Eduard Riggenbach

Eduard Riggenbach (born September 18, 1861 in Basel ; † October 4, 1927 there ) was a Swiss Protestant theologian and university professor .

Life

family

Eduard Riggenbach was the son of the businessman and bailiff Albert Riggenbach (1822–1906) and his wife Marie Henriette (1824–1919), daughter of the businessman and banker Johann Jakob Iselin (1794–1874). His brother was the astronomer and politician Albert Riggenbach (born August 22, 1854 in Basel; † February 28, 1921 there), married to Valerie, daughter of the businessman Daniel Burckhardt. He was also a nephew of the architect Christoph Riggenbach and a great-nephew of the architect Achilles Huber .

He had been married to Helene (1860–1927), daughter of the President of the Basel Criminal Court, Johann Heinrich Eduard Thurneysen (1824–1900), since 1889. They had a daughter together:

• Helena Riggenbach (* 1897 in Basel), married to the archaeologist Ernst (1867–1926), son of the painter Ernst Stückelberg .

education

Riggenbach attended high school (today: Gymnasium am Münsterplatz ) in Basel and was a theology student at the Basler Predigerschule from 1880 to 1885 and at the University of Basel from 1885 to 1888 .

Career

After his exams and ordination in 1885, he taught at the Preacher's School from 1887 to 1902, and from 1888 to 1889 in the Basel Mission House .

In 1891 he became a licentiate in theology and completed his habilitation in 1892.

From 1899 he was associate professor and from 1917 full professor of theology at the University of Basel.

He was also a member of the Basel Synod.

Scientific work

Eduard Riggenbach, who was completely blind from 1876, worked scientifically as a church-positive New Testament scholar who was influenced by the revival movement and turned against liberal exegetical criticism. His most important work was his commentary on the Letter to the Hebrews , published in 1913 .

honors and awards

• 1904 Eduard Riggenbach was the theological faculty of the University of Greifswald to Dr. appointed hc .

Memberships

• Eduard Riggenbach was a member of numerous Christian associations.

Fonts (selection)

• Critical studies on the end of Romans . Bonn, 1892.
• The Swiss, revised translation of the New Testament and the Psalms . Basel: R. Reich, 1895.
• Robert Benjamin Bucket; Eduard Riggenbach; Otto Zöckler : Pastoral letters, Hebrews and Revelation Johannis . Munich: CH Beck, 1898.
• Eduard Riggenbach; Adolf Schlatter ; Rudolf Stähelin : History of the Schwyzerhüsli , 1847–1897. Waldenburg: Widow Diehl, 1901.
• Attempt to reinterpret the name Barkochba . Gütersloh, 1901.
• The trinitarian baptismal command: Matth. 28, 19 examined for its original text form and its authenticity . Gütersloh 1903.
• The religious and moral education of Gentile Christian communities: according to the letters to the Corinthians . Basel: Verlag der Missionsbuchhandlung, 1904.
• Missing fragments of Pealgius: Commentaries on the Pauline Letters . Gütersloh, 1905.
• Heredity and Responsibility . Stuttgart: C. Belser, 1906.
• The doctrine of justification by faith in the struggle of the present . Neukirchen, 1907.
• The oldest Latin commentaries on the Letter to the Hebrews . In: Research on the history of the New Testament canon and early church literature . Leipzig: A. Deichert, 1907.
• The term diathēkē in Hebrews . Leipzig Deichert 1908.
• The resurrection of Jesus . Berlin, 1908.
• Bible Faith and Biblical Research . Neukirchen: Educational Association, 1909.
• The letter to the Hebrews . Leipzig, Deichert, 1913.
• On the exegesis and textual criticism of two parables of Jesus . Stuttgart 1914.
• The divine compulsion of suffering! Basel, Basel Mission Bookshop, 1919.
• The concept of teleiosis in the Letter to the Hebrews . 1914.
• The Reformation appreciation of the Holy Scriptures in their significance for the present . Basel: Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 1917.
• New materials to illuminate the Papia testimony of the martyrdom of John . Leipzig: A. Deichert, 1921.
• On the ruins of Jerusalem . Basel Basler Missionsbuchh. 1923.
• A contribution to understanding the parable of the working farmhand, Luk. 17, 7-10 . Leipzig: A. Deichert, 1923.
• Eberhard Nestle ; Eduard Riggenbach; Heinrich Wiese; Theodor von Zahn: The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ . Stuttgart Wuerttemberg Bible Institute 1924.
• The mystery of the cross of Christ . Basel Basler Missionsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart Evangelischer Missionsverlag 1927.

literature

• Eduard Riggenbach . In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5. S. 632.
• Gerhard Heinzelmann: In memory of D. Eduard Riggenbach: Professor of Theology, 1861–1927. Werner-Riehm, Basel, 1927.
• Adolf Schlitter : Eduard Riggenbach. The life picture of a blind scholar , Stuttgart: Steinkopf 1932.

Web links

• Thomas K. Kuhn: Eduard Riggenbach. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Eduard Riggenbach . In: Index Theologicus .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Historical Family Lexicon of Switzerland - Persons. Retrieved May 2, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Riggenbach, Albert. Retrieved May 1, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Ernst Stückelberg. Retrieved May 2, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Riggenbach, Eduard - Bibelpedia. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .