Description: Josiah's cult reform has been called the main event in the history of literature and religion in ancient Israel. The reform of the system of religious symbols, expressed in Josiah's measures related to cult policies, marked a turning point in the history of the religion of ancient Israel on its way to a monotheistic concept of God. C
Brief description: Michael Pietsch, Geboren 1967; 1987-94 Studium der Ev. Theologie in Heidelberg, Basel, Tubingen und Kiel; 2002 Promotion; 2002-08 Hochschulassistent an der Universitat Hamburg; 2011 Habilitation; seit 2010 Vertretungsprofessuren an den Universitaten Bremen, Hamburg und Osnabruck.