Emil Balla

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Emil Balla (born February 6, 1885 in Potsdam , † July 11, 1956 in Marburg ) was a German Lutheran theologian .

Life

Emil Balla, born on February 6, 1885 in Potsdam , studied from 1904 to 1909 successively at the universities of Marburg , Gießen and Berlin, Protestant theology and oriental philology . In 1912 he graduated in Gießen with a licentiate in Protestant theology and was habilitated in the same year at the University of Kiel .

Also in 1912 he became a private lecturer for the Old Testament at the University of Marburg . From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War. In 1915 he went to the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster as associate professor of the Old Testament . There he was promoted to full professor in 1921. In 1924 Balla was appointed full professor at the University of Leipzig . Balla served as dean of the theological faculty in 1926/1927. In 1930 he was finally appointed full professor in Marburg.

In addition to the professorship, Balla held other offices in Marburg. In the years 1931/1932, 1934 to 1937, 1945/1946 and 1949 to 1951 he was Dean, and in 1946/1947 he was also Vice Rector . He gave up the professorship in 1953 and died three years later, on July 11, 1956, at the age of 71 in Marburg. He was married to Gertrud Hecht and has published several devotions and sermons.

Works

  • The I of the Psalms (Göttingen 1912)
  • The idea of ​​salvation in the Israeli-Jewish religion (1925)
  • Amos' threats and rebukes (1926)
  • The message of the prophets (Tübingen 1958; edited by Georg Fohrer )
  • Words of comfort for the sick

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The BBKL speaks of it, Balla worked as a private lecturer in Kiel since 1912 and only since 1914 as such in Marburg.
personal data
SURNAME Balla, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1956
Place of death Marburg