Marcel Poorthuis

prof.dr.

Full Professor, Tilburg School of Catholic Theology, Department of Biblical Sciences and Church History
Tilburg School of Catholic Theology, Initiation and mystagogy in the Christian tradition

Phone+31134663815, +31134663800
EmailM.J.H.M.Poorthuis@tilburguniversity.edu

Nieuwegracht 65, Nieuwegracht Building, room NV 205
3512 LG Utrecht
Netherlands

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Personal profile

Research interests

For information: www.marcelpoorthuis.nl

* Judaic studies
* Interaction between patristics and Rabbinics
* Jewish philosophy e.g. Levinas
* Midrash and Quranic studies
* Religion in modern society

Teaching

(U10030) Bijbelwetenschappen
(U10073) Fundamentele theologie: Oecumenica en theologie van de religies
(U20057) Paper (English)
(U20063) Hermeneutics of holy scriptures: Torah, New Testament, Qur'an
(U20065) Feast and rituals
(U40064) Christianity in Dialogue with the World Religions

Current courses

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PhD supervision

PhD supervision completed:

C. van Halem, Protestant ministers in the Netherlands on Judaism: a statistical analysis (with P. van Geest). PhD defense: 08.06.2015.

L. Mock, On the ruah ra`ah in the responsa of the ultra-orthodoxy from 1945-2000 (with S. Berger). PhD defense: 01.12.2015

PhD supervision current:

M. Koole, Abraham Joshua Heschel on prayer as model for truth (with E. Borgman).

M. Zwart, Sacred space: the holy land in Rabbinic and early Christian literature compared (with E. Ottenheijm).

W. Jozias Jansen, Human rights and the confrontation between Christians and Muslims in Eastleigh, Kenia (with G. ter Haar).

J. Pater, Meal parables in Jewish and New Testament sources against hellenistic background (with A. Merz).

M. Stoutjesdijk, Slave parables in Jewish and New Testament sources against hellenistic background (with E. Ottenheijm).

PhD Co-supervision:

Junxiao Bai, Augustin on music (with P. van Geest). Completed.

External positions

(Folkertsma Stichting voor Talenmedica)

1 Sep 2006 → …

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Research Output 1996 2018

De psychoanalyse als joodse zaak

Poorthuis, M. 2018 Het Godstrauma: Lacan, religie en moderniteit. Welten, R. & de Kesel, M. (eds.). Amsterdam: Sjibbolet, p. 87-100 14 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific

Human Dignity and Diapraxis in 'Little Mogadishu': Human Rights Culture in the Intereligious Context of Kenya

Jansen, W., 2018, [s.l.]: [s.n.]. 222 p.

Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Scientific

Open Access

File

Human Rights

Human Dignity

Kenya

Nairobi

Gangs

Jewish Influences upon Islamic Storytelling: The Case of David and Bathsheba

Poorthuis, M. 2018 Hebrew Texts in Jewish, Christian and Muslim Surroundings. van Staalduine, E. & Spronk, K. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 135-150 16 p. (Studia Semitica Neerlandica; vol. 69)

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

Bathsheba

Islam

Storytelling

Apologetics

Judaism

Managen met Mozes: Voor leiders van vandaag

Poorthuis, M. 2018 Amstelveen: Amphora. 110 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional

The redemption of an arch-heretic: Elisha ben Abuya and the flames of gehenna

Poorthuis, M., 2018, The Apostles’ Creed: ‘He Descended Into Hell’. Van Wieringen, A. & Sarot, M. (eds.). Brill publishers, (Studies in Theology and Religion; vol. 24).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

Redemption

Heretics

Gehenna

Arch

Compassion