Wolfgang Richter (theologian)

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Wolfgang Richter (born December 19, 1926 in Brusque ; † March 20, 2015 ) was a German Old Testament scholar .

Life

Richter studied Semitic Studies and was an assistant in Tübingen and Bonn , where he did his theological dissertation with Gerhard Johannes Botterweck . After completing his habilitation thesis in Munich in 1965 , he taught there from 1966 to 1983 as a private lecturer , as an adjunct professor and finally as a full professor for the introduction and exegesis of the Old Testament and biblical-oriental languages ​​in succession to Vinzenz Hamp . In 1983 he changed to the chair for Hebrew and Ugaritic linguistics and literary studies at the Institute for Assyriology and Hittite Studies in the Faculty of Classical Studies and Cultural Studies at LMU Munich. From 1986 to 1991 he took over the chair of Hebrew and Ugaritic studies.

He showed increasing scientific interest in the syntactic-semantic continuation of the comprehensive research program of the "Foundations of an ancient Hebrew grammar" and in research in the field of linguistic data processing as a way to computer-aided text analysis. In 1986 he began to introduce computer-aided methods for language and text analysis as part of the pilot project Input and Linguistic Analysis of Old Testament Texts ; from this emerges the Biblia Hebraica transcripta project . In 1994 he retired .

Richter was editor of the book series Studies on the Old and New Testament (StANT) and founder of the series Works on Text and Language in the Old Testament (ATS).

Fonts (selection)

  • Traditional historical studies on the book of judges (= Bonn biblical contributions . Volume 18). Hanstein, Bonn 1963, OCLC 851286257 (also dissertation, Bonn 1963).
    • Traditional historical studies on the book of judges (= Bonn biblical contributions . Volume 18). 2nd revised edition, Hanstein, Bonn 1966, OCLC 926859590 (also dissertation, Bonn 1963).
  • The adaptations of the Savior's book in the Deuteronomic epoch (= Bonn biblical contributions . Volume 21). Hanstein, Bonn 1964, OCLC 644584814 .
  • Law and ethos. Attempt to locate the wisdom admonition (= studies on the Old and New Testament . Volume 15). Kösel, Munich 1966, OCLC 879525875 (also habilitation thesis, Munich 1966).
  • The so-called pre-prophetic calling reports. A literary study on 1 Sam 9,1-10,16, Ex 3f. and Ri 6,11b – 17 (= research on religion and literature of the Old and New Testaments . Issue 101). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1970, OCLC 610750130 .
  • Exegesis as literary studies. Draft of an Old Testament literary theory and methodology . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1971, ISBN 3-525-53547-3 .
  • Transliteration and transcription. Object and metalinguistic metacharacter systems for rendering Hebrew texts (= work on text and language in the Old Testament. Volume 19). EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 1983, ISBN 3-88096-519-6 .
  • Materials from an ancient Hebrew database. The biblical Hebrew and Aramaic proper names analyzed morphologically and syntactically (= work on text and language in the Old Testament. Volume 47). EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 1996, ISBN 3-88096-547-1 .
  • Materials from an ancient Hebrew database. Nominal forms (= work on text and language in the Old Testament. Volume 51). EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 1998, ISBN 3-88096-551-X .
  • Materials from an ancient Hebrew database. Word additions (= work on text and language in the Old Testament. Volume 53). EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 2000, ISBN 3-8306-7028-1 .

literature

  • Walter Gross , Hubert Irsigler and Theodor Seidl (eds.): Text, method and grammar. Wolfgang Richter on his 65th birthday . EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 1991, ISBN 3-88096-675-3 .
  • Sigurður Örn Steingrímsson, Kristinn Ólason (Ed.): Literary and linguistic contributions to Old Testament texts. Symposium in Hólar í Hjaltadal, 16. – 19. May 2005. Wolfgang Richter on his 80th birthday (= work on text and language in the Old Testament. Volume 83). EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 2007, ISBN 3-8306-7271-3 .
  • Walter Groß: Appreciation for Wolfgang Richter (1916–2015). In: Münchener Theologische Zeitschrift 66 (2015), pp. 315–318 ( Download ):
  • Hans Rechenmacher (Ed.): In Memoriam Wolfgang Richter (= work on text and language in the Old Testament. Volume 100). EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 2016, ISBN 3-8306-7793-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Judge, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Old Testament scholar
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Brusque (Santa Catarina)
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 2015