Walther Eichrodt

Walther Eichrodt (August 1, 1890 in Gernsbach, Baden – May 20, 1978 in Basel) was a German Old Testament scholar and Protestant theologian.

From 1908 to 1914 he studied theology in Bethel, Greifswald and Heidelberg, obtaining his habilitation at the University of Erlangen in 1918.[1] In 1922 he succeeded Albrecht Alt as an associate professor of history of religions and Old Testament studies at the University of Basel,[2] where from 1934 to 1960 he taught classes as a full professor. In 1953 he was named university rector.[1]

Eichrodt believed that the book of Genesis was added as a prologue to the Old Testament after the writing of Exodus had been completed.[3]

Published works

  • Die Quellen der Genesis von neuem untersucht, 1916 (dissertation)
  • Die Hoffnung des ewigen Friedens alten Israel – Ein Beitrag zu der Frage nach der israelitischen Eschatologie, 1920 (Habilitation)
  • Theologie des Alten Testaments, 3 volumes, 1933–1939; translated into English and published in 2 volumes as Theology of the Old Testament (1961, 1967).
    • Band 1: Gott und Volk, 1934
    • Band 2: Gott und Welt, Verlag der J.C. Hinrichs´schen Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1935
    • Band 3: Gott und Mensch, Verlag der J.C. Hinrichs´schen Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1935
  • Das Menschenverständnis des Alten Testaments, Zwingli Verlag, Zürich 1944 and 1947; translated into English and published as Man in the Old Testament (1951).
  • Gottes Ruf im Alten Testament: Die alttestamentliche Botschaft im Lichte des Evangeliums, Zwingli Verlag, Zürich 1951
  • Das Gottesbild des Alten Testaments, Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1956
  • Der Heilige in Israel. Jesaja 1-12, Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1960 (3. edition 1988, ISBN 978-3-7668-0036-7)
  • Homosexualität in evangelischer Sicht, Aussaat, Wuppertal 1965
  • Der Herr der Geschichte. Jesaja 13-23 und 28-39, Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1967 (2. edition 1988, ISBN 978-3-7668-0038-1)
  • Religionsgeschichte Israels, Francke, Bern und München 1969
  • Gott im Alten Testament, Brunnen Verlag, Gießen und Basel 1977, ISBN 978-3-7655-0465-5
  • Der Prophet Hesekiel, Kapitel 1–18, Teilband 22/1, Das Alte Testament Deutsch (ATD), Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1984, (5. edition, 1986, ISBN 978-3-525-51208-1)
  • Der Prophet Hesekiel, Kapitel 19–48, Teilband 22/2, Das Alte Testament Deutsch (ATD), Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1984 (3. edition, ISBN 978-3-5255-1211-1); English translation by Cosslett Quin (1970).[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Walther Eichrodt in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  2. ^ McKim, Donald K. (6 January 1998). Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters. InterVarsity Press. ISBN 9780830814527. Retrieved 6 January 2019 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ [1] [dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Catalog Search Results - Hathi Trust Digital Library". Catalog.hathitrust.org. Retrieved 6 January 2019.


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