Helmut Feld has studied philosophy, classical philology, and history at Trier, Rome and Tübingen. Since 1975 he has taught historical theology at the University of Saarland, and has held a research post at the University of Tübingen since 1982 for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Previous publications: Der Hebräerbrief (1985) andDie Anfänge der modernen biblischen Hermeneutik in der spätmittelalterlichen Theologie. (1977).