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Dieter Vieweger

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Dieter Vieweger , a Biblical scholar and Prehistoric Archaeologist, was born in Chemnitz , East Germany in 1958. He studied Theology ( Old Testament Studies) and Prehistoric Archaeology in Leipzig and Frankfurt am Main . After that he held a number of distinguished research and educational positions. Today he teaches at the „Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal“, and the universities of Münster and Witten-Herdecke while also being the director of scientific institutes in Jerusalem and Amman as well as in Wuppertal .

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born in chemnitz

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german archaeologist

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