Fritz Rienecker

Fritz Rienecker (born May 27, 1897 in Streckau , † August 15, 1965 in Neumünster ) was a Protestant publicist , pastor and theologian . The multi-volume biblical commentary on the Wuppertaler Studienbibel , founded by him, and the lexicon of the Bible were widely distributed.

Life

Fritz Rienecker grew up in Neinstedt am Harz as the son of a teacher at the Brothers Institution , became a teacher himself and worked in the primary school from 1918 to 1920. He then started studying theology and education at the universities of Berlin , Kiel and Hamburg . He had to interrupt this for a year because of a life-threatening illness.

In 1924 he became editor of the Ihloff publishing house in Neumünster . After Hitler came to power , the National Socialists hindered his activities more and more until he was finally removed from his post in 1941. He switched to the pastor's office and worked as a pastor in Geesthacht until 1946 .

In 1947 he became a lecturer and in 1948 senior lecturer in New Testament and Systematic Theology at the Evangelical Academy in Braunschweig . From 1949 to 1958 he taught the same subjects at the St. Chrischona seminary near Basel . After that he was director of the Old Pietist Community Association in Württemberg until his retirement in 1962 .

In the course of his life Rienecker was editor or editor of several magazines:

• 1925–1941 Take and read
• 1929–1941 On the lookout
• 1949–1951 upwards
• 1951–1963 Bible and Church
• 1952–1964 Reich Gods Worker
• 1958–? Old Pietist community paper

Rienecker wrote several Bible commentaries with a practical orientation; he was the founder and editor of the Wuppertal Study Bible for many years . As a pietist and a member of the Biblical Association , he was opposed to historical-critical exegesis . One of his enduring merits is the creation of the Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament , which has become a standard tool for biblical interpretation . In 1960 he published the large reference work Lexicon for the Bible at R. Brockhaus Verlag . He did not live to see the publication of his last book, The most beautiful is yet to come (R. Brockhaus Verlag), in which he dealt with life after death.

literature

• Klaus-Stefan Krieger:  Rienecker, Fritz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 327-329.
• Fritz Rienecker: The best is yet to come. About life after death . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal, special edition 1997: With an appendix on Fritz Rienecker's life and work , pp. 223–234 ( bibliography from p. 231 ).

Works

• Linguistic key to the Greek New Testament. Brunnen Verlag (Gießen) 1938, 21st edition 2003, ISBN 978-3-7655-0062-6 .
• The best is yet to come. About life after death . SCM R.Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1996, 12th edition 2004, ISBN 978-3-417-20309-7 .

as editor

• Lexicon of the Bible . SCM R. Brockhaus , Wuppertal 1960, ISBN 978-3-417-26550-7 .
  • Lexicon of the Bible - Russian . Christian literature distribution , Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 978-3-89397-622-5 .
• Wuppertal Study Bible . SCM R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1953–1976.

Web links

• Literature by and about Fritz Rienecker in the catalog of the German National Library