Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Sacred Scripture Exegetes and biblicists

Dürr, Lorenz

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DÜRR, LORENZ. - Exegete, Assyriologist, scholar of Oriental archaeology and of the history of religions, b. at Oberschwarzach (Bavaria) on 7 April 1886, d. at Regensburg on 26 February 1939. A pious and most learned priest, he was a Privatdozent of the Old Testament at Bonn (1921), professor at Braunsberg (1925), Freising (1933), Regensburg (1938). He distinguished himself particularly in the illustrative comparison of concepts, texts, and institutions of the Old Testament with those of the religions of the ancient Orient.

Among his numerous works are to be noted Ezechiels Vision von der Erscheinung Gottes (Ez. c. I u. 10)

im Lichte der vorderasiatischen Altertumskunde (Münster 1917); Die Stellung des Propheten Ezechiel in der israelitisch-jüdischen Apohalyptik (ibid. 1923); Die Wertung des Lebens im Alten Testament und im antiken Orient (ibid. 1926); Religiöse Lebenswerte des Alten Testaments (Freiburg 1928); Psalm 110. im Lichte der neueren altorientalischen Forschung (Münster 1929); Das Erziehungswesen im Alten Testament und im antiken Orient (Leipzig 1932); Die Wertung des göttlichen Wortes im Alten Testament und im antiken Orient (ibid. 1938); Heilige Vaterschaft im antiken Orient, in Heilige Überlieferung (Herwegen-Festschrift), Münster 1938, pp. 1-20. From 1919 he collaborated on the Theologische Revue and from 1924 he contributed to the Jahrbuch für Liturgiewissenschaft, with competence, the literary survey on the Beziehungen zum Alten Orient und zum israelitisch-jüdischen Kult.

Bibliography
BIBL.: J. Michl, Zum Gedächtnis an Prof. Dr. L. D., in Bibel und Kirche, Stuttgart 1947, pp. 33-37.

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Metzinger, Adalberto. “Dürr, lorenz.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 2012–2013. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/durr-lorenz.

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Metzinger, Adalberto. “Dürr, lorenz.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 2012–2013. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/durr-lorenz.

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  author    = {Metzinger, Adalberto},
  title     = {Dürr, lorenz},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {2012--2013},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/durr-lorenz}
}

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