Gerhard Wehmeier (1935–2009) was an Old Testament Scholar hailing from Germany from the Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck. Wehmeier taught Old Testament at the United Theological College, Bangalore from 1973 through 1978.K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997, Bangalore, 1997.
Studies Wehmeier studied at the seminary in Bielefeld-Bethel and later at the Universities in Göttingen, Basel, Bonn and Atlanta in North America.
Writings 1970, Der Segen im Alten Testament: eine semasiologische Untersuchung der Wurzel brk,Gerhard Wehmeier, Der Segen im Alten Testament: eine semasiologische Untersuchung der Wurzel brk, Reinhardt, Basel, 1970. 1974, The Theme Blessing for the Nations in the Promises to the Patriarchs and in the Prophetical Literature,Gerhard Wehmeier, The Theme Blessing for the Nations in the Promises to the Patriarchs and in the Prophetical Literature, Bangalore Theological Forum, Volume 6, 1974, pp.5–6. Cited in James A. Meek, The Gentile Mission in Old Testament Citations in Acts, T&T Clark, London, 2008, p.118. 1977, The Prohibition of Theft in the Decalogue,Gerhard Wehmeier, The Prohibition of Theft in the Decalogue in Indian Journal of Theology, Volume 26, 1977, pp181-191. Cited in Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., Toward Old Testament Ethics, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, 1983, p.209.
Teaching Wehmeier began teaching Old Testament at the United Theological College, Bangalore from 1973 during the Principalship of J. R. Chandran. Wehmeier's students who specialized in Old Testament during that period include, 1972–1974, S. J. Theodore of the Church of South India, Diocese of Karimnagar, 1972–1975, Nitoy Achümi of the Bible Society of India, 1975–1977, R. Daniel Premkumar of the Church of South India Synod, 1976–1978, D. Dhanaraj of the Karnataka Theological College, 1977–1979, J. Bhaskar Jeyaraj of the South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies.
When Wehmeier joined the seminary in 1973, John Sadananda, the present Master of the Senate of Serampore College (University) was still a graduate student who benefited from the Old Testament scholarship of Wehmeier and his other two colleagues, G. M. Butterworth and E. C. John and the three of them led the Old Testament studies in Bangalore while John D. W. WattsJames W. Watts, Paul R. House (Edited), Forming Prophetic Literature: Essays on Isaiah and the Twelve in Honor of J. D. W. Watts, Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield, 1996, p.17. and G. Babu RaoThe Story of Serampore and its College, Council of Serampore College, Serampore (Fourth Edition), 2005, p.92. led the Old Testament studies in Serampore College, Serampore for nearly half a decade.
After Wehmeier returned to Germany in 1978 to take up responsibilities with his home Church, the Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck, he continued to be involved in matters relating to ministerial support for students pursuing seminary studies in India. It was Wehmeier who made possibleDaniel Sadananda, The Johannine Exegesis of God: An Exploration Into the Johannine understanding of God, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2004. the overseas research studies of Daniel Sadananda, a New Testament Scholar and current President of the United Theological College, Bangalore Society.
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