Herbert Haag (theologian)

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Herbert Haag (born February 11, 1915 in Singen am Hohentwiel , † August 23, 2001 in Lucerne ) was a Roman Catholic Swiss theologian and biblical scholar .

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After graduating from high school in Feldkirch , he decided, encouraged by the Bishop of Basel, to pursue a university career with a focus on the Old Testament. In October 1934 he entered the Collegium Germanicum to study philosophy and theology. After three years of studying philosophy and two years of theology, he moved prematurely in the summer of 1939 to the Institut Catholique in Paris , graduated from theology and studied Hittite and Arabic. He remained a candidate for the priesthood for the diocese of Basel , on March 23, 1940 he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Jean Verdier in Paris.

In 1942, Haag received his doctorate from the Dutchman Marc-Anton van den Oudenrijn (1890–1962) at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) . He then went to pastoral care as a vicar at the Franciscan Church in Lucerne . Here he took part in the Christian-Jewish dialogue after the end of the war. From autumn 1948 to 1960 he taught the Old Testament at the Lucerne Theological Faculty, and from 1960 to 1980 he held the chair for the Old Testament at the Catholic theological faculty at the University of Tübingen .

Haag was known in particular as a biblical scholar and exegete , among other things he published a biblical dictionary. His critical positions on parts of the doctrine, such as B. the original sin , and the priesthood found the contradiction of the church leadership. His Tübingen colleague Hans Küng was one of Haag's close friends .

In 1985 the Herbert Haag Foundation for Freedom in the Church was founded, which awards the Herbert Haag Prize .

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • as publisher: Bible Lexicon. Benziger, Einsiedeln 1951; 2nd edition Leipzig 1973; 3rd edition 1982, ISBN 3-545-23040-6 .
  • Biblical doctrine of creation and church doctrine of original sin (= Stuttgart Biblical Studies. Vol. 10). Catholic Biblical Works, Stuttgart 1966; 4th edition 1968.
  • Farewell to the devil. Benziger, Einsiedeln 1969; New edition: Benziger, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-545-70016-X .
  • with Katharina u. Winfried Elliger : At a loss for evil? R. Piper & Co. Verlag, Munich and Zurich 1978, ISBN 3-492-02397-5 .
  • Biblical dictionary. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1971; most recently 2011, ISBN 978-3-451-06243-8 .
  • Teufelsglaube Katzmann, Tübingen 1980, ISBN 978-3780503930 .
  • The servant of God in Deutero-Isaiah (= income from research. Vol. 233) Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1985, ISBN 3-534-09045-4 .
  • with Katharina Elliger : "Doesn't disturb love". Sexual Discrimination - A betrayal of the Bible. Walter, Olten / Freiburg im Breisgau 1986, ISBN 3-530-30101-9 .
  • My way with the church. Benziger, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-545-24080-0 .
  • with Eugen Drewermann : Don't let your freedom be taken away! Benziger, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-545-24110-6 .
  • Only those who change remain true to themselves. For a new constitution for the Catholic Church. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2000, ISBN 3-451-26891-4 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Autobiographical book My Way with the Church (see under Scriptures)
  2. ^ Markus Thurau:  Haag, Herbert. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 33, Bautz, Nordhausen 2012, ISBN 978-3-88309-690-2 , Sp. 575-595.
personal data
SURNAME Hague, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic Swiss theologian and biblical scholar of German origin
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Singing at the Hohentwiel
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 2001
Place of death Lucerne