Prof. Dr. theol., Professor of Hebrew Bible and Semitic Philology 1997–2017
*1951, 1971–1976 studied theology at the Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Bern; 1977 practical education as a pastor in Adelboden; subsequently accepted into the ministry of the Evangelisch-reformierten Landeskirche Bern; 1977–1983 research assistant at the Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Bern (Chair of Prof. Dr M. A. Klopfenstein); 1983 doctorate in theology with a thesis on the commandment to love one's neighbour in the Hebrew Bible; 1983–1985 pastor in the ‘Paroisse réformée de l'Église évangélique-réformée de la République et Canton du Jura’; 1985–1987 scholarship holder of the Swiss National Science Foundation for the funding of research at the Theological Faculty of the Georg-August-University Göttingen; 1987–1988 scholarship holder of the Swiss National Science Foundation for the funding of research at the ‘École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem’; 1988–1991: Pasteur bilingue in the ‘Paroisse de l'Ajoie et du Clos du Doubs de l'Église évangélique- réformée de la République et Canton du Jura’; 1990 Habilitation in Hebrew Bible at the Protestant Theological Faculty of the University of Bern; 1991–1997 Extraordinarius for Hebrew Bible at the Theological Faculty of the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg; 1997–2017 Professor of Hebrew Bible and Semitic Philology at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Basel.

Festschriften for Hans-Peter Mathys:

• Hanna Jenni / Markus Saur (eds.), Nächstenliebe und Gottesfurcht. Beiträge aus alttestamentlicher, semitistischer und altorientalistischer Wissenschaft für Hans-Peter Mathys zum 65. Geburtstag (Alter Orient und Altes Testament [AOAT] 439), Münster 2016.
• Nesina Grütter / Hanna Jenni (eds.), Religionen und Kulturen in Beziehung. Festheft für Hans-Peter Mathys anlässlich seiner Emeritierung am 31. Januar 2017, Theologische Zeitschrift (ThZ) 73, 2017, 1–105 (= Issue 1).