Eugene Ludwig Rapp

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Eugen Ludwig Rapp (born May 8, 1904 in Pirmasens , † May 16, 1977 in Mainz ) was a German Protestant theologian, orientalist and Africanist.

Life

After attending the Immanuel Kant grammar school in Pirmasens (1914–1923), he studied theology and history in Marburg in 1923/1924, and theology and oriental studies (Assyriology, Semitic Studies, Egyptology, Coptic) in Heidelberg from 1924–1926; here he acquired the qualification to teach Hebrew in 1926 . After a year of study in Utrecht in 1926/1927, where he studied theology, religious studies and oriental studies, he passed his first theological exam in Speyer in 1927 . After receiving his doctorate from Georg Beer in Heidelberg in 1929 as Dr. theol. he was vicar in the Palatinate (seminary Landau in the Palatinate , city vicariate Lauterecken , Oppau and Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim ) he passed the second theological exam in Speyer in 1930. In 1930, R. joined the Basel Mission and studied African studies with Diedrich Westermann and Islamic studies and phonetics in Berlin . He translated the Bible into Twi (1932–1935; 1936–1938).

From 1945 to 1949 he was pastor in Oberlustadt . From 1949 until his retirement in 1972 he taught as a professor for Christian Oriental Studies at the University of Mainz .

Fonts (selection)

  • An introduction to Twi. Twi ne Eṇiresi kasa ṇhyẹṇmu . Kumasi 1952, OCLC 780095944 .
  • The Gurenne language in Northern Ghana . Leipzig 1966, OCLC 475072282 .
  • Elebegmarawa ma deva Markus . Frankfurt am Main 1967, OCLC 85224081 .
  • Chronicle of the Mainz Jews. The Mainz grave monument . Mainz 2019, ISBN 3-7485-6969-6 .

literature

  • Word and Reality. Studies in African and Oriental Studies. Eugen Ludwig Rapp on his 70th birthday .

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personal data
SURNAME Rapp, Eugene Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, orientalist and Africanist
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Pirmasens
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1977
Place of death Mainz