DÖLLER, JOHANNES. – Scholar and historian of religions, born at Thuma (Lower Austria) on 27 April 1868, died at Raabs (same region) on 31 October 1928. Ordained priest in 1891, he became professor of Sacred Scripture at the seminary of St. Pölten (1896) and at the University of Vienna (1905), and from 1918 also co-editor of the *Theologische Studien der österreichischen Leo-Gesellschaft*. His particular merit lies in having studied various concepts and institutions of the Old Testament in the light of the religions of the ancient Near East (in *religionsgeschichtlicher Beleuchtung*).
His major literary productions include: *Compendium hermeneuticae biblicae* (Paderborn 1898; 3rd ed. 1914); *Rhythmus, Metrik und Strophik in der biblisch-hebräischen Poesie* (ibid. 1899); in *Theologische Studien* he published *Geographische und ethnographische Studien zum III. und IV. Buche der Könige* (Vienna 1904); *Das Gebet im Alten Testament in religionsgeschichtlicher Beleuchtung* (ibid. 1914); in *Alttestamentliche Abhandlungen* he treated *Die Reinheits- und Speisegesetze des Alten Testaments in religionsgeschichtlicher Beleuchtung* (Münster 1917); in *Biblische Zeitfragen* he dealt with *Abraham und seine Zeit* (ibid. 1909); *Die Messiaserwartung im Alten Testa-*
Dölger Franz Joseph – Ritiatto.