Walter Groß (theologian)

Walter Groß (* 1941 in Würzburg ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian and Old Testament scholar .

After studying Catholic theology in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical Biblical Institute, as well as at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , Groß was ordained a priest in 1967. He received his doctorate in 1974 in Munich and completed his habilitation in 1976, also in Munich. He then worked for a short time as a private lecturer .

From 1976 to 1980 Groß held the chair for Old Testament at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz , then and until his retirement in 2009 he held the chair for Old Testament at Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen .

Research priorities

• Old Hebrew syntax (basic research)
• Priestly scripture
• Prophets
• Judges Book
• Biblical theological topics

Publications (selection)

• Balaam . Literary and form-critical examination of prose in Num 22–24 (= Studies on the Old and New Testament . Volume 38). Munich 1974.
• Verb form and function. wayyiqtol for the present? A contribution to the syntax of poetic ancient Hebrew texts (= work on text and language in the Old Testament. Volume 1). St. Ottilien 1976.
• The likeness of the people in the context of the Priestly . In: Theologische Viertelschrift 161 (1981), pp. 244-264. ( online )
• The NRSV - a Bible paraphrase? In: Theologische Viertelschrift 162 (1982), pp. 168–170. ( online )
• The pendulum construction in Biblical Hebrew. Studies on the ancient Hebrew sentence I (= work on text and language in the Old Testament . Volume 27). St. Ottilien 1987.
• Future for Israel. Old Testament federal concepts and the current debate about the New Covenant (= Stuttgart Bible Studies; 176). Publishing house Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 1998.
• Studies on priestly scriptures and on Old Testament images of God (= Stuttgart biblical essays 30). Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-460-06301-7 .
• Double occupied apron. Syntactic, pragmatic and translation studies on the ancient Hebrew verbal sentence (= supplements to the journal for Old Testament science 305). Berlin / New York 2001.
• Judge . Translated and interpreted (= Herder's Theological Commentary on the Old Testament ). Freiburg u. a. 2009.
• " Bible in Righteous Language ". In correct and appropriate language? In: Theologische Viertelschrift 186 (2006). Pp. 343-345. ( online )
• (with Erasmus Gaß :) Studies on the book of judges and his national names (= Stuttgart biblical essays; 54). Publishing house Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2012.

Web links

• Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen: Prof. Dr. Walter Gross