Horst Seebass

Horst Seebass (born August 3, 1934 in Berlin ; † April 12, 2015 in Ladbergen ) was a German Protestant theologian. From 1989 to 1999 he was professor of the Old Testament at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn .

Live and act

After graduating from high school, Seebass began studying mathematics, physics and chemistry in Tübingen and Göttingen , but then switched to theology. After the first theological exam in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover in June 1959, he got a job as an assistant to Martin Noth . In the winter semester of 1961/62, Seebass was appointed lecturer for Hebrew at the Bethel Church University . 1962 Sebass was at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn Doctor of theology doctorate , in February In 1964 here the Habilitation . In 1965 Seebass accepted a call to the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, initially as part of an unscheduled professorship, from November 1970 as a scientific adviser and full professor. In the winter semester 1981/82 he became full professor for the Old Testament at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . From there Horst Seebass then in 1989 moved to Bonn, where he on 31 August 1999 emeritus was.

Seebass was also familiar with the languages Akkadian and Egyptian , which he had learned from Wolfram von Soden and Emma Brunner-Traut . He taught and wrote on Biblical Hermeneutics , the promises of rulers, the Joseph story and the story of the succession to the throne. In his work The God of the Whole Bible , he showed the connections between the Old and New Testaments. With his genesis and numerical comments, which were published by Neukirchener Verlag, he set new accents in historical-critical Pentateuch research with premises such as the separation of sources .

Works

• Historical time and theonomous tradition in the Joseph story , Gütersloher Verlagshaus , Gütersloh, 1978, ISBN 978-3-5790-4082-0
• The God of the whole Bible - Biblical theology for orientation in faith , Herder Verlag , Freiburg 1982, ISBN 978-3-451-19530-3
• Promises of rulers in the Old Testament Neukirchener Verlag , Neukirchen-Vluyn 1992, ISBN 978-3-7887-1398-0
• Genesis I. Prehistory. (Gen 1,1-11,26) , Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1996 (3rd edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-7887-1517-5 )
• Genesis II / 1. History of the Father I. (Gen 11.27-22.24) , Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1997, ISBN 978-3-7887-1526-7
• Genesis II / 2. History of the Father II. (Gen 23.1-36.43) , Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1999, ISBN 978-3-7887-1583-0
• Genesis III. Joseph story. (Gen 37.1-50.26) , Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2000, ISBN 978-3-7887-1584-7
• Numbers I (1.1 - 4.49 or 10.10), Biblical Commentary Old Testament , Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1993, ISBN 978-3-7887-1475-8 (2000 edition, ISBN 978-3-7887- 2297-5 ; 2012, 978-3-7887-2547-1)
• Numbers II (10.11-22.1), Biblical Commentary Old Testament , Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn, 1995, ISBN 978-3-7887-1475-8 (2003 edition, ISBN 978-3-7887-1475-1 )
• Numbers III (22.2 - 36.13), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament , Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2007, ISBN 978-3-7887-2262-3

literature

• Stefan Beyerle (ed.): Law and Ethos in the Old Testament - Shape and Effect: Festschrift for Horst Seebass for his 65th birthday , Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn, ISBN 978-3-7887-1773-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Horst Seebass in the catalog of the German National Library
• Prof. Dr. Horst Seebass died on April 12th. A man of high standing. wn.de, April 16, 2015
• Prof. Dr. Udo Rüterswörden: Obituary for the death of Professor Dr. Horst Seebass. ev-theol.uni-bonn.de, 2015

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Udo Rüterswörden: Obituary for the death of Professor Dr. Horst Seebass. ev-theol.uni-bonn.de, 2015
2. ↑ http://www.freiburger-rundbrief.de/de/?item=803 Wilhelm Schwendemann: Genesis comments by Horst Seebass , Freiburger Rundbrief 7/2000