Norbert Peters (priest)

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Norbert Peters (1863- ? ) was a German Catholic biblical scholar, born at Allendorf. He was educated at the universities of Munster, Bonn, Tübingen, and Würzburg and at the Eichstädt and Paderborn seminaries for priests. Ordained a priest in 1887, in 1892 he became professor of theology at Paderborn, where he was dean in 1898-99, 1904-05, and 1909-10. His name is intimately connected with modern Catholic criticism of the Old Testament, especially the Book of Ecclesiastes, of which he edited in Hebrew text in 1902 with a German and in 1905 with a Latin version, and of which he published a German translation with commentaries in 1913. Among his other publicatioins are:

  • Die Prophetic Obadiahs (1892)
  • Davids Jugend (1899)
  • Beiträge zur Text- und Literarkritik des Buchs Samuel (1899)
  • Bibel und Naturwissenschaft (1906)
  • Katholische Kirche und Bibellesen (1908)
  • Die Religion des Alten Testaments (1911)
  • Der Text des Alten Testaments und seine Geschichte (1912)
  • Der Krieg des Herrn (1914)