Walther Eichrodt

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Walther Eichrodt (born August 1, 1890 in Gernsbach ; † May 20, 1978 in Münchenstein near Basel ) was a German and Swiss Protestant theologian and important Old Testament scholar .

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Walther Eichrodt-Nyffeler (1890–1978), theologian, grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery, Basel
Grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery , Basel

Eichrodt was born in Gernsbach in Baden in 1890 as the son of the Grand Ducal Baden forestry master August Eichrodt and his wife Mathilde Kummer. He studied in Bethel , Greifswald and Heidelberg . He received his doctorate in 1916 with the work The Sources of Genesis re-examined and completed his habilitation in Erlangen in 1918 with a thesis on the subject of hope of eternal peace in ancient Israel - a contribution to the question of Israelite eschatology . From 1922 to 1960 he taught first as an associate professor and from 1934 as a full professor for the Old Testament and the history of religion at the University of Basel . In 1939 he received Swiss citizenship in Basel. In 1953 he was rector there . After his retirement in 1960, he held lectures until 1966.

Eichrodt was involved in the local church, he was a member of the Basel Mission , the parish council and also worked in the synod of the Basel Evangelical Reformed Church.

Honors

The Universities of Erlangen (1927) and Glasgow (1951) awarded him an honorary doctorate in theology.

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Eichrodt researched the Old Testament and interpreted it against the background of the historical environment of Israel at the time. His most important work is the theology of the Old Testament , which has also been translated into English . Its basic idea is the covenant between God and man, which he sees as the center of the Old Testament.

Works (selection)

  • Re-examining the sources of Genesis , 1916 (dissertation)
  • The Hope of Eternal Peace of Ancient Israel - A Contribution to the Question of Israelite Eschatology , 1920 (Habilitation)
  • Old Testament Theology , 3 volumes, 1933–1939
    • Volume 1: God and People ,
    • Volume 2: Gott und Welt , Verlag der JC Hinrichs´schen Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1935
    • Volume 3: Gott und Mensch , Verlag der JC Hinrichs´schen Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1935
  • The understanding of people in the Old Testament , Zwingli Verlag , Zurich 1944 and 1947
  • God's Call in the Old Testament: The Old Testament Message in the Light of the Gospel , Zwingli Verlag, Zurich 1951
  • The Old Testament's image of God , Calwer Verlag , Stuttgart 1956
  • The saint in Israel. Isaiah 1-12 , Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1960 (3rd edition 1988, ISBN 978-3-7668-0036-7 )
  • Homosexuality from a Protestant perspective , sowing, Wuppertal 1965
  • The master of history. Isaiah 13-23 and 28-39 , Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1967 (2nd edition 1988, ISBN 978-3-7668-0038-1 )
  • Religious history of Israel , Francke, Bern and Munich 1969
  • God in the Old Testament , Brunnen Verlag , Gießen and Basel 1977, ISBN 978-3-7655-0465-5
  • The Prophet Ezekiel , Chapters 1–18, Volume 22/1, The Old Testament German (ATD), Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1984, (5th edition 1986, ISBN 978-3-525-51208-1 )
  • The Prophet Ezekiel , Chapters 19-48, Volume 22/2, The Old Testament German (ATD), Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1984 (3rd edition, ISBN 978-3-5255-1211-1 )

literature

  • Ernst Jenni: On Walther Eichrodt's seventieth birthday , in Ernst Sommerlath: Theologische Literaturzeitung, Volume 85, Column 629–634, 1960
  • Hans-Joachim Stoebe: Word, Commandment, Faith: Contribution to the theology of the Old Testament. Walter Eichrodt on his eightieth birthday on August 1, 1970 , Zwingli Verlag, Zurich 1970

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walther Eichrodt in the personal dictionary of the canton of Basel-Landschaft
personal data
SURNAME Eichrodt, Walther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian and Old Testament scholar
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Gernsbach
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1978
Place of death Münchenstein near Basel