I work as a scholar and teacher in New Testament Studies, a discipline which deals with the New Testament texts in their original environment, i.e., what the texts meant when they were written, and what they later were understood to mean. The historical study of the New Testament calls for a broad competence including ancient history and Greco-Roman religions. The New Testament was originally written in Greek so anyone who wants to study the subject seriously needs to read the texts in the original. I teach mainly an introductory course in New Testament Greek where also hermeneutical aspects are addressed.