Benedikt Welte

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Benedikt Welte (born November 25, 1805 in Ratzenried , † May 27, 1885 in Rottenburg am Neckar ) was a German Catholic Old Testament scholar.

Life

After studying theology in Tübingen and Bonn, Welte was ordained a priest in 1833. From 1835 he was a repetitionist at the Wilhelmsstift in Tübingen, in 1838 he became an associate professor, and in 1840 he became a full professor for the Old Testament in Tübingen. In 1857 he was appointed cathedral capitular in Rottenburg; for health reasons he hardly worked scientifically from then on.

His work on the Old Testament flowed mainly between 1836 and 1856 into his articles in the Theological Quarterly , of which he was co-editor from 1840, and into the introduction edited and edited by him (1840–44).

Together with Heinrich Joseph Wetzer , he edited the twelve-volume church lexicon from 1847 to 1860 , which was “an encyclopedic standard work as a joint work of the leading Catholic scholars of the time”. He contributed numerous articles himself.

Fonts

  • Goriun's biography of St. Mesrop : Translated for the first time from the original Armenian text and explained by Armenian writers. E. Tr. Eifert, Tübingen, 1841
  • Post-mosaic in the Pentateuch. Herder, Karlsruhe / Freiburg a. a., 1841
  • The book Job: translated and explained by B. Welte. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1849
  • Johann Georg Herbst : Historical-critical introduction to the holy scriptures of the Old Testament. Completed and edited by B. Welte after the author's death.
    • 1. General introduction , 1840
    • 2.1 The historical books , 1842
    • 2.2 The prophetic and poetic books , 1842
    • 2.3 Special introduction to the deutero-canonical books of the Old Testament , 1844 (without submission from Herbst)
  • together with Heinrich Joseph Wetzer (Ed.): Church Lexicon or Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology and its auxiliary sciences , 12 volumes. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1847–1856 (general register 1860)
second edition: Wetzer and Welte's Church Lexicon or Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology and its auxiliary sciences. With the participation of many Catholic scholars, started by Joseph Hergenröther , continued by Franz Kaulen in 12 volumes. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1882–1901, name a. Item register 1903, DNB 948388005

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Matthias Hänger:  Welte, Benedikt. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 1504-1518.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  2. ↑ John Fox in the Catholic Encyclopedia assumes 200 contributions in the article Benedict Welte . See Hänger in BBKL: "He contributed many articles to Old Testament keywords such as 'Hebrews', 'Criticism', 'Book of Judges' or 'Proverbs of Solomon'".

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personal data
SURNAME Welte, Benedict
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Welte, Benedict
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic Old Testament scholar
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Ratzenried
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1885
Place of death Rottenburg am Neckar