Arthur Allgeier

Arthur Allgeier (born October 23, 1882 in Wehr , † July 4, 1952 in Ebersteinburg (Baden); full name: Franz Arthur Allgeier ) was a German Catholic theologian ( Old Testament scholar ).

Life

The son of a tax collector attended high schools in Sasbach and Freiburg. He then studied Catholic theology at the University of Freiburg and was ordained a priest in 1906. Then he devoted himself to studying classical philology and oriental studies . In 1910 he was awarded a Dr. theol. PhD , 1914 at the University of Berlin as Dr. phil. In 1915 he completed his habilitation at the University of Freiburg. There he was full professor of the Old Testament from 1919 until his retirement in 1951 .

Allgeier was Secretary General of the Görres Society from 1929 to 1941 . In 1937 he was appointed papal house prelate and in 1941 consultor of the Pontifical Biblical Commission .

Scientifically, he was mainly active in the field of the Latin psalm tradition .

About double reports in Genesis. A critical investigation and a principle examination , Freiburg i.Br .: Herder 1911 (dissertation, Freiburg i.Br. 1910)
The West Syrian tradition of the dormouse legend , Berlin. Dissertation 1915
Bible and school. An introduction to the Old Testament for religious education teachers in six lectures , Freiburg i.Br .: Herder 1922
The ancient Latin psalteries. Prolegomena to a text history of the Hieronymian Psalms Translations , Freiburg i.Br .: Herder 1928
Fragments of an old Latin psalter from St. Gallen: in Codd. 1395 St. Gallen, C 184 Zurich u. 587 Vienna , Heidelberg: winter 1929

Alfons Deißler : Allgeier, Arthur. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 202 ( digitized version ).
Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Allgeier, Franz Arthur. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 121-122. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Allgeier, Arthur. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 , p. 17.
Alfons Deissler: University Professor D. Dr. Arthur Allgeier (1882-1952). Honorary citizen of the city of Wehr. In: Das Markgräflerland, Issue 2/1992, pp. 35–42, digitized version of the Freiburg University Library

personal data
SURNAME	Allgeier, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Allgeier, Franz Arthur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Catholic Old Testament scholar
DATE OF BIRTH	October 23, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weir (Baden)
DATE OF DEATH	4th July 1952
Place of death	Ebersteinburg (Baden)