Hesse), in: Die Priester in der Fokolar-Bewegung aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (Hrsg.), das prisma. Beiträge zu Pastoral, Katechese & Theologie, 28. Jg., 01/2016, 67f.

b. Handouts and pastoral working materials

• T. Söding / P. Greiner-Bär / K. Schäfers: Eine Friedensvisison für alle Völker (Mi 4,1–5) and Siehst du diese Frau? (Lk 7,36–8,3), Working material on the Biblical Impulses for the Katholikentag 2024 in Erfurt, in collaboration with Charlotte Dietrich, Berlin/Erfurt 2024.

• S. Lamprecht / F. Thorak / P. Greiner-Bär / M. Schnauß: Blickkontakt. Begegnungen in der Fastenzeit, hrsg. von Bistum Erfurt, Fasten-hoch-3. Die Fastenaktion des Bistums Erfurt, Erfurt 2021.
   
• S. Lamprecht / F. Thorak / P. Greiner-Bär: Gottes Orte. Begegnungen in der Fastenzeit, hrsg. von Bistum Erfurt, Fasten-hoch-3. Die Fastenaktion des Bistums Erfurt, Erfurt 2020.
   
• S. Lamprecht / F. Thorak / P. Greiner-Bär: Der Kreuzweg Jesu, hrsg. von Bistum Erfurt, Fasten-hoch-3. Die Fastenaktion des Bistums Erfurt, Erfurt 2019.

• Unterm Scheffel und für die Welt? Lichtmetaphorik und Licht als theophanes Element im Neuen Testament, at: Meeting for retired priests of the diocese of Erfurt under the direction of Prof. em. Josef Pilvousek (Erfurt, 20.08.2024)
   
• War das notwendig? Von Glauben und Zweifeln, at: Accompanying events to the DomStufen-Festspiele 2024, organized by Katholisches Forum im Land Thüringen in cooperation with Theater Erfurt (Erfurt, 07.08.2024)
   
• Tamar, Rahab, Rut und Batseba ­­– starke Frauen(-quote) im Stammbaum Jesu, at: Opening of the exhibition"Marginalsiert und dennoch stark. Die Frauen im Stammbaum Jesu (Mt 1,1–17)" (Freiberg/Sa, 30.11.2023)
   
• Klagende Frauen und weinende Männer. Trauer angesichts von Not, Leid und Tod, at: annual conference of the working group of doctoral and post-doctoral students in the New Testament (Frankfurt a.M., 06.05.2023)
   
• Tradition und Transformation. Eine neutestamentliche Perspektive am Beispiel der Figur des Simon Petrus, at: Seminar „Liturgie, Bibel und Transformation der Kirche“ (Erfurt, 11.11.2022)
   
• Niederfallen als affektive Reaktion in Situationen von Ehrfurcht bei Matthäus, at: Summer School „Emotionen in der Bibel“ (Hannover, 04.–06.10.2022)

Conferences and Workshops

• Annual conference of the working group of doctoral and postdoctoral students in the New Testament (AG-Ass), ecumenical working group, 03-05 May 2024 in Göttingen

• Latin Bible, online workshop 04.03.2021, organised by the Department of Exegesis and Theology of the New Testament at the University of Erfurt in cooperation with the Vetus Latina Institute Beuron, language: German and English

• The Latin Bible and its innovative potential in the past and present, workshop in Wittenberg from 13-15 February 2020, organised by the Department of Exegesis and Theology of the New Testament at the University of Erfurt in cooperation with the Seminar for New Testament Studies at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the Vetus Latina Institute Beuron, language: German

• Financial economic system in focus. Requirements of ethics and law, 5th Erfurt Debate on Economy and Faith, panel discussion in Erfurt 02.05.2019, organised by the Department of Canon Law at the University of Erfurt in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Bund Katholischer Unternehmer e.V., Language: German

• Diversity and Unity - Rethinking the Teaching Office of the Episcopal Conference in a World Wide Church, conference in Erfurt from 11-13.11.2018, organised by the Peter and Paul Seminary under the moderation of Myriam Wijlens (Erfurt) and Eugene Duffy (Limerick), languages: English and French

Exhibitions

• Marginalisiert und dennoch stark. Die Frauen im Stammbaum Jesu (Mt 1,1–17), ecumenical exhibition project with exegetical focus in the Protestant Petri Church Freiberg, together with Dr. Cornelia Aßmann and Inga-Maria Schütte, 30.11.2023-06.01.2024. Information on the content and programme of the exhibition can be found here

Promotion of women and gender equality

• Women of the Church - Church of Women. Broadening horizons, series of events with the topics Women in Orthodoxy - a look at the current situation in Ukraine and Russia (24.05.2022) and Women rising - Church in mentoring (07.06.2022), organised by the Women's Advancement and Gender Equality Department of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt, Language: German

• Women of the Church - Church of Women. Service for Church and Society, series of events with the topics Helping Women (23.11.2021), Accompanying Women (11.01.2022) and Reflecting on Women (18.01.2022), organised by the Women's Advancement and Gender Equality Department of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt, Language: German

• Gender in Theology and the Church, online workshop from 29.09.-01.10.2021, organised by the Department for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality and the Department for Exegesis and Theology of the New Testament at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt, language: German

• Women of the Church - Church of Women. Wishes and Perspectives, series of events with the topics Women.Life.Church (18.05.2021), Religious.Woman.Power.Church (25.05.2021) and Women.Leading.Church (01.06.2021), organised by the Women's Advancement and Equality Department of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt, Language: German

Podcast

Katholikentag 2024 – das Leitwort, at: Hörenswertes. Der Podcast im Bistum Erfurt, 16.02.2024

Meine Eine-Welt-Jahr III. Israel – das Heilige Land, at: Hörenswertes. Der Podcast im Bistum Erfurt, 19.08.2022

Radio

Thoughts on the day in the series “Augenblick mal” on mdr radio:
29.12.2024–04.01.2025
23.–29.06.2024
24.–30.03.2024
30.07.–05.08.2023
12.–18.02.2023

“Thoughts for the night” on mdr radio:
09.–13.12.2024 
30.10.–03.11.2023
27.–31.03.2023