The Rediscovery of Apocalyptic - Paperbackby Klaus Koch (Author) A polemical work on a neglected area of biblical studies and its damaging effects on theology and philosophy. Klaus Koch is Professor of Old Testament in the University of Hamburg. After studying at the Universities of Mainz, Tubingen and Heidelberg he became pastor of the Lutheran church in Jena, East Germany, from 1954 1956. He then returned to Erlangen as Privatdozent, and after work there and in Hamburg, he became Professor