Josef Schreiner (theologian)

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Josef Schreiner (born April 14, 1922 in Windheim ; † May 2, 2002 in Würzburg ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian for Old Testament exegesis . He was rector of the University of Würzburg from 1973 to 1975.

Life

Josef Schreiner studied philosophy and theology in Würzburg . In 1953 he was with Joseph Ziegler with the work The Septuagint -Massora of the Book of Judges. A text-critical study on Dr. theol. PhD. From 1952 to 1955 he was an assistant at the theological faculty in Würzburg. In 1955 he went to the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome , where he obtained the degree of licentiate in biblical studies in 1956 with the work Das Deboralied in der Septuagint and then his habilitation thesis Sion-Jerusalem, Yahweh's royal seat. Theology of the Holy City in the Old Testament . With this thesis he received his habilitation in 1960 at the theological faculty in Würzburg. In 1962 he was appointed university lecturer.

On April 22, 1964, he was appointed full professor at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster and was appointed director of the seminar for contemporary biblical history. On April 1, 1970, he took over as successor to his teacher Joseph Ziegler Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Oriental languages at the University of Würzburg , where he in July 1990 emeritus was.

Josef Schreiner was also involved in academic self-government, in scientific bodies and church commissions. He was u. a. Vice-Rector (1971–1973), Rector (1973–1975) and Prorector (1975–1976) of the University of Würzburg. For several years he was chairman of the working group of German-speaking Catholic Old Testament scholars. In 1984 he was appointed a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.

In 1984 he was appointed Knight of the Papal Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Maximilien de Fürstenberg and invested on December 1, 1984 by Franz Cardinal Hengsbach , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy .

honors and awards

Bibliography (selection)

  • Septuagint - Massora of the Book of Judges. A text-critical study (AnBibl 7). Rome 1957.
  • Sion-Jerusalem, Yahweh's royal seat. Theology of the Holy City in the Old Testament (StANT: Studies on the Old and New Testament 7), Munich 1963.
  • The Ten Commandments in the Life of God's People. Decalogue research and proclamation (BiH: Biblische Handbibliothek 3), Munich 1966. 2. revised. Aufl., Munich 1988, also translated into Japanese
  • Requested by God's Word. From the proclamation of the prophet Jeremias (WB: Die Welt der Bibel 20), Düsseldorf 1967.
  • Aspects of today's exegesis. The Bible: God's - or Human Word? Wuerzburg 1968.
  • Shape and claim of the New Testament. (in collaboration with Gerhard Dautzenberg ) Würzburg 1969.
  • Old Testament Jewish apocalyptic. An introduction (BiH: Biblical Reference Library 5). Munich 1969.
  • Jeremiah 1-25,14 (NEB: The New Real Bible. Old Testament). Wuerzburg 1981.
  • The 4th book Esra (JSHRZ: Jewish literature from the Hellenistic-Roman period V / 4), Gütersloh 1981
  • Who shows us the way? Bible Answers to Human Questions. Wuerzburg 1981.
  • Live in the resurrection. Freiburg 1983.
  • Reconciled with God. Wurzburg 1984.
  • Jeremiah 25: 15-52: 34 (NEB: The New Real Bible. Old Testament). Wurzburg 1984.
  • A star rises from Bethlehem. Wurzburg 1984.
  • Repent that you may live. Wuerzburg 1985.
  • Saints - witnesses to our lives. Wuerzburg 1985.
  • Baruch (NEB: The New Real Bible. Old Testament). Würzburg 1986.
  • Erich Zenger (ed.): Blessing for the peoples. Collected writings on the origins and theology of the Old Testament . Wuerzburg 1987.
  • Basic lines of Christian existence. Limburg 1992.
  • Erich Zenger (Ed.): Life according to God's direction. Collected Writings on theology of the Old Testament II . Wuerzburg 1992.
  • Theology of the Old Testament (NEB: The New Real Bible. Supplementary Volume 1 to the Old Testament). Wuerzburg 1995
  • Erich Zenger (ed.): The one God of Israel. Collected writings on theology of the Old Testament III . Wuerzburg 1997.
  • Understanding the Old Testament (NEB: The New Real Bible. Supplement 4). Würzburg 1999
  • The neighbor - the stranger - the enemy. Perspectives of the Old and New Testaments , together with R. Kampling (NEB: The New Real Bible. Topics 3), Würzburg 2000
  • Jesus Sirach 1-24 (NEB: The New Real Bible. Old Testament), Würzburg 2002.

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personal data
SURNAME Carpenter, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Windheim (Münnerstadt)
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 2002
Place of death Wurzburg