Karl Heinen

Karl Heinen SAC (* 1935 ) is a German theologian .

Life

From the age of 14 he attended the Pallottine grammar school in Limburg an der Lahn . After his novitiate , profession and ordination , he studied theology and biblical studies at the Pontificia Università Gregoriana . After receiving his doctorate in 1968, he became a professor at the PTH Vallendar in the subject of Exegesis of the Old Testament. After his retirement in 2004, he was General Procurator of the Pallottines in Rome . Since 2011 he has worked for the Pallottine magazine “daszeichen”.

Works (selection)

• The prayer in the Old Testament. An exegetical-theological study of Hebrew prayer terminology . Rome 1971, OCLC 402505743 (also dissertation, Pontificia Università Gregoriana 1968).
• with Alfred Bellebaum (Ed.): Being a Christian between discouragement and hope. On the mission of the laity in today's world (= faith, knowledge, work. Contributions to theology and related areas. Volume 10). Lahn-Verlag, Limburg 1986, ISBN 3-7840-2011-9 .
• The books Malachi, Joel and Jona (= Explanations of the Old Testament for spiritual reading. Spiritual reading of scriptures. Volume 3). Patmos-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 3-491-77169-2 .
• Full of confidence and hope. Sermons from Advent to Ash Wednesday . Echter, Würzburg 1988, ISBN 3-429-01172-8 .
• The unavailable god. The book Job (= Stuttgart little commentary. Volume 18). Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-491-77169-2 .