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Joseph Selbst (born October 26, 1852 in Mühlheim am Main , † December 19, 1919 in Mainz ) was a German Roman Catholic professor of exegesis of the Old Testament . Among other things, he worked on the history of church singing and other topics of liturgical science , on ecclesiology based on the Old Testament prophet books and numerous other topics of Old Testament exegesis.

Life

From 1870 he studied Catholic theology in Mainz , was ordained a priest in 1874 , then worked as a chaplain in Bensheim and from 1883 as a religion teacher in Worms , from 1887 in Mainz, most recently as vicar general . In 1886 he received his doctorate in Freiburg im Breisgau with a thesis on The Church of Jesus Christ according to the prophecy of the prophets , and in 1892 he was professor of Old Testament exegesis. The magazine Der Katholik , which is committed to the Catholic Kulturkampf and Neuscholasticism , was published from 1907 to 1918 at times.

Works (selection)

  • The Catholic Church Hymn at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, 1880
  • Musical education, 1882
  • The Church of Jesus Christ according to the prophecies' prophecy (Diss. Freiburg), 1883
  • The story of David in the light of Protestant biblical criticism and historical research, 1890
  • The kingdom of God in the light of the parables of the Lord as with regard to example and prophecy, 1897
  • Revised by: Christoph Moufang : Officium divinum . A Catholic prayer book, in Latin and German, for use in public and private worship, 1898
  • The veneration of the Most Holy Altar Sacrament according to the circular of Leo XIII. dated September 28, 1902, 1903
  • Revised by: Ignaz Schuster - Johann Baptist Holzammer: Handbuch zur Biblische Geschichte Old Testament , 1905-06

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See also: Klemens Löffler :  Periodical Literature (Germany) . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 11, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1911.
personal data
SURNAME Yourself, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yourselves, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Mühlheim am Main
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1919
Place of death Mainz