Jakob Ecker

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jakob Ecker

Jakob Ecker (born February 28, 1851 in Lisdorf , † November 17, 1912 in Trier ) was a German Roman Catholic priest , theologian and publicist from the diocese of Trier .

Live and act

This article or the following section is not adequately provided with supporting documents ( e.g. individual evidence ). Information without sufficient evidence could be removed soon. Please help Wikipedia by researching the information and including good evidence.

Jakob Ecker attended the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Trier until 1871 and then studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the local seminary . After priestly ordination (1875) and doctorate at the University of Bonn (1879), he taught in Munster as lecturer the Semitic languages . In 1895 he was in Freiburg to Dr. theol. PhD. In 1886 the Trier bishop Michael Felix Korum appointed him professor for Semitica and Old Testament exegesis at the reopened Trier seminary . He was a staunch advocate of anti-Talmudism and an anti-Judaist writer.

Ecker became particularly well-known through several Bible editions , including the first Catholic home Bible of the 20th century, which he had translated from the Vulgate . His school Bible was introduced in the diocese of Trier and five Bavarian dioceses at the beginning of the 20th century and had a pioneering influence on the development of Catholic Bible teaching. It was later adopted by numerous German dioceses and appeared in Germany until 1957; It was illustrated by the well-known painter Philipp Schumacher (1866–1940).

Jakob Ecker developed the library of the episcopal seminary. Its system of ancillary group listing according to 25 subject areas was retained until 1986. In addition to lexicons, reference works and grammars, he himself added text editions of Oriental-Semitic scripts to the extraordinarily extensive subject area “Orientalia”.

Works

  • Catholic school bible . Verlag August Lax, Hildesheim 1973.
  • Catholic home Bible . Publishing house of the Paulinus printing house, Trier 1903–1905.
    • First volume - Old Testament - first half: Biblical history of the Old Testament; First half: From the creation of the world to the death of David, including later psalms
    • Second volume - Old Testament - second half: Biblical history of the Old Testament; Second half: From the accession of Solomon to the end of the Maccabees
    • Third volume: New Testament
  • Francois X. Coulin, translated by Jakob Ecker: The bride of God. Reflections on Virginity . Freiburg im Breisgau 1894.
  • The “Judenspiegel” in the light of truth. A scientific study . Bonifatius-Verlag , Paderborn 1884 (later further editions).
  • Catholic school Bible for the Archdiocese of Cologne . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1929. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website on school Bibles, with the name of Jakob Ecker and an enlargeable illustration by Philipp Schumacher
personal data
SURNAME Ecker, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisdorf
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1912
Place of death trier