Gerhard Steigerwald

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Gerhard Steigerwald (born July 30, 1933 in Buchen im Odenwald ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian and Christian archaeologist .

Life

From 1940 to 1944 Steigerwald, son of the master shoemaker Alban Steigerwald and his wife Josephine nee Dörr, attended the elementary school in his hometown and from 1945 to 1953 the humanistic high school in Tauberbischofsheim . After graduating from high school in Tauberbischofsheim in 1953, Steigerwald studied Catholic theology at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . After a year of study at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich , Steigerwald continued his theological studies in Freiburg and finished them in Freiburg in 1957 with the first service examination for the Catholic pastoral office.

After the practical pastoral training at the St. Peter seminary in the Black Forest, Steigerwald was ordained a priest in May 1958 by Hermann Schäufele . After serving as vicar in Lauf near Bühl / Baden-Württemberg, Villingen, Durmersheim, Freiburg, St. Blasius, Titisee-Neustadt, Steigerwald passed the second service examination for the pastor's office in 1966. After receiving his doctorate in 1967, he was appointed Catholic religion teacher at the Hebel in October of the same year - and at the Hans Thoma-Gymnasium in Lörrach , in 1971 he was appointed to the service of the state of Baden-Württemberg and in 1972 he was appointed senior teacher. After Steigerwald's application to Pope Paul VI. To be released from the priestly service of the Catholic Church, Steigerwald was transferred to the Nürtingen Business School in 1975 with the assignment of the Bishop of Rottenburg to teach Catholic religious studies. He fulfilled this role until his retirement in 1995.

Scientific activity

Among the theological subjects, early Christian archeology found the special scientific interest of Steigerwald, which in the doctorate under the topic "The Kingship of Mary in Literature and Art of the First Six Centuries" with the renowned Christian archaeologist Johannes Kollwitz and the Catholic theologian Otto Stegmüller in May In 1967 it reached its peak for the time being at the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg im Breisgau. In addition to his actual professional tasks, Steigerwald was only able to deal more intensively with early Christian archeology since 1981. At first the research of purple in early Christian art formed the focus of his work with the concluding work “Purple robes of biblical and church people as carriers of meaning in early Christian art”, which was published in 1999. Since 2001 Steigerwald has been dealing exclusively with the early Christian mosaics of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome. This work was completed with the work “The early Christian mosaics of the triumphal arch of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome”, published in 2016 by Schnell & Steiner in Regensburg.

Publications (selection)

Books

  • The Kingdom of Mary in Literature and Art of the First Six Centuries. Volume 1 and 2, mach. theol. Dissertation Freiburg im Breisgau 1965.
  • Purple robes of biblical and ecclesiastical persons as carriers of meaning in early Christian art, volume 16  (= Hereditas, studies on ancient church history). Borengässer, Bonn Alfter 1999, ISBN 978-3-923946-43-3 .
  • The early Christian mosaics of the triumphal arch of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome . Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7954-3070-2 .

Essays

  • The cities of Jerusalem and Bethlehem adorned with precious stones in the triumphal arch mosaic by S. Maria Maggiore in Rome Steigerwald, Gerhard. (2012) - In: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christianentum Vol. 55 (2012) pp. 90-102
  • The crown mosaic and the epigram of Pope Xystus III (432–440) on the triumphal arch of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome Steigerwald, Gerhard. (2011) - In: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christianentum Vol. 54 (2011) pp. 147–171
  • The mosaic "The Encounter between Melchizedek and Abraham" in the nave of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome and its contemporary context Steigerwald, Gerhard. (2011) - In: Zeitschrift für antikes Christianentum Vol. 15 (2011) P. 498-531
  • Whom does Pharaoh's daughter represent? A hypothesis for the upper storey mosaic 'Return of the Moses boy to the Pharaoh's daughter by his nurse' in S. Maria Maggiore in Rome Steigerwald, Gerhard. (2010) - In: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christianentum Vol. 53 (2010) pp. 153–175
  • The role of Mary in the triumphal arch mosaics and in the dedicatory inscription of the Basilica S. Maria Maggiore in Rome Steigerwald, Gerhard. (2008) - In: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christianentum Vol. 51 (2008) pp. 137–151
  • New aspects to understand the mosaics of the triumphal arch of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome Steigerwald, Gerhard. (2007) - In: Roman quarterly for Christian antiquity and church history Vol. 102 (2007) pp. 161–203
  • Again: on the presentation of Jesus in the temple at the triumphal arch of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome Steigerwald, Gerhard. (2003) - In: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christianentum Vol. 46 (2003) pp. 74–83
  • The presentation of Jesus in the temple on the triumphal arch mosaic by S. Maria Maggiore in Rome (432–440). Attempt at a new interpretation Steigerwald, Gerhard. (2000) - In: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christianentum Vol. 43 (2000) pp. 187-199
  • A picture of the mother of the emperor Justinian (527-565) in San Vitale zu Ravenna (547) Steigerwald, Gerhard. (1997) - In: FS Peter Poscharsky pp. 123-145
  • Item purple. I. Late antiquity and the Byzantine Empire Steigerwald, Gerhard. (1995) - In: Lexikon des Mittelalters, Volume 7, Stuttgart 1995, Sp. 330–331
  • The purple varieties in Diocletian's price edict of 301 Steigerwald, Gerhard. (1990) - In: Byzantinische Forschungen Vol. 15 (1990) pp. 219-276
  • The imperial purple privilege in late Roman and early Byzantine times Steigerwald, Gerhard. (1990) - In: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christianentum Vol. 33 (1990) pp. 209-239
  • The kingship of Mary in the literature of the first six centuries Steigerwald, Gerhard. (1975) - In: Marianum Vol. 37 (1975) pp. 1-52
  • Christ as Pantocrator in the lowest zone of the nave mosaics by S. Apollinaire Nuovo, Ravenna Steigerwald, Gerhard. (1966) - In: Tortulae. Studies on early Christian and Byzantine monuments pp. 272–284

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gerhard Steigerwald: The early Christian mosaics of the triumphal arch of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome . Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7954-3070-2 , p. 204.
  2. ^ Official Journal of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau 16, p. 248
  3. ^ Official Journal of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau 20, p. 262
  4. ^ Official Journal of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau 10, p. 404
  5. ^ Official Journal of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau 4, p. 28
  6. ^ Official Journal of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau 21, p. 104
  7. ^ Official Journal of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau 24, p. 263
  8. ^ Official Journal of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau 24, p. 124
  9. ^ Official Journal of the Ministry of Culture and Education 1971, pp. 1732–1733
personal data
SURNAME Steigerwald, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Buchen , Odenwald