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<p><b>Annette Brigitte Merz</b> (born 1 December 1965, <a href="Frankfurt_am_Main" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankfurt am Main">Frankfurt am Main</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a German <a href="Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> <a href="Theologian" class="mw-redirect" title="Theologian">theologian</a> and biblical scholar, on the faculty of the <a href="University_of_Utrecht" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Utrecht">University of Utrecht</a>. Merz has conducted vigorous research into the <a href="Historicity_of_Jesus" title="Historicity of Jesus">historicity of Jesus</a> and is best known for her 1996 book with <a href="Gerd_Theissen" title="Gerd Theissen">Gerd Theissen</a>, <i>The Historical Jesus</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Studies1999_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Studies1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a widely used textbook translated into six languages.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the book, Merz and Theissen "assert that the Christian sources portray both positive and negative assessments of temple sacrifice and that <a href="Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, near the end of his life, deliberately created a rite to displace such sacrifices" and argue that "significant sayings of Jesus indicate a critical attitude towards the temple cult."<sup id="cite_ref-Milavec2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Milavec2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also argue that "God's kingdom is the establishment of his ethical will, the kingdom is to be understood dynamically as rule. But the "kingdom of God" is not an end in itself",<sup id="cite_ref-FiorenzaSchssler2001_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FiorenzaSchssler2001-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also examine "five of the most important differences” between Jesus and John.<sup id="cite_ref-AllisonJr.2010_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllisonJr.2010-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AndersonJust2007_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AndersonJust2007-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 16th and final chapter they examine the historical Jesus and the beginnings of <a href="Christology" title="Christology">Christology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CameronMiller2004_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CameronMiller2004-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 2007, she and several other scholars published <i>Kompendium der Gleichnisse Jesu</i>, a major volume on the <a href="Parables_of_Jesus" title="Parables of Jesus">parables of Jesus</a>. In 2012 she was due to publish <i>Kompendium der frühchristlichen Wundererzählungen</i>, another extensive volume which documents the <a href="Miracles_of_Jesus" title="Miracles of Jesus">miracles of Jesus</a>.

</p><p>Since 2014 Merz has served as Professor of New Testament at the Protestant Theological University, Groningen and Research Associate Professor (30%) at the University of Tilburg, Tilburg School of Catholic Theology.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://profs.library.uu.nl/index.php/profrec/getprofdata/1381/1/1/0">Prof.dr. A.B. Merz (1965 - )</a> at the <i>Catalogus Professorum Academiæ Rheno-Traiectinæ</i></span>

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</style><cite id="CITEREFMcGill_University._Faculty_of_Religious_Studies1999" class="citation book cs1">McGill University. Faculty of Religious Studies (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=LDQRAQAAIAAJ"><i>Arc</i></a>. Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University. p. 227<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 April</span> 2012</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-AndersonJust2007-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AndersonJust2007_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFAndersonJustThatcher2007" class="citation book cs1">Anderson, Paul N.; Just, Felix; Thatcher, Tom (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ryybidJYMAQC&pg=PA219"><i>John, Jesus, and History</i></a>. Society of Biblical Lit. p. 219. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-1-58983-293-0</bdi><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 April</span> 2012</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-CameronMiller2004-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CameronMiller2004_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFCameronMiller2004" class="citation book cs1">Cameron, Ron; Miller, Merrill P. (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gViBxDhTbCEC&pg=PA355"><i>Redescribing Christian Origins</i></a>. BRILL. p. 355. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-90-04-13064-7</bdi><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 April</span> 2012</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150117230107/http://www.annettemerz.com/home/">Annette Merz - Home</a></span>

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