Michael Wecklein
Michael Wecklein (born October 21, 1778 in Bergrheinfeld , † October 31, 1849 in Aachen ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian , clergyman and university professor .
Life
Wecklein studied philosophy and theology at the University of Würzburg from 1797 . 1801 was carried ordination in Würzburg, and he was in the same year with the dissertation Tentamen historico-criticum about diversas de insigni loco Isaiae LII, 13, LIII, 12 sententias to Dr. theol. PhD . In 1801 he was a chaplain in Ettleben , in 1802 a cooperator in Estenfeld , and in 1803 a chaplain in Gerolzhofen . From 1802 he published regularly in the magazine New Magazine for Preachers by Bonaventura Andres .
On Franz Oberthür's recommendation, Wecklein was appointed Professor of Exegesis and Oriental Languages at the University of Münster in 1805 by Ferdinand August von Spiegel . On June 13, 1815 he was transferred to the philosophy faculty. There he received the teaching assignment for history and education. After the closure of the university in 1818 was as librarian of the University of Bonn added. He stayed at the Bonn University Library for about ten years.
Wecklein was appointed canon at the Collegiate Foundation in Aachen by Spiegler in 1828 . He stayed there until his death.
Works (selection)
- Tentamen historico-criticum circa diversas de insigni loco Isaiae LII, 13, LIII, 12 sententias , Würzburg 1801 (for the interpretation of Isa 52,13 EU and Isa 53,12 EU ).
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Momenta praecipua ad liberaliorem Veteris Testamenti interpretationem, quae nostris temporibus est introducta, e collatione scriptorum graecorum et romanorum cum scriptoribus sacris , Essen 1806 ( digitized version ).
This writing contradicted with their own publications Johann Hyacinth Kistemaker (Münster) and Marcellinus Molkenbuhr (Paderborn).
literature
- Friedrich Rassmann : Münsterländisches Writer Lexicon , Julicher, Lingen 1814, p. 157 f.
- Franz Heinrich Reusch : Wecklein, Michael . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 379.
Web links
- Michael Wecklein on the website of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Münster
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wecklein, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic theologian, clergyman and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergrheinfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1849 |
| Place of death | Aachen |