Otto kiss

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Otto Kuss (born January 6, 1905 in Lauban , † February 7, 1991 in Gütersloh ) was a Catholic theologian and professor of New Testament exegesis at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

biography

Kuss studied philology and theology in Breslau , Bonn and Berlin between 1924 and 1931 . With a treatise on the Adam-Christ parallel , he received his doctorate in 1930 under Friedrich Wilhelm Maier . The following year he was ordained a priest in Breslau and initially worked as a pastor in Liegnitz . During the Third Reich he was a vicar at the Breslau Cathedral . His habilitation was prevented because of his very clear resistance to the National Socialist rulers.

After the end of the war, Kuss settled down as a curate in Donaustauf . In 1946 he followed a call from the Philosophical-Theological University of Regensburg as a professor of patrology . In 1948 he moved to the Archbishop's Philosophical-Theological Academy in Paderborn as a full professor . Finally, in 1960, Kuss was appointed to the chair for New Testament Exegesis and Biblical Hermeneutics at the University of Munich .

On April 1, 1973, Kuss retired.

Works (selection)

  • The heroic image of Jesus in the present , in: Theology and Faith. Journal for the Catholic clergy. 26. Vol. (1934), pp. 685–711 (polemical review of “folkish” interpretations of Jesus).
  • The church at the turn of the ages (with Erich Wienand Kleinadam), Paderborn 1935.
  • The theology of the New Testament. An introduction , Regensburg 1937.
  • What is christianity , Regensburg 1938.
  • The letters to the Romans, Corinthians and Galatians (Regensburg New Testament, vol. 6/1), Regensburg 1940.
  • The letter to the Hebrews (Regensburg New Testament, vol. 8/1), 2nd, through. u. exp. Ed., Regensburg 1966 (1st ed. 1953).
  • The Letter to the Romans , 3 volumes, Regensburg 1957–1978 (not completed; commentary ends at Rom 11:36).
  • Paul. The role of the apostle in the theological development of the early church , Regensburg 1971.

Literature on Otto Kuss

  • Josef Hainz , (Hrsg.), Collegium Biblicum München eV (Hrsg.), On the way with Paulus: Otto Kuss for his 100th birthday , Pustet, Regensburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-7917-2000-5 . (Contains a bibliography on Otto Kuss pp. 290–294)

See also: Munich New Testament

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personal data
SURNAME Kiss, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauban
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1991
Place of death Gutersloh