Anton Vorbichler

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Anton Vorbichler SVD (born January 21, 1921 in Einhörn ; † October 29, 1999 in Mödling ) was a Roman Catholic priest and ethnologist .

Life

He studied in the Mission House of St. Gabriel and Rome . He worked as a missionary in the Congo and combined research and lecturing activities with his assignment. From 1957 to 1961 he studied African Studies in Hamburg , where he received his doctorate on September 21, 1965 and completed his habilitation in 1965 . He came to Vienna in 1974 as a university professor for religious studies . At the same time he was teaching in the St. Gabriel Mission House. He died in the Mödling State Hospital and was buried on November 8th.

His main research interests were the natural religions of Central Africa, the recording and evaluation of various African dialects, as well as phonetics and linguistics studies.

Works (selection)

  • The sacrifice from the oldest stages in human history that can still be reached today. A conceptual study (= Sankt Gabrieler Studies . Volume 15). Sankt-Gabriel-Verlag, Mödling 1956, OCLC 869059677 (also dissertation, Gregoriana 1954).
  • The phonology and morphology of the Balese. (Ituri jungle, Congo) (= African research . Volume 2). Augustin, Glückstadt 1965, OCLC 4813740 (also dissertation, Hamburg 1965).
  • The language of the Mamvu (= African research . Volume 5). Augustin, Glückstadt 1971, OCLC 802025934 (also habilitation thesis, Hamburg 1965).
  • with Inge Hofmann : Der Ethiopienlogos in Herodotus (= contributions to African studies . Volume 3) (= publications of the institutes for African studies and Egyptology . Volume 4). Afro-Pub, Vienna 1979, OCLC 299627073 .
  • with Inge Hofmann: Karl May 's image of Islam and the Islamo-Christian dialogue (= contributions to African studies . Volume 4) (= publications by the institutes for African studies and Egyptology . Volume 6). Afro-Pub, Vienna 1979, OCLC 7944318 .
  • The oral literature of the Balese ivy in the Ituri forest (northeast Zaïre). With a musicological appendix by Rudolf Maria Brandl (= Studia Instituti Anthropos . Volume 34). Publisher of the Anthropos Institute, Sankt Augustin 1979, ISBN 3-921389-70-4 .

literature

  • As editor Inge Hofmann: Festschrift for the 60th birthday of P. Anton Vorbichler . Afro-Pub, Vienna 1981, OCLC 473640095 .

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personal data
SURNAME Vorbichler, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian clergyman (Roman Catholic), Steyler missionary and ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Unicorns
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1999
Place of death Mödling