Leonhard Rost

Leonhard Rost (born November 30, 1896 in Ansbach , † December 5, 1979 in Erlangen ) was a German Protestant theologian and Old Testament scholar .

Life

After studying Arabic and theology rust 1925 in Erlangen Dr. theol. doctorate ( The tradition of the Succession of David. ). His scientific career took him back to Erlangen via Berlin and Greifswald , where he taught as a full professor for the Old Testament. In Berlin he played a major role in the management and after 1945 in the reconstruction of the Institutum Judaicum . Rost retired in 1965.

Rost was also interested in the Qumran writings . Scientifically significant was Rost's thesis of a "story of the succession to the throne" from 2 Sam 6 to 1 Kings 1-2.

Rost was co-editor of the "Gießener Mishnah".

Publications (selection)

• The tradition of the succession to the throne of David. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1926 ( contributions to the science of the Old and New Testament. 42 = series 3, no.6 , ZDB -ID 515274-4 ), (reprint. Ibid 2011, ISBN 978-3-17-022074-4 ).
• Israel with the prophets. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1937 ( contributions to the science of the Old and New Testament. 71 = series 4, item 19).
• The preliminary stages of the church and synagogue in the Old Testament. A verbal study . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1938.
• The Little Creed and Other Old Testament Studies . Quelle & Meyer, Heidelberg 1965.
• Introduction to the Old Testament apocrypha and pseudepigraphs including the great Qumran manuscripts . Quelle & Meyer, Heidelberg 1971, ISBN 3-494-00660-1 .
• Old Testament Studies. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-17-001479-X .
• Studies on Sacrifice in Ancient Israel . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-17-007337-0 .

literature

• Georg Sauer: Leonhard Rost. 11/30/1896 - 12/5/1979. In: Theological literary newspaper. 121, 1996, ISSN  0040-5671 , col. 1106-1108.
• Klaus-Gunther Wesseling :  Rost, Leonhard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 726-729.

Festschrift

• Fritz Maass (Ed.): The far and near word: Festschrift dedicated to Leonhard Rost on the occasion of his 70th birthday on November 30, 1966. Berlin: Töpelmann 1967 (= BZAW 105) with bibliography L. Rost pp. 265–275

Web links

• Literature by and about Leonhard Rost in the catalog of the German National Library