Paul Volz

Paul Volz (born October 14, 1871 in Lichtenstern , † May 30, 1941 in Tübingen ) was a German Protestant theologian and Old Testament scholar.

Life

After studying Protestant theology at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin , Volz passed the theological exams. In 1898 he was a repetiteur at the Tübingen monastery and in 1902 took up a pastor's position in Leonberg . Since 1907 Paul Volz was a private lecturer in Tübingen. From 1909 to 1914 he held a newly established Extraordinariat for the Old Testament. From 1914 to 1941 he was Professor of the Old Testament. In 1919 he became an honorary philistine at the Tübingen Wingolf . Volz made two trips to Palestine in 1905 and 1912.

Teaching

Paul Volz was a representative of the School of Religious History . He interpreted the Jewish festival of Sukkot as " Yahweh 's New Year ", comparable to the Babylonian New Year. Together with Wilhelm Rudolph , he wrote the monograph The Elohist as Narrator, an important historical research monograph , a mistake in the Pentateuch criticism (1933).

Publications (selection)

• The pre-exilic prophecy of Yahweh and the Messiah . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1897.
• Jewish eschatology from Daniel to Akiba . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen and Leipzig 1903. ( digitized version )
• Cunt. A contribution to the study of the origins of the Israelite religion . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1907.
• The Spirit of God and related appearances in the Old Testament and subsequent Judaism . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1910.
• Wisdom (The Book of Job, Proverbs and Jesus Sirach, preacher) . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1911.
• The New Year of Yahweh (Feast of Tabernacles) . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1912. ( digitized version )
• The biblical antiquities . Calwer, Stuttgart 1914.
• The prophet Jeremiah . Deichert, Leipzig ² 1928.
• Isaiah II . Deichert, Leipzig 1932.
• The battle for the Old Testament . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart ² 1933.
• The Old Testament and our proclamation , in: Luthertum 1937.
• Old Testament prophets. Mission and message of the Old Testament witnesses to God. With 7 plates after portraits by Michelangelo . Calwer, Stuttgart 1938.

literature

• Art. Volz, Paul . In: Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , 2nd revised and expanded edition, ed. by Rudolf Vierhaus , KGSaur Verlag, Volume 10, Munich 2008, p. 306.
• Art. Volz, Paul . In: Lexicon for Theology and Church , 3rd completely revised edition. Herder, Volume 10, Freiburg im Breisgau 2001, Col. 885 f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tübingen University Library: Protestant Biblical Scholars .