Gottfried Hoberg

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Gottfried Hoberg (born November 9, 1857 in Heringhausen , † January 19, 1924 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German Catholic theologian , philologist , priest and university professor .

Life

On November 9, 1857, Gottfried Hoberg was born as the son of the teacher Christoph Hoberg and his wife Gertrud. Wiertz was born in Heringhausen near Bestwig . Gottfried had four sisters. His sister Pauline was the grandmother of the Ruhr Bishop Cardinal Franz Hengsbach . The father recognized his son's abilities early on and therefore sent him daily to practice with the Ramsbeck chaplain. He later passed his school leaving examination in Paderborn . He began studying there in the fall of 1876. Then he went to Münster and then to Bonn . During his studies he became a member of the VKDSt Saxonia Münster in the CV in 1878 . In Dillingen Hoberg was dedicated in August 1881 as a priest.

He later received his doctorate. philosophy and Dr. of theology. In 1886 Hoberg became a private lecturer at the University of Bonn and a year later professor of the Old Testament in Paderborn. In 1890 he took over the professorship for the New Testament at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and in 1893 for the Old Testament. Ten years later, Hoberg became consultor of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. From May 7, 1902 to May 7, 1903, he was Vice-Rector at the University of Freiburg .

In addition, Hoberg was editor of the Theologische Rundschau for Catholic Germany until 1894 and from 1895 co-editor of Biblical Studies and from 1895 to 1905 editor of the Literary Rundschau . From 1910 on he was co-editor of the Freiburg theological studies . In the period from 1911 to 1913, Hoberg helped prepare the introduction to the Holy Scriptures, 5th edition of the Old and New Testaments by F. Kaulen. Gottfried Hoberg died on January 19, 1924.

Works (selection)

  • Genesis according to the literal sense, Herder, 1899
  • Moses and the Pentateuch, Herder, 1905
  • Bible or Babel ?, Münchener Volksschriftenverlag, 1907
  • Catechism of Messianic Prophecies, Herder, 1915

Honors

  • In Heringhausen, Professor-Hoberg-Strasse was named after him

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Freiburg, accessed on May 7, 2010
  2. ↑ All about Ramsbeck, Reinhard Schmidtmann on the 70th anniversary of Professor Holberg's death, March 2004 edition
  3. ↑ Complete directory of the CV The honorary members, old men and students of the Cartell Association (CV) of the cath. German student associations. 1912, Strasbourg i. Els. 1912, p. 298.
  4. ^ Historical Commission Munich, Rector's speeches - Gottfried Hoberg accessed on May 7, 2010
  5. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz:  HOBERG, Gottfried. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 911.  ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
personal data
SURNAME Hoberg, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic theologian, philologist, priest and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Heringhausen
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1924
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau