Johannes Perk

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Johannes Perk SDB (born September 4, 1880 in Lorup , † December 30, 1955 in Heede ) was a German Salesian of Don Bosco and biblical scholar .

Life

Following the desire to become a Salesian of Don Bosco, he went to the late vocational school in Cavaglià in 1899 . He entered the novitiate of the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1902 and made his first profession on September 29, 1903 . From August 1905 to August 1907 he was secretary to the Superior General Don Michael Rua in Turin . From September 1907, he studied for three years in Foglizzo theology and received on 24 September 1910, the priestly ordination in Valsalice . From October 1910 to December 1915 he was again Secretary of the Superior General, now Don Paolo Albera . Because of the First World War , he was expelled from Italy from January 1916 to January 1920. After his return he was again Don Albera's secretary until autumn 1920. Then he was transferred to the Essen-Borbeck branch in Germany , where he worked as prefect of studies in the late vocational school. However, a serious illness forced him to give up this job in 1928. From then on he devoted himself to translating the Bible . In 1933, the year the Catholic Bible Works was founded in Stuttgart, he published the first German-language synopsis , which appeared in many editions. His translation of the New Testament , completed in 1942 - published with the Imprimatur of the Bishop of Chur in 1944 by the Benziger publishing house - found its way into the Zurich Catholic Family Bible of the Fraumünster Verlag from 1947, with its translation of the Old Testament by Theodor Schwegler , Franz Alfred Herzog and Herbert Haag came from. His translation of the New Testament was particularly well received in Switzerland and the United States. A Swiss and an American relief organization presented Catholic German prisoners of war with a copy of Johannes Perk's New Testament. The Catholic Scriptures Mission in Linz published the translation in eight separate volumes in 1946.

Works

  • German Synopsis of the Four Gospels, Osnabrück (1–4) 1933–1937; Einsiedeln (5) 1947
  • Praying hearts, Paderborn and Einsiedeln (1–4) 1934–1936
  • Synopsis latina quattuor evangeliorum secundum Vulgatam editionem, Paderborn 1935
  • The four Gospels one after the other following the synopsis, Paderborn 1935
  • Holy Hour, Paderborn 1936
  • Maria, Paderborn 1935 and 1936
  • Sacraments, Paderborn 1937
  • The eternal light shines on them, Osnabrück 1937
  • The New Testament, Einsiedeln (1–3) 1944–1947; in eight separate volumes: The Acts of the Apostles, Letters of St. Apostle Paul, The Gospel of John, The Gospel of Matthew, The Gospel of Luke, The St. Gospel according to Mark, The Catholic Letters, The Secret Revelation, both Linz 1946
  • Life of Jesus in the Gospel and Persons in the Life of Jesus, Angermund 1947
  • New Testament Handbook, Angermund 1947
  • Joseph, Dülmen 1948
  • Men and women in the life of Jesus, Stuttgart 1953
  • The Acts of the Apostles, Stuttgart 1954
  • Don Rua, Papenburg 1955

literature

  • Georg Söll : The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) in the German-speaking area 1888–1988 , Munich 1989

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personal data
SURNAME Perk, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Perk SDB, Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious (Salesians Don Boscos) and biblical scholar
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Lorup
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1955
Place of death Heede