1934
Born in Berlin - Wilmersdorf
1953
Maturity in Lüdinghausen
1953-1956
Bible Studies in America
1956-1963
Studies in theology, in Classical Greek, in English philology, in philosophy at Münster, Heidelberg, Tübingen, Hamburg 
universities
1956-1968
Volunteer as a book-counter in the bookshop of his father every year after Christmas.
1963
State examinations at Münster University
1963-1968
Scientific collaborator Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum, Münster
1968
Dr. theol., Münster University
1968-2022
Married to Helga Niesen, chaplain
By the way,
she was not bad either: Women (German text)
1968-1972
Assistant at University of Erlangen, Institutum Judaicum, Erlangen
1972-1985
Nederlands-Hervormd (Dutch reformed) vicar and pastor at Erlangen, Pilsum, 
Manslagt, Hasestadt Osnabrück
1985-1987
Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Münster
1988 ff.
Guest lectures, mainly at Universities
1988-1992
Studies in editorial science at Osnabrück University
1996
Dr. phil., Osnabrück University
1992 ff.
Work as editor, author and co-author
2022
Widower