Vincent Hamp

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Vinzenz Hamp (born May 4, 1907 in Eppishausen ; † January 3, 1991 in Tutzing ) was a Catholic theologian and professor of exegesis of the Old Testament at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

biography

After attending grammar school in Dillingen , Vinzenz Hamp began studying theology at the University of Munich, where he received his doctorate in theology in 1937 . Due to the Second World War, he spent a few years in pastoral care before he was able to continue his theological studies and in 1946 completed his habilitation at Munich University in the subject of Old Testament exegesis .

As early as 1945 he taught Old Testament exegesis and biblical-oriental languages as an associate professor and from 1950 as a full professor at the Freising University of Philosophy and Theology . In 1953 he was appointed professor for Old Testament exegesis at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Munich, where he worked until his retirement .

From 1957 to 1977 he was editor of the Old Testament section of the renowned Biblical Journal . The focus of Vinzenz Hamp's scientific work was on researching the Old Testament wisdom books and on the translation of the Old Testament into German ( Pattloch Bible ).

As an amateur botanist, bryologist and active member of the Bavarian Botanical Society , Hamp collected mosses and lichens, especially in southern Bavaria. The whereabouts of his Moosherbars with 1500 samples is unknown.

Hamp was a member of the Catholic student associations KDStV Agilolfia Freising and KDStV Trifels Munich (honorary member) in the Cartell Association .

Works (selection)

  • The term "word" in the Aramaic translations of the Bible. An exegetical contribution to the hypostasis question and to the history of the logos speculation , Munich 1938 (dissertation).
  • Borrowings of the Septuagint translators in the Aramaic vocabulary , 1946 (unpublished habilitation thesis)
  • The Book of Proverbs (Real Bible. Old Testament, Lfg. 8), Würzburg 1949; 2nd edition 1964.
  • Baruch (Real Bible. Old Testament, volume 11), Würzburg 1950; 3rd edition 1954.
  • Sirach (Real Bible. Old Testament, Lfg. 13), Würzburg 1950; 3rd edition 1951.

literature

  • Norbert Lohfink (Ed.): Violence and non-violence in the Old Testament. Vinzenz Hamp on the completion of his 75th year of life (Quaestiones disputatae, Bd. 96), Freiburg i.Br. 1983.
  • Josef Schreiner : Obituary: Vinzenz Hamp. In: Biblical Journal. Neue Episode, Vol. 35 (1991) p. 314.
  • Josef Schreiner: A life for God's word. Professor Dr. Vinzenz Hamp 80 years old . In: Biblical Journal. New Series, Vol. 31 (1987) p. 319.
  • Jan-Peter Frahm, Jens Eggers: Lexicon of German-speaking bryologists , 2001, ISBN 3831109869 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Botanical State Collection, Munich, article on the botanist Hermann KG Paul (1876-1964) . Last seen on August 7, 2010. There: “Bombed out during the war, Paul found thanks to the mediation of Pastor von Pöcking, Dr. Vincent Hamp (also an active member of the Bavarian Botanical Society) Accommodation in the property of the Poelt family in Pöcking near Starnberg (...) "
  2. ↑ Jan-Peter Frahm, Jens Eggers, 2001
personal data
SURNAME Hamp, Vincent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Eppishausen
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1991
Place of death Tutzing