Matthias Klinghardt
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Matthias Klinghardt (born August 24, 1957 in Waldshut-Tiengen) is a German Protestant theologian and university professor. His theological specialty is the New Testament.[1] He is a proponent of the Marcion hypothesis for the synoptic problem and the gospel of John.
From 1976 to 1982 Klinghardt studied Protestant Theology at the Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel, the University of Tübingen and the University of Heidelberg.
This was followed by the first church service test at the Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden. In 1986 he received his doctorate from the Evangelical Theological Faculty of Heidelberg University under Klaus Berger. His dissertation was supported by a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes from 1983 to the end of 1986. This was followed by a research and teaching stay in the United States from 1988 to 1989, during this one-year study stay he was assistant professor at the Department of Religious Studies, Rice University[2] in Houston (Texas).
