Andreas Evaristus Mader

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Andreas Evaristus Mader , SDS (born January 9, 1881 in Großlangheim as Andreas Mader; † March 13, 1949 in Percha ) was a German theologian , orientalist and biblical archaeologist .

Life

At the age of 14, Andreas Mader joined the Salvatorian Order . He received the religious name Evaristus . On October 8, 1897, he took his religious vows in Rome . In 1899 he began studying theology, initially at the Pontifical Gregorian University, before moving to the Faculty of Theology at the University of Friborg in Switzerland in 1900 . On July 25, 1903, he received the sacrament of ordination . He then continued his studies in theology, Christian archeology and biblical languages, which he completed in 1908 with a dissertation on the subject of the human sacrifice of the ancient Hebrews and neighboring peoples (Freiburg 1909).

Pope Pius X appointed Mader in 1907 as professor of exegesis at the regional seminar in Tivoli near Rome. After the seminary was closed, Mader came to the newly established Biblical Institute of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1909 . Between 1911 and 1914 Mader traveled to Palestine on a grant from the Görres Society . He researched the megaliths there , especially the dolmens , and worked in the library of the Oriental Institute of the Görres Society in Jerusalem . During the First World War he served as a chaplain in Belgium and later in France, where he was seriously wounded by a grenade in 1918.

In 1925 he returned to the Jerusalem Oriental Institute of the Görres Society, of which Mader was director from 1927 to 1930. During this time he carried out several archaeological excavations in Mamre near Hebron . He exposed the 65 × 50 m sacred area. His best-known excavation project was the investigation of the Church of the Multiplication near Tabgha , which began at the end of 1931 . Parallel to the excavations in Tabgha, Mader initiated the first excavation campaign in Chirbat al-Minya in 1932 .

Honors

In his place of birth Großlangheim, Professor-Mader-Strasse is named after Andreas Evaristus Mader.

Fonts

  • The human sacrifice of the ancient Hebrews and neighboring peoples. A contribution to the Old Testament religious history (= Biblical Studies. Volume 14). Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1909.
  • Early Christian basilicas and local traditions in southern Judaea . Schöningh, Paderborn 1918 (reprint: Johnson, New York 1967).
  • Rome in pictures. Ars sacra, Munich 1925.
  • Mambre. The results of the excavations in the sacred district of Râmet el-Ḫalîl in southern Palestine 1926–1928. Wewel, Freiburg im Breisgau 1954.
  • (with illustrations by Gustave Doré ): The Bible in Pictures. J. Müller, Munich 1952.
  • Small fonts
    • Vol. 1: Megalithic Monuments in the West Bank , 1914.
    • Vol. 2: Byzantine basilica remains on Temple Square in Jerusalem , 1930.
    • Vol. 3: Les Fouilles du Ramet-El-Khalil près d'Hébron , 1930.
    • Vol. 4: The excavation of the Basilica of the Multiplication and its mosaics at Et-Tabga on Lake Genesareth , 1932.
    • Vol. 5: The excavation at Lake Genesareth on the property of the German Association of the Holy Land , 1932.
    • Vol. 6: J. Jeremias, The Passover Celebration of the Samaritans and their Significance for Understanding the Old Testament Passover Tradition (detailed review), 1933.
    • Vol. 7: Bethlehem , 1933.
    • Vol. 8: At the lake Genesareth , 1933.
    • Vol. 9: The excavation of a Roman fort on Chirbel el Minje on Via Maris near Et-Tābgha on Lake Gennesareth , 1934.
    • Vol. 10: Mambre, a site of the original biblical revelation in the light of the latest excavations , 1934.
    • Vol. 11: A cycle of pictures in the grave cave of St. Euthymios-Laura on Mardes (Chirbet el-Mard) in the Judaean desert , 1937.

literature

in order of appearance

  • Peter Thomsen: In memoriam Andreas Evaristus Mader . In: Theologische Literaturzeitung , Vol. 74 (1949), No. 9, Sp. 563-564.
  • Anton Kiebele: The Salvatorians in the past and present 1881–1981 . Salvatorian Generalate, Rome 1981, pp. 339–342.
  • Leonhard Berchtold: Salvatorian Father Evaristus Andreas Mader 1881–1949. As an archaeologist in the footsteps of Father Jordan (= Salvatorians, who are worth knowing , vol. 5). Generalizia dei Salvatoriani Curia, Rome 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The adventurous life of Andreas Mader . In: Mainpost , Kitzingen edition, June 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ Peter Thomsen: In memoriam Andreas Evaristus Mader . In: Theologische Literaturzeitung , Vol. 74 (1949), No. 9, Col. 563-564, here Col. 563.
  3. ↑ Peter Thomsen: In memoriam Andreas Evaristus Mader . In: Theologische Literaturzeitung , Vol. 74 (1949), No. 9, Col. 563-564, here Col. 564.
  4. ↑ Leonhard Berchtold: "Because of Sion I will not be silent and because of Jerusalem I will not rest!" On the 60th anniversary of the death of Salvatorian Father Evarist Mader . In: Würzburger Catholic Sunday Gazette, vol. 156 (2009), No. 10, p. 28.
  5. ↑ Detlef Jericke : Abraham in Mamre. Historical and exegetical studies of the Hebron region and Genesis 11: 27-19.38 . Brill, Leiden 2003, ISBN 90-04-12939-1 , p. 40.
  6. ↑ Andreas Evaristus Mader: The excavation of a Roman fort on Chirbet el-Minje on the Via Maris near et-Tabgha on Lake Gennesareth. In: The Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society , Vol. 13 (1933), pp. 209-221.
personal data
SURNAME Mader, Andreas Evaristus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mader, Andreas (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, orientalist and Christian archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Großlangheim
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1949
Place of death Percha