Karl Viktor Ryssel

Karl Viktor Ryssel

Karl Viktor Ryssel , also: Carl Victor Ryssel (born December 18, 1849 in Reinsberg near Nossen ; † March 1, 1905 in Zurich ) was a Protestant theologian ( Old Testament scholar and ancient orientalist ) and professor in Leipzig and Zurich (Switzerland).

Life

Ryssel was born the son of a brewery leaseholder in Reinsberg near Nossen and attended grammar school in Freiberg from 1861 to 1868 . He then studied theology and oriental studies at the University of Leipzig from 1867 to 1871 . a. with Franz Delitzsch . In 1871 he completed the first theological exam a year later with his thesis: "The synonyms of truth and good in the Semitic languages" Dr. phil. obtained his doctorate and became an assistant teacher, from 1873 senior teacher and from 1877 religion teacher at the old Nikolaischule in Leipzig.

In 1878 Ryssel, after completing his habilitation in Old Testament science at the University of Leipzig with the habilitation thesis "De Elohistae pentateuchici sermone", became a private lecturer for the Old Testament in Leipzig, where in 1885 he received an extraordinary professorship for Old Testament exegesis at the theological faculty. In 1878 he was also awarded a Lic. Theol with his doctoral thesis "De Elohistae pentateuchici sermone" . PhD at the University of Leipzig. In 1889 he followed a call to the University of Zurich , after a call as associate professor at the University of Halle had not come about due to the award to Hermann Gunkel and was there until 1889 full professor for Old Testament science and oriental languages .

Ryssel married his wife Clara Friederici on July 18, 1874 and had a daughter, Else married. Schäffer. Ryssel had made a name for himself above all as an expert on Syrian - Christian literature. From a linguistic point of view, both his investigations into the transmission of sagas and legends and his numerous publications on Gregor Thaumaturgos were of importance . Ryssel was less well known as an Old Testament scholar. His theories on the composition of the Micha book have been largely ineffective.

Publications (selection)

• On the text-critical value of the Syrian translations of Greek classics , Leipzig 1880–81.
• A letter from George, Bishop of the Arabs, to the Presbyter Jesus. Translated and explained from Syriac. With an introduction to his life and his writings, Gotha 1883.
• Investigations into the form of the text and the authenticity of the book Micha , Leipzig 1887.
• George the Arab Bishop's poems and letters, Leipzig 1891.
• The Apocrypha and pseudepigraphs of the Old Testament / in conjunction with peers. u. ed. by Emil Kautzsch , 2 volumes, Mohr (Siebeck) Tübingen 1900. therein the translation of the books:
  • Manasseh prayer
  • Additions to the Book of Esther
  • The sayings of Jesus, the son of Sirach
  • The Syrian Baruch Apocalypse
  • The Greek Baruch Apocalypse

literature

• Ryssel, Karl Victor . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894-1896, supplement volume 1897, p. 899.
• Klaus-Gunther Wesseling :  Karl Viktor Ryssel. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 1121-1124.

Web links

• Karl Viktor Ryssel in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
• Overview of Karl Viktor Ryssel's courses at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1879 to winter semester 1889)
• Overview of Karl Viktor Ryssel's courses at the University of Zurich (summer semester 1890 to summer semester 1900)