Heike Friis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Heike Friis

Danish theologian and parish priest

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1943

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Apr-2015

Profession: theologian, parish priest

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Heike Friis

  • Heike Friis (April 27, 1943, Hamburg - April 1, 2015, Aabenraa) was a Danish theologian and parish priest.
  • She grew up in Sæd in South Denmark near the German border.
  • She graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1968 with a candidate thesis that won the University's gold medal titled "The Background in and outside of Israel for the Emergence of David's Empire".
  • The thesis represented a break with the conservative tradition of Biblical exegesis, arguing that the Biblical historical narratives presuppose the Babylonian exile.
  • This idea was important in introducing the narrative approach to exegesis that became the hallmark of the Copenhagen school in Theology.
  • It was however not formally published until 1986, when it was published in German as "Die Bedingungen für die Errichtung des Davidischen Reichs in Israel und seiner Umwelt".
  • Subsequently, she worked as a faculty member at the priest seminary of Haslev, and as an external lecturer in theology at the University of Copenhagen, and finally as a parish priest in the Church of Sjælør.
  • She retired in 2003.
  • She lived from 2009 in her hometown Sæd until her death.

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