Gerhard Wehmeier

The Reverend Doctor Gerhard Wehmeier EKD
Born	Gerhard Wehmeier (1935-07-12)July 12, 1935 Lemgo, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Died	April 25, 2009(2009-04-25) (aged 73) Immenhausen, Hesse, Germany
Nationality	German
Citizenship	Germany
Education	Dr. Theol.
Alma mater	Basel University, Switzerland
Occupation	Pastor and Teacher
Years active	1962-2000

Religion	Christianity
Church	Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck
Ordained	1962
Congregations served	Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe(1962-1968) United Church, Washington (2000-2003)
Offices held	Teacher - in - Old Testament, United Theological College, Bangalore (1973-1978) Director, Hofgeismar Seminary, Hofgeismar(1980-1989)
Title	The Reverend Doctor

Gerhard Wehmeier (1935–2009) was an Old Testament Scholar hailing from Germany from the Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck. Wehmeier taught Old Testament at the United Theological College, Bangalore from 1973 through 1978.

Wehmeier studied at the seminary in Bielefeld-Bethel and later at the Universities in Göttingen, Basel, Bonn and Atlanta in North America.

Wehmeier began teaching Old Testament at the United Theological College, Bangalore from 1973 during the Principalship of J. R. Chandran. Wehmeier's students who specialized in Old Testament during that period include,

When Wehmeier joined the seminary in 1973, John Sadananda, the present Master of the Senate of Serampore College (University) was still a graduate student who benefited from the Old Testament scholarship of Wehmeier and his other two colleagues, G. M. Butterworth and E. C. John and the three of them led the Old Testament studies in Bangalore while John D. W. Watts and G. Babu Rao led the Old Testament studies in Serampore College, Serampore for nearly half a decade.