Otto Plöger
Otto Plöger (born November 27, 1910 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ; † January 18, 1999 in Bonn ) was a German Protestant theology professor.
Life
Plöger was born the son of the railway clerk Friedrich Plöger. After graduating from the Hohenzollern High School in Düsseldorf, he studied Protestant theology at the University of Greifswald , the University of Königsberg , the University of Göttingen and the University of Bonn . With an investigation into the Prophet stories of Samuel and Kings books he received his doctorate in 1937 at the University of Greifswald to Dr. theol. From 1939 he worked as a pastor in Coesfeld . In 1948 he completed his habilitation at the University of Heidelberg with a thesis on priests and prophets in Israel during the royal era and became a private lecturer, from 1954 an adjunct professor.
From 1955 to 1976 Plöger taught as a professor for the Old Testament at the University of Bonn. From 1964 to 1974 he was chairman of the German Palestine Association .
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Plöger wrote a number of theological books and monographs. Among other things, he edited the 17th volume, Sprüche Salomos (Proverbia) , in the Biblical Commentary - Old Testament founded by Martin Noth , which appeared in the third edition of the study edition in 2011.
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- Curriculum vitae in The Stories of the Prophets in the Samuel and Kings Books
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bauks: The Protestant pastors in Westphalia from the Reformation period to 1945 . Bielefeld 1980.
- Herbert Donner : D. Otto Plöger (1910–1999) in commemoration . In: Journal of the German Palestine Association 116 (2000), p. 93.
Individual evidence
- ^ Literature by and about Otto Plöger in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ploeger, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theology professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1999 |
| Place of death | Bonn |