Wolf-Peter Funk Explained

Wolf-Peter Funk
Birth Date:1943
Birth Place:Oederan, Germany
Death Date:February 18, 2021
Death Place:Quebec City, Canada
Nationality:German, Canadian
Occupation:Professor
Doctoral Advisor:Hans-Martin Schenke
Discipline:Coptology
Workplaces:Université Laval
Main Interests:Gnosticism, Manichaeism, Coptology

Wolf-Peter Funk (born 1943 in Oederan, Germany; died February 18, 2021, in Quebec City, Canada) was a German historian of religion and Coptologist known for his pioneering studies on Gnosticism, Manichaeism, and Coptic manuscripts such as the Nag Hammadi library.

Biography

Wolf-Peter Funk was born in 1943 in Oederan, Germany as the only son of Johanna Roeber and Wolfgang Funk.[1]

As a student of Hans-Martin Schenke, Wolf-Peter Funk was one of the founders of the Berlin Working Group for Coptic Gnostic Writings. As part of the research group in Berlin, he translated many texts in the Nag Hammadi library during the 1970s.[2]

In 1986, Funk became a visiting professor in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at Laval University, specializing in Coptic linguistics and biblical and Gnostic literature. At Laval, he worked on the "Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi" (Nag Hammadi Coptic Library) Project, and was later appointed associate professor at Laval. He has worked on digital concordances of the Nag Hammadi texts, which were originally stored on floppy disks.[2]

Wolf-Peter Funk has worked on the reconstruction and translation of the Manichaean Coptic manuscripts held at the National Museum of Berlin.[1] He taught Coptic at Laval University until 2009.[3] He has also worked on concordances of the Manichaean Kephalaia and the Manichaean Homilies.[2]

He died from cancer at the Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus in Quebec City on February 18, 2021, at the age of 77.[1]

Works (selected)

Selected works (books authored or with contributed articles):[4]

Translations and concordances

French translations and concordances published by Laval University Press:[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wolf-Peter Funk, Ph. D.. Harmonia.
  2. Web site: Wolf-Peter Funk, 1943-2021. CoptOT Public.
  3. Web site: Wolf-Peter Funk (1943–2021). cmcl.it. 13 September 2023.
  4. https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1696339.Wolf_Peter_Funk Goodreads
  5. https://www.pulaval.com/auteurs/wolf-peter-funk Presses de l'Université Laval

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