Born 1942; Graduate of Oxford University (BA, MA), Edinburgh University (BD) and Cambridge University (PhD); 1972-1989, Tutorial Assistant, then Lecturer University of St Andrews; 1990-1994 Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer Durham University; 1994-2006 Professor of New Testament, Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; since 2006 retired.