Hermann Josef Frede

Hermann Josef Frede (born September 12, 1922 in Elberfeld ; † May 29, 1998 in Tuttlingen ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and long-time director of the Vetus Latina Institute of the Beuron Archabbey .

biography

After graduating from high school and then serving as a soldier in World War II, Hermann Josef Frede entered the Archbishop's seminary in Cologne . He was ordained a priest on September 2, 1951. He then continued his theological studies at the University of Bonn . Here he deepened his knowledge of New Testament text history with Heinrich Joseph Vogels and Karl Theodor Schäfer , especially in the area of ​​Latin translations. With a thesis on the letter to the Ephesians, Hermann Josef Frede received his doctorate in theology in Bonn in 1957. During this time, Father Bonifatius Fischer invited him to work on the edition of the Vetus Latina at the young institute in Beuron. When Bonifatius Fischer gave up the management of the institute for health reasons in 1972, Hermann Josef Frede was entrusted with the responsibility for the institute and the edition of the Vetus Latina.

Awards

• 1980 Awarded the personal title of university professor by the Prime Minister of the State of Baden-Württemberg
• 1981 Honorary Professor at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen
• 1986 Honorary Doctorate from the Catholic University of Louvain
• 1983 Papal Honorary Prelate
• 1997 Honorary doctorate from the Università Cattolica des Sacro Cuore in Milan

Fonts

• Pelagius, the Irish text of Paul, Sedulius Scottus . Vetus Latina - From the history of the Latin Bible 3, Freiburg im Breisgau 1961
• Old Latin Paul manuscripts . Vetus Latina - From the history of the Latin Bible 4, Freiburg im Breisgau 1964.
• A new Pauline text and commentary , 2 volumes. Vetus Latina - From the history of the Latin Bible 7 and 8, Freiburg im Breisgau 1974.
• with Uwe Fröhlich, Herbert Stanjek: Vetus Latina fragments for the Old Testament. The Pelagian Epistula ad quandam matronam Christianam . Vetus Latina - From the history of the Latin Bible 28, Freiburg im Breisgau 1996.
• with Herbert Stanjek: Sedulii Scotti Collectaneum in Apostolum I. In Epistolam ad Romans . Vetus Latina - From the history of the Latin Bible 28, Freiburg im Breisgau 1996.
• with Herbert Stanjek: Sedulii Scotti Collectaneum in Apostolum II. In Epistolas ad Corinthios usque ad Hebraeos . Vetus Latina - From the history of the Latin Bible 29, Freiburg im Breisgau 1997.

literature

• Roger Gryson: In memoriam Hermann Josef Frede , in: Vetus Latina . 42nd work report of the foundation / 31st report of the institute, Freiburg 1998, pp. 4–13.
• Roger Gryson (ed.): Philologia Sacra. Biblical and patristic studies for Hermann Josef Frede and Walter Thiele on their 70th birthday , 2 volumes. Vetus Latina - From the history of the Latin Bible 24, Freiburg im Breisgau 1993.
• Christoph Schmitt :  Hermann Josef Frede. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 467-470.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hermann Josef Frede in the catalog of the German National Library