Ruperto Carola 500-04 Johann Jakob Kneucker

Johann Jakob Kneucker (12 February 1840 – 25 December 1909) was a German

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

born in the village of Wenkheim, today part of

Werbach Werbach () is a country town in the district of Main-Tauber in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geographical location Werbach is located in the Taubertal between Tauberbischofsheim, Wertheim (Main) and Würzburg. History Werbach is firs ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

. In 1873 he received his habilitation at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

, where in 1877 he became an associate professor to the theological faculty. He specialized in the fields of Old Testament

exegesis Exegesis ( ; from the Greek , from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Biblical works. In modern usage, exegesis can involve critical interpretation ...

and

Semitic languages The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, the Horn of Africa, and latterly North Africa, Malta, West Africa, Chad, and in large immigra ...

. His best known written work was an edition of the

Book of Baruch The Book of Baruch is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible, used in most Christian traditions, such as Catholic and Orthodox churches. In Judaism and Protestant Christianity, it is considered not to be part of the canon, with the Protestant B ...

, titled "''Das Buch Baruch, Geschichte und Kritik''" (The Book of Baruch, History and Critique, 1879). Another significant publication of his was "''Die Anfänge des Römischen Christenthums''" (Beginnings of Roman Christendom, 1881).

References

Der Lehrkörper Ruperto Carola zu Heidelberg
(short biography)
Open Library
(bibliography)

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* * 1840 births 1909 deaths People from Main-Tauber-Kreis People from the Grand Duchy of Baden 19th-century German theologians German Christian theologians German male non-fiction writers 19th-century male writers Academic staff of Heidelberg University {{Germany-theologian-stub